

Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris
Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.
Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind.
Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com.
Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind.
Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com.
Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Making Sense with Sam Harris podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values

#2 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity

#3 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Blueprint

#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The End Of Faith

#5 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow

#6 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind

#7 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The fate of the earth

#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
What We Owe the Future

#9 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies

#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The War on the West

#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The strange death of Europe

#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Consolations
The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Reasons and Persons

#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Team of Teams
New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Creative Destruction of Medicine
How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care

#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Immortality Key
The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
My Share of the Task
A Memoir

#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Coddling of the American Mind

#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes