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Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Feb 20, 2017 • 26min

#65 — We're All Cucks Now

Sam Harris speaks with David Frum about the presidency of Donald Trump. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Feb 16, 2017 • 43min

#64 — Ask Me Anything 6

Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about his conversation with Jordan Peterson, the reaction to Milo Yiannopoulos at U.C. Berkeley, the “Muslim ban,” the echo chamber of social media, Trump’s lies, the value of the humanities, the ethics of ending aging, whether consciousness can be an illusion, evolution and morality, free speech and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Jan 31, 2017 • 48min

#63 — Why Meditate?

Sam Harris and Joseph Goldstein answer questions about the practice of mindfulness. They discuss the nature negative emotions, the importance of ethics, the concept of enlightenment, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Jan 21, 2017 • 55min

#62 — What is True?

Sam Harris speaks with psychologist Jordan B. Peterson about freedom of speech and the nature of truth. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Jan 15, 2017 • 49min

#61 — The Power of Belief

Sam Harris speaks with author Lawrence Wright about al-Qaeda & ISIS, Arab culture, 9/11 conspiracy theories, the migrant crisis in Europe, Scientology, parallels between L. Ron Hubbard and Donald Trump, the Satanic cult panic, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Jan 10, 2017 • 37min

#60 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2)

Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris discuss topics such as Richard's stroke, the future of humanity's genetics, the analogy between genes and memes, the spread of religious memes, misunderstood topics in science, and understanding hatred and paranoia in relation to Islam.
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Jan 5, 2017 • 49min

#59 — Friend & Foe

Sam Harris speaks with Maajid Nawaz about the Southern Poverty Law Center, Robert Spencer, Keith Ellison, moderate Muslims, Shadi Hamid’s notion of “Islamic exceptionalism," the migrant crisis in Europe, foreign interventions, Trump, Putin, Obama’s legacy, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Dec 27, 2016 • 42min

#58 — The Putin Question

Sam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about the problem of waning American power, the rise of Putin, the coming presidency of Donald Trump, computer chess, the future of artificial intelligence, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
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Dec 19, 2016 • 43min

#57 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (1)

Renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Sam Harris in a live event. They discuss religion, Jurassic Park, AI, elitism, human evolution, and the compatibility of science and religion. They also talk about Dawkins' book 'The Selfish Gene' and the mystery of consciousness.
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Dec 12, 2016 • 1h 9min

#56 — Abusing Dolores

Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about empathy, meditation studies, morality, AI, Westworld, Donald Trump, free will, rationality, conspiracy thinking, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

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