Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist, discusses gender apartheid in Iran with Sam Harris and Yasmine Mohammed. They cover the Iranian revolution, hypocrisy of Western feminists, morality police, hijab significance, My Stealthy Freedom campaign, and U.S. government inaction. Topics include the cowardice of journalists, Iranian population versus Arab street, Persian Jews' perspective, Islamism and immigration, and university infiltration.

Journalist Sebastian Junger discusses his near-death experience from a burst aneurysm, the connection between danger and meaning, trauma, psychedelics, atheism, consciousness, and the concept of awe. The conversation delves into war reporting, near-death encounters, and the mysteries of consciousness.

Sam Harris speaks with Greg Lukianoff about free speech, cancel culture, the origins of political correctness, boundaries of free speech, technology's impact on ideas, social media cancellations, justified cancellations, Hunter Biden laptop story, dealing with Trump in media, state of higher education, and more. Greg Lukianoff is an advocate for free speech, President & CEO of FIRE, co-author of 'The Coddling of the American Mind'.

The podcast delves into campus protests, hypocrisy in responses, Qatar's influence on education, and the call for enlightenment values. It also examines anti-Semitism, radical Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and explores the clash of beliefs between Christianity and Islam. Additionally, it discusses balancing national security and humanitarian values, as well as the challenges of immigration, extremism, and integration.

John Spencer, an urban warfare expert, discusses the reality of urban warfare, Hamas attacks in Gaza, distinguishing combatants from noncombatants, IDF's double standards criticism, defeating Hamas, underground warfare details, interpreting combat videos, victory scenarios, aftermath of war, Hezbollah threat, Iran's involvement, and more.

David Wallace-Wells discusses the impact of Covid on our information landscape, success of vaccines, global consensus on climate change, consequences of political stagnation, and best ways to tackle the candidacy of Donald Trump with Sam Harris.

Sam Harris discusses the reality of moral truth, the objectivity of concepts like 'good' and 'evil,' and the unity of knowledge. He explores the role of science in shaping human values, the subjective nature of electricity, and the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive ethics. Harris also dives into the importance of defining terms like right and wrong for human well-being, exploring consciousness, moral decision-making, and complex economic problems.

Cal Newport, an expert on technology and productivity, joins Sam Harris to discuss social media, academic exile, free speech, pandemic impacts on knowledge work, slow productivity, managing workload, meaningful work, AI effects, and more. They explore the drawbacks of Twitter, content amplification, destructive outrage, and redefining work in a post-scarcity world.

Douglas Murray and Josh Szeps discuss the ongoing war in Gaza, public opinion, Iron Dome's impact, Israeli Arabs sentiments, global Islamism, European right-wing rise, US border crisis, and more. They explore complexities of Israel's actions, call for eradicating Jihadism, share tour experiences, address Israeli-Palestinian conflict aspects, communication challenges, and political divides in the Middle East.

Sam Harris discusses the collapse of FTX and its impact on Effective Altruism with William MacAskill. They cover 'earning to give,' SBF's philanthropy, AI risk, long-term outcomes, and the character of the EA community. They also explore the implications of the FTX collapse on Will personally.