Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

George Saunders, author and Buddhist, discusses kindness, writing as meditation, the impact of social media, fame, politics, and exploring good and evil in fiction. He shares insights on training the mind, the creative process, and the importance of love in everyday interactions.

Sam Harris and Bill Maher discuss the state of the world, celebrity cowardice, Biden campaign failures, left vs. right differences, media confidence loss, 2024 election expectations, medical uncertainties, Maher's stand-up retirement plan, fame experiences, comedy career reflections, and more.

Activist Masih Alinejad discusses gender apartheid in Iran with Sam Harris and Yasmine Mohammed. They cover the hypocrisy of Western feminists, hijab significance, My Stealthy Freedom campaign, plots against Masih, lack of US government action, cowardice of journalists, Persian Jews' perspective, Islamism, immigration, and more.

Journalist Sebastian Junger discusses his experiences in war zones and surviving a burst aneurysm. Topics include danger and meaning, near-death experiences, trauma, awe, psychedelics, atheism, consciousness, and the intersection of drug-induced states with near-death experiences.

Greg Lukianoff and Sam Harris discuss free speech, cancel culture, origins of political correctness, First Amendment principles, technology impact on ideas, social media cancellations, McCarthyism comparisons, self-censorship in academia, Hunter Biden laptop story, handling Trump in media, state of higher education, and more.

Sam Harris discusses campus protests, antisemitism, and Western values. Topics include double standards in activism, influence of Qatar on universities, challenging perceptions of anti-Semitism, and balancing security with freedom.

Urban warfare expert John Spencer discusses the reality of urban warfare and Israel's conduct in the Gaza conflict. Topics include Hamas attacks, distinguishing combatants, IDF double standards, defeating Hamas, underground warfare tactics, and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Author and journalist David Wallace-Wells discusses the distorted reality during Covid, success of vaccines, global pandemic responses, climate change consensus, consequences of warming, air pollution impact, Greta Thunberg's influence, economic growth vs degrowth, carbon taxes, political stagnation, US debt, attacking Trump's candidacy, and more with Sam Harris.

Sam Harris explores the reality of moral truth and the objectivity of concepts like good and evil. He discusses training the mind through meditation and demystifying the practice. The podcast delves into the intersection of subjectivity and morality, explores moral truths in subjective reality, and challenges traditional ethical boundaries.

Sam Harris speaks with Cal Newport about the impact of technology on knowledge work, slow productivity, managing up in organizations, finding meaning in a post-scarcity world, and the effects of artificial intelligence. They touch on social media, free speech, reasonable deadlines, and the anti-work movement.