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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.
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- #502 — The Rebuke · 27 dkSam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the aftermath of the midterm elections. They discuss Trump's 60 Minutes interview, Trump's claims of election fraud, JD Vance's…
- #501 — The Performance of Empathy · 24 dkSam Harris speaks with Sherry Turkle about her new book, Artificial Intimacy. They discuss the early optimism of the internet, the attention economy, the loss of solitude and…
- #500 — The Playing Animal · 28 dkSam Harris speaks with Jimmy Carr about comedy, culture, and the state of the West. They discuss Carr's new book on the craft of joke writing, why comedy should be taught, the…
- #499 — The Birth of AGI · 21 dkSam Harris speaks with Kevin Roose about the race to build artificial general intelligence. They discuss Roose's book The AGI Chronicles, the scaling laws behind AI's rapid…
- #498 — More From Sam: Bond Villains, Useful Idiots, Firing Squads, and More · 23 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss Alex Gibney's documentary on Elon Musk, Dara Horn's insights into…
- #497 — The Confidence Man · 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Alex Gibney about his new documentary, Musk. They discuss Sam's former friendship with Musk, the line between visionary and con man, the myth of Tesla's…
- #496 — The Oldest Lie · 1 sa 40 dkSam Harris speaks with Dara Horn about antisemitism, Jewish identity, and the failure of institutions. They discuss Horn's new book, why Jews predate the categories of religion…
- #495 — Foreign Policy for Sale · 18 dkSam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about corruption, authoritarianism, and America's retreat from the world. They discuss her Atlantic cover story, the revolutionary project…
- #494 — A Coin Toss for the Future · 1 sa 32 dkSam Harris speaks with Ryan Greenblatt about AI misalignment and the risk of losing control of increasingly capable systems. They discuss the Hugging Face incident, the spectrum…
- #493 — Two Reasons to Meditate · 13 dkMeditation can help us live better. It can also help us understand what is true about our own minds. These motivations might seem fundamentally different, but Sam explains why…
- #492 — The Second Plane, 25 Years Later · 38 dkOn the 25th anniversary of September 11th, Sam discusses the significance of the second plane, the writing of The End of Faith, the failure to take jihadist belief seriously, the…
- #491 — The Suicide of the Left · 26 dkSam Harris speaks with James Kirchick about the far left's growing influence over Democratic politics. They discuss Kirchick's article "The DSA Is a Parasite," the group's…
- #490 — Lies, Bulls**t, and the Rule of Law · 24 dkSam Harris speaks with Preet Bharara about the collapse of good faith debate in American politics. They discuss the fragmentation of media, the treatment of Anthony Fauci, the…
- #489 — More From Sam: A Fabulist at Cambridge, the Strait of Hormuz, AOC in 2028, and More · 24 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss the death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday and the institutions that…
- #150 — The Map of Misunderstanding (From the Archive) · 48 dkFrom the archive: In this 2019 episode, Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kahneman at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. They discuss the replication crisis in science, System 1 and System…
- #488 — Ego, Ecstasy, and Equanimity · 13 dkSam Harris speaks with Neal Brennan about the experiences that shaped his life and work. They discuss Sam's mother's television career, growing up with an absent father, his…
- #487 — Is AI Already Conscious? · 1 sa 25 dkSam Harris speaks with Cameron Berg about whether AI systems are or could become conscious. They discuss self-reports in LLMs, what models say when deception is switched off, the…
- #486 — Luck All the Way Down · 21 dkSam Harris speaks with Kathryn Paige Harden about behavioral genetics, moral luck, and the problem of blame. They discuss Harden's book Original Sin, the controversy over Charles…
- #485 — The New Science of Cancer · 1 sa 21 dkSam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about the science of cancer. They discuss the updated edition of The Emperor of All Maladies, whether cancer is one disease or many…
- #484 — Artificial Intimacy · 27 dkSam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about our relationships with AI and the future of human connection. They discuss the surprising pace of AI progress, AI companions as a remedy…
- #483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into · 23 dkSam Harris speaks with Alain de Botton about the psychology of unhappiness, the secular world's discomfort with ecstasy and ritual, psychedelics as a tool for self-discovery…
- #482 — More From Sam: The Iran Deal, College in the AI Age, Mamdani's DSA, and More · 22 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss topics from Making Sense Community, including one-world government, the…
- #481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award · 55 dkRichard Dawkins presents Sam Harris with the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award at a live Center for Inquiry event. After the tribute, the two friends discuss consciousness and…
- #480 — The Economics of Everything · 25 dkSam Harris speaks with economist and Substack writer Noah Smith about the U.S. national debt, wealth inequality, and the economic consequences of AI. They discuss the mechanics…
- #479 — When Robots Take Over · 15 dkSam Harris speaks with Vinod Khosla about AI, economic disruption, and political risk. They discuss the prospect of mass job displacement, a trillion-dollar policy framework to…
- #478 — The Psychedelic Mind · 30 dkSam Harris speaks with Robin Carhart-Harris about psychedelic research and its therapeutic potential. They discuss the current state of the field, the FDA denial of MDMA-assisted…
- #477 — More From Sam: Iran's Unraveling, The Gaza Information War, AI-Generated Music, and More · 22 dkWarning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence against civilians during the October 7 attacks (33:49 - 34:35). Listener discretion is advised. In this latest…
- #476 — The Bittersweet Age · 23 dkSam Harris speaks with Susan Cain about writing, creativity, and what AI means for human culture. They discuss the future of books and reading, the tells AI inherits from good…
- #475 — The Hard Problem of Consciousness · 26 dkSam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about consciousness, the mind, and the self. They discuss Pollan's new book, the relationship between consciousness and intelligence…
- #474 — More From Sam: Hasan Piker, Islamism, Making Sense Community, and More · 17 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss the launch of Making Sense Community, Sam's Ben Shapiro conversation…
- #473 — Money, Power, and Moral Failure · 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Lloyd Blankfein about finance, politics, and the state of American society. They discuss Blankfein's memoir, Goldman Sachs and its role as a market maker…
- #472 — Strange Days on the Right · 16 dkSam Harris speaks with Ben Shapiro about their pre-election debate and the fractures on the right. They discuss Trump's second term surprises, familial corruption, tariff policy…
- #471 — The End of History, Revisited · 19 dkSam Harris speaks with Francis Fukuyama about liberal democracy, American politics, and global order. They discuss the misunderstood thesis of "The End of History," how…
- #470 — Democrats at a Crossroads · 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Rahm Emanuel about American politics, the state of the Democratic Party, and the 2028 presidential race. They discuss Emanuel's possible presidential run…
- #469 — Escaping an Anti-Human Future · 1 sa 49 dkSam Harris speaks with Tristan Harris about the dangers of AI and the race to build it. They discuss the new documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, the…
- #468 — More From Sam: Gratitude, Bad Conversations, Conspiracy Addiction, Waffle House Teleportation, and More · 33 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss how to cultivate gratitude and navigate anxiety in uncertain times, the…
- #467 — EA, AI, and the End of Work · 30 dkSam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about effective altruism, AI, and the future of humanity. They discuss the post-FTX recovery of the EA movement, global health and…
- #466 — What Is Technology Doing to Us? · 19 dkSam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about technology, society, and human nature. They discuss the harms of modern communication technology, polarization and anomie, how AI…
- #465 — More From Sam: Iran, Jihadism, Conspiracism, AI Disruption, the Manosphere, and More · 36 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss the Iran war and the Trump administration's shambolic messaging…
- #464 — The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California · 1 sa 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose and Democratic candidate for governor of California, about governance, pragmatism, and California's policy failures. They…
- #463 — Privatizing the Apocalypse · 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Rob Reid about biosecurity, pandemic risk, and the alarming fragility of our defenses against biological catastrophe. They discuss the controversial USAID…
- #462 — More From Sam: The Iran War, American Amorality, Addressing Hopelessness, Tucker, and More · 20 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss whether the U.S. was right to take military action against Iran, the new…
- #461 — Dictators Always Tell You What They'll Do · 29 dkSam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about the erosion of American democracy and the global authoritarian threat. They discuss Trump's systematic corruption, the GOP's moral…
- #460 — When the Center Cannot Hold · 22 dkSam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American conservatism and the Trump presidency. They discuss the politicization of federal institutions, the erosion of…
- #459 — More From Sam: Corruption, Immigration, The End of White-Collar Work, and More · 10 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss Trump's cryptocurrency dealings with the UAE and their national security…
- #458 — The Bulwark Against MAGA · 59 dkSam Harris speaks with Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller about Trump and the future of American politics. They discuss the origins of The Bulwark, the bewildering psychology of…
- #457 — More From Sam: The Epstein Files, The Newsom Factor, Don Lemon's Arrest, AI Market Disruption, and More · 16 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss Sam's unexpected appearance in the Epstein files, the revolting behavior…
- #456 — American Fascism · 21 dkSam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch about the emergence of fascism in American politics. They discuss Rauch's article, "Yes, It's Fascism," the 18 criteria of fascism, the…
- #455 — More From Sam: Guns, Propaganda, AI, and Power Unbound · 12 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the lack of outrage from gun…
- #454 — More From Sam: Minnesota, Greenland, Iran, S**thole Countries, and More · 17 dkIn this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron dive into the chaotic start to 2026. They discuss the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Trump…
