#427 — AI Friends & Enemies
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about AI and current events. They discuss the state of LLMs, the r...
#426 — How Bad Is It?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Frum about the current state of American politics. They discuss the ext...
#425 — Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic?
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Marc Lipsitch about pandemic preparedness. They discuss what we learned from ...
#424 — "More From Sam": Nazi Grok, ICE, Epstein, Social Media, Rapid Fire Questions
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the “More From Sam” series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events an...
#423 — “More From Sam”: Democracy, Populism, Wealth Inequality, News-Induced Anxiety, & Rapid Fire Questions
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the “More From Sam” series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events an...
#422 — Zionism & Jihadism
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Haviv Rettig Gur about Israel and her enemies. They discuss Israel’s war wi...
#421 — “More From Sam”: Political Violence, Iran, Deportations, Protests, & Rapid Fire Questions
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the “More From Sam” series, Sam hopped back on with his manager and bu...
#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kokotajlo about the potential impacts of superintelligent AI over the ...
#419 — "More From Sam": Elon vs. Trump, Religion, Jordan Peterson, & Rapid Fire Questions
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current ev...
#418 — A Future for Democrats
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Congressman Ritchie Torres about the future of American politics. They discus...
#417 — Philosophy for Life
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Donald Robertson about Stoicism and the good life. They discuss the relations...
#416 — “More From Sam”: Biden's Big Lie, Review of Tapper Interview, Trump, & a Case Against Israel's Actions in Gaza
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current ev...
#415 — The Cover-Up
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jake Tapper about Jake’s new book (with Alex Thompson), Original Sin: Presi...
#414 — Strange Truths
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Deutsch about quantum physics and current events. They discuss the “m...
#413 — “More From Sam”: Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current ev...
#412 — Better Things & Better People
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rutger Bregman about Rutger’s new book, Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your T...
#411 — The Victimhood Pandemic
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Scott Barry Kaufman about Scott’s new book, Rise Above: Overcome a Victim M...
#410 — The Whole Catastrophe
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about Douglas’s new book, On Democracies and Death Cults: Is...
#409 — "More From Sam": Religion, Deportations, Douglas Murray vs. Rogan, & Bill Maher's Dinner with Trump
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to discuss current event...
#408 — Finding Equanimity in Chaos
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Harris interviews Sam Harris for Dan’s podcast, 10% Happier. They discuss how meditation helpe...
#407 — Can We Ever Return to Normal Politics?
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jon Favreau about the state of American politics. They discuss the Trump admi...
#406 — The Legacy of Christianity
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Tom Holland about his book, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the...
#405 — "More From Sam": Tariffs, SignalGate, Trump, Elon, Douglas Murray, & Joe Rogan
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By far the most common feedback we hear from you guys is the following: “We want more from Sam.”...
#404 — What If Consciousness Is Fundamental?
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about LIGHTS ON, her ten-part audio documentary expl...
#403 — Sanity Check on Trump 2.0
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the damage Trump is doing domestically and abroad. They ...
#402 — The Geopolitics of Trump 2.0
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about the current geopolitical situation. They discuss how Tru...
#401 — Christian Nationalism and the New Right
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Katherine Stewart about her new book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Moveme...
#400 — The Politics of Information
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Helen Lewis about the culture wars. They discuss the role of journalists, DEI...
#399 — The Politics of Catastrophe
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rick Caruso about the Los Angeles fires. They discuss how mismanagement may h...
#398 — Thoughts Without a Thinker
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam provides an update about his experience of the LA fires and shares a few selections from the Wak...
#397 — A New Year's Message from Sam
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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#396 — The Way Forward
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Matthew Yglesias about the future of Democratic politics. They discuss where ...
#395 — Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris discusses the breakdown of trust in institutions, the nature of intellectual authority, t...
#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Ben Lamm about his work at Colossal Biosciences. They discuss his efforts to ...
#393 — Is History Repeating Itself?
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the his...
#392 — Technology & Culture
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Christine Rosen about how technology is changing our culture. They discuss th...
#391 — The Reckoning
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris discusses the result of the 2024 presidential election, the lessons that the Democratic P...
#390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Mark Cuban about the 2024 presidential election. They discuss Trump’s ethic...
#389 — The Politics of Risk
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Nate Silver about cultural attitudes toward risk and the state of American po...
#388 — What Is Life?
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Sara Imari Walker about a scientific understanding of life. They discuss the ...
#387 — Politics & Power
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel about the state of world order and American politics....
#386 — Information & Social Order
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book, Nexus, and its application to current c...
#385 — AI Utopia
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about ongoing progress in artificial intelligence. They discuss ...
#384 — Stress Testing Our Democracy
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Barton Gellman about election integrity and the safeguarding of American demo...
#383 — Where Are the Grown-Ups?
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker C...
#382 — The Eye of Nature
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins about his new book The Genetic Book of the Dead, the genome a...
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with “Destiny” (Steven Bonnell) about politics and public debate. They discuss...
#380 — The Roots of Attention
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Amishi Jha about attention and the brain. They discuss how attention is studi...
#379 — Regulating Artificial Intelligence
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yoshua Bengio and Scott Wiener about AI risk and the new bill introduced in C...
#378 — Digital Delusions
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Renée DiResta about the state of our information landscape. They discuss the...
#377 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine 2
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mitchell and Dr. Sarah Abedi about recent developments in resear...
#376 — How Democracies Fail
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris and Anne Applebaum discuss the nature of modern autocracies and how democracies fail. The...
#375 — On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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#374 — Consciousness and the Physical World
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Christof Koch about the nature of consciousness. They discuss Christof’s de...
#373 — Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Michal Cotler-Wunsh about the global rise of antisemitism. They discuss the b...
#372 — Life & Work
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with George Saunders about his creative process. They discuss George’s involveme...
#371 — What the Hell Is Happening?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks to Bill Maher about the state of the world. They discuss the aftermath of October ...
#370 — Gender Apartheid and the Future of Iran
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s housekeeping, Sam explains his digital business model. He and Yasmine Mohammed (co-host...
#369 — Escaping Death
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Sebastian Junger about danger and death. They discuss Sebastian's career as a...
#368 — Freedom & Censorship
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Greg Lukianoff about free speech and cancel culture. They discuss the origins...
#367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem o...
#366 — Urban Warfare 2.0
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with John Spencer about the reality of urban warfare and Israel's conduct in the w...
#365 — Reality Check
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris begins by remembering his friendship with Dan Dennett. He then speaks with David Wallace-...
#364 — Facts & Values
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris revisits the central argument he made in his book, The Moral Landscape, about the reality...
#363 — Knowledge Work
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Cal Newport about our use of information technology and the cult of productiv...
#362 — Six Months of War
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris and Josh Szeps (episode co-host) speak with Douglas Murray about the ongoing war in Gaza....
#361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about the implosion of FTX and the effect that it has had o...
#360 — We Really Don’t Have Free Will?
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the widespread belief in free will. They discuss the li...
#359 — Getting Used to It
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about habituation and its consequences. They discuss habituatio...
#358 — The War in Ukraine
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yaroslav Trofimov about the War in Ukraine. They discuss the widespread false...
#357 — America & World Order
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about America’s place in the world. They discuss the waning P...
#356 — Islam & Freedom
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris and Rory Stewart debate whether Islam poses a unique threat to open societies. If the Mak...
#355 — A Falling World
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Peter Zeihan about the unraveling world order. They discuss the Bretton Woods...
#354 — Is Moral Progress a Fantasy?
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with John Gray about the possibility of moral and political progress. They discuss...
#353 — Race & Reason
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Coleman Hughes about race, racism, and social justice. They discuss the ideal...
#352 — Hubris & Chaos
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rory Stewart about the fraying world order. They discuss the wars in Afghanis...
#351 — 5 Myths about Israel and the War in Gaza
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A transcript of this podcast is available on Sam’s blog. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your...
#350 — Sharing Reality
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch and Josh Szeps about the foundations of knowledge and the frag...
#349 — Generosity, Cynicism, and the Future of Doing Good
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Chris Anderson about generosity in the age of the Internet. They talk about t...
#348 — The Politics of Antisemitism
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rabbi David Wolpe about the global response to the atrocities of October 7th,...
#347 — Finding Sanity in 2024
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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#346 — The Best Kept Secret In History?
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Brian Muraresku about ancient mystery religions and the possible psychedelic ...
#345 — Resilience
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Amanda Knox about her experience of having been falsely convicted and impriso...
#344 — The War in Gaza
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris comments on the recent testimony of university presidents before Congress, along with Elo...
#343 — What Is "Islamophobia"?
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris discusses the social and political consequences of a weaponized term. A transcript of thi...
#342 — Animal Minds & Moral Truths
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Peter Singer about important problems in ethics. They discuss his career as a...
#341 — Gaza & Global Order
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the events of October 7th and the resulting war in Ga...
#340 — The Bright Line Between Good and Evil
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks about the ongoing war in Gaza, the global rise of antisemitism, and the enduring p...
#339 — The Infernal Logic of Jihad
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about the October 7th atrocities in Israel, the unfolding war in ...
#338 — The Sin of Moral Equivalence
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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#337 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jeannie Fontana and Robin Carhart-Harris about the TREAT Initiative in Califo...
#336 — The Roots of Identity Politics
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yascha Mounk about identity politics. They discuss Yascha’s concept of the ...
#335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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#334 — The Low-Trust Society
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about the state of American democracy and the liberal world orde...
#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Chris Field about climate change and its consequences. They discuss skepticis...
#332 — Can We Contain Artificial Intelligence?
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Mustafa Suleyman about his new book, “The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, a...
#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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#330 — The Doomsday Machine
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Carl Robichaud about the ongoing threat of nuclear war. They discuss the film...
#329 — What Happened to the Republican Party?
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about the current state of the Republican Party. They discuss t...
#328 — Health & Longevity
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about his book, “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.” ...