Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
#159 — Conscious
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about her new book, "Conscious: A Brief Guide to the...
#158 — Understanding Humans in the Wild
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Adam Grant about the social science of the workplace. They discuss how teams ...
#157 — What Does the Mueller Report Really Say?
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Benjamin Wittes about both volumes of the Mueller Report. If the Making Sense...
#156 — The Evolution of Culture
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about his new book, "Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins ...
#155 — Mental Models
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Shane Parrish about some of the mental models that should guide our thinking ...
#154 — What Do Jihadists Really Want? (2019)
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris reads from an issue of Dabiq, the magazine of ISIS, and discusses the beliefs and goals o...
#153 — Possible Minds
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris introduces John Brockman's new anthology, "Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI," in ...
#152 — The Trouble with Facebook
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Roger McNamee about his book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. I...
#151 — Will We Destroy the Future?
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods...
#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kahneman at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. They discuss the replication cr...
#149 — The Problem of Addiction
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Sally Satel about addiction. They discuss whether addiction should be conside...
#148 — Jack Dorsey
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jack Dorsey about how he manages his dual CEO roles at Square and Twitter, th...
#147 — Stephen Fry
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Fry about comedy, atheism, political correctness, meditation, ambitio...
#146 — Digital Capitalism
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Rushkoff about the state of the digital economy. If the Making Sense ...
#145 — The Information War
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Renee Diresta about Russia's "Internet Research Agency" and its efforts to am...
The Drive Interview with Peter Attia
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about meditation and the nature of mind. They discuss types of me...
#144 — Conquering Hate
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Deeyah Khan about her groundbreaking films "Jihad" and "White Right." They di...
#143 — The Keys to the Mind
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Derren Brown about his work as a "psychological illusionist." They discuss th...
#142 — Addiction, Depression, and a Meaningful Life
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Johann Hari about his books "Chasing the Scream" and "Lost Connections." If t...
#141— Is #MeToo Going Too Far?
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rebecca Traister about her new book "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of...
The TED Interview
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam talks to the head of TED, Chris Anderson, about using reason to build our morality. Sam makes th...
#140 — Burning Down the Fourth Estate
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Matt Taibbi about the state journalism and the polarization of our politics. ...
#139 — Sacred & Profane
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris gets together with Bill Maher and Larry Charles to celebrate the 10th anniversary of thei...
Introducing Waking Up
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris introduces Waking Up. More information can be found at Wa...
#138 — The Edge of Humanity
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” T...
#137 — Safe Space
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Haidt about his new book "The Coddling of the American Mind." They d...
#136 — Digital Humanism
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jaron Lanier about the economics, politics, and psychology of our digital liv...
#135 — Navigating Sex and Gender
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Martie Haselton about sex and gender, the role of hormones in human psycholog...
#134 — Beyond the Politics of Race
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Coleman Hughes about race, racism, and identity politics. If the Making Sense...
#133 — Globalism on the Brink
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Ian Bremmer about the failure of globalism and rise of populism. They discuss...
#132 — Freeing the Hostages
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Chris Voss about his experience as a hostage negotiator for the FBI. They dis...
#131 — Dictators, Immigration, #MeToo, and Other Imponderables
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Masha Gessen about Vladimir Putin, the problem of gauging public opinion in R...
#130 — Universal Basic Income
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with presidential candidate Andrew Yang about "universal basic income" (UBI). They...
#129 — An Insider’s View of Medicine
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Nina Shapiro about the practice of medicine. They discuss the unique resi...
#128 — Transformations of Mind
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey Miller about evolutionary psychology. They discuss sexual selection,...
#127 — Freedom from the Known
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about his new book “How to Change Your Mind.” They cover t...
#126 — In Defense of Honor
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Tamler Sommers about cultures of honor. They discuss the difference between h...
#125 — What Is Christianity?
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic ...
#124 — In Search of Reality
21 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Sean Carroll about our understanding of reality. They discuss consciousness, ...
#123 — Identity & Honesty
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Ezra Klein, Editor-at-Large for Vox Media, about racism, identity politics, i...
#122 — Extreme Housekeeping Edition
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris responds to the ongoing controversy over his interview with Charles Murray and discusses ...
#121 — White Power
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Christian Picciolini about his experience as a neo-Nazi skinhead. They discus...
#120 — What Is and What Matters
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Rebecca Goldstein and Max Tegmark about the foundations of human knowledge an...
#119 — Hidden Motives
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Robin Hanson about our hidden motives in everyday life. They discuss selfishn...
# 118 — The View from Trumpistan
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Preet Bharara about President Trump and the Russia investigation. If the Ma...
#117 — Networks, Power, and Chaos
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about his new book "The Square and the Tower." They discuss hi...
The Russell Brand Interview
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Making Sense podcast features an interview that Sam did with Russell Brand on th...
#116 — AI: Racing Toward the Brink
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky about the nature of intelligence, different types of AI, th...
#115 — Sam Harris, Lawrence Krauss, and Matt Dillahunty (1)
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Lawrence Krauss and Matt Dillahunty about the threat of nuclear war, Christia...
#114 — Politics and Sanity
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Frum and Andrew Sullivan about the Trump presidency, hyper-partisanship...
#113 — Consciousness and the Self
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of consciousness, where consciousness em...
#112 — The Intellectual Dark Web
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Eric Weinstein and Ben Shapiro about the breakdown of shared values, the prob...
#111 — The Science of Meditation
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson about the current scientific understan...
#110 — The Change Artist
23 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with AJ Jacobs about religion, gossip, polyamory, health advice, our past and futu...
#109— Biology and Culture
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Bret Weinstein about the moral panic at Evergreen State College, the concept ...
#108 — Defending the Experts
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Tom Nichols about his book The Death of Expertise. They discuss the “Dunnin...
#107 — Is Life Actually Worth Living?
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of “anti-natalism." They discuss the asy...
#106 — Humanity 2.0
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Jennifer Doudna about the gene-editing technology CRISPR/cas9. They talk abou...
#105 — Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Matt Dillahunty
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The following conversation between Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Matt Dillahunty was recorded at ...
#104 — The Lessons of Death
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Frank Ostaseski about death and dying—and about how the awareness of death ...
#103 — American Fantasies
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Kurt Andersen about the American aptitude for unfounded belief, the religious...
#102 — Is Buddhism True?
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Robert Wright about his book Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy...
#101 — Defending the Republic
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about the polarization and fragmentation of American society, “...
#100 — Facing the Crowd
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about mob behavior, moral panics, and current threats to ...
The "After On" Interview
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Making Sense podcast features an interview that Sam Harris did with Rob Reid on ...
#99 — What Happened to Liberalism?
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Mark Lilla about the fate of political liberalism in the United States, the e...
#98 — Into the Dark Land
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of Al...
#97 — The Impossible War
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their latest film, The Vietnam War. If the Ma...
#96 — The Nature of Consciousness
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Thomas Metzinger about the scientific and experiential understanding of consc...
#95 — What You Need to Know About Climate Change
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Joseph Romm about how the climate is changing and how we know that human beha...
#94 — Frontiers of Intelligence
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Max Tegmark about his new book Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial...
#93 — Identity & Terror
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about identity politics, the rise of white nationalism, the ev...
#92 — The Limits of Persuasion
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Pizarro and Tamler Sommers about free speech on campus, the Scott Adams...
#91 — The Biology of Good and Evil
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about his work with baboons, the opposition between reason an...
#90 — Living With Violence
06 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Gavin de Becker about the primacy of human intuition in the prediction and pr...
#89 — On Becoming a Better Person
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about his book The Road to Character, the importance of words li...
#88 — Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea?
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Mark Bowden about the problem of a nuclear-armed North Korea. If the Making S...
#87 — Triggered
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris and Scott Adams debate the character and competence of President Trump. If the Making Sen...
#86 — From Cells to Cities
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey West about how biological and social systems scale, the significance...
#85 — Is this the End of Europe?
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his book The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Ident...
#84 — Landscapes of Mind
01 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Kevin Kelly about why it’s so hard to predict future technology, the nature...
#83 — The Politics of Emergency
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Fareed Zakaria about his career as a journalist, Samuel Huntington's "clash o...
#82 — The End of the World According to ISIS
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about his experience reporting on ISIS, the myth of online recrui...
#81 — Leaving Islam
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Sarah Haider about her organization Ex-Muslims of North America, how the poli...
#80 — The Unraveling
04 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Frum about political partisanship, recent security leaks, Trump's forei...
#79 — The Road to Tyranny
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Timothy Snyder about his book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth C...
#78 — Persuasion and Control
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Zeynep Tufekci about "surveillance capitalism," the Trump campaign's use of F...
#77 — The Moral Complexity of Genetics
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about the human desire to understand and manipulate here...
#76 — The Path to Impeachment
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum and Juliette Kayyem about the unfolding Russia scandal in the ...
#75 — Ask Me Anything 7
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about the illusion of the self, his podcast with Charles...
#74 — What Should We Eat?
06 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Gary Taubes about his career as a science journalist, the difficulty of study...
#73 — Forbidden Knowledge
23 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Charles Murray about the controversy over his book "The Bell Curve," the vali...
#72 — Privacy and Security
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with General Michael V. Hayden about the reality of spying, the difference between...
#71 — What Is Technology Doing to Us?
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Tristan Harris about the arms race for human attention, the ethics of persuas...
#70 — Beauty and Terror
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with physicist Lawrence Krauss about the utility of public debates, the progress o...
#69 — The Russia Connection
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about Russia's meddling in the U.S. Presidential election and ...
#68 — Reality and the Imagination
19 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about meditation, the need for stories, the power of techno...
#67 — Meaning and Chaos
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson discuss science, religion, archetypes, mythology, and the perennial p...
#66 — Living with Robots
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with Kate Darling about the ethical concerns surrounding our increasing use of rob...
#65 — We're All Cucks Now
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris speaks with David Frum about the presidency of Donald Trump. If the Making Sense podcast ...