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No. 11 · Science

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Rank
11
Score
49
People
76
Months
55
Years
2015–2026
Status
Still publishing
Typical episode
42 min

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Why people recommend it

A couple examples of excellent podcasts of this variety are the Ezra Klein Show [1] and Sam Harris's Waking Up [2].

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Recommended episodes

  1. #44 — Being Good and Doing Good29 Aug 2016 · 56 min · 1 person on HN
  2. #207 — Can We Pull Back From The Brink?13 Jun 2020 · 1 h 53 min · 1 person on HN
  3. #3 — WAKING UP — Chapter One21 Aug 2014 · 41 min · 1 person on HN

Latest episodes

  1. #500 — The Playing Animal30 Oct 2026 · 28 min
  2. #499 — The Birth of AGI20 Oct 2026 · 21 min
  3. #498 — More From Sam: Bond Villains, Useful Idiots, Firing Squads, and More14 Oct 2026 · 23 min
  4. #497 — The Confidence Man9 Oct 2026 · 22 min

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About the show

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.

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FWIW, I'd highly recommend 'Waking Up' podcast by Sam Harris. He has this rare combination of eloquence and substance.

Sam Harris has released two great podcasts that discuss how Facebook... https://samharris.org/podcasts/146-digital-capitalism/

The latest Sam Harris podcast with Alina Chan who wrote a book on the lab theory is fantastic.

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