Making Sense - Sam Harris


Show info


Episodes

522

Total time

391 hours and 14 minutes

Oldest episode

November 12, 2013

Most recent

October 09, 2026

Avg. length

46 minutes

Avg. words/min

167

Avg. word count

7,717

Avg. sentences

402.6

Avg. harmful content per episode

Misogyny

3.4

sentences flagged

Toxicity

12.8

sentences flagged

Hate speech

13.3

sentences flagged


Topics & people

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Topics
wealth inequality identity politics alignment problem consciousness mindfulness mindfulness practice Edelman's interactions and legacy Islamophobia attention neuroscience cancel culture climate change cognitive empathy consciousness emergence consciousness level distinctions consciousness mystery death and impermanence dogmatism earning to give existential risk extended phenotype
Hosts
Sam Harris (522)
Guests
Nicholas Christakis (5) David Frum (3) Graham Wood (3) Jonah Goldberg (3) Jonathan Haidt (3) Sam Harris (3) Siddhartha Mukherjee (3) Anil Seth (2) Ann Applebaum (2) Cass Sunstein (2) David Edmonds (2) Douglas Murray (2) Eliezer Yudkowsky (2) Gabriel Dance (2) Gary Kasparov (2) Jordan Peterson (2) Max Tegmark (2) Michael Weiss (2) Neil Ferguson (2) Nick Bostrom (2)
Mentioned
Donald Trump (112) Trump (92) Hillary Clinton (54) Obama (53) Waking (45) Hitler (43) Joe Biden (43) Biden (42) Elon Musk (39) Joe Rogan (36) Tucker Carlson (36) Alex Jones (35) Steven Pinker (31) Putin (29) Richard Dawkins (26) Christopher Hitchens (25) Vladimir Putin (24) Ayaan Hirsi Ali (23) George W. Bush (23) Majid Nawaz (23) Bill Maher (22) Nick Bostrom (22) Clinton (21) Hunter Biden (20) Peter Singer (20)
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Episodes

JAN
2
2019
#145 β€” The Information War
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 12 Hate: 4 31 minutes
Sam Harris Renee DiResta Russian disinformation campaign social media manipulation
DEC
20
2018
The Drive Interview with Peter Attia
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 24 Hate: 16 2 hours and 54 minutes
Sam Harris mindfulness meditation mindfulness practice transition meditation and happiness
DEC
7
2018
#144 β€” Conquering Hate
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 27 Hate: 39 1 hour and 9 minutes
Sam Harris Dia Khan Jihad extremism White Supremacist and jihadism similarities charlottesville protests
NOV
21
2018
#143 β€” The Keys to the Mind
Toxicity: 14 Hate: 4 42 minutes
Sam Harris Darren Brown psychological illusions manipulation in shows
NOV
13
2018
#142 β€” Addiction, Depression, and a Meaningful Life
Misogyny: 10 Toxicity: 27 Hate: 5 47 minutes
Sam Harris Johan Hari addiction and depression depression rise metrics loneliness crisis
NOV
5
2018
#141β€” Is #MeToo Going Too Far？
Misogyny: 68 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 23 40 minutes
Sam Harris Rebecca Traister waves of feminism
OCT
30
2018
The TED Interview
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 20 1 hour and 7 minutes
Sam Harris
OCT
17
2018
#140 β€” Burning Down the Fourth Estate
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 45 minutes
Sam Harris Matt Taibbi media coverage of Trump election climate change journalism platforming movement
OCT
3
2018
#139 β€” Sacred & Profane
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 40 Hate: 25 42 minutes
Sam Harris Bill Maher
SEP
25
2018
Introducing Waking Up
Hate: 1 10 minutes
Sam Harris app subscription and access
SEP
20
2018
#138 β€” The Edge of Humanity
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 11 49 minutes
Sam Harris meditation and book discussion follow your heart liberal democracy changes technology
SEP
10
2018
#137 β€” Safe Space
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 2 40 minutes
Sam Harris Jonathan Haidt call-out culture prestige economy bigotry definitions
AUG
30
2018
#136 β€” Digital Humanism
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 5 28 minutes
Sam Harris Jaron Lanier digital economy
AUG
20
2018
#135 β€” Navigating Sex and Gender
Misogyny: 8 Toxicity: 25 Hate: 13 37 minutes
Sam Harris Catholic Church abuse scandal funding podcast Lister Supported
JUL
29
2018
#134 β€” Beyond the Politics of Race
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 39 Hate: 31 50 minutes
Sam Harris Coleman Hughes race discussions black-on-black violence racism treadmill disparities
JUL
18
2018
#133 β€” Globalism on the Brink
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 10 Hate: 5 24 minutes
Sam Harris globalism problems globalism vs. populism
JUL
9
2018
#132 β€” Freeing the Hostages
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 7 26 minutes
Sam Harris Chris Voss kidnapping and money tracing
JUL
3
2018
#131 β€” Dictators, Immigration, #MeToo, and Other Imponderables
Toxicity: 19 Hate: 18 36 minutes
Sam Harris Masha Gessen protests in Russia Putin and Russian public opinion Trump's affinity for dictators
JUN
19
2018
#130 β€” Universal Basic Income
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 1 24 minutes
Sam Harris Andrew Yang universal basic income
JUN
4
2018
#128 β€” Transformations of Mind
Misogyny: 16 Toxicity: 23 Hate: 9 1 hour and 9 minutes
Sam Harris Jeffrey Miller signaling consumer behavior Virtue Signal AI safety research