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

OCT
11
2025
#438 — "More From Sam"： Israel-Hamas Deal, Qatari Air Force Base, Trump, Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, & Rapid Fire Questions
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 34 27 minutes
Sam Harris Charlie Kirk Assassin
OCT
6
2025
#437 — Two Years Since 10⧸7
Toxicity: 6 Hate: 17 20 minutes
Sam Harris
OCT
3
2025
#436 — A Crisis of Trust
Toxicity: 2 Hate: 6 25 minutes
Sam Harris Michael Osterholm pandemic preparation airborne transmission of COVID
OCT
2
2025
#435 — The Last Invention
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 11 37 minutes
Sam Harris
SEP
16
2025
#434 — Can We Survive AI？
Toxicity: 7 Hate: 6 36 minutes
Sam Harris Eliezer Yudkowsky alignment problem Chad GPT gradient descent training AI
SEP
6
2025
#433 — How Did We Get Here？
Toxicity: 1 21 minutes
Sam Harris Dan Carlin presidential power history
AUG
27
2025
#432 — The Undoing of America
Toxicity: 4 Hate: 1 25 minutes
Sam Harris David French distortion of federal justice January 6th pardons and abuse of power Trumpistan universe
AUG
25
2025
#431 — What Is Happening on College Campuses？
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 6 23 minutes
Sam Harris Michael Roth ideological bias on campuses Free Speech limits on campuses protests and speech at Wesleyan
AUG
22
2025
#430 — ＂More From Sam＂： Trump, Gavin Newsom, Class War, DOGE, & Rapid Fire Questions
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 3 15 minutes
Sam Harris trump future concerns Trump Wanted norms wealth inequality
AUG
11
2025
#429 — The New World Order
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 15 26 minutes
Sam Harris Ann Applebaum Sudan civil war food aid destruction chaos
AUG
7
2025
#428 — Political Extremism
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 5 26 minutes
Sam Harris Jonah Goldberg Trump 2.0
JUL
25
2025
#427 — AI Friends & Enemies
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 8 23 minutes
Sam Harris Paul Bloom AI consciousness dilemmas morality origins innate psychology loneliness and AI interaction
JUL
23
2025
#426 — How Bad Is It？
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 18 27 minutes
Sam Harris David Frum corruption and trade disputes trade policy uncertainty
JUL
21
2025
#425 — Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic？
Hate: 3 27 minutes
Sam Harris Mark Lipsitch public health system upgrades and pandemic responses public health communications
JUL
16
2025
#424 — ＂More From Sam＂： Nazi Grok, ICE, Epstein, Social Media, Rapid Fire Questions
Toxicity: 14 Hate: 12 26 minutes
Sam Harris Nazi Grok resisting arrest Jeffrey Epstein files
JUL
8
2025
#423 — “More From Sam”： Democracy, Populism, Wealth Inequality, News-Induced Anxiety, & Rapid Fire Questions
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 9 19 minutes
Sam Harris open societies immigration vetting process outdoor cats
JUN
19
2025
#422 — Zionism & Jihadism
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 32 Hate: 277 2 hours and 4 minutes
Sam Harris Haviv Retigur Israeli missile technology and innovation Iranian regime incompetence Iron Dome innovation
JUN
17
2025
#421 — “More From Sam”： Political Violence, Iran, Deportations, Protests, & Rapid Fire Questions
Toxicity: 14 Hate: 7 18 minutes
Sam Harris tour dates political violence Israel and Iran nuclear threat
JUN
12
2025
#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 2 20 minutes
Sam Harris Daniel Cocatello leaving openai alignment problem
JUN
6
2025
#419 — ＂More From Sam＂： Elon vs. Trump, Religion, Jordan Peterson, & Rapid Fire Questions
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 7 14 minutes
Sam Harris