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
21
2025
398 — Thoughts Without a Thinker
Toxicity: 9 25 minutes
Sam Harris mental growth and meditation meditation benefits
JAN
1
2025
#397 — A New Year's Message from Sam
Toxicity: 7 Hate: 3 18 minutes
Sam Harris
DEC
20
2024
#396 — The Way Forward
Toxicity: 4 Hate: 9 32 minutes
Sam Harris Matthew Iglesias race and mental health identity politics wealth disparity and politics
DEC
11
2024
#395 — Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 48 Hate: 11 31 minutes
Sam Harris subscription model intellectual authority Elon Musk and misinformation
DEC
3
2024
#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 22 minutes
Sam Harris genetic engineering mammoth
NOV
26
2024
#393 — Is History Repeating Itself？
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 28 38 minutes
Sam Harris Simon Sebagg-Montefiore Jewish revolts and religions
NOV
19
2024
#392 — Technology & Culture
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 5 52 minutes
Sam Harris Christine Rosen cabinet appointments Tucker Carlson
NOV
11
2024
#391 — The Reckoning
Misogyny: 10 Toxicity: 79 Hate: 17 40 minutes
Sam Harris transgender activism and politics trans rights and gender dysphoria cultural issues in election
NOV
1
2024
#390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election
Misogyny: 10 Toxicity: 16 Hate: 8 1 hour and 13 minutes
Sam Harris
OCT
25
2024
#389 — The Politics of Risk
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 1 33 minutes
Sam Harris Trump election forecast trust and politics Sam Bankman-Fried-Fried case
OCT
21
2024
#388 — What Is Life？
47 minutes
Sam Harris Sarah Amari Walker life definitions information and life boundary constructor theory & assembly
OCT
15
2024
#387 — Politics & Power
Misogyny: 5 Hate: 16 44 minutes
Sam Harris Rahm Emanuel Japan economy
OCT
7
2024
#386 — Information & Social Order
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 11 47 minutes
Sam Harris hezbollah bombings information & truth economy democracy vs. dictatorship
SEP
30
2024
#385 — AI Utopia
Misogyny: 2 Hate: 2 39 minutes
Sam Harris Nick Bostrom current state of AI and safety measures
SEP
23
2024
#384 — Stress Testing Our Democracy
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 7 40 minutes
Sam Harris Barton Gilman election integrity and democracy voter ID laws
SEP
17
2024
#383 — Where Are the Grown-Ups？
Toxicity: 20 Hate: 9 24 minutes
Sam Harris Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson influence editorial responsibility cultural decay
SEP
6
2024
#382 — The Eye of Nature
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 9 39 minutes
Sam Harris Richard Dawkins palimpsest genetic book genotype vs phenotype
AUG
26
2024
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 20 Hate: 7 46 minutes
Sam Harris social media engagement
AUG
23
2024
#380 — The Roots of Attention
45 minutes
Sam Harris Amishi Jha attention neuroscience mindfulness and cognitive distractions mindfulness cognitive fusion
AUG
12
2024
#379 — Regulating Artificial Intelligence
34 minutes
Sam Harris Scott Wiener regulating AI AI safety concerns AI safety testing