Making Sense - Sam Harris


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Episodes

517

Total time

388 hours and 14 minutes

Oldest episode

November 12, 2013

Most recent

September 09, 2026

Avg. length

46 minutes

Avg. words/min

167

Avg. word count

7,729

Avg. sentences

287.0

Avg. harmful content per episode

Misogyny

3.4

sentences flagged

Toxicity

12.9

sentences flagged

Hate speech

13.0

sentences flagged


Notable people

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Hosts: Sam Harris (358)
Frequent 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)
Frequently mentioned: Donald Trump (110) Trump (91) Obama (53) Waking (45) Biden (42) Hitler (42) Hillary Clinton (41) Elon Musk (37) Joe Biden (37) Alex Jones (34) Tucker Carlson (34) Kamala Harris (33) Steven Pinker (30) Putin (28) Joe Rogan (26) Richard Dawkins (26) Christopher Hitchens (25) Vladimir Putin (24) George W. Bush (23) Majid Nawaz (23) Ayaan Hirsi Ali (22) Bill Maher (22) Clinton (21) Nick Bostrom (21) Hunter Biden (20)
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Episodes

JUL
31
2026
#487 — Is AI Already Conscious？
Toxicity: 2 Hate: 6 1 hour and 25 minutes
JUN
17
2026
#481 — Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award
Toxicity: 13 Hate: 6 54 minutes
MAY
12
2026
#475 — The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Toxicity: 1 25 minutes
MAR
25
2025
#404 — What If Consciousness Is Fundamental？
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 5 2 hours and 20 minutes
OCT
21
2021
#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)
Hate: 1 48 minutes
JUL
3
2020
#209 — A Good Life
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 7 57 minutes
JUN
6
2019
#159 — Conscious
Misogyny: 2 Hate: 2 30 minutes
APR
21
2018
#124 — In Search of Reality
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 2 47 minutes
JAN
9
2018
#113 — Consciousness and the Self
Hate: 2 1 hour and 43 minutes
SEP
10
2017
#96 — The Nature of Consciousness
Toxicity: 11 Hate: 14 51 minutes
No Date
Making Sense of Consciousness ｜ Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 2