Making Sense - Sam Harris

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Episodes

519

Total time

388 hours and 54 minutes

Oldest episode

November 12, 2013

Most recent

September 24, 2026

Avg. length

46 minutes

Avg. words/min

167

Avg. word count

7,712

Avg. sentences

286.4

Avg. harmful content per episode

Misogyny

3.4

sentences flagged

Toxicity

12.8

sentences flagged

Hate speech

13.0

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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 (519)

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 (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) Nick Bostrom (22) Clinton (21) Hunter Biden (20)

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DEC

2016

Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 15 Hate: 18 1 hour and 9 minutes

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