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

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 (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 (111) Trump (91) Hillary Clinton (54) Obama (53) Waking (45) Joe Biden (43) Biden (42) Hitler (42) Elon Musk (37) Joe Rogan (36) Alex Jones (35) Tucker Carlson (35) Steven Pinker (31) Putin (28) 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

MAY
12
2026
#475 — The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Toxicity: 1 25 minutes
Sam Harris psychedelics conversation psychedelics research politics
MAR
23
2021
#242 — Psychedelics and the Self
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 9 1 hour and 3 minutes
Sam Harris James Fadiman psilocybin experience guide preparation
DEC
7
2020
#227 — Knowing the Mind
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Sam Harris Stephen Laurez ordinary life suffering experiences meditation and happiness paradox education and emotional well-being
DEC
28
2017
#111 — The Science of Meditation
Toxicity: 4 Hate: 6 41 minutes
Sam Harris Daniel Goleman
OCT
28
2014
#4 — The Path and the Goal
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 20 50 minutes
Sam Harris Joseph Goldstein vipassana practice