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Sam Harris picks a fight with God
Aired: February 12, 2010
Sam Harris speaks with Patt Morrison from the 2010 TED conference.
PRI: Fair Game
Aired: January 2, 2008
Christmas is over so we can finally talk to atheists again. We have Sam Harris, who helped kick off the atheist publishing craze with his book The End of Faith. He’s also a neuroscientist, and is out with a new study about how brains process belief. Or don’t.
The New Atheists
In this month’s audio podcast we celebrate our program’s two-year anniversary by interviewing Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens. HNN’s Duncan Crary interviewed these best-selling authors, a.k.a. “The New Atheists”, at the Atheist Alliance International annual conference in September. At the conference, Harris, author of “The End of Faith,” told the crowd that they should not identify with the atheist label. Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens react. So does the Rational Response Squad and Pastor Deacon Fred of the Landover Baptist Church. Also, Sweet Reason gives advice on “coming out” as an atheist.
Humanist Network News Podcast #24
All Things Considered: “Atheist Brigade Takes Arguments to the Tolerant”
Aired: December 15, 2006
In response to the growing power of religious extremism, a small group of atheists has taken a new approach. Going on the offensive, they target the tolerant, with both reason - and ridicule. Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR’s On the Media, reports.
On Point: “The State of the Enlightenment”
Aired: December 11, 2006
In April, 1966, the cover of Time magazine asked “Is God Dead?” Well, “no” the answer turned out to be. Despite centuries of science, the Enlightenment’s resistance to religious dogma, and modernity’s romance with reason, faith has not only survived but made a huge comeback in recent years. Now a raft of books, some bestsellers, argue again that humans must get beyond religion to move forward. That fundamentalism and doctrine breed conflict and darkness. But could it be that, despite the pullback of the religious right in recent U.S. elections, it is still science and reason that are in deep retreat?
— 60min (audio) - Please go to OnPointRadio.org to listen
CBC Radio - Tapestry
Aired: November 5, 2006
Sam Harris has been called a heretic – and a very brave man. Harris, author of The End of Faith, believes that religious tolerance is a disaster in the making – but that political correctness and fear of racism make any discussion of his idea utterly impossible. Sam Harris is ecumenical in his fear: the Christian who welcomes Armageddon as the harbinger of Jesus is just as terrifying as the Muslim who yearns for a martyr’s death to guarantee his place in paradise. Both, Harris believes, are driving a muzzled, timid society “to the abyss.” Sam Harris’ latest book is Letter to a Christian Nation.
KCRW - The Politics of Culture: “The Philosophy of Religion”
Aired: October 3, 2006
Are the world’s major religions truly incompatible? KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour talks with authors Sam Harris, Andrew Sullivan and Jonathan Kirsch about the philosophy of religion in today’s modern world.
Talk of the Nation: “Keeping Religion Out of Public Policy”
Aired: Friday, October 2, 2006
Talk of the Nation, October 2, 2006 · In his new book, Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris advocates keeping religion out of public policy. He calls religion the biggest obstacle to a rational public discourse. In the first of a two-part series on religion and politics, Harris discusses his book.
“Keeping Religion Out of Public Policy”
Day to Day: “Author Challenges Faith of a ‘Christian Nation’”
Aired: Friday, September 29, 2006
In his new book Letter to a Christian Nation, author Sam Harris argues that faith is an antiquated and destructive notion that should be challenged more vigorously.
Author Challenges Faith of a ‘Christian Nation’
To the Best of Our Knowledge: “Is religion dangerous?”
Aired: Sunday, June 11, 2006
Is religion dangerous? Sam Harris thinks so. Harris is one of America’s most vocal critics of religion. He blames the violent verses in the Koran and the Bible for inciting religious conflict around the world. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk with Sam Harris about the dangers of religion.
— RM (audio, Real Player) - “Is religion dangerous?” - To the Best of Our Knowledge (Site)
Ring Of Fire
Aired: Saturday, May 13, 2006
Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, speaks to Robert Kennedy Jr. about the religious roots of world conflicts.
— MP3 (audio) - “Ring Of Fire” - Ring of Fire (Site)
“The View from the End of the World”
Aired: Thursday, Dec 22, 2005
A lecture sponsored by the The Long Now Foundation, December 9th, 2005 (This lecture aired on KQED on December 22nd)
— MP3 (audio) - “The View from the End of the World”
Amsterdam Forum
Aired: Sunday, Sep 16, 2005
“If you believe that the Koran is the wisest book ever written, civilised society has a problem with you…”
— 30min (audio) - Please go to the Amsterdam Forum to listen
On Point: “The End of All Religions?”
Aired: Thursday, Dec 30, 2004
“Is religion ‘ignorance with wings?’ That’s what author Sam Harris claims in his new book, “The End of Faith.” He sets out to close the door on organized religion and argues for a world without Christianity, Islam or Judaism.”
— 60min (audio) - Please go to OnPointRadio.org to listen
