November 27, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#342 - Animal Minds & Moral Truths

A Conversation with Peter Singer

New

November 16, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#341 - Gaza & Global Order

A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

November 7, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#340 - The Bright Line Between Good and Evil

November 3, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#339 - The Infernal Logic of Jihad

A Conversation with Graeme Wood

October 24, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Ethics and Emptiness

A Conversation with Diane Musho Hamilton

October 12, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#338 - The Sin of Moral Equivalence

October 11, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Vocabularies of Being

A Conversation with Jane Hirshfield

October 4, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#337 - The Future of Psychedelic Medicine

A Conversation with Jeannie Fontana and Robin Carhart-Harris

September 30, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Mirror of Consciousness

A Conversation with André Duqum

September 28, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#336 - The Roots of Identity Politics

A Conversation with Yascha Mounk

September 22, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#335 - A Postmortem on My Response to Covid

September 18, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#334 - The Low-Trust Society

A Conversation with David Brooks

September 5, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#333 - Sanity Check on Climate Change

A Conversation with Chris Field

August 29, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Silence and Pilgrimage

A Conversation with Pico Iyer

August 28, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#332 - Can We Contain Artificial Intelligence?

A Conversation with Mustafa Suleyman

August 20, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#331 - A Golden Age for Assholes

August 16, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#330 - The Doomsday Machine

A Conversation with Carl Robichaud

August 12, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#329 - What Happened to the Republican Party?

A Conversation with Bret Stephens

August 4, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Health & Longevity

A Conversation with Peter Attia

August 2, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#328 - Health & Longevity

A Conversation with Peter Attia

July 25, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Transformative Experiences

A Conversation with L.A. Paul

July 21, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#327 - Transformative Experiences

A Conversation with L.A. Paul

July 11, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Factors of Awakening

A Conversation with Rick Hanson

July 6, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#326 - AI & Information Integrity

A Conversation with Nina Schick

July 3, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#325 - A Few Thoughts About RFK Jr.

June 28, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#324 - Debating the Future of AI

A Conversation with Marc Andreessen

June 22, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#323 - Science & Survival

A Conversation with Martin Rees

June 18, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Meditation

Episode 10 of The Essential Sam Harris

June 16, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Predicting Reality

A Conversation with Andy Clark

June 13, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Natural State

A Conversation with Mark Coleman

June 12, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#322 - Predicting Reality

A Conversation with Andy Clark

June 5, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#321 - Reckoning with Parfit

A Conversation with David Edmonds

May 26, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Death

Episode 9 of The Essential Sam Harris

May 25, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

Constructing Self and World

A Conversation with Shamil Chandaria

May 22, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#320 - Constructing Self and World

A Conversation with Shamil Chandaria

May 15, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#319 - The Digital Multiverse

A Conversation with David Auerbach

May 5, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Social Media

Episode 8 of The Essential Sam Harris

May 1, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#318 - Physics & Philosophy

A Conversation with Tim Maudlin

April 20, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#317 - What Do We Know About Our Minds?

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

April 14, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#316 - Self-Defense: Reality and Fantasy

A Conversation with Matt Thornton

April 12, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Existential Threat & Nuclear War

Episode 7 of The Essential Sam Harris

April 7, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#315 - The Great Derangement

A Conversation with Tim Urban

March 31, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#314 - The Cancellation of J.K. Rowling

A Conversation with Megan Phelps-Roper

March 29, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Whole of Life

A Conversation with Christopher Titmuss

March 25, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#313 - Apocalypse

A Conversation with Bart D. Ehrman

March 17, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Belief and Unbelief

Episode 6 of The Essential Sam Harris

March 7, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#312 - The Trouble with AI

A Conversation with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus

February 20, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#311 - Did SARS-CoV-2 Escape from a Lab?

A Conversation with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan

February 15, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Ultimate Nature of Things

A Conversation with Swami Sarvapriyananda

February 14, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Free Will

Episode 5 of The Essential Sam Harris

January 31, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#310 - Social Media & Public Trust

A Conversation with Bari Weiss, Michael Shellenberger, and Renee DiResta

January 26, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Encounters With Violence

Episode 4 of The Essential Sam Harris

January 19, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#309 - Vulnerability, Politics, and Moral Worth

A Conversation with Martha C. Nussbaum

January 18, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Seeing of It

A Conversation with Kelly Boys

January 11, 2023 | Making Sense Episodes

#308 - The Long Game

A Conversation with Robert Waldinger

January 11, 2023 | Waking Up Conversations

The Long Game

A Conversation with Robert Waldinger

January 5, 2023 | Essentials

Making Sense of Foundations of Morality

Episode 3 of The Essential Sam Harris

December 30, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#307 - Twitter, Elon, & Free Speech

December 15, 2022 | Essentials

Making Sense of Consciousness

Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris

December 15, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Psychedelics and Mortality

A Conversation with Roland Griffiths

December 13, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#306 - Psychedelics & Mortality

A Conversation with Roland Griffiths

December 7, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#305 - Moral Knowledge

A Conversation with Erik Hoel

November 28, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#304 - Why I Left Twitter

A Conversation with Cal Newport

November 22, 2022 | Essentials

Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence

Episode 1 of The Essential Sam Harris

November 15, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#303 - The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

November 10, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#302 - Science & Civilization

A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

October 25, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#301 - The Politics of Unreality: Ukraine and Nuclear Risk

A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

October 12, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#300 - A Tale of Cancellation

A Conversation with Meg Smaker

October 4, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Steps in the Right Direction

A Conversation with Russ Roberts

October 3, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#299 - Steps in the Right Direction

A Conversation with Russ Roberts

September 29, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#298 - Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

A Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed

September 23, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Preparing for the End

A Conversation with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger

September 23, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#297 - Preparing for the End

A Conversation with BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger

September 13, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#296 - Repairing Our Country

A Conversation with Jonah Goldberg

September 10, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Philosophy and the Good Life

A Conversation with Kieran Setiya

September 9, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#295 - Philosophy and the Good Life

A Conversation with Kieran Setiya

August 31, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#294 - Status Games

A Conversation with Will Storr

August 25, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#293 - What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias

August 14, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#292 - How Much Does the Future Matter?

A Conversation with William MacAskill

July 31, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Where Is Happiness?

A Conversation with Arthur C. Brooks

July 28, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#291 - Where is Happiness?

A Conversation with Arthur C. Brooks

July 27, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

The Pathless Path

A Conversation with Joan Tollifson

July 21, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#290 - What Went Wrong?

A Conversation with Marc Andreessen

July 18, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#289 - Time Management for Mortals

A Conversation with Oliver Burkeman

July 14, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Why Wealth Matters

A Conversation with Morgan Housel

July 14, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#288 - The End of Global Order

A Conversation with Peter Zeihan and Ian Bremmer

July 5, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#287 - Why Wealth Matters

A Conversation with Morgan Housel

June 28, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#286 - The Paradox of Psychedelics

June 24, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#285 - American Division

A Conversation with David French

June 22, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Freedom from the Known

A Conversation with Michael Pollan

June 8, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Investigating the Nature of Experience

A Conversation with John Astin

June 7, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#284 - The Funny Business

A Conversation with Judd Apatow

May 30, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#283 - Gun Violence in America

A Conversation with Graeme Wood

May 23, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Do You Really Have a Self?

A Conversation with Jay Garfield

May 23, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#282 - Do You Really Have a Self?

A Conversation with Jay Garfield

May 2, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#281 - Western Culture and Its Discontents

A Conversation with Douglas Murray

April 22, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#280 - The Future of Artificial Intelligence

A Conversation with Eric Schmidt

April 18, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#279 - The Rules of the Stage

A Conversation with Ricky Gervais

April 13, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Practicing with Ease

A Conversation with Nikki Mirghafori

April 13, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#278 - The Man Who Will Be King

A Conversation with Graeme Wood

April 3, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#277 - How Does the War in Ukraine End?

A Conversation with Ian Bremmer

March 31, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Being Still

A Conversation with Gangaji

March 22, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#276 - Defending the Global Order

A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

March 10, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#275 - The Russian War in Ukraine

A Conversation with Garry Kasparov

March 2, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

Absolutely Mental Season 3

Sam Harris and Ricky Gervais

February 28, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues

A Conversation with Rob Reid and Kevin Esvelt

February 16, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

Wisdom of the Masters

A Conversation with Jayasāra

February 11, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#274 - The Future of American Democracy

A Conversation with Anne Applebaum, David Frum, Barton Gellman, and George Packer

February 7, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#273 - Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology

January 12, 2022 | Waking Up Conversations

The Stages of Enlightenment

A Conversation with Joseph Goldstein

January 11, 2022 | Making Sense Episodes

#272 - On Disappointing My Audience

December 24, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#271 - Earning to Give

A Conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried

December 14, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#270 - What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

December 3, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#269 - Deep Time

A Conversation with Oliver Burkeman

November 24, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

The Limits of Self-Knowledge

A Conversation with Stephen Fleming

November 24, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#268 - The Limits of Self-Knowledge

A Conversation with Stephen Fleming

November 18, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

The Limits of Pleasure

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

November 10, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#267 - The Kingdom of Sleep

A Conversation with Matthew Walker

November 2, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#266 - The Limits of Pleasure

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

October 27, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#265 - The Religion of Anti-Racism

A Conversation with John McWhorter

October 21, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#264 - Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

A Conversation with Anil Seth

October 18, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#263 - The Paradox of Death

October 5, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#262 - The Future of American Democracy

A Conversation with Andrew Yang

September 30, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#261 - Belief & Identity

A Conversation with Jonas Kaplan

September 24, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

Absolutely Mental Season Two

September 20, 2021 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #18

September 9, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#260 - The Second Plane

Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

September 1, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

Anger and Forgiveness

A Conversation with David Whyte

August 31, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#259 - The Reckoning to Come

A Conversation with Balaji Srinivasan

August 30, 2021 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #17

August 22, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#258 - The Fall of Afghanistan

A Conversation with Peter Bergen

August 13, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#257 - The State of the World

A Conversation with Dambisa Moyo

July 23, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#256 - A Contagion of Bad Ideas

A Conversation with Eric Topol

July 9, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#255 - The Future of Intelligence

A Conversation with Jeff Hawkins

June 30, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

The Direct Path

A Conversation with Stephan Bodian

June 25, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#254 - The Mating Strategies of Earthlings

A Conversation with David Buss

June 17, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#253 - Corporate Courage

A Conversation with Jason Fried

June 10, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#252 - Are We Alone in the Universe?

A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

May 26, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#251 - Corporate Cowardice

A Conversation with Antonio García-Martínez

May 21, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#250 - Broken Conversations

A Conversation with Jesse Singal

May 14, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#249 - Distance & Arrival

A Conversation with David Whyte

May 14, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

Distance and Arrival

A Conversation with David Whyte

April 30, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#248 - Order & Freedom

A Conversation with Michele Gelfand

April 23, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse

By Rob Reid and Sam Harris

April 21, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#247 - Constructing Minds

A Conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett

April 16, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#246 - Police Training & Police Misconduct

A Conversation with Rener Gracie

April 12, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#245 - Can We Talk About Scary Ideas?

A Conversation with Peter Singer, Francesca Minerva, Jeff McMahan

April 6, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#244 - Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk

A Conversation with Bruce Friedrich and Liz Specht

March 31, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

Psychedelics and the Self

A Conversation with James Fadiman

March 28, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#243 - A Few Points of Confusion

March 23, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#242 - Psychedelics and the Self

A Conversation with James Fadiman

March 12, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#241 - Final Thoughts on Free Will

March 7, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#240 - The Boundaries of Self

A Conversation with David Whyte

March 7, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

The Boundaries of Self

A Conversation with David Whyte

February 24, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#239 - Yet Another Call from Ricky Gervais

February 22, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#238 - How to Build a Universe

A Conversation with Frank Wilczek

February 16, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#237 - Another Call from Ricky Gervais

February 15, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

Science in Solitude

A Conversation with Evan Thompson

February 11, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#236 - Rebooting New York City

A Conversation with Andrew Yang

February 10, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#235 - A Call from Ricky Gervais

February 8, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

The Divided Mind

A Conversation with Iain McGilchrist

February 5, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#234 - The Divided Mind

A Conversation with Iain McGilchrist

February 1, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#233 - In the Groves of Misinformation

A Conversation with Zeynep Tufekci

January 27, 2021 | Waking Up Conversations

Wrestling the Paradox

A Conversation with Jim Newman

January 26, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#232 - Inequality & Revolution

A Conversation with Jack Goldstone

January 17, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#231 - Crossing the Abyss

A Conversation with Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell

January 11, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#230 - An Insurrection of Lies

January 5, 2021 | Making Sense Episodes

#229 - A Few Thoughts for a New Year

December 17, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Bridge to Compassion

A Conversation with Tara Brach

December 14, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#228 - Doing Good

A Conversation with William MacAskill

December 11, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Price of Distraction

A Conversation with Adam Gazzaley

December 10, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Knowing the Mind

A Conversation with Steven Laureys

December 7, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#227 - Knowing the Mind

A Conversation with Steven Laureys

November 27, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#226 - The Price of Distraction

A Conversation with Adam Gazzaley

November 23, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Life in the Shadow of Death

A Conversation with Jason Rosenthal and Miles Rosenthal

November 18, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#225 - Republic of Lies

November 2, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#224 - The Key to Trump’s Appeal

October 30, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#223 - A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

October 29, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Being Good and Doing Good

A Conversation with William MacAskill

October 27, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#222 - A Pandemic of Incompetence

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

October 22, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#221 - Success, Failure, & the Common Good

A Conversation with Michael Sandel

October 17, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#220 - The Information Apocalypse

A Conversation with Nina Schick

October 13, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Power of Compassion

A Conversation with James R. Doty

October 8, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#219 - The Power of Compassion

A Conversation with James R. Doty

September 24, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#218 - Welcome to the Cult Factory

A Conversation with Tristan Harris

September 17, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#217 - The New Religion of Anti-Racism

A Conversation with John McWhorter

September 3, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#216 - A Conversation with Graeme Wood

August 21, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#215 - A Conversation with David Miliband

August 13, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#214 - A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

August 3, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#213 - The Worst Epidemic

A Conversation with Gabriel J.X. Dance

July 29, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#212 - A Conversation with Kathryn Paige Harden

July 23, 2020 | Q&A

Robert Plomin

July 17, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#211 - The Nature of Human Nature

A Conversation with Robert Plomin

July 9, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#210 - The Logic of Doomsday

A Conversation with William J. Perry

July 3, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#209 - A Good Life

A Conversation with Scott Barry Kaufman

July 3, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

A Good Life

A Conversation with Scott Barry Kaufman

June 23, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#208 - Existential Risk

A Conversation with Toby Ord

June 12, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#207 - Can We Pull Back From The Brink?

May 26, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#206 - A Conversation with David Frum

May 22, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#205 - The Failure of Meritocracy

A Conversation with Daniel Markovits

May 18, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#204 - A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt

May 13, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#203 - A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

May 11, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#202 - A Conversation with Andrew Yang

May 10, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Wisdom of Uncertainty

A Conversation with Leo Babauta

May 1, 2020 | Q&A

Yuval Noah Harari

May 1, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#201 - A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

May 1, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Creatures of Habit

A Conversation with James Clear

April 29, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#200 - Creatures of Habit

A Conversation with James Clear

April 23, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#199 - A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

April 16, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#198 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

April 13, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Science of Happiness

A Conversation with Laurie Santos

April 12, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#197 - A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

April 10, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#196 - The Science of Happiness

A Conversation with Laurie Santos

April 6, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#195 - Social Cohesion is Everything

A Conversation with Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell

March 24, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#194 - The New Future of Work

A Conversation with Matt Mullenweg

March 20, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#193 - Meditation in an Emergency

March 17, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#192 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

March 11, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#191 - Early Thoughts on a Pandemic

A Conversation with Amesh Adalja

March 10, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#190 - How Should We Respond to Coronavirus?

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

March 2, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#189 - Wealth & Happiness

A Conversation with Scott Galloway

February 28, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#188 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

February 20, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#187 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

February 20, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Dark Side of Meditation

A Conversation with Willoughby Britton and Jared Lindahl

February 17, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#186 - The Bomb

A Conversation with Fred Kaplan

February 7, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#185 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

February 3, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#184 - The Conversational Nature of Reality

A Conversation with David Whyte

January 29, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

Identity and Conversation

A Conversation with David Whyte

January 28, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#183 - A Conversation with Paul Bloom

January 23, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#182 - Unlearning Race

A Conversation with Thomas Chatterton Williams

January 14, 2020 | Waking Up Conversations

The Illusory Self

A Conversation with Richard Lang

January 13, 2020 | Making Sense Episodes

#181 - The Illusory Self

A Conversation with Richard Lang

December 29, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#180 - Sex & Power

A Conversation with Meghan Daum

December 27, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Effort and Effortlessness

A Conversation with Adyashanti

December 23, 2019 | Q&A

ASK SAM - EPISODE #3

December 23, 2019 | Q&A

ASK SAM - EPISODE #2

December 23, 2019 | Q&A

ASK SAM - EPISODE #1

December 18, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Mindfulness and Addiction

A Conversation with Judson Brewer

December 17, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#179 - The Unquiet Mind

A Conversation with Judson Brewer

December 12, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

The Way of Zen

A Conversation with Henry Shukman

December 11, 2019 | Q&A

Donald Hoffman

December 11, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#178 - The Reality Illusion

A Conversation with Donald Hoffman and Annaka Harris

December 2, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#177 - Psychedelic Science

A Conversation with Roland Griffiths

November 23, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#176 - Knowledge & Redemption

A Conversation with Lynn Novick and Jule Hall

November 22, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Psychedelic Science

A Conversation with Roland Griffiths

November 11, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#175 - Leaving the Faith

A Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed

November 4, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#174 - Life & Mind

A Conversation with Richard Dawkins

October 31, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Natural Awareness

A Conversation with Diana Winston

October 28, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#173 - Anti-Semitism and Its Discontents

A Conversation with Bari Weiss

October 25, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

The Art of Living

A Conversation with William Irvine

October 21, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#172 - Among the Deplorables

A Conversation with Andrew Marantz

October 16, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

The Nature of Awareness

A Conversation with Rupert Spira

October 15, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

White Privilege

A Conversation with Chelsea Handler

October 8, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#171 - Escaping a Christian Cult

A Conversation with Megan Phelps-Roper

October 2, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#170 - The Great Uncoupling

A Conversation with Andrew McAfee

September 26, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Death and Dying

A Conversation with Frank Ostaseski

September 23, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Skeptical Buddhism

A Conversation with Stephen Batchelor

September 20, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#169 - Omens of a Race War

A Conversation with Kathleen Belew

September 18, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

A Cautionary Tale

A Conversation with Andrew Cohen

September 10, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#168 - Mind, Space, & Motion

A Conversation with Barbara Tversky

September 3, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Nondual Mindfulness

A Conversation with Loch Kelly

August 26, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#167 - A Few Thoughts on White Supremacy

August 21, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#166 - The Plague Years

A Conversation with Matt McCarthy

August 13, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#165 - Journey into Wokeness

A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan

August 8, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Reflections on the Path

A Conversation with Jack Kornfield

August 5, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#164 - Cause & Effect

A Conversation with Judea Pearl

July 25, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Live at the Wiltern

A Conversation with Mingyur Rinpoche

July 12, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#163 - Ricky Gervais

July 3, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#162 - Medical Intelligence

A Conversation with Eric Topol

June 30, 2019 | Waking Up Conversations

Meditation and Trauma

A Conversation with David Treleaven

June 24, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#161 - Rise & Fall

A Conversation with Jared Diamond

June 17, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#160 - The Revenge of History

A Conversation with Michael Weiss and Yascha Mounk

June 5, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#159 - Conscious

A Conversation with Annaka Harris

May 30, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#158 - Understanding Humans in the Wild

A Conversation with Adam Grant

May 20, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#157 - What Does the Mueller Report Really Say?

A Conversation with Benjamin Wittes

May 14, 2019 | Q&A

Nicholas Christakis

May 13, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#156 - The Evolution of Culture

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

April 29, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#155 - Mental Models

A Conversation with Shane Parrish

April 24, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#154 - What Do Jihadists Really Want? (2019)

April 15, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#153 - Possible Minds

Conversations with George Dyson, Alison Gopnik, and Stuart Russell

March 27, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#152 - The Trouble with Facebook

A Conversation with Roger McNamee

March 19, 2019 | Q&A

Nick Bostrom

March 18, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#151 - Will We Destroy the Future?

A Conversation with Nick Bostrom

March 12, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#150 - The Map of Misunderstanding

A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman

March 4, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#149 - The Problem of Addiction

A Conversation with Sally Satel

February 19, 2019 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #16

February 6, 2019 | Q&A

Jack Dorsey

February 5, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#148 - Jack Dorsey

January 29, 2019 | Q&A

Stephen Fry

January 28, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#147 - Stephen Fry

January 16, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#146 - Digital Capitalism

A Conversation with Douglas Rushkoff

January 2, 2019 | Making Sense Episodes

#145 - The Information War

A Conversation with Renée DiResta

December 7, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#144 - Conquering Hate

A Conversation with Deeyah Khan

November 30, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #15

November 21, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#143 - The Keys to the Mind

A Conversation with Derren Brown

November 13, 2018 | Q&A

Johann Hari

November 12, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#142 - Addiction, Depression, and a Meaningful Life

A Conversation with Johann Hari

November 5, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#141 - Is #MeToo Going Too Far?

A Conversation with Rebecca Traister

October 18, 2018 | Q&A

Matt Taibbi

October 17, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#140 - Burning Down the Fourth Estate

A Conversation with Matt Taibbi

October 3, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#139 - Sacred & Profane

A Conversation with Bill Maher and Larry Charles

September 19, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#138 - The Edge of Humanity

A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

September 10, 2018 | Q&A

Jonathan Haidt

September 9, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#137 - Safe Space

A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt

August 31, 2018 | Q&A

Jaron Lanier

August 30, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#136 - Digital Humanism

A Conversation with Jaron Lanier

August 20, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#135 - Navigating Sex and Gender

A Conversation with Martie Haselton

August 13, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #14

July 29, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#134 - Beyond the Politics of Race

A Conversation with Coleman Hughes

July 25, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #13

July 18, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#133 - Globalism on the Brink

A Conversation with Ian Bremmer

July 9, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#132 - Freeing the Hostages

A Conversation with Chris Voss

July 2, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#131 - Dictators, Immigration, #MeToo, and Other Imponderables

A Conversation with Masha Gessen

June 18, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#130 - Universal Basic Income

A Conversation with Andrew Yang

June 12, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#129 - An Insider's View of Medicine

A Conversation with Dr. Nina Shapiro

June 5, 2018 | Q&A

Geoffrey Miller

June 4, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#128 - Transformations of Mind

A Conversation with Geoffrey Miller

May 28, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#127 - Freedom from the Known

A Conversation with Michael Pollan

May 25, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #12

May 8, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#126 - In Defense of Honor

A Conversation with Tamler Sommers

May 1, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#125 - What is Christianity?

A Conversation with Bart Ehrman

April 21, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#124 - In Search of Reality

A Conversation with Sean Carroll

April 9, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#123 - Identity & Honesty

A Conversation with Ezra Klein

April 3, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#122 - Extreme Housekeeping Edition

March 25, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#121 - White Power

A Conversation with Christian Picciolini

March 19, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#120 - What Is and What Matters

A Conversation with Rebecca Goldstein and Max Tegmark

March 12, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#119 - Hidden Motives

A Conversation with Robin Hanson

March 7, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #11

February 28, 2018 | Q&A

Preet Bharara

February 27, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#118 - The View from Trumpistan

A Conversation with Preet Bharara

February 19, 2018 | Q&A

Niall Ferguson

February 18, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#117 - Networks, Power, and Chaos

A Conversation with Niall Ferguson

February 16, 2018 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #10

February 7, 2018 | Q&A

Eliezer Yudkowsky

February 6, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#116 - AI: Racing Toward the Brink

A Conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky

January 29, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#115 - Sam Harris, Lawrence Krauss, and Matt Dillahunty (1)

A Live Recording from New York City Center in NYC

January 22, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#114 - Politics and Sanity

A Conversation with David Frum and Andrew Sullivan

January 9, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#113 - Consciousness and the Self

A Conversation with Anil K. Seth

January 5, 2018 | Making Sense Episodes

#112 - The Intellectual Dark Web

A Conversation with Eric Weinstein and Ben Shapiro

December 28, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#111 - The Science of Meditation

A Conversation with Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson

December 23, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#110 - The Change Artist

A Conversation with A.J. Jacobs

December 19, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#109 - Biology and Culture

A Conversation with Bret Weinstein

December 14, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#108 - Defending the Experts

A Conversation with Tom Nichols

December 5, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#107 - Is Life Actually Worth Living?

A Conversation with David Benatar

December 4, 2017 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #9

December 4, 2017 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #8

November 29, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#106 - Humanity 2.0

A Conversation with Jennifer A. Doudna

November 20, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#105 - Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Matt Dillahunty

A Live Recording from the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver

November 15, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#104 - The Lessons of Death

A Conversation with Frank Ostaseski

November 9, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#103 - American Fantasies

A Conversation with Kurt Andersen

October 30, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#102 - Is Buddhism True?

A Conversation with Robert Wright

October 17, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#101 - Defending the Republic

A Conversation with Cass R. Sunstein

October 9, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#100 - Facing the Crowd

A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

September 27, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#99 - What Happened to Liberalism?

A Conversation with Mark Lilla

September 20, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#98 - Into the Dark Land

A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

September 14, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#97 - The Impossible War

A Conversation with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

September 10, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#96 - The Nature of Consciousness

A Conversation with Thomas Metzinger

September 5, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#95 - What You Need to Know About Climate Change

A Conversation with Joseph Romm

August 29, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#94 - Frontiers of Intelligence

A Conversation with Max Tegmark

August 21, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#93 - Identity & Terror

A Conversation with Douglas Murray

August 16, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#92 - The Limits of Persuasion

A Conversation with David Pizarro and Tamler Sommers

August 9, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#91 - The Biology of Good and Evil

A Conversation with Robert Sapolsky

August 6, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#90 - Living With Violence

A Conversation with Gavin de Becker

July 25, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#89 - On Becoming a Better Person

A Conversation with David Brooks

July 21, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#88 - Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea?

A Conversation with Mark Bowden

July 18, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#87 - Triggered

A Conversation with Scott Adams

July 14, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#86 - From Cells to Cities

A Conversation with Geoffrey West

July 7, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#85 - Is this the End of Europe?

A Conversation with Douglas Murray

June 30, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#84 - Landscapes of Mind

A Conversation with Kevin Kelly

June 23, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#83 - The Politics of Emergency

A Conversation with Fareed Zakaria

June 15, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#82 - The End of the World According to ISIS

A Conversation with Graeme Wood

June 9, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#81 - Leaving Islam

A Conversation with Sarah Haider

June 3, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#80 - The Unraveling

A Conversation with David Frum

May 29, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#79 - The Road to Tyranny

A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

May 26, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#78 - Persuasion and Control

A Conversation with Zeynep Tufekci

May 22, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#77 - The Moral Complexity of Genetics

A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

May 18, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#76 - The Path to Impeachment

Conversations with Anne Applebaum and Juliette Kayyem

May 12, 2017 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #7

May 6, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#74 - What Should We Eat?

A Conversation with Gary Taubes

April 22, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#73 - Forbidden Knowledge

A Conversation with Charles Murray

April 17, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#72 - Privacy and Security

A Conversation with Gen. Michael V. Hayden

April 14, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#71 - What is Technology Doing to Us?

A Conversation with Tristan Harris

April 10, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#70 - Beauty and Terror

A Conversation with Lawrence Krauss

March 23, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#69 - The Russia Connection

A Conversation with Anne Applebaum

March 19, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#68 - Reality and the Imagination

A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

March 13, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#67 - Meaning and Chaos

A Conversation with Jordan Peterson

March 1, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#66 - Living with Robots

A Conversation with Kate Darling

February 20, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#65 - We're All Cucks Now

A Conversation with David Frum

February 15, 2017 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #6

January 31, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#63 - Why Meditate?

A Conversation with Joseph Goldstein

January 21, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#62 - What is True?

A Conversation with Jordan B. Peterson

January 15, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#61 - The Power of Belief

A Conversation with Lawrence Wright

January 10, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#60 - An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2)

January 5, 2017 | Making Sense Episodes

#59 - Friend & Foe

A Conversation with Maajid Nawaz

December 27, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#58 - The Putin Question

A Conversation with Garry Kasparov

December 18, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#57 - An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (1)

December 12, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#56 - Abusing Dolores

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

December 5, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#55 - Islamism vs Secularism

A Conversation with Shadi Hamid

December 1, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#54 - Trumping the World

A Conversation with James Kirchick

November 23, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#53 - The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence

A Conversation with Stuart Russell

November 16, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#52 - Finding Our Way in the Cosmos

A Conversation with David Deutsch

November 10, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#51 - The Most Powerful Clown

November 2, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#50 - The Borders of Tolerance

A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

October 26, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#49 - The Lesser Evil

A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

October 21, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#48 - What Is Moral Progress?

A Conversation with Peter Singer

October 6, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#47 - The Frontiers of Political Correctness

A Conversation with Gad Saad

September 27, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#46 - The End of Faith Sessions 3

September 13, 2016 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #5

August 29, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#44 - Being Good and Doing Good

A Conversation with William MacAskill

August 17, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#43 - What Do Jihadists Really Want?

August 8, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#42 - Racism and Violence in America

A Conversation with Glenn C. Loury

August 1, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#41 - Faith in Reason

A Conversation with Eric R. Weinstein

July 11, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#40 - Complexity & Stupidity

A Conversation with David Krakauer

July 3, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#39 - Free Will Revisited

A Conversation with Daniel Dennett

June 15, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#38 - The End of Faith Sessions 2

May 31, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#37 - Thinking in Public

A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

May 2, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#36 - What Makes Us Safer?

A Conversation with Juliette Kayyem

April 25, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#35 - The End of Faith Sessions 1

April 18, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#34 - The Light of the Mind

A Conversation with David Chalmers

March 26, 2016 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #4

March 12, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#32 - The Best Podcast Ever

A Conversation with Omer Aziz

March 9, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#31 - Evolving Minds

A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt

March 6, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#30 - Inside the Crucible: Syria and the Islamic State

A Conversation with Michael Weiss

February 24, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#29 - Throw Open the Gates

A Conversation with Maryam Namazie

February 20, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#28 - Meat Without Misery

A Conversation with Uma Valeti

February 12, 2016 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #3

January 19, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#26 - The Logic of Violence

A Conversation with Jocko Willink

January 14, 2016 | Making Sense Episodes

#25 - Behind the Gun

A Conversation with Scott Reitz

January 4, 2016 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #2

December 21, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#23 - Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

Audiobook Excerpts

December 16, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#22 - Surviving the Cosmos

A Conversation with David Deutsch

November 22, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#21 - On the Maintenance of Civilization

A Conversation with Douglas Murray

November 15, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#20 - Still Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon

October 8, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#19 - The Riddle of the Gun (Revisited)

September 23, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#18 - The Multiverse & You (& You & You & You…)

A Conversation with Max Tegmark

September 16, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#17 - What I Really Think About Profiling

August 25, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#16 - The Dark Side

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

August 11, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#15 - Questions Along the Path

Further Reflections on the Practice of Meditation with Joseph Goldstein

July 29, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#14 - The Virtues of Cold Blood

A Conversation with Paul Bloom

July 20, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#13 - The Moral Gaze

A Conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer

July 3, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#12 - Leaving the Church

A Conversation with Megan Phelps-Roper

June 27, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#11 - Shouldering the Burden of History

A Crosscast with Dan Carlin

May 19, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#10 - Faith vs. Fact

An Interview with Jerry Coyne

May 14, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#9 - Final Thoughts on Chomsky

April 25, 2015 | Q&A

Ask Me Anything #1

March 24, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#7 - Through the Eyes of a Cult

February 17, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#6 - The Chapel Hill Murders and ‘Militant’ Atheism

January 21, 2015 | Making Sense Episodes

#5 - After Charlie Hebdo and Other Thoughts

October 28, 2014 | Making Sense Episodes

#4 - The Path and the Goal

A Conversation with Joseph Goldstein

August 20, 2014 | Making Sense Episodes

#3 - WAKING UP: Chapter One

July 27, 2014 | Making Sense Episodes

#2 - Why Don't I Criticize Israel?

November 6, 2013 | Making Sense Episodes

Morality and the Christian God

An Invitation to Animators and Filmmakers

July 4, 2011 | Making Sense Episodes

#1 - Drugs and the Meaning of Life