447 Episodes

  1. #307 — Twitter, Elon, & Free Speech

    Published: 12/30/2022
  2. Making Sense of Consciousness | Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 12/15/2022
  3. #306 — Psychedelics & Mortality

    Published: 12/13/2022
  4. #238 — How to Build a Universe

    Published: 12/12/2022
  5. #305 — Moral Knowledge

    Published: 12/8/2022
  6. #304 — Why I Left Twitter

    Published: 11/28/2022
  7. Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence | Episode 1 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 11/22/2022
  8. #303 — The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

    Published: 11/15/2022
  9. #302 — Science & Civilization

    Published: 11/11/2022
  10. #301 — The Politics of Unreality: Ukraine and Nuclear Risk

    Published: 10/25/2022
  11. #300 — A Tale of Cancellation

    Published: 10/12/2022
  12. #299 — Steps in the Right Direction

    Published: 10/3/2022
  13. #298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

    Published: 9/29/2022
  14. #297 — Preparing for the End

    Published: 9/23/2022
  15. #296 — Repairing Our Country

    Published: 9/13/2022
  16. #295 — Philosophy and the Good Life

    Published: 9/9/2022
  17. #294 — Status Games

    Published: 8/31/2022
  18. #293 — What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias

    Published: 8/25/2022
  19. #292 — How Much Does the Future Matter?

    Published: 8/14/2022
  20. #291 — Where is Happiness?

    Published: 7/28/2022

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Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind. Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com. Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.