#360 — We Really Don't Have Free Will?

#360 — We Really Don't Have Free Will?

Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about the widespread belief in free will. They discuss the limits of intuition, the views of Dan Dennett, complexity and emergence, downward causation, abstraction, epigenetics, predictability, fatalism, Benjamin Libet, the primacy of luck, historical change in attitudes about free will, implications for ethics and criminal justice, the psychological satisfaction of punishing bad people, understanding evil, punishment and reward as tools, meritocracy, the consequences of physical beauty, the logic of reasoning, and other topics.

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#444 — America's Zombie Democracy

#444 — America's Zombie Democracy

Sam Harris speaks with George Packer about American democracy and authoritarianism. They discuss Packer's article "America's Zombie Democracy," the erosion of democratic institutions, the Justice Depa...

17 Marras 202520min

#443 — What Is Christian Nationalism?

#443 — What Is Christian Nationalism?

Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Wilson about his book Frequently Shouted Questions about Christian Nationalism. They discuss Wilson's debates with Christopher Hitchens, the landscape of American evange...

10 Marras 20251h 59min

#442 — More From Sam: Public Speaking, Nuclear War, & Christian Nationalism

#442 — More From Sam: Public Speaking, Nuclear War, & Christian Nationalism

In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. They discuss how Sam overcame his fear of pu...

3 Marras 202517min

#441 — The Threat of Civil War

#441 — The Threat of Civil War

Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Marche about his book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. They discuss tensions between the United States and Canada, what a modern American civil w...

31 Loka 202521min

#440 — A World in Crisis

#440 — A World in Crisis

Sam Harris speaks with Robert D. Kaplan about his new book, Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis. They discuss climate change, demographics, the primacy of order over freedom, why Russia is a count...

24 Loka 202524min

#439 — How to Lose a Democracy

#439 — How to Lose a Democracy

Sam Harris speaks with Damon Linker about the erosion of American democracy. They discuss the right-wing populist movement, the mechanisms by which Trump is consolidating authoritarian control, the In...

14 Loka 202522min

#438 — "More From Sam": Israel-Hamas Deal, Qatari Air Force Base, Trump, Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, & Rapid Fire Questions

#438 — "More From Sam": Israel-Hamas Deal, Qatari Air Force Base, Trump, Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, & Rapid Fire Questions

In this latest episode of the "More From Sam" series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. They discuss the Israel-Hamas peace deal, ...

11 Loka 202527min

#437 — Two Years Since 10/7

#437 — Two Years Since 10/7

Sam Harris speaks with Dan Senor about the state of the world two years after the October 7th attacks. They discuss the rise of global antisemitism, immigration and the failure of Western nations to c...

6 Loka 202520min

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