#364 — Facts & Values
Sam Harris revisits the central argument he made in his book, The Moral Landscape, about the reality of moral truth. He discusses the way concepts like "good" and "evil" can be thought about objective...
23 Apr 202428min
#363 — Knowledge Work
Sam Harris speaks with Cal Newport about our use of information technology and the cult of productivity. They discuss the state of social media, the "academic-in-exile effect," free speech and moderat...
15 Apr 202451min
#362 — Six Months of War
Sam Harris and Josh Szeps (episode co-host) speak with Douglas Murray about the ongoing war in Gaza. They discuss public opinion about the war, the prospect of a widening conflict with Hezbollah and I...
9 Apr 202454min
#361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism
Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about the implosion of FTX and the effect that it has had on the Effective Altruism movement. They discuss the logic of "earning to give," the mind of SBF, his...
1 Apr 20241h 25min
#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, abstracti...
27 Mar 202439min
#359 — Getting Used to It
Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about habituation and its consequences. They discuss habituation to positive and negative experiences, marriage, happiness, meaning, variety, doing good vs feeling...
19 Mar 202431min
#358 — The War in Ukraine
Sam Harris speaks with Yaroslav Trofimov about the War in Ukraine. They discuss the widespread false assumptions that Russia would win a swift victory, Ukrainian attitudes toward Russia, the transform...
11 Mar 202436min
#357 — America & World Order
Sam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about America's place in the world. They discuss the waning Pax Americana, American isolationism, Republican fondness for Putin, Tucker Carlson, why America should...
4 Mar 202432min
