#110 — The Change Artist
Sam Harris speaks with AJ Jacobs about religion, gossip, polyamory, health advice, our past and future selves, "radical honesty," human genealogy, tribalism, and other topics. If the Making Sense podc...
23 Des 201745min
#109— Biology and Culture
Sam Harris speaks with Bret Weinstein about the moral panic at Evergreen State College, the concept of race, genetic differences between human populations, intersectionality, sex and gender, "metaphor...
19 Des 201756min
#108 — Defending the Experts
Sam Harris speaks with Tom Nichols about his book The Death of Expertise. They discuss the "Dunning-Kruger Effect," the growth of knowledge and reliance on authority, when experts fail, the repudiatio...
14 Des 201743min
#107 — Is Life Actually Worth Living?
Sam Harris speaks with David Benatar about his philosophy of "anti-natalism." They discuss the asymmetry between the good and bad things in life, the ethics of existential risk, the moral landscape, t...
6 Des 201748min
#106 — Humanity 2.0
Sam Harris speaks with Jennifer Doudna about the gene-editing technology CRISPR/cas9. They talk about the biology of gene editing, how specific tissues in the body can be targeted, the ethical implica...
29 Nov 201719min
#105 — Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Matt Dillahunty
The following conversation between Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Matt Dillahunty was recorded at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on November 2, 2017. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your playe...
20 Nov 201738min
#104 — The Lessons of Death
Sam Harris speaks with Frank Ostaseski about death and dying—and about how the awareness of death can improve our lives in each moment. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you ca...
15 Nov 201728min
#103 — American Fantasies
Sam Harris speaks with Kurt Andersen about the American aptitude for unfounded belief, the religious lunacy of the Puritans, populist mistrust of authority, the link between postmodernism and religiou...
9 Nov 201725min
