#271 — Earning to Give
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sam Bankman-Fried about effective altruism. They discuss how he became the wealthiest self-made billionaire under 30, what might go wrong with cr...
24 Dec 20211h 15min
#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?
Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the lessons of the COVID pandemic. They discuss our failures to coordinate an effective response, the politics surrounding vaccination, vaccine efficac...
14 Dec 20212h 51min
#269 — Deep Time
Sam Harris speaks with Oliver Burkeman about our relationship to time. They discuss the perils of efficiency, being vs becoming, the illusion of time as a resource, parenting and childhood, work-life ...
3 Dec 202140min
#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge
Sam Harris speaks with Stephen Fleming about the neuroscience of self-awareness. They discuss the nature and limits of metacognition, the relationship between self-knowledge and intelligence, error mo...
24 Nov 202136min
#267 — The Kingdom of Sleep
Sam Harris speaks with Matthew Walker about the nature and importance of sleep. They discuss sleep and consciousness, the stages of sleep, sleep regularity, light and temperature, the evolutionary ori...
10 Nov 202149min
#266 — The Limits of Pleasure
Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about the role that pain and suffering play in living a good life. They discuss the limitations of hedonism, the connection between chosen suffering and meaning, the ...
2 Nov 202147min
#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism
Sam Harris speaks with John McWhorter about his new book "Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed Black America." They discuss how the "social justice" narrative of the Left has become a religion...
27 Okt 202135min
#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)
Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of consciousness, where consciousness emerges in nature, levels of consciousness, perception as a "controlled hallucination," emotion, the e...
21 Okt 202148min
