452 Episodes

  1. #310 — Social Media & Public Trust

    Published: 2/1/2023

  2. Making Sense of Encounters With Violence | Episode 4 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 1/26/2023

  3. #309 — Vulnerability, Politics, and Moral Worth

    Published: 1/20/2023

  4. #308 — The Long Game

    Published: 1/11/2023

  5. Making Sense of Foundations of Morality | Episode 3 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 1/5/2023

  6. #307 — Twitter, Elon, & Free Speech

    Published: 12/30/2022

  7. Making Sense of Consciousness | Episode 2 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 12/15/2022

  8. #306 — Psychedelics & Mortality

    Published: 12/13/2022

  9. #238 — How to Build a Universe

    Published: 12/12/2022

  10. #305 — Moral Knowledge

    Published: 12/8/2022

  11. #304 — Why I Left Twitter

    Published: 11/28/2022

  12. Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence | Episode 1 of The Essential Sam Harris

    Published: 11/22/2022

  13. #303 — The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

    Published: 11/15/2022

  14. #302 — Science & Civilization

    Published: 11/11/2022

  15. #301 — The Politics of Unreality: Ukraine and Nuclear Risk

    Published: 10/25/2022

  16. #300 — A Tale of Cancellation

    Published: 10/12/2022

  17. #299 — Steps in the Right Direction

    Published: 10/3/2022

  18. #298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

    Published: 9/29/2022

  19. #297 — Preparing for the End

    Published: 9/23/2022

  20. #296 — Repairing Our Country

    Published: 9/13/2022

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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.