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A Recast of ‘Making Sense with Sam Harris’

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.

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Recastable Episodes (491)

1. Mindfulness Meditation (9 Minutes) Sept. 26, 2013
2. Looking for the Self (26 Minutes) Sept. 26, 2013
3. How to talk to a Christian Nov. 12, 2013
4. #1 — Drugs And The Meaning Of Life June 5, 2014
5. #2 — Why Don't I Criticize Israel? July 27, 2014
6. #3 — WAKING UP — Chapter One Aug. 21, 2014
7. #4 — The Path and the Goal Oct. 28, 2014
8. #5 — After Charlie Hebdo and Other Thoughts Jan. 22, 2015
9. #6 — The Chapel Hill Murders and 'Militant' Atheism Feb. 18, 2015
10. #7 — Through the Eyes of a Cult March 25, 2015
11. #8 — Ask Me Anything 1 April 24, 2015
12. #9 — Final Thoughts On Chomsky May 15, 2015
13. #10 — Faith vs. Fact May 19, 2015
14. #11 — Shouldering the Burden of History June 27, 2015
15. #12 — Leaving the Church July 3, 2015
16. #13 — The Moral Gaze July 21, 2015
17. #14 — The Virtues of Cold Blood July 29, 2015
18. #15 — Questions Along the Path Aug. 11, 2015
19. #16 — The Dark Side Aug. 26, 2015
20. #17 — What I Really Think About Profiling Sept. 16, 2015
21. #18 — The Multiverse & You (& You & You & You...) Sept. 23, 2015
22. #19 — The Riddle Of The Gun (Revisited) Oct. 8, 2015
23. #20 — Still Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon Nov. 15, 2015
24. #21 — On the Maintenance of Civilization Nov. 22, 2015
25. #22 — Surviving the Cosmos Dec. 16, 2015
26. #23 — Islam and the Future of Tolerance (Audiobook Excerpts) Dec. 21, 2015
27. #24 — Ask Me Anything 2 Jan. 4, 2016
28. #25 — Behind the Gun Jan. 14, 2016
29. #26 — The Logic of Violence Jan. 19, 2016
30. #27 — Ask Me Anything 3 Feb. 13, 2016
31. #28 — Meat Without Misery Feb. 20, 2016
32. #29 — Throw Open the Gates Feb. 24, 2016
33. #30 — Inside the Crucible March 6, 2016
34. #31 — Evolving Minds March 9, 2016
35. #32 — The Best Podcast Ever March 12, 2016
36. #33 — Ask Me Anything 4 March 26, 2016
37. #34 — The Light of the Mind April 18, 2016
38. #35 — The End Of Faith Sessions 1 April 25, 2016
39. #36 — What Makes Us Safer? May 2, 2016
40. #37 — Thinking in Public May 31, 2016
41. #38 — The End of Faith Sessions 2 June 15, 2016
42. #39 — Free Will Revisited July 4, 2016
43. #40 — Complexity & Stupidity July 12, 2016
44. #41 — Faith in Reason Aug. 1, 2016
45. #42 — Racism and Violence in America Aug. 9, 2016
46. #43 — What Do Jihadists Really Want? Aug. 17, 2016
47. #44 — Being Good and Doing Good Aug. 29, 2016
48. #45 — Ask Me Anything 5 Sept. 13, 2016
49. #46 — The End of Faith Sessions 3 Sept. 28, 2016
50. #47 — The Frontiers of Political Correctness Oct. 6, 2016
51. #48 — What Is Moral Progress? Oct. 21, 2016
52. #49 — The Lesser Evil Oct. 26, 2016
53. #50 — The Borders of Tolerance Nov. 2, 2016
54. #51 — The Most Powerful Clown Nov. 10, 2016
55. #52 — Finding Our Way in the Cosmos Nov. 16, 2016
56. #53 — The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence Nov. 24, 2016
57. #54 — Trumping The World Dec. 1, 2016
58. #55 — Islamism vs Secularism Dec. 6, 2016
59. #56 — Abusing Dolores Dec. 12, 2016
60. #57 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (1) Dec. 19, 2016
61. #58 — The Putin Question Dec. 27, 2016
62. #59 — Friend & Foe Jan. 5, 2017
63. #60 — An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2) Jan. 10, 2017
64. #61 — The Power of Belief Jan. 15, 2017
65. #62 — What is True? Jan. 21, 2017
66. #63 — Why Meditate? Jan. 31, 2017
67. #64 — Ask Me Anything 6 Feb. 16, 2017
68. #65 — We're All Cucks Now Feb. 20, 2017
69. #66 — Living with Robots March 1, 2017
70. #67 — Meaning and Chaos March 13, 2017
71. #68 — Reality and the Imagination March 19, 2017
72. #69 — The Russia Connection March 24, 2017
73. #70 — Beauty and Terror April 10, 2017
74. #71 — What Is Technology Doing to Us? April 14, 2017
75. #72 — Privacy and Security April 17, 2017
76. #73 — Forbidden Knowledge April 23, 2017
77. #74 — What Should We Eat? May 6, 2017
78. #75 — Ask Me Anything 7 May 12, 2017
79. #76 — The Path to Impeachment May 18, 2017
80. #77 — The Moral Complexity of Genetics May 22, 2017
81. #78 — Persuasion and Control May 26, 2017
82. #79 — The Road to Tyranny May 29, 2017
83. #80 — The Unraveling June 4, 2017
84. #81 — Leaving Islam June 9, 2017
85. #82 — The End of the World According to ISIS June 15, 2017
86. #83 — The Politics of Emergency June 23, 2017
87. #84 — Landscapes of Mind July 1, 2017
88. #85 — Is this the End of Europe? July 7, 2017
89. #86 — From Cells to Cities July 14, 2017
90. #87 — Triggered July 19, 2017
91. #88 — Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea? July 21, 2017
92. #89 — On Becoming a Better Person July 25, 2017
93. #90 — Living With Violence Aug. 6, 2017
94. #91 — The Biology of Good and Evil Aug. 9, 2017
95. #92 — The Limits of Persuasion Aug. 16, 2017
96. #93 — Identity & Terror Aug. 21, 2017
97. #94 — Frontiers of Intelligence Aug. 29, 2017
98. #95 — What You Need to Know About Climate Change Sept. 5, 2017
99. #96 — The Nature of Consciousness Sept. 10, 2017
100. #97 — The Impossible War Sept. 15, 2017
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