Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#282 — Do You Really Have a Self?
Sam Harris speaks with Jay Garfield about the illusion of the self. They discuss the default sense of subjectivity, the difference between absolute a…
4 years, 3 months ago
#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents
Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his new book, "The War on the West." They discuss the problem of hyper partisanship on the Left and Right…
4 years, 4 months ago
#280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Sam Harris speaks with Eric Schmidt about the ways artificial intelligence is shifting the foundations of human knowledge and posing questions of exi…
4 years, 4 months ago
#279 — The Rules of the Stage
Sam Harris and Ricky Gervais discuss the infamous Oscar slap.
We're excited to announce the launch of the Absolutely Mental app for iOS users. All th…
4 years, 4 months ago
#278 — The Man Who Will Be King
Sam Harris speaks to Graeme Wood about Muhammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. They discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the impriso…
4 years, 4 months ago
#277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End?
Sam Harris speaks with Ian Bremmer about the ongoing war in Ukraine. They discuss the current state of the war, the power of sanctions, Biden's "gaff…
4 years, 5 months ago
#276 — Defending the Global Order
Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the wider implications of Russia's war of conquest in Ukraine. They discuss different forms of war, Pu…
4 years, 5 months ago
#275 — The Russian War in Ukraine
Sam Harris speaks with Garry Kasparov about Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine. They discuss Putin's larger objectives, the perception of the war i…
4 years, 5 months ago
Absolutely Mental Season 3
Sam shares an episode from the third season of Absolutely Mental, his audio series with Ricky Gervais. All 10 episodes have been released today (Wedn…
4 years, 6 months ago
Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues
In this episode of the podcast, Rob Reid and Kevin Esvelt discuss USAID's new "Deep VZN" program, which aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses a…
4 years, 6 months ago