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#133 — Globalism on the Brink
Sam Harris speaks with Ian Bremmer about the failure of globalism and rise of populism. They discuss immigration, trade, automation, wealth inequalit…
8 years, 1 month ago
#132 — Freeing the Hostages
Sam Harris speaks with Chris Voss about his experience as a hostage negotiator for the FBI. They discuss different types of hostage crises, along wit…
8 years, 2 months ago
#131 — Dictators, Immigration, #MeToo, and Other Imponderables
Sam Harris speaks with Masha Gessen about Vladimir Putin, the problem of gauging public opinion in Russia, Trump's fondness for dictators, the challe…
8 years, 2 months ago
#130 — Universal Basic Income
Sam Harris speaks with presidential candidate Andrew Yang about "universal basic income" (UBI). They discuss the state of the economy, the rise of au…
8 years, 2 months ago
#129 — An Insider's View of Medicine
Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Nina Shapiro about the practice of medicine. They discuss the unique resiliency of children, the importance of second opin…
8 years, 2 months ago
#128 — Transformations of Mind
Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey Miller about evolutionary psychology. They discuss sexual selection, virtue signaling, social media, public shaming, …
8 years, 3 months ago
#127 — Freedom from the Known
Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about his new book "How to Change Your Mind." They cover the the resurgence of interest in psychedelics in clin…
8 years, 3 months ago
#126 — In Defense of Honor
Sam Harris speaks with Tamler Sommers about cultures of honor. They discuss the difference between honor and dignity, "justice porn," honor killings,…
8 years, 4 months ago
#125 — What Is Christianity?
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss o…
8 years, 4 months ago
#124 — In Search of Reality
Sam Harris speaks with Sean Carroll about our understanding of reality. They discuss consciousness, the many worlds view of quantum mechanics, the ar…
8 years, 4 months ago