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    Explore "harris" with insightful episodes like "#92 — The Limits of Persuasion", "#89 — On Becoming a Better Person", "#88 — Must We Accept a Nuclear North Korea?", "#87 — Triggered" and "#86 — From Cells to Cities" from podcasts like ""Making Sense with Sam Harris", "Making Sense with Sam Harris", "Making Sense with Sam Harris", "Making Sense with Sam Harris" and "Making Sense with Sam Harris"" and more!

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    #92 — The Limits of Persuasion

    #92 — The Limits of Persuasion

    Sam Harris speaks with David Pizarro and Tamler Sommers about free speech on campus, the Scott Adams podcast, the failings of the mainstream media, moral persuasion, moral certainty, the ethics of abortion, Buddhism, the illusion of the self, and other topics.

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    #89 — On Becoming a Better Person

    #89 — On Becoming a Better Person

    Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about his book The Road to Character, the importance of words like “sin” and "virtue," self-esteem vs. self-overcoming, the significance of keeping promises, honesty, President Trump, and other topics.

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    #86 — From Cells to Cities

    #86 — From Cells to Cities

    Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey West about how biological and social systems scale, the significance of fractals, the prospects of radically extending human life, the concept of “emergence” in complex systems, the importance of cities, the necessity for continuous innovation, and other topics.

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    #83 — The Politics of Emergency

    #83 — The Politics of Emergency

    Sam Harris speaks with Fareed Zakaria about his career as a journalist, Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations," political partisanship, Trump, the health of the news media, the connection between Islam and intolerance, and other topics.

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    #82 — The End of the World According to ISIS

    #82 — The End of the World According to ISIS

    Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about his experience reporting on ISIS, the myth of online recruitment, the theology of ISIS, the quality of their propaganda, the most important American recruit to the organization, the roles of Jesus and the Anti-Christ in Islamic prophecy, free speech and the ongoing threat of jihadism, and other topics.

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    #81 — Leaving Islam

    #81 —  Leaving Islam

    Sam Harris speaks with Sarah Haider about her organization Ex-Muslims of North America, how the political Left is confused about Islam, "rape culture" under Islam, honesty without bigotry, stealth theocracy, immigration, the prospects of reforming Islam, and other topics.

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    #75 — Ask Me Anything 7

    #75 — Ask Me Anything 7

    Sam Harris answers questions from listeners about the illusion of the self, his podcast with Charles Murray, the future of brain-machine interfaces, his BJJ practice, reasoning with the extreme Left, mindfulness and parenting, his experience of going back to school after a long break, transgenderism, increasing one’s vocabulary, and other topics.

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    #74 — What Should We Eat?

    #74 — What Should We Eat?

    Sam Harris speaks with Gary Taubes about his career as a science journalist, the difficulty of studying nutrition and public health scientifically, the growing epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the role of hormones in weight gain, the controversies surrounding his work, and other topics. 

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    #73 — Forbidden Knowledge

    #73 — Forbidden Knowledge

    Sam Harris speaks with Charles Murray about the controversy over his book "The Bell Curve," the validity and significance of IQ as a measure of intelligence, the problem of social stratification, the rise of Trump, universal basic income, and other topics.

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    #72 — Privacy and Security

    #72 — Privacy and Security

    Sam Harris speaks with General Michael V. Hayden about the reality of spying, the difference between the NSA and the CIA, the ethics of secrecy, Edward Snowden, the Russian Hacking of the 2016 US Presidential election, and other topics. 

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    #70 — Beauty and Terror

    #70 — Beauty and Terror

    Sam Harris speaks with physicist Lawrence Krauss about the utility of public debates, the progress of science, confusion about the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics, the present danger of nuclear war, the Trump administration, the relative threats of Christian theocracy and Islamism, and realistic fears about terrorism.

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