Podcast Episodes featuring Sam Harris
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#342: Sam Harris, Ph.D. — How to Master Your Mind
The Tim Ferriss Show - October 29, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratingsSam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA. Sam is the host of the Waking Up podcast, and he is the author of multiple books including The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free ...
The Illusion of Free Will, with Sam Harris
StarTalk Radio - October 12, 2018 20:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratingsNeil deGrasse Tyson investigates free will, morality, meditation, psychedelic experiences, artificial intelligence, and more alongside neuroscientist and author Sam Harris, comic co-host Godfrey, neurotheologist Andrew Newberg, and neuroscientist Robert Wright. You have no choice but to listen. ...
Rebel Wisdom Podcast 6 - New Jordan Peterson Interview (plus Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris analysis)
Rebel Wisdom - July 19, 2018 09:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsThis podcast features brand new content from our recent interview with Jordan Peterson. Using parts of it as a jumping off point, David and Alexander discuss the Sam Harris / Jordan Peterson events and analyse the most recent debate to explore the tensions between scientism, religious revelation...
Rundown of "Free Will" by Sam Harris with Serena Kamlani | The Realness #64
Conner Wanders - June 28, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 280 ratingsCheck out the NEW Realness Podcast here - http://bit.ly/RLNSpod “If you pay attention to your inner life, you will see that the emergence of choices, efforts, and intentions is a fundamentally mysterious process.” - Sam Harris Free Will is a mind-bender and breaking down wi...
#266 Tolkien/Lewis vs Sam Harris, Aftermath of the Great Wrenchoning
Why Didn't They Laugh? - June 19, 2018 17:03 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsIn state government implimented atheistsm.....Everyone dies. The pushback (questioning) ideas is essential. Blind complience is dangerous. Attack an idea, not the individual. Men and Women are diffrent and each should be valued for qualities and diffrences. Overcoming depression, Being...
#265 Why Sam Harris is Wrong About Religion (Response to The Rubin Report)
Why Didn't They Laugh? - June 18, 2018 01:58 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsLink to full interview The Rubin Report w/ Sam Harris Join the Bear app unBEARablesAPP.com HugePianist.com for tour dates, merch, news and other links
#370 - Sam Harris & Sarah Haider
David C. Smalley - June 14, 2018 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 734 ratingsDavid Smalley sits down with Sam Harris & Sarah Haider before a crowd of 3,000 people in the Sony Centre in Toronto, Canada. Get the full version with no ads at patreon.com/davidcsmalley.
SIO132: Ezra Klein Out-Sam-Harrises Sam Harris
Serious Inquiries Only - March 29, 2018 05:39 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsToday's episode is full of drama. So naturally, I have to talk about why there is drama and what I am trying to do in all this. One key question is: which issues do atheists tend to say "eh, agree to disagree" vs. "this disqualifies someone?" There are some patterns there to examine. Then, don't ...
Sam Harris (X Ambassadors) with Kendra Foster (D’Angelo, Parliament Funkadelic)
Talkhouse Podcast - March 08, 2018 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 127 ratingsKendra Foster and X Ambassadors’ Sam Harris know a thing or two about songwriting. Foster is a two-time Grammy winner for her work with D’Angelo on his seminal Black Messiah LP, while Harris has written for Rihanna and scored major song placements with Chrysler and ESPN College Football, and in t...
#045 What’s The Biggest Threat To Freedom? Islam Or Consumerism (with Sam Harris)
Under The Skin with Russell Brand - February 03, 2018 11:38 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 6.1K ratingsIn a bumper 2 hour episode neuroscientist, author and fellow podcaster Sam Harris and I discuss the effects and rationality of religious belief, the illusion of freedom, Western intervention in the Middle East and where true power lies.
SIO108: Sam Harris Sides with Ben Shapiro Over the FFRF
Serious Inquiries Only - January 04, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsWhat in the hell is the atheism world coming to when atheist horse-person Sam Harris would agree with a religious conservative on a matter of Church-State Separation over the Freedom from Religion Foundation? I talk about the details of this strange and depressing convergence, as well as some of ...
Sam Harris on the Science of Good and Evil
Intelligence Squared - September 07, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratingsWhere do our ideas about morality and meaning come from? Most people - from religious extremists to secular scientists - would agree on one point: that science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, science's failure to explain meaning and morality has become the primary justi...
SIO70: WTF Sam Harris
Serious Inquiries Only - August 24, 2017 04:41 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsSam once again had Douglas Murray on his show and they both said some incredibly ignorant things, in my opinion. The worst was Sam's condemnation of Black Lives Matter. He provided absolutely no facts about it or insights into his reasoning, something I would think you'd want to do before making ...
EP. 88 SAM HARRIS Part #2
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps - May 16, 2017 03:56 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 363 ratingsSam Harris and Josh wrestle with such mind-expanding questions as what it means to be self-aware, whether computers will ever feel, and whether consciousness might be woven into the very fabric of the universe. Plus, Josh quizzes Sam on the controversial things he wishes he’d never said (or does ...
EP. 86 SAM HARRIS Part #1
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps - May 09, 2017 03:27 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 363 ratingsFree speech. Campus protests. Black Lives Matter. Snowflakes. Sam Harris is one of America’s most insightful and controversial public intellectuals. He sits down with Josh to discuss his life, his creativity, and his podcast. What is the impact of distractedness on our minds in this hectic world?...
#71: Sam Harris, 'Waking Up' Podcast Host, Neuroscientist
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris - April 12, 2017 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11.3K ratingsSam Harris, who has no relation to our beloved host, is a scientist, a controversial skeptic and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape" and "Waking Up" (also the title of his popular podcast). During our interview, Harris hosts a clin...
Episode 17 - Sam Harris
Polite Conversations - November 07, 2016 00:28 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 155 ratingsDISCLAIMER: This is an old episode, my views on Sam Harris and his politics have changed quite a bit since this conversation...partially because of how telling this convo was. For more recent views on Sam check out my recent episodes on him, or my miniseries #WokingUp ----- Last Friday, I had t...
Ep. 53 More of Sam Harris! Joe Rogan! Hannibal Buress! A Conversation About Conversations, Part II
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps - September 08, 2016 15:58 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 363 ratingsWelcome to Part Deux of a difficult conversation about having difficult conversations. Three of Josh's favorites minds joined him for a powerful discussion. Listen to Part One first. Let's #makedebatehealthyagain, humans. @wtp_live @joshzepps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Ep. 52 Sam Harris! Joe Rogan! Hannibal Buress! A Conversation About Conversations, Part I
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps - September 08, 2016 15:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 363 ratingsWelcome, humans, to a difficult conversation about having difficult conversations. Three of Josh's favorites minds join him for a powerful discussion that gets... interesting. Hey. We're here to #makedebatehealthyagain, folks. @wtp_live @joshzepps Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
AS219: The Sam Harris Maryam Namazie Breakdown
Serious Inquiries Only - February 29, 2016 06:47 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsThe Sam Harris Maryam Namazie Breakdown Today’s episode is all about breaking down the Sam Harris Maryam Namazie breakdown which happened on Harris’s Waking Up Podcast. The episode in question can be found here. While my podcast will provide a more detailed explanation, I’m also going to do a bi...
AS172: Tommentary On Ahmed; Sam Harris; Maajid Nawaz
Serious Inquiries Only - September 17, 2015 05:47 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsIt’s about time for another Tommentary show! I have plenty of opinions, and I hope you enjoy an episode where I express those opinions on occasion. Ahmed Mohamed brought a clock to school and was arrested. An outrage, right? Most likely. But there are some things to consider… http://nyti.ms/1UXu...
#87: Sam Harris on Daily Routines, The Trolley Scenario, and 5 Books Everyone Should Read
The Tim Ferriss Show - July 08, 2015 02:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratingsSam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up. His work has been discussed in The New York Times, Time, Scientific American, Nature, Newsweek,Rolling Stone, and many other journals. In t...
Episode 63: Stalemates and Closets (with Sam Harris)
Very Bad Wizards - February 28, 2015 01:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsSam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to blame and desert? Is Tamler a closet consequentialist? Is Sam a closet pluralist? Why is Dave such...
Episode 59: Tumors All the Way Down (With Sam Harris)
Very Bad Wizards - December 16, 2014 01:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsBestselling author and friend of the podcast Sam Harris joins Tamler and Dave for a marathon podcast. (Seriously, pack two pairs of astronaut diapers for this one). We talk about the costs and benefits of religion, dropping acid in India, and the illusory nature of (a certain kind of) free will...
AS69: Is Sam Harris the Sexist Pig We’re Looking For?
Serious Inquiries Only - September 22, 2014 06:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsSam Harris made some comments that feminists did not take kindly to. Here’s a link to his explanation: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/im-not-the-sexist-pig-youre-looking-for I think there are some troubling points to his commentary, and here are some critics: http://freethoughtblogs.com/gret...
Sam Harris: Seeking Transcendence Without Religion
Point of Inquiry - September 02, 2014 16:54 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratingsIt’s been ten years since the publication of Sam Harris’s book The End of Faith kicked off the cultural phenomenon of “new atheism,” bringing frank criticism of religion into mainstream conversation. In the decade since, Harris has emerged as something of a maverick among nonbelievers and progre...
Ep. 14: Sam Harris, PhD - Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show - June 17, 2014 16:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratingsSam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction.In this episode, we explore the science of lying, "spirituality" or spiritual experiences, reli...
Sam Harris on the Science of Good and Evil
Intelligence Squared - March 13, 2014 15:31 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratingsWhere do our ideas about morality and meaning come from? Most people - from religious extremists to secular scientists - would agree on one point: that science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, science's failure to explain meaning and morality has become the primary justi...
Skepticality #043 - Skeptic's Caltech Lecture Series: Sam Harris
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - January 03, 2007 02:26 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week on Skepticality, we kick off the first show of 2007 with a recording of author and lecturer Sam Harris speaking at the Symposium on Science, Religion & Politics, part of the Skeptic sponsored Caltech lecture series. Mr. Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of...
Pundit review talks religion with Sam Harris
Pundit Review Radio - October 16, 2006 19:44 - 43 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratingsPundit Review does NPR. Last night we enjoyed an hour of high-brow discussion on religion. We welcomed Sam Harris, author of Letter to a Christian Nation with Boston College Philosophy Professor Dr. Peter Kreeft Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamen...
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