Making Sense with Sam Harris
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2025
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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"You can only listen to part of each episode without joining the Patreon community "
Mary Giarratano
"This is a pay as you will or can podcast for anyone interested in mindfulness. It is’t dogmatic. Ask for a free subscription and it will be granted, no question asked. It has wonderful meditations, poetry, interviews. If you can spare 10 minutes a day, this can be an amazing tool to deal with the craziness of life. Enjoy!"
Dale Penn
"Clear-headed thinking and discussion of important issues with interesting people. "
Kyle Wolf
"Brilliant and controversial philosopher and neuroscientist in our time. He argues on the fringe and I love that. He is open, honest and authentic and is not afraid to talk about challenging topics. Not arrogant, full of himself, and probably has THE BEST voice of any speaker I’ve ever heard. He’s amazing !"
Sarah Walton
"Well thought out and informative. None of the noise and loud conversations. Sam does not resort to bombast and speaking loud to make a point. His inquisitive mind and intellectual conversations are refreshing to listen to. Can’t claim to understand everything he says but I can tell you that I leave every podcast with a new perspective. "
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Lesa Hamilton
"I really liked how he took a logical and actionable approach to understanding and bettering one's spiritually and self. "
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