Notable Guests
RQ
Rapid Fire Questions
7x
CF
Caitlin Flanagan
3x
SM
Social Media
2x
LF
Leaving the Faith
2x
MD
Matt Dillahunty
2x
AD
America's Zombie Democracy
1x
AL
An Insurrection of Lies
1x
AD
Abusing Dolores
1x
AM
Animal Minds
1x
AF
AI Friends
1x
Recent Episodes
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Sam Harris and Alex Gibney discuss the Musk documentary, exploring the line between visionary and con man.
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Dara Horn discusses antisemitism, Jewish identity, and institutional failures.
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Discussed corruption, authoritarianism, and America's global retreat with Anne Applebaum.
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Discussed AI misalignment and the risk of losing control of advanced systems.
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Meditation offers two core benefits: improving life quality and understanding mental truths.
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Discusses the significance of the second plane 25 years after 9/11.
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Sam Harris and James Kirchick discuss the far left's influence in Democratic politics.
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Sam Harris and Preet Bharara discuss the decline of good faith debate in US politics.
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Discussed the death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday and institutional promotion.
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Discussed the replication crisis in science and cognitive biases like System 1 and System 2 thinking.
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Neal Brennan shares life-shaping experiences, including his mother's TV career and absent father.
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Discussing AI consciousness, self-reports, and deception in LLMs.
Is AI Already Conscious
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Kathryn Paige Harden on behavioral genetics, moral luck, and the difficulty of blame.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses cancer as one or many diseases.
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Paul Bloom discusses AI companions and their impact on loneliness.
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Alain de Botton on unhappiness, ecstasy, and secular discomfort with ritual.
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Discussion on the Iran Deal, college in the AI age, and factory farming.
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Sam Harris receives the Richard Dawkins Award, discussing consciousness.
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Vinod Khosla on AI, mass job displacement, and wealth redistribution.
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Robin Carhart-Harris on psychedelic research and therapeutic potential.
When Robots Take Over