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.
499 - #473 — Money, Power, and Moral Failure
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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.
Episodes
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#473 — Money, Power, and Moral Failure
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026
498-
#472 — Strange Days on the Right
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Fri, 24 Apr 2026
497-
#471 — The End of History, Revisited
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026
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#470 — Democrats at a Crossroads
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Mon, 13 Apr 2026
495-
#469 — Escaping an Anti-Human Future
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Fri, 10 Apr 2026
494-
#468 — More From Sam: Gratitude, Bad Conversations, Conspiracy Addiction, Waffle House Teleportation, and More
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026
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#467 — EA, AI, and the End of Work
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026
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#466 — What Is Technology Doing to Us?
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Tue, 24 Mar 2026
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#465 — More From Sam: Iran, Jihadism, Conspiracism, AI Disruption, the Manosphere, and More
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Wed, 18 Mar 2026
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#464 — The Politics of Pragmatism and the Future of California
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
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#463 — Privatizing the Apocalypse
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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#462 — More From Sam: The Iran War, American Amorality, Addressing Hopelessness, Tucker, and More
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Fri, 06 Mar 2026
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#461 — Dictators Always Tell You What They'll Do
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026
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#460 — When the Center Cannot Hold
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026
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#459 — More From Sam: Corruption, Immigration, The End of White-Collar Work, and More
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Fri, 13 Feb 2026
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#458 — The Bulwark Against MAGA
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Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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#457 — More From Sam: The Epstein Files, The Newsom Factor, Don Lemon's Arrest, AI Market Disruption, and More
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Thu, 05 Feb 2026
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#456 — American Fascism
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Wed, 04 Feb 2026
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#455 — More From Sam: Guns, Propaganda, AI, and Power Unbound
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Fri, 30 Jan 2026
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#454 — More From Sam: Minnesota, Greenland, Iran, S**thole Countries, and More
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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#453 — AI and the New Face of Antisemitism
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Fri, 16 Jan 2026
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#452 — Is Wokeness Finally Dead?
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Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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#451 — The One Resolution That Matters Most
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025
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#450 — More From Sam: Resolutions, Conspiracies, Demonology, and the Fate of the World
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Tue, 30 Dec 2025
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#449 — Dogma, Tribe, and Truth
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Mon, 22 Dec 2025
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#448 — The Philosophy of Good and Evil
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Mon, 08 Dec 2025
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#447 — The Unraveling of American Power
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025
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#446 — How to Do the Most Good
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Mon, 01 Dec 2025
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#445 — More From Sam: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Billionaires, Thanksgiving Political Debates, & Rapid Fire Questions
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Wed, 26 Nov 2025
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#444 — America's Zombie Democracy
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Mon, 17 Nov 2025
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#443 — What Is Christian Nationalism?
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Mon, 10 Nov 2025
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#442 — More From Sam: Public Speaking, Nuclear War, & Christian Nationalism
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025
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#441 — The Threat of Civil War
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Fri, 31 Oct 2025
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#440 — A World in Crisis
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Fri, 24 Oct 2025
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#439 — How to Lose a Democracy
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025
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#438 — "More From Sam": Israel-Hamas Deal, Qatari Air Force Base, Trump, Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, & Rapid Fire Questions
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Sat, 11 Oct 2025
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#437 — Two Years Since 10/7
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Mon, 06 Oct 2025
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#436 — A Crisis of Trust
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Fri, 03 Oct 2025
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#435 — The Last Invention
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025
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#434 — Can We Survive AI?
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Tue, 16 Sep 2025
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#433 — How Did We Get Here?
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Sat, 06 Sep 2025
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#432 — The Undoing of America
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Wed, 27 Aug 2025
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#431 — What Is Happening on College Campuses?
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Mon, 25 Aug 2025
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#430 — "More From Sam": Trump, Gavin Newsom, Class War, DOGE, & Rapid Fire Questions
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Fri, 22 Aug 2025
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#429 — The New World Order
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Mon, 11 Aug 2025
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#428 — Political Extremism
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Thu, 07 Aug 2025
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#427 — AI Friends & Enemies
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Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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#426 — How Bad Is It?
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Wed, 23 Jul 2025
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#425 — Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic?
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Mon, 21 Jul 2025
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#424 — "More From Sam": Nazi Grok, ICE, Epstein, Social Media, Rapid Fire Questions