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.
| Title | Date published | ||
| #282 — Do You Really Have a Self? | 2022-05-23 | ||
| #281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents | 2022-05-02 | ||
| #280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence | 2022-04-22 | ||
| #279 — The Rules of the Stage | 2022-04-18 | ||
| #278 — The Man Who Will Be King | 2022-04-13 | ||
| #277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End? | 2022-04-03 | ||
| #276 — Defending the Global Order | 2022-03-22 | ||
| #275 — The Russian War in Ukraine | 2022-03-10 | ||
| Absolutely Mental Season 3 | 2022-03-02 | ||
| Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues | 2022-02-28 | ||
| #274 — The Future of American Democracy | 2022-02-11 | ||
| #273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology | 2022-02-07 | ||
| Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA #19) | 2022-01-31 | ||
| #272 — On Disappointing My Audience | 2022-01-11 | ||
| #271 — Earning to Give | 2021-12-24 | ||
| #270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic? | 2021-12-14 | ||
| #269 — Deep Time | 2021-12-03 | ||
| #268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge | 2021-11-24 | ||
| #267 — The Kingdom of Sleep | 2021-11-10 | ||
| #266 — The Limits of Pleasure | 2021-11-02 |