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 | ||
| #377 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine | 2024-07-26 | ||
| #376 — How Democracies Fail | 2024-07-19 | ||
| #375 — On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump | 2024-07-16 | ||
| #374 — Consciousness and the Physical World | 2024-07-09 | ||
| #373 — Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism | 2024-07-02 | ||
| #372 — Life & Work | 2024-06-24 | ||
| #371 — What the Hell Is Happening? | 2024-06-14 | ||
| #370 — Gender Apartheid and the Future of Iran | 2024-06-06 | ||
| #369 — Escaping Death | 2024-05-30 | ||
| #368 — Freedom & Censorship | 2024-05-21 | ||
| #367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values | 2024-05-13 | ||
| #366 — Urban Warfare 2.0 | 2024-05-07 | ||
| #365 — Reality Check | 2024-05-01 | ||
| #364 — Facts & Values | 2024-04-23 | ||
| #363 — Knowledge Work | 2024-04-15 | ||
| #362 — Six Months of War | 2024-04-09 | ||
| #361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism | 2024-04-01 | ||
| #360 — We Really Don’t Have Free Will? | 2024-03-27 | ||
| #359 — Getting Used to It | 2024-03-19 | ||
| #358 — The War in Ukraine | 2024-03-11 |