Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

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Booking Overview

A thought-leadership show where Sam Harris interviews prominent voices on consciousness, mind, ethics, and rationality—often with an explicitly secular, scientific lens. For PR pros, it’s a high-credibility platform suited to authors and researchers who can speak clearly about human nature and big philosophical questions. Guest value is strongest when expertise connects to mind/science/ethics and measurable, argument-driven reasoning.

Metrics

Episodes: 496

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: >100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 798.0k subscribers

Instagram: 506.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Sam Harris - Neuroscientist, philosopher, and New York Times best-selling author. Creator of the Waking Up app, which combines decades of mindfulness practice with a secular, scientific worldview. Holds a degre...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Renowned authors, leading researchers, or public intellectuals in neuroscience, consciousness studies, psychology, moral philosophy/ethics, religion/critique, and the science of behavior—typically with a book or major public work and the ability to argue clearly. Guests often have demonstrated influence via bestselling publications, major media presence, or established academic/public authority.
Required Achievements:  
New York Times or major best-seller author status, PhD-level academic or equivalent expertise, High-profile public recognition via major media/interviews, Published books on mind/consciousness/ethics or related topics, Notable contributions to public debates on AI, psychedelics, or the self

Recent Guest Discussions

Jaron (Jaron Lanier) - Current Events And Technology Ethics; Including Information War Topics, Ai-generated Music Ethics, And Ai-adjacent Issues

Susan Cain - Writing, Creativity, AI And Culture, Future Of Books, Ethics Of Curing Sadness, Psychedelics’ Therapeutic Potential

Michael Pollan - Consciousness, Mind And Self, Psychedelics In Consciousness Research, AI And Machine Consciousness

Recent Topics

Consciousness, Philosophy, Mind, Neuroscience, Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Making Sense with Sam Harris
:

#480 — The Economics of Everything

June 12, 2026

Sam Harris speaks with economist and Substack writer Noah Smith about the U.S. national debt, wealth inequality, and the economic consequences of AI. They discuss the mechanics of debt and inflation, the case for fiscal austerity, why the U.S. squandered low interest rates, modern monetary theory, how AI may restructure labor and ownership, the anti-billionaire politics of the American left, the degrowth movement and its failures, demographic decline and fertility trends, the role of smartpho...

#479 — When Robots Take Over

June 04, 2026

Sam Harris speaks with Vinod Khosla about AI, economic disruption, and political risk. They discuss the prospect of mass job displacement, a trillion-dollar policy framework to redistribute AI's gains, the failure of the California wealth tax, the corporate capitulation to Trump, Elon Musk's embrace of white nationalist rhetoric, US-China competition, semiconductor dependence, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all f...

#478 — The Psychedelic Mind

May 29, 2026

Sam Harris speaks with Robin Carhart-Harris about psychedelic research and its therapeutic potential. They discuss the current state of the field, the FDA denial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the critical role of set and setting, risks for vulnerable populations, the REBUS model of how psychedelics work on the brain, the default mode network and ego dissolution, microdosing, the neuroscience of consciousness, DMT entities, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player...

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