Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris explore the breakdown of institutions in the digital age, and how difficult it’s become to identify what’s true and what’s not. Harris voices deep concern over the role independent media and social platforms play in amplifying misinformation, especially post-October 7th. They discuss the addictive, fragmenting nature of platfor ... Show More
Nov 2025
572. Navigating Education, Ideology, and Children | Answer the Call
Dr. Peterson discusses education challenges, praising homeschooling over the flawed K-12 system, exploring new learning models, and stressing critical thinking in a world dominated by low-attention span media environments. He also highlights the importance of teacher passion, cha ... Show More
59m 35s
Aug 2025
571. Master Relationships and Improve Your Dating Life | Answer the Call
Dr. Peterson answers caller questions on marriage and family, offering practical advice on how to support your spouse, navigate parenting challenges, overcome the impact of past relationships, and balance multicultural influences. His guidance helps build strong, lasting marriage ... Show More
54m 47s
Aug 2025
570. How You Should Deal with Stress and Tragedy | Answer the Call
Callers share tragedies: cancer, addiction, loss, and more. Dr. Peterson offers profound advice on navigating suffering with faith, family support, and practical strategies for overcoming the darkest moments life throws at us. He emphasizes finding strength and gratitude even in ... Show More
57m 19s
Dec 2024
#395 — Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents
<p>Sam Harris discusses the breakdown of trust in institutions, the nature of intellectual authority, the danger of bad incentives, the epidemic of conspiracy thinking and misinformation, Trump and Elon, and other topics.</p> <p dir="ltr">If the Making Sense podcast logo in your ... Show More
31m 28s
Nov 2024
#392 — Technology & Culture
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Christine Rosen about how technology is changing our culture. They discuss the courage of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, lost practices like handwriting, tradeoffs in our use of technology, social media, conspiracy thinking, X as a platform for breaking news, the futu ... Show More
52m 59s
Jun 2025
#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence
<p dir="ltr">Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kokotajlo about the potential impacts of superintelligent AI over the next decade. They discuss Daniel's predictions in his essay "AI 2027," the alignment problem, what an intelligence explosion might look like, the capacity of LLMs to i ... Show More
20m 29s
Aug 2024
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left
<p>Sam Harris speaks with "Destiny" (Steven Bonnell) about politics and public debate. They discuss how he approaches debate, "Trump derangement syndrome," January 6th, why Trump's norm violations don't matter to many people, misadventures on the information landscape, social med ... Show More
46m 47s
Sep 2024
#383 — Where Are the Grown-Ups?
<p dir="ltr">Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker Carlson's conversation with Darryl Cooper, freedom of speech, and other topics.</p> <p dir="ltr">If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSC ... Show More
24m 12s
Apr 2025
#408 — Finding Equanimity in Chaos
<p>Dan Harris interviews Sam Harris for Dan's podcast, <em>10% Happier</em>. They discuss how meditation helped Sam after evacuating his home during the LA fires, why Sam owns a gun, the ethics of violence, how to feel compassion for your political opponents, why it doesn't make ... Show More
1h 50m
<p>Peter and Michael discuss the book that launched the phenomenon of New Atheism and asked the question: What if we hated Muslims, but in a secular way?</p><p><b>Where to find us: </b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'>Peter's other podcast, 5-4</a></li><li> ... Show More
