This is an edited excerpt from remarks that Sam Harris made in a debate with a Christian apologist at Notre Dame University in 2011. The full debate can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaHXKLRKzg
Jul 22
#486 — Luck All the Way Down
Sam Harris speaks with Kathryn Paige Harden about behavioral genetics, moral luck, and the problem of blame. They discuss Harden's book Original Sin, the controversy over Charles Murray and Ezra Klein, why behavioral genetics remains taboo, the meaning of heritability, nature and ... Show More
21m 22s
Jul 14
#485 — The New Science of Cancer
Sam Harris speaks with Siddhartha Mukherjee about the science of cancer. They discuss the updated edition of The Emperor of All Maladies, whether cancer is one disease or many, why prevention is so hard, inflammation and air pollution as carcinogens, the myth that cell phones cau ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 8
#484 — Artificial Intimacy
Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about our relationships with AI and the future of human connection. They discuss the surprising pace of AI progress, AI companions as a remedy for loneliness, the importance of mattering to other people, digitally resurrecting the dead, whether A ... Show More
27m 13s
Oct 2023
#125 — What is Christianity?
Sam Harris speaks to Bart Ehrman about his experience of being a born-again Christian, his academic training in New Testament scholarship, his loss of faith, the most convincing argument in defense of Christianity, the status of miracles, the composition of the New Testament, the ... Show More
1h 50m
Mar 2023
Debates, Apologetics, and Answering Atheism (Gavin Ortlund & Trent Horn) | Ep. 392
Matt sits down for a post debate chat on Sola Scriptura, Catholic/Protestant apologetics and God's existence with @TheCounselofTrent and @TruthUnites Covenant Eyes: https://coveyes.com/fradd1 Everything Catholic: https://everythingcatholic.com Hallow: https://hallow.com/mattfra ... Show More
1h 45m