# Sam Harris

Sam Harris is the author of five NYT bestsellers, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app.

## Making Sense Podcast

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.

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Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award (Ep. 481)

- [Sam Harris Receives the 2026 Richard Dawkins Award (Ep. 481)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/sam-harris-receives-the-2026-richard)

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[The Economics of Everything (Ep. 480)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-economics-of-everything-ep-480)

[When Robots Take Over (Ep. 479)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/when-robots-take-over-ep-479)

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[The Psychedelic Mind (Ep. 478)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-psychedelic-mind-ep-478)

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[More From Sam: Iran's Unraveling, The Gaza Information War, AI-Generated Music, and More (Ep. 477)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/more-from-sam-irans-unraveling-the)

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[The Bittersweet Age (Ep. 476)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-bittersweet-age-ep-476)

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[The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Ep. 475)](https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness)