Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 01:06 last edited by
I've just started wading into his podcasts. I've enjoyed a couple of his with Yuval Noah Harari. Any others that folks would recommend that I put on top of the list to listen to?
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 01:25 last edited by
Love them all. Two that come to mind right away are:
Armchair expert with dax Shepard
May 18, 2020 making sense with Jonathan Haidt -
wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:02 last edited by jon-nyc 8 May 2020, 03:12
Ok, ready? Here are many that I think are timeless enough to listen to now, IOW they aren’t discussing the latest news cycle.
#14 w/ Paul Bloom on his book Against Empathy
#17 in defense of profiling
#19 the riddle of the gun
#42 Glenn Loury on race and violence in America
#43 what do jihadsists really want?
#48 Peter Singer
#62 first talk with Jordan Peterson, and the first time I heard of Peterson.
#67 He had a follow up with Peterson. That’s a better listen even.
#73 Charles Murray - forbidden knowledge
#85 Douglas Murray
#91 the biology of good and evil
#99 Mark Lila on the takeover of liberalism by identity politics
#100 Nikolas Christakis on facing down the woke mob at Yale
#107 David Benetar on anti-natalism
#109 Bret Weinstein on Evergreen State
#123 Identity and Honesty - with Ezra Klein, a follow up on the Charles Murray conversation
#137 Jonathan haidt in his book The Coddling of the American Mind
#140 Matt Taibbi on the press
#151 Nick Bostrom on existential risk
#207 (just Sam) On race and policing -
Ok, ready? Here are many that I think are timeless enough to listen to now, IOW they aren’t discussing the latest news cycle.
#14 w/ Paul Bloom on his book Against Empathy
#17 in defense of profiling
#19 the riddle of the gun
#42 Glenn Loury on race and violence in America
#43 what do jihadsists really want?
#48 Peter Singer
#62 first talk with Jordan Peterson, and the first time I heard of Peterson.
#67 He had a follow up with Peterson. That’s a better listen even.
#73 Charles Murray - forbidden knowledge
#85 Douglas Murray
#91 the biology of good and evil
#99 Mark Lila on the takeover of liberalism by identity politics
#100 Nikolas Christakis on facing down the woke mob at Yale
#107 David Benetar on anti-natalism
#109 Bret Weinstein on Evergreen State
#123 Identity and Honesty - with Ezra Klein, a follow up on the Charles Murray conversation
#137 Jonathan haidt in his book The Coddling of the American Mind
#140 Matt Taibbi on the press
#151 Nick Bostrom on existential risk
#207 (just Sam) On race and policingwrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:27 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
#137 Jonathan haidt in his book The Coddling of the American Mind
Here's a snippet from the Amazon writeup: "But despite the good intentions of the adults who impart them, the Great Untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility.
The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations."
I began worrying many years ago that Americans were breaking down. I still worry about that. I think these students that Haidt talks about are those peoples' kids. Without really knowing in any educated way, I think these kids were raised by people who were themselves somewhat frantic and broken.
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@jon-nyc said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
#137 Jonathan haidt in his book The Coddling of the American Mind
Here's a snippet from the Amazon writeup: "But despite the good intentions of the adults who impart them, the Great Untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility.
The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations."
I began worrying many years ago that Americans were breaking down. I still worry about that. I think these students that Haidt talks about are those peoples' kids. Without really knowing in any educated way, I think these kids were raised by people who were themselves somewhat frantic and broken.
wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:41 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
@jon-nyc said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
#137 Jonathan haidt in his book The Coddling of the American Mind
Here's a snippet from the Amazon writeup: "But despite the good intentions of the adults who impart them, the Great Untruths are harming kids by teaching them the opposite of ancient wisdom and the opposite of modern psychological findings on grit, growth, and antifragility.
The result is rising rates of depression and anxiety, along with endless stories of college campuses torn apart by moralistic divisions and mutual recriminations."
I began worrying many years ago that Americans were breaking down. I still worry about that. I think these students that Haidt talks about are those peoples' kids. Without really knowing in any educated way, I think these kids were raised by people who were themselves somewhat frantic and broken.
Haidt is brilliant and highly accessible. The happiness hypothesis is an important read. You can learn most of what you need to know from that book alone.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:57 last edited by
That Charles Murray one may be my favorite of his with guests. His monologues are always among my favorites too.
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That Charles Murray one may be my favorite of his with guests. His monologues are always among my favorites too.
wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 02:59 last edited by@Horace said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
That Charles Murray one may be my favorite of his with guests. His monologues are always among my favorites too.
His two follow ups in the last two weeks have been a lot of fun, He won’t let go but I think his pushing it is timely. Courage.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:02 last edited by
I like how he calls his meditation practice and the power it gives him over his emotional reactions a "super power". I imagine it comes in handy for him.
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I like how he calls his meditation practice and the power it gives him over his emotional reactions a "super power". I imagine it comes in handy for him.
wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:07 last edited by Loki 8 May 2020, 03:08@Horace said in Recommendations for Sam Harris Podcasts:
I like how he calls his meditation practice and the power it gives him over his emotional reactions a "super power". I imagine it comes in handy for him.
Haidt says only 3 things work. Meditation, Prozac or cognitive therapy. Meditation is the least invasive in terms of getting more in the present and liberating yourself to make a real choice in what to pay attention to in the remaining moments you have. That said free will is something Harris struggles with.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:19 last edited by
Sam would not agree with jon about the Peterson conversations. He struggled to release the first and had to be convinced to have the second.
There's a train wreck one with a guy named Omer Aziz if you like comedy.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:27 last edited by
He might now, given Peterson’s subsequent trajectory and their follow up conversations in person.
I admit when I first heard him talk to Peterson I was a bit confused about why he was talking to this guy.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 03:47 last edited by
Harari-Peterson would have been an interesting debate.
I really don’t understand what happened to Peterson but it’s hard to unsee.
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wrote on 5 Aug 2020, 08:40 last edited by
I'm also a fan of his podcast. In fact, just yesterday I listened to his conversation with Kathryn Paige Harden.