#409 — "More From Sam": Religion, Deportations, Douglas Murray vs. Rogan, & Bill Maher's Dinner with Trump

Welcome to the Making Sense podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you're not currently on our subscriber feed, and will only be hearing the first part of this conversation. In order to access full episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you'll need to subscribe at samharris.org. There you'll also find our scholarship program, where we offer free accounts to anyone who can afford one. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers. So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. This is Sam Harris. Today, I'm answering some more questions that were submitted by subscribers on my Substack page and discussing some current events. Once again, the voice you're hearing on the other end is that of my manager and business partner, Jaren Lowenstein. We're hoping to continue this series of episodes. So if you're a subscriber to the podcast, you can submit topics over on Substack. And if you're not a subscriber, you can become one at samharris.org/subscribe. Okay, Sam. We have a lot to get into today. And, obviously, I wanna get your thoughts on Douglas Murray, our buddy, who appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast last week. Feels like it was a month ago. I wanna also ask you about the financial luminaries who have praised the handling of Trump's tariffs. We'll get into that as well. The art of the deal. Bill Ackman. The art of the deal. The art of the deal. Yeah. We will also discuss Yeah. Our friend Bill Maher's we're gonna get into all that, Sam. I could I could just tell you're ready to go. We're gonna discuss our friend Bill Maher's review of his White House dinner with Trump. Mhmm. Hold hold. And discuss deportations and more. But before we get into that, I wanna get your reactions on some of the questions we got over at your Substack page. These aren't the exact questions, but I put them together to represent the gist of them. Alright? Okay. Here we go. Scott Galloway has been vocal about his concerns for the well-being of young men. Jonathan Haidt, vocal about his concerns for the well-being of teenagers, predominantly girls. Obviously, social media plays a a huge role in this. But do you think the erosion of religion plays a role here as well? And what are you doing to protect your daughters from social media? And how are you providing a sense of community for them that is lost without religion? Well, we've kept them off social media. They're exposed to the Internet, obviously, and they watch a lot of YouTube. And so they're, you know, they're getting fed by the algorithm. So I I mean, there's only so much control you can exert there. I think we, our oldest didn't get a smartphone until she was in seventh grade, and that …