#419 — "More From Sam": Elon vs. Trump, Religion, Jordan Peterson, & Rapid Fire Questions

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. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers, so So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Hey, Sam. Thanks for coming in so quickly. We recorded an episode yesterday that was about to come out, and, we discussed Trump and Musk. And in light of today's events, we decided to jump back in here. So thanks for, jumping so quickly. Few things have happened. So, I guess we're gonna record an addendum now and then tack that on to the back of the episode that, was destined to arrive today. Exactly. So yeah. Okay. We're back. Hey, Sam. How are you? Hey. Good to see you. Good to see you too. Okay. We have a lot to get to today, but What's happening? Well, just a quick housekeeping before we do. I need to clarify some things. Many, this isn't for you. This is for the audience. Many in the audience have already picked up on this, but again, just to clarify, the goal of this series is more from Sam on current events more often. My job here is to draw more energy out of Sam to surface his ideas in a format that's a little looser than the podcast. So the tone will be more casual. It, if the pacing is faster, that's all intentional. I'll sometimes play devil's advocate and even exaggerate positions. Whatever it takes to keep things moving, none of this is about me so don't get caught up on what you think my positions, actually are. This is your response to some hate mail? Oh, well, this is just to clarify. I think a lot of people, most people got it, but some people were confused and, you know, and one of the things one of the reasons why we didn't bring on the another academic or intellectual is that they would show up with their own agenda and that's not what we wanted here. We wanted to really push you around and so this will feel different from the polished conversations and essays that the audience is used to. Again, that's intentional and this series is not meant to be a replacement for anything. So all those wanting more science podcasts, those are still happening. It's simply in addition to what we're already doing or what you're already doing, Sam. And lastly, it's a work in progress, so who knows where this still may go. I hope that helps. Well, it is a thankless job, so, thank you for it. Well, thank you for, making the time for this because I do …