Sam used to be synonymous with a new wave of atheism and reason that was dedicated to a scientific and serious understanding of our world. Now he’s allowed his unraveling obsession with Palestinians, and Muslims in general, to replace any prior rationalism with a burgeoning “Jewish identity” (good luck parsing that from religion) and a steadfast belief in the uncompromising preservation of an ethnostate that can only exist for magical reasons. The man has completely lost his mind and allowed his fascination with his own bigotry to completely upend any credibility he used to have on any topics ranging from humanitarianism to secular morality. I’m embarrassed I ever listened to any of this. Also, calling the removal of a paywall a “scholarship” is so delusional and pretentious it makes me roll my eyes so hard they fall out of my skull and onto the floor. People can “afford” this podcast, there are just those of us who don’t think it’s worth $15 a month to listen to you talk. Get over yourself, you smug weirdo.

Episode 340 is a sad contortionist spectacle, as Sam bends backwards and crawls even further up his own bowels to find a putrid justification for grotesque tribal revenge. Zero logical, philosophical, moral, ethical clarity here. He is a Jewish supremacist, nothing more. What a fraud.

I’ve been an avid consumer of Sam’s often brilliant content for some two decades, but it is here and now we have to part ways. It seems so blatantly contradictory and personally disappointing to have followed Sam’s work and words on topics like effective altruism and how aggressively segregated wealth has become in the world and then have Sam do an about face demanding subscribers pay $100 /yr for his content. There aren’t many genuine good people left in the world with open minds and hearts, and it seems we’ve lost yet one of those precious few to their Great Almighty, the American dollar. ☹️

Nothing I can say that hasn’t been said before, but we are all lucky to have Sam Harris. By the way, for those complaining about the paywall, you can get this podcast for free very easily! Just have to ask for a scholarship on Sam’s website.

Harris is so impressed with his college test vocabulary he actually pre ejeculates with words like douche bag!! His intelligence is that of an annoying student always trying to show his genius which is little Blowhard!!!

Sam has changed my life through this podcast. One of the few people I’ve never met that has seriously made my life so much better.

Thank you Sam, for releasing the entire episode for non-subscribers. I am not on social media so using this to write to you directly (feel free to remove the review after it is hopefully read by someone on your team). I love listening to you (even or especially when I find myself disagreeing at times). Your knowledge, your questions, your guests are interesting and thought provoking. I do not subscribe (without even knowing the cost) because I know I won’t take advantage of all full episodes; there is just not enough time. I also don’t apply for a free subscription because I have to keep my integrity, but I wanted to thank for sharing at least part of your interesting conversations with everyone.

Sam has good commentary, and in my short history as a listener, he seems authentic. However, in a world of free opinions, I'm nothing but frustrated when the show stops halfway through and ejects less affluent listeners. I would not feel good about a charity sub (and I'd always be nervous it gets cancelled - so not very enjoyable), but it would be great if you could support your show on views alone, or do an occasional ad read and just open up the show to everyone.

And it’s still great. Really enjoying “More with Sam”.

For 6,000 years the Jews haven’t been able to get along with anyone.if you ask a Jew it’s always someone else’s fault. For 6,000 years all over the world. Congratulations Sam. Keeping the tradition alive.

Sam and his guests have become nothing more than left wing propaganda for the DNC. Gone are his interesting guests, his discussions/interviews on psychedelics and other interesting topics. It’s like listening to and believing everything the CCP tells you. With the plethora of podcasts out there, this has become one to skip. I have been a paying member to both this and Waking Up for years…Not Any More.

Going from the locked-in $1/mo to $5/mo really is not cool. I’ve unsubscribed for the first time ever. Really sad about it but I guess i’ll move to other podcasts.

America needs to hear and act in accordance with episode #418

Sam, I heard your interview with Jeron Loewenstein. It's funny how people are all idiots on one side and normal on the other. You still can't answer the question why people would lean towards Donald Trump. I listen to you all the time so a person that listens to you lean towards Donald Trump am I delusional. Ask yourself why really why Donald Trump got reelected. It took me a while thank you.

Pretty good podcast with interesting discussions, but not worth having to pay for to get the full thing, and these samples aren’t that great

Sam… please get up to date on your boosters.

Despite author’s acknowledging via his site of my yearly AMEX payment, after several fruitless, frustrating attempts at emailing his administrator(s), I still get the same beyond idiotic “your subscription may have expired” messages. It’s almost as if his and his web designer’s mission is to gaslight people into one frustrating and disquieting ignoble experience after anther. AMEX quickly provided me with a credit, providing me with a new sense of freedom from “Making No Sense Whatsoever” entanglements. But there’s no way I can reclaim the time & energy I wasted on this fruitless endeavor.

It’s sad listening to someone I once respected tripping all over himself to make a case that no lie in the history of lies can compare with Trump’s. Not an ounce of humility from someone who’s been so wrong so often in the past few years. Jaron does his best to throw some rationality into the conversation, but he hits the brick wall that Harris has become.

When Sam is on neuroscience or philosophy, he is wonderful. Politics is a whole ‘nother deal...the TDS is strong with this one.

Conservatives are now flooding the reviews with angry responses because Sam dared to criticize their Dear Leader Trump. As always, Sam criticizes both sides and they lose their minds when he does. Keep up the good work!

Sam has eliminated the option for comment on the paid podcast. His diehard support for Israel while running a meditation app is hypocritical. The Buddha would not approve

I used to respect you, but your biases and selective humanity have been disappointing.

Douglas Murray is right about Hamas, but he doesn’t mention that Netanyahu encouraged financially supporting Hamas nor that the Hamas “invasion” could have been thwarted easily had Netanyahu listened to his intelligence services. Nor does he mention the thousands of IDF veterans now opposed to the war. Nor does he acknowledge West Bank settlers murdering Palestinian farmers on their own land.

Hahaha! The past few months Sam has been coming apart at the seams with emotional outbursts among other symptoms of TDRS and he’s been positive for Woke Mind Virus for a long spell now. Anyway it’s actually very amusing as well as entertaining to listen to a grown man cry, scream and just plain carry on like a stinky adolescent boy who’s mom took away his phish concert privileges or something😂. Want a wha burger and some French cries Sammy boy? Just listening to him cry makes me wonder if he’s ever had a real job in his life? Other than just being a rich guy with opinions to throw around? He’s fired from Being taken seriously as a podcaster or someone who think they knows Jack about foreign policy. He’s been to the usual destinations im sure.

On Democracies And Death Cults: Israel And The Future Of Civilization- Par Excellence.

Listen occasionally to Sam to get the perspective of the TDS crowd. So, Sam is uncomfortable with what Trump is doing, I gather here. Good. Means one thing and one thing only. Trump is doing well. Sam needs to stick to the wu wu stuff. Just a well educated but misguided soul. Thanks for the listen!

Sam, we need the old Sam back.

Hey bud if you think you’re so smart, go debate Dave Smith then let’s talk. You talk tough until you can’t lie yourself out of the facts.

I think this guy is condescending and wrong about everything.

Sam was decent with his anti religion positions now he’s just an elitist who thinks everyone else is an idiot and he and his elite establishment buddies are the ultimate authority on every topic. From all of his insane takes on Covid that have been proven wrong, to saying it was moral thing to suppress hunter Biden laptop news….he is the ultimate elite disinformation propagandist who thinks he’s the dictator of information on everything.

Sam.. you’ve become so ideological on a few topics it’s difficult to listen to. I used to respect your positions so much.. no you just seem blinded. Hope you can find your way back to reason and wake up yourself.

Feels less like an exploration of ideas and more like a lecture from a man convinced he’s already found the right answers. Rather than engaging with opposing views in good faith, Harris simply states that everything is “misinformation.” He can’t address any arguments with actual facts. He simply states his opinion.

Sam Harris has become TDS personified.

Keep up the great work!

Great insight and balance is now just anti-Trump rants. It’s so tedious and well, adolescent. Recent show on Trump (what else) talked about setting up a crypto reserve. Two other podcasts talked about the pros and cons of it in great detail and there are pros and cons. All Sam and his guest could talk about was how it’s a way for Trump to enrich his friends. Maybe that could happen, but this is the level of a 13 year old. At the end of that podcast, Sam talked about meditation. I think it was a commercial. Funnily, I started thinking that maybe meditation comforts the mind by simplifying everything to pure good or bad; black or white. Sam may need to back away from the cult for a while.

Great discussions on Trump 2.0. Nobody is even talking about him profiting off the presidency this time around anymore. How is there so little resistance with this plutocratic makeover of America?

I paid for full version but not getting it. Please fix!

Edit: I used to be so excited to see Making Sense popping up on my new episodes page. I enjoyed your wide breadth of topics and usually learned something new in every episode. Now, I don’t even bother checking most of the time because almost every new episode is the same boring repeating yourself about Trump. You’re definitely letting him live rent free in your head. It’s really putting you in a bad light, Sam. Also, as an ex Muslim intellectual, it’s disappointing that you no longer dedicate any episodes to the dangers of Islam. This needs to be discussed more than ever right now. Please don’t give into fear. Please Sam, I beg you to not let our community down. You are a light in the darkness for us and one of the only public figures that give us hope. We appreciate your voice more than you can imagine. Thanks Sam

I have been a listener for years, but now I’ve come to realize that Sam Harris cherry picks arguments and grossly oversimplifies complex issues that he has no expertise on. I am so disappointed in him. I am disappointed in myself for not realizing it sooner and wish I never wasted my $. He essentially blames transgender people for Trump’s win. He blames the conflict in Israel on Palestinians and their religion. These ideas are dehumanizing. I know Sam could be better than this. These last couple of years he seems to have fallen victim to Russian disinformation campaigns and is more obsessed with woke issues than the libs.

It sounds like you have a desire to talk about trans issues, but didn’t because it’d be messy and highly likely to be criticized. I hope the next time you want to do a topic, you do it, relying on your ability to work through your analysis. Otherwise we miss out on important topics and don’t ever see examples of being wrong in the process of figuring out your position.

Thank you for sharing your intellect with the world.

I subscribe and listen to about 50 different podcasts regularly, about 12 frequently. This is the only one I pay for.

Brilliant mind, and equally laudable attempts to explain to us the mind noise we all carry and how to take a step back from it. Probably the most articulate human I’ve ever had the pleasure to listen to, and sadly now subjected to much trolling as evidenced by many reviews here.

Sam, your interview with Caruso was beyond softball. He spouted so much blame without any context and with much misrepresentation: he touted himself so much but could do no wrong. His facts about water and the fire department were outright falsehoods- the fire dept budget increased but went to salaries. Also as a community leader why wasn’t he giving warnings to the Palisades rather than keeping to himself? and then his rant about the election, where he spent 10s of millions on his own campaign. he isn’t different- he’s a wealthy guy who thinks he can solve everything- sounds familiar? see how he is treating his tenants at the Palisades.. that is what he cares about. You were excellent at the end- where you talked about charity and Caruso touted his doing but seemed very uncomfortable with your proposal…

Reasonable and well-thought out arguments and points. Even when I disagree, I feel compelled to consider his opinions because of his approach. His voice is disarming and very easy to listen to as well.

Sam Harris is undoubtably an extraordinary brilliant person, but he is so blinded by what he doesn’t want to see he can talk himself out of the truth, sitting right in front of him, which is so bizarre.

Sam Harris’s Making Sense podcast is a rare and invaluable platform for thoughtful, objective discussion in today’s polarized world. Having read his books and listened to countless episodes, I can confidently say that Sam approaches complex topics with intellectual honesty and a sincere desire to understand our chaotic culture as clearly as possible. His commitment to being an impartial observer naturally frustrates those on both the political left and right—a clear sign that he’s challenging tribal thinking rather than catering to it. I don’t agree with Sam on everything, and that’s exactly why his podcast is worth listening to. His conversations invite genuine dialogue rather than the blind, thoughtless reactions that many of his critics seem to prefer. The negative, often cranky comments from detractors only reinforce how important voices like Sam’s are. His commentary forces people to confront uncomfortable truths, and instead of engaging with his ideas, some would rather silence him. That’s precisely why Making Sense is so essential today.

Sam needs to get over Trump and realize democrat policies don’t work out very well.

Amazing Sam is a great he has an excellent idea of how to make geopolitical easy to understand I love it P.S do not listen to the low stars comments his arguments is good to me

I love listening to this podcast to see how insane Sam Harris has become these days. It’s like listening to someone with schizophrenia who reads nothing but the New York Times. He’s really living in a bubble