<p>Sam Harris speaks with Matt Taibbi about the state journalism and the polarization of our politics. They discuss the controversy over Steve Bannon at the New Yorker Festival, monetizing the Trump phenomenon, the Jamal Kashoggi murder, the Kavanaugh hearing, the Rolling Stone reporting on the UVA rape case, the viability of a political center, the 2020 Presidential election, the Russia investigation, our vanishing attention span, and other topics.</p> <p class="p1">If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at <a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe">samharris.org/subscribe</a>.</p>

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#140 — Burning Down the Fourth Estate

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Sam Harris Episodes Around October 17, 2018

#126 — In Defense of Honor

#127 — Freedom from the Known

#128 — Transformations of Mind

#129 — An Insider's View of Medicine

#130 — Universal Basic Income

#131 — Dictators, Immigration, #MeToo, and Other Imponderables

#132 — Freeing the Hostages

#133 — Globalism on the Brink

#134 — Beyond the Politics of Race

#135 — Navigating Sex and Gender

#136 — Digital Humanism

#137 — Safe Space

#138 — The Edge of Humanity

Introducing Waking Up

#139 — Sacred & Profane

#140 — Burning Down the Fourth Estate

The TED Interview

#141— Is #MeToo Going Too Far?

#142 — Addiction, Depression, and a Meaningful Life

#143 — The Keys to the Mind

#144 — Conquering Hate

The Drive Interview with Peter Attia

#145 — The Information War

#146 — Digital Capitalism

#147 — Stephen Fry

#148 — Jack Dorsey

#149 — The Problem of Addiction

#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding

#151 — Will We Destroy the Future?

#152 — The Trouble with Facebook

#153 — Possible Minds

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