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#149 — The Problem of Addiction

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Sam Harris Episodes Around March 4, 2019

#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

#154 — What Do Jihadists Really Want? (2019)

#155 — Mental Models

#156 — The Evolution of Culture

#157 — What Does the Mueller Report Really Say?

#158 — Understanding Humans in the Wild

#159 — Conscious

#160 — The Revenge of History

#161 — Rise & Fall

#162 — Medical Intelligence

#163 — Ricky Gervais

#164 — Cause & Effect

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