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#235 — A Call from Ricky Gervais

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Sam Harris Episodes Around February 10, 2021

#221 — Success, Failure, & the Common Good

#222 — A Pandemic of Incompetence

#223 — A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

#224 — The Key to Trump's Appeal

#225 — Republic of Lies

#226 — The Price of Distraction

#227 — Knowing the Mind

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#228 — Doing Good

#229 — A Few Thoughts for a New Year

#230 — An Insurrection of Lies

#231 — Crossing the Abyss

#232 — Inequality and Revolution

#233 — The Groves of Misinformation

#234 — The Divided Mind

#235 — A Call from Ricky Gervais

#236 — Rebooting New York City

#237 — Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#238 — How to Build a Universe

#239 — Yet Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#240 — The Boundaries of Self

#241 — Final Thoughts on Free Will

#242 — Psychedelics and the Self

#243 — A Few Points of Confusion

#244 — Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk

#245 — Can We Talk About Scary Ideas?

#246 — Police Training & Police Misconduct

#247 — Constructing Minds

Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse

#248 — Order & Freedom

#249 — Distance & Arrival

Summary