Sam Harris speaks to Graeme Wood about Muhammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. They discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the imprisonment of Saudi elites in the Ritz Carlton, the Vision 2030 campaign, relations with Israel, the posture of the Biden administration, energy policy, Saudi efforts to deprogram jihadists, the strange case of Musa Cerantonio, John Walker Lindh, the current condition of ISIS, the war in Ukraine, Russian propaganda, how Finland has made itself invasion-proof, and other topics. 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>. Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the <a href="http://wakingup.com/">Waking Up</a> app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

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Sam Harris Episodes Around April 13, 2022

#266 — The Limits of Pleasure

#267 — The Kingdom of Sleep

#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge

#269 — Deep Time

#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?

#271 — Earning to Give

#272 — On Disappointing My Audience

Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA #19)

#273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology

#274 — The Future of American Democracy

Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues

Absolutely Mental Season 3

#275 — The Russian War in Ukraine

#276 — Defending the Global Order

#277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End?

#278 — The Man Who Will Be King

#279 — The Rules of the Stage

#280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence

#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents

#282 — Do You Really Have a Self?

#283 — Gun Violence in America

#284 — The Funny Business

#285 — American Division

#286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics

#287 — Why Wealth Matters

#288 — The End of Global Order

#289 — Time Management for Mortals

#290 — What Went Wrong?

#291 — Where is Happiness?

#292 — How Much Does the Future Matter?

#293 — What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias

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