#474 — More From Sam: Hasan Piker, Islamism, Making Sense Community, and More
From Making Sense with Sam Harris by Sam Harris
May 7, 2026 · 17 min
About this episode
Sam and Jaron discuss current events including Islamism, media figures, and AI's impact on jobs.
In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss the launch of Making Sense Community, Sam's Ben Shapiro conversation, the New York Times 's embrace of Hasan Piker, Zohran Mamdani's approach to Islamism, the misuse of the word "genocide," AI-driven job displacement, 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 samharris.org/subscribe .
People in this episode
Host: Sam Harris
Guest: Jaron
Topics covered
- current events
- Islamism
- Making Sense Community
- AI-driven job displacement
- media analysis
Keywords
- Making Sense Community
- Hasan Piker
- Islamism
- AI
- Ben Shapiro
- genocide
- job displacement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times
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