25. Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.”

About this episode

Sam Harris discusses spirituality from a skeptical perspective and the importance of honesty.

He’s a cognitive neuroscientist and philosopher who has written five best-selling books. Sam Harris also hosts the Making Sense podcast and helps people discover meditation through his Waking Up app. Sam explains to Steve how to become spiritual as a skeptic and commit to never lying again. This episode originally aired on April 30, 2021.

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Sam Harris

Topics covered

• spirituality
• skepticism
• meditation
• cognitive neuroscience
• philosophy

Keywords

• spirituality
• skepticism
• meditation
• Sam Harris
• cognitive neuroscience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Making Sense, Waking Up

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