Sam Harris: Thieves Entering an Empty House

from FLOAT · host Mary Sweeney and Jonas Kaplan

In this episode of FLOAT we talk with Sam Harris. Sam is a public thinker, a neuroscientist, an author, a philosopher, and a podcaster. He hosts the incredibly popular Making Sense podcast, and he also has a successful meditation app called Waking Up. Sam has written several best-selling books, including Waking Up: A Guide To Spirituality Without Religion. In addition to studying philosophy at Stanford and neuroscience at UCLA he has trained with some of the world's foremost meditation teachers, making him a rare expert in both scientific and experiential approaches to investigating consciousness.

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