Making Sense with Sam Harris · 2026-03-18 · 36 min · 6,955 words

#465 — More From Sam: Iran, Jihadism, Conspiracism, AI Disruption, the Manosphere, and More

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Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you're not currently on our subscriber feed, and will only be hearing the first part of this conversation. In order to access full episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you'll need to subscribe at samharris.org. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers.

So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Welcome back to another episode of More from Sam. I just want to remind everybody we are taping this live in front of subscribers and we've had them submit questions in advance of the show. And then we've asked them to provide any follow-ups using the chat feature so that we can try to have Sam. You address their feedback in real time.

All right, let's get on to our first topic. I want to start with Iran again. Last time we discussed holding two thoughts in our heads at the same time. One, you thinking it was right to get rid of the Iranian regime, and two, that you were worried that we were being led by an incompetent administration. How are you feeling at this moment?

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