Making Sense with Sam Harris · 2026-06-25 · 22 min · 4,200 words

#482 — More From Sam: The Iran Deal, College in the AI Age, Mamdani's DSA, and More

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Okay. Good to see you. Good to see you as well. This time we're not taping live in front of subscribers on traveling and didn't want the stress of whether the internet would hold. So if you're uh

You're hearing this? Obviously it did. Making sense community now has over twenty six thousand people in it and it's humming along nicely. I really enjoyed it. many of the exchanges with uh so many thoughtful people there. Everyone has been behaving and I think it's because

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