Coleman Hughes
Published on March 23, 2026
Sam Harris is one of the great thinkers of our time. The philosopher, neuroscientist, and host of the Making Sense podcast joined me to discuss some of the defining issues of the moment. We began with the ongoing war in Iran. While Harris is in favor of regime change, given the Islamic regime’s hostility to its own people as well as the United States, he is pessimistic about the possibility of success and raises his concerns about the competence of those carrying it out.
From there we dug into a wide range of issues: anti-Zionism and antisemitism, the rise in conspiracy theories, to the Epstein files and how they should have been handled, the mental health effects of social media, declining global birth rates, and what he thinks about Gavin Newsom as a potential presidential candidate.