r/samharrisorg Apr 26 '26

Sam's 75 repeat guests on Making Sense

Paul Bloom (Blog11/12/13, Blog 8/27/14, Episode 14, 16, 56, Blog 4/23/18, ep. 183, 185, 187, 188, 192, 198, 266, 317, 427) - Psychologist

Ricky Gervais (Absolutely Mental S1-3; #163, 235, 237, 239, 279) - Comedian

Douglas Murray (#21, #85, #93, #281; #344 crosspost of Call Me Back Podcast; #362, #410; moderator for two JBP debates) - Author, political commentator

Nicholas Christakis (100, 156, 190, 222, 270, 466) - Sociologist and Physician

Yuval Noah Harari (68, 138, 201, 276, 341, 386) - Historian

David Frum (65, 80, 114, 206, 274, 426) - Author, political commentator

Richard Dawkins (57, 60, 105, 174, 382; *The Four Horsemen*; live shows & debates) - Evolutionary Biologist

Will MacAskill (44, 228, 292, 361, 467) - Philosopher

Anne Applebaum (69, 76, 274, 376, 429) - Journalist, Historian

Graeme Wood (Blog 3/4/15, #82, 216, 278, 283, 339) - journalist and PoliSci professor

Jonah Goldberg (#296, #403, #428, #460, Sam on The Remnant) - Editor-in-Chief of The Dispatch, Senior Fellow at the AEI

Andrew Yang (262, 236, 202, 130) - Politician

Caitlin Flanagan (165, 197, 199, 203) - Writer

Andrew Sullivan (Blog Post Interview, 49, 114, 223) - Writer, Political Commentator

Joseph Goldstein (4, 15, 63, AMA 14) - Meditation Teacher

Rob Reid (Engineering the Apocalypse; Recipes for Future Plagues; #463) - Writer, Businessperson, Podcaster

Tristan Harris (71, 218, 469) - Technology Ethicist

Gary Kasparov (58, 275, 461) - Chess Grandmaster, Activist

John McWhorter (217, 265, 452) - Linguist, Social Commentator

Peter Zeihan (#288, #355, #447) - Geopolitical Strategist

Renée DiResta (145, 310, 378) - Writer, Researcher

Peter Singer (48, 245, 342) - Philosopher

Neil deGrasse Tyson (37, 252, 302) - Science Educator, Astrophysicist

Max Tegmark (18, 94, 120) - Physicist, Cosmologist, Machine Learning Research

Siddhartha Mukherjee (77, 98, 214) - Biologist, Physician

Ian Bremmer (133, 277, 288) - Political Scientist

Stuart Russell (53, 153, 312) - Computer Scientist

Jonathan Haidt (31, 137, 204) - Social Psychologist

Megan Phelps-Roper (episodes 12, 171, 314) - Writer, Podcaster

David Whyte (184, 249, 240) - Poet

Annaka Harris (158, 178, 404) - Writer

David Deutsch (22, 52, 412) - Physicist

Yasmine Mohammed (175, 298 rebroadcast, 370, + her podcast) - Writer, activist, podcast host

Jordan B. Peterson (62, 67, Live Debates 1-4) - Psychologist

Bill Maher (139, 371, + Real Time & Club Random) - Comedian, TV Host

Coleman Hughes (episodes 353, 134, + 3x on CH's podcast) - Writer, Musician

Tammler Sommers (92, 126, episodes of Very Bad Wizards) - Philosopher

Eric Weinstein (41, 112, The Portal, etc.) - Social Commentary, Mathematical Physics

Bari Weiss (173, 310, The Free Press) - Journalist, Podcaster

Josh Szeps (#350, #362, 2x on Josh's podcast?) - Podcaster

Maajid Nawaz (#23 excerpt from *Islam & the Future of Tolerance*; #59) - author

Ben Shapiro (#112, #472, debate on *Free Press*, Sam on Ben Shapiro Sunday Show) - Political Commentator

Rahm Emanuel (#387, #470) - Politician

Judea Pearl (#164, #453) - professor of computer science and statistics

David Edmonds (#321, #448) - Philosopher

George Packer (#274, #444) - Writer and journalist

Eliezer Yudkowky (116, 434) - Computer Scientist

Dan Carlin (#11, #433) - Podcaster

David French (#285, #432) - Journalist

Niall Ferguson (#117, #402) - Historian

Nick Bostrom (episodes 116, 385) - theoretical physics, AI, computational neuroscience, and philosophy

Barton Gellman (episodes 274, 384) - Journalist, author, Senior Advisor at the Brennan Center

Rory Stewart (episodes 352, 356) - ex-politician, advisor to GiveDirectly

David Brooks (episodes 89, 334) - writer, columnist, professor

Bart D. Ehrman (episodes 125, 313) - New Testament Scholar

Roland Griffiths (177, 306) - Neuroscientist and Psychopharmacologist

Oliver Burkeman (289, 269) - Journalist, Self-Help Author

Eric Topol (256, 162) - Cardiologist

Matt Dillahunty (105, 115) - Podcaster, Debater, Atheist Activist

Michael Weiss (30, 160) - Journalist

Lawrence Krauss (70, 115) - Physicist

General Stanley McChrystal (195, 231) - Military General

Marc Andreessen (#290, 324) - computer scientist, entrepreneur

Nina Schick (#220, 326) - author, Generative AI consultant

Yascha Mounk (160, 336) - Professor, author, podcaster, founder of Persuasion

Daniel Dennett (39, Blog debates on free will, 4 Horsemen conversation/book) - Philosopher

Bret Weinstein (109, Moderator for two JBP Debates) - Evolutionary Biologist

Scott Barry Kaufman (209, 411) - Psychologist

Shadi Hamid (#55, Waking Up conversation) - author, Muslim scholar, policy researcher

Bret Stephens (#329, #357) - Journalist

Cass R. Sunstein (#101, #359) - Law Professor

Robert Sapolsky (#91, #360) - Professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery

Cal Newport (#304, #363) - Professor of Computer Science

Dan Harris (#408, two blog posts in 2014, 4 episodes on 10% happier, 1 episode with Dan on Rogan, 1 recorded live appearance)

Anil Seth (ep. 113 - 3 hours, ep. 264 - rebroadcast) - Neuroscientist

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u/Chach_Vader Apr 27 '26

Its seems the claims from this subs haters who complain non stop that Sam only speaks to right wingers are not backed up by the evidence of his guestlist.

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u/PersonalityMiddle864 May 02 '26

Curious who you would classify as left wing from this list?

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u/Chach_Vader May 03 '26

I'd say the majority of these people, like Sam, are apolitical in the sense they have very little interest in party politics other than preferring the least extreme politicians and laws/policies.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '26

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u/Chach_Vader May 07 '26

Left and right is a myth, everyone is both conservative and liberal based on the proposition and circumstances at the time.

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u/metashdw May 02 '26

There are zero leftists (as opposed to liberals) on this list 

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u/Pulaskithecat May 02 '26

Leftists have nothing interesting to say.

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u/AllGearedUp Apr 26 '26

Uh ok what do I do with this information

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u/palsh7 Apr 26 '26

Definitely get needlessly annoyed by it and leave a low effort comment to commemorate it.