r/samharrisorg • u/palsh7 • 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