In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with David French about forces that are pulling American society apart. They discuss David’s experience as a JAG officer in Iraq, his experience of harassment for coming out against Trump, the way real grievances drive political derangement, the illiberalism on both the Left and the Right, the role of prophecy in Evangelical support for Trump, honor culture, the response to Hunter Biden’s laptop, the January 6th hearings, the personality cult of Trumpism, federalism, geographic sorting, group polarization, cultural divisions in sports and entertainment, the gun rights movement, the ethics of gun ownership, whether Trump will be prosecuted, the 2024 Presidential campaign, the dangers of online activism, and other topics.
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#346 — The Best Kept Secret In History?
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#342 — Animal Minds & Moral Truths
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#340 — The Bright Line Between Good and Evil
#339 — The Infernal Logic of Jihad
#338 — The Sin of Moral Equivalence
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#334 — The Low-Trust Society
#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change
#332 — Can We Contain Artificial Intelligence?
#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes
#330 — The Doomsday Machine
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