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Sam Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work includes rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics among others. Sam became known for his criticism of religion, and Islam in particular, and is known as one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism, along with Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Daniel Dennett.
He has held debates with many prominent figures on the topics of God or religion, including William Lane Craig, Jordan Peterson, Rick Warren, Andrew Sullivan, and Reza Aslan among others. Since September 2013, Sam has hosted the Making Sense podcast. In September 2018, he released a meditation app, Waking Up with Sam Harris.
Sam Harris Age
Sam was born on April 9, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is 54 years old.
Sam Harris Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
Sam Harris Family
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by his parents Berkeley Harris and Susan Harris. Sam’s father is an actor who appeared mainly in Western films while his mother was a TV writer and producer. His father was born in North Carolina, came from a Quaker background, and his mother is Jewish but not religious. After his parents divorced, he was raised by his mother when he was two.
Sam Harris Wife
Sam is married to his lovely wife Annaka Gorton. She is an author and editor of nonfiction and scientific books. The couple celebrated their wedding in 2004 after engaging in a common interest about the nature of consciousness. Together, they share two daughters Emma and Violet, and live in Los Angeles.
Sam Harris Education
He became interested in philosophical questions while at Stanford University. Sam left Stanford in his second year, a quarter after his psychedelic experience, and visited India and Nepal, where he studied meditation with teachers of Buddhist and Hindu religions, including Dilgo Khyentse. Later, in 1997, he returned to Stanford, completing a B.A. degree in philosophy in 2000. Sam started writing his first book, The End of Faith, immediately after the September 11 attacks. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience in 2009 from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sam Harris Podcast
In September 2013, Sam started releasing the Waking Up podcast which was retitled Making Sense. Episodes vary in length but often last over two hours. However, the releases do not follow a regular schedule. Currently, the podcast has a large listenership. It won the 2017 Webby Award for “People’s Voice” in the category “Science & Education” under “Podcasts & Digital Audio”.
Sam Harris Books
Sam’s first book, The End of Faith received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction and remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 33 weeks. He has since written six additional books:
(2020) Making Sense
(2019) The Four Horsemen
(2015) Islam and the Future of Tolerance
(2014) Waking Up
(2012) Free Will
(2011) Lying
(2010) The Moral Landscape
(2006) Letter to a Christian Nation
(2004) The End of Faith: Religion
Sam Harris Meditation
In September 2018, he launched a meditation course app, Waking Up with Sam Harris. It provides daily meditations, long guided meditations, daily conversations with thought leaders in psychology, meditation, philosophy, psychedelics, and other disciplines. It has a selection of lessons on various topics, such as Mind & Emotion, Free Will, and Doing Good. The users are introduced to a number of types of meditation, such as mindfulness meditation, loving-kindness meditation,vipassanā-style meditation, and Dzogchen.
Sam Harris Free Will
He stated that the idea of free will “cannot be mapped on to any conceivable reality” and is incoherent. Sam writes in Free Will that neuroscience “reveals you to be a biochemical puppet.”
Sam Harris Bret Weinstein
Bret Weinstein is an American podcaster and author. After his resignation from Evergreen, he appeared on the podcasts of Samand Joe Rogan on many occasions.
In June 2019, Bret started the DarkHorse Podcast on his YouTube channel, co-hosted with his wife Heather. Their guests have included Glenn Loury, Douglas Murray, Sam, John Wood Jr. with topics often centered on current events, science, and culture.
Sam Harris Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck received praise for accusing TV host Bill Maher and author Sam for what he called “gross” and “racist” depictions of Islam during a televised debate. Sam attracted the Argo director’s ire after suggesting:
“We have been sold this meme of Islamophobia, where criticism of the religion gets conflated with bigotry towards Muslims as people. It’s intellectually ridiculous.”
Sam Harris Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Sam’s estimated net worth is $2 million.