Making Sense with Sam Harris · Sam Harris

#468 — More From Sam: Gratitude, Bad Conversations, Conspiracy Addiction, Waffle House Teleportation, and More

April 7, 2026·33 min·1 clip
A FEMA official says he teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House, and Sam Harris is not reassured.
The closing thought is not that public figures must never get things wrong. It is that scale demands discipline, correction, and visible seriousness.

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A sharp live Q&A on conspiracy thinking, civic attention, and the responsibility that comes with enormous audiences.

Sam Harris uses this live subscriber Q&A to move through public conversation, conspiracy thinking, attention, and the absurdity of a FEMA figure describing a supposed teleportation to a Waffle House.

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A FEMA figure claims he teleported to a Waffle House, and Sam treats that as only one symptom of a stranger information world.

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