#202 — A Conversation with Andrew Yang

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Yang about the Covid-19 pandemic. They discuss the future of the middle class, Andrew’s experience campaigning for President, the need to build new digital infrastructure, universal basic income (UBI), concerns about the Biden’s age and #MeToo allegation, hostility between the United States and China, problems with the global supply chain, concerns about social cohesion, market failures, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense podcast.
0:08.0	This is Sam Harris.
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0:42.8	No questions asked.
0:45.4	Sam, how are you?
0:50.0	Oh my gosh.
0:51.0	You and your yay.
0:52.0	You launched my entire presidential run.
0:56.4	Really, that's barely an exaggeration.
1:00.0	There was this period when everyone who was supporting our campaign was because they
1:06.6	heard me on your podcast.
1:08.2	Yeah.
1:09.2	Well, it's really, it was amazing to witness.
1:11.9	And I was very happy to play a part in it.
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