#437 — Two Years Since 10/7

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Sam Harris speaks with Dan Senor about the state of the world two years after the October 7th attacks. They discuss the rise of global antisemitism, immigration and the failure of Western nations to contend with the spread of Islam, the dramatic reshaping of the Middle East, the ongoing war in Gaza, Trump's proposed peace plan, criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel's biggest military and public relations mistakes during the war, President Trump's surprising reliability as an ally to Israel, antisemitism on the Left and the Right, Tucker Carlson, Zohran Mamdani, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you're not currently on our subscriber feed, and we'll only be hearing the first part of this conversation. In order to access full episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you'll need to subscribe
0:21.9	at samharris.org. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely
0:27.3	through the support of our subscribers. So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider
0:31.7	becoming one. Dan Cynor, good to see you.
0:38.3	Good to be with you, Sam.
0:39.7	We're doing a simulcast here, which I've been on your podcast.
0:43.0	You've never been on mine, so apologies to your listeners, but I think we need to start
0:46.7	this simulcast with you giving a potted bio.
0:50.1	How do you explain yourself?
0:51.3	How do you have strong opinions on the topics we're about to touch?
0:55.0	I spent a number of years in and out of U.S. government foreign policy positions,
1:00.0	and I've spent a lot of time in the Middle East in those positions, and also a lot of time in Israel studying and writing about Israel,
1:07.0	written a couple books about Israel. And since October 7th, my podcast has been
1:13.0	all but exclusively focused on what has been happening in Israel, the Middle East, and
1:18.6	in the West's reaction to events of October 7th.
1:22.6	So in a nutshell, that's how I found my voice.
1:25.6	Yeah.
1:26.6	Well, I'll just tell my listeners that that podcast is, call me back, and I have found it
1:30.6	indispensable these last two years.
1:33.5	It's really just been fantastic.
1:35.3	So thanks for doing it, and I highly recommend that people listen to you directly over there.
1:40.3	Thank you.
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