#457 — More From Sam: The Epstein Files, The Newsom Factor, Don Lemon's Arrest, AI Market Disruption, and More

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 29.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss Sam's unexpected appearance in the Epstein files, the revolting behavior of various public figures named, the political viability of Gavin Newsom in 2028, the wisdom of celebrity political statements, the societal implications of AI-driven job displacement, what makes Sam and his family laugh, 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
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0:27.3	through the support of our subscribers. So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider
0:31.8	becoming one. Okay, we're back. So soon again with another episode of more from Sam. Hello, Sam.
0:40.6	Hey, good to see you. Yeah, good to see you as well. Before we begin, I just want to run through a little
0:45.0	housekeeping. I want to apologize to all those in Dallas and Austin this week for having to postpone
0:49.8	our shows due to a family medical emergency. We have rescheduled those shows for May 20th in Dallas and May 21st in Austin.
0:57.4	We are sorry for any inconveniences may have caused, but in time, I'm sure Sam will share more.
1:02.5	I don't know, Sam, if you want to say anything quickly now or if we should just move on.
1:06.2	Yeah, it's, and this is the thing, as you know, that I really hate about live events.
1:17.1	They're like the one thing that if life goes haywire, it's really difficult to, to cancel or reschedule.
1:28.5	I've been to events, you know, my own events where people have come up and said, I mean, I think I was one in Vancouver or Toronto, and a couple came up and said they had traveled from Australia for the event.
1:33.6	And obviously that's just amazing to hear and wonderful. But I think of those people on that rare occasion that an event has to be rescheduled or canceled because I know there are people
1:38.0	who are just coming out of a hotel expecting to go to an event in Dallas and they're getting their email or not seeing their
1:45.7	email that it was rescheduled.
1:47.5	So that just gives me serious brain damage and it was not lightly that we canceled this,
1:53.2	but yeah, I've got a family member who had to go in the hospital yesterday and I don't
1:58.1	want to get into private details, but it's a big deal and it's stable at the moment,
2:03.2	but it's very good that I'm in town.
2:05.2	Okay.
2:06.2	Well, thank you for sharing that.
2:07.2	We are still coming to Portland and Vancouver in March and then Toronto, D.C. and New
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