#83 — The Politics of Emergency

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 23 June 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Fareed Zakaria about his career as a journalist, Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations," political partisanship, Trump, the health of the news media, the connection between Islam and intolerance, 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
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0:46.4	Today I'm speaking with Fareed Zikaria. Fareed is the host of his own show on CNN.
0:53.2	Fareed Zikaria GPS. He's also a Washington Post columnist and an editor at the Atlantic.
1:00.4	He's the author of several best-selling books, the Future of Freedom, the Post-American World,
1:07.9	and most recently in defense of a liberal education. He was also named by Esquire as the most
1:15.8	influential foreign policy advisor of his generation, and foreign policy named him one of the top
1:21.9	100 global thinkers. He and I had a wide-ranging conversation about politics and partisanship,
1:29.5	and our different opinions about how to talk about the connection between Islam and the sorts of
1:35.5	violence and intolerance we see in the world. We didn't agree about everything, but I think you
1:41.0	will find that it was very productive and civil and honest conversation. And now I give you
1:48.6	Fareed Zikaria.
1:56.8	I am here with Fareed Zikaria. Fareed, thanks for coming on the podcast. My pleasure, Sam.
2:01.8	Well, listen to the tables have turned. I have been on your show at least twice, I think,
2:06.1	and now I get to play journalist. It's a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you about you and your
2:12.1	views. It's my pleasure. I'm a little apprehensive, but let's make it work. Just to begin with
2:18.4	a little background on you. Everyone is obviously quite familiar with you, but how do you view
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