Activists Capturing Institutions, Censorship and Twitter Toxicity, and Woke Untruths, with Sam Harris | Ep. 527

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Sam Harris, host of the "Making Sense" podcast, to talk about leaving the toxicity of Twitter, how the middle gets attacked by both sides, partisans treating their opponents unfairly, his comments that went viral about Trump and Biden that caused Sam to step away from the spotlight, former President Trump's narcissism and the importance of the peaceful transfer of power, the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop by tech platforms and the media in October 2020, moral panics today and from the past, Elon Musk skewering a BBC journalist, SFSU continuing to attack Riley Gaines, activists elevating Dylan Mulvaney, how the extremes of the transgender movement are influencing how people identify, woke untruths spreading and whether the pendulum is swinging back toward sanity, the Dalai Lama's disturbing and bizarre interaction with a child, which Republicans Harris could support, and more. More from Sam: https://www.samharris.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.4	So excited to bring you Sam Harris to date.
0:18.9	I first talked to Sam way back in December 2020.
0:23.0	It was just episode 37 of our burgeoning little show.
0:28.5	Like many conversations he has, it was long, it was deep, it affected me greatly for days
0:33.2	and days afterward.
0:34.8	We talked about political tribalism, race essentialism, cancel culture, the woke left, the rise of
0:40.8	victimhood, Trump, Biden, even meditation.
0:45.0	In some ways it feels like a lifetime ago, but in other ways, these stories have only gotten
0:48.3	more relevant and alarming.
0:51.6	After Sam's comments about Hunter Biden back in August, you may remember this.
0:56.2	He was on the podcast Trigger Namatry, which we love.
1:00.4	And Sam likes too.
1:02.3	And made some comments about how we'll get to it, but basically he didn't care what was
1:06.7	on the Hunter Biden laptop that Trump was a unique figure who needed to be stopped and
1:11.8	well, we'll play the soundbikes you can hear it yourself.
1:14.8	So much backlash came his way.
1:17.5	And Sam stepped away from the spotlight for a bit, but glad to say he's back with me today,
1:23.2	and we have so much to discuss.
1:25.4	Sam Harris is an author, neuroscientist and host of the very popular Making Sense podcast.
1:31.6	Sam, great to have you back on.
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