Making Sense with Sam Harris

#367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values

Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem of "antisemitism" will be counterproductive, widespread confusion about the threat of Islamic extremism, and the necessary defense of Western values. A transcript of this podcast is available on <a href="https://www.samharris.org/blog/campus-protests-antisemitism-and-western-values" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sam’s blog</a>. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at <a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe">samharris.org/subscribe</a>.

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Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.