#387 — Politics & Power

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel about the state of world order and American politics. They discuss the mystery of Japan’s economic health, U.S. competition with China, possible conflict over Taiwan and the Philippines, the significance of the South China Sea, the history of the Japan-U.S. friendship, how the Democratic Party lost its way, immigration, whether Vice President Harris needs a “Sister Souljah moment,” whether she should explain her changes of position better than she has, the standing of Israel in the eyes of the world, antisemitism, the Abraham Accords, Hamas, the West Bank, the influence of the religious right in Israel, a possible war with Iran, Netanyahu and Israeli security, a two-state solution, whether a Harris administration would reliably support Israel, 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 will only be hearing the first part of this conversation.
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0:34.0	So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Today I'm speaking with Ram Emanuel.
0:47.0	Ram is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, where he is just wrapping up his term. He was also the 55th
0:56.3	mayor of the city of Chicago, a position he held until 2019. Before that he was
1:01.6	President Obama's chief of staff. He was also a member of the
1:05.1	U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. And prior to that you might remember
1:09.8	him as a key member of President Clinton's administration, ultimately serving as his senior
1:15.9	advisor for policy and politics.
1:18.8	I happened to be going to Japan and realized I could talk to Ram in person at the embassy and there was a lot to talk about.
1:26.2	We generally discussed the state of the world and American politics.
1:31.5	We talk about his ambassadorship in Japan, the mystery of Japan's economic health,
1:37.0	US competition with China, possible conflict over Taiwan and the Philippines, the significance of the South China Sea, the history of the US-Japan
1:47.0	friendship, and then we turn to US politics.
1:50.7	We discuss how the Democratic Party lost its way.
1:54.0	Immigration, whether Vice President Harris needs a sister soldier moment,
1:59.0	whether she should explain her changes of position better than she has and then after we
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