In this episode of FLOAT we talk with Sam Harris. Sam is a public thinker, a neuroscientist, an author, a philosopher, and a podcaster. He hosts the incredibly popular Making Sense podcast, and he also has a successful meditation app called Waking Up. Sam has written several best-selling books, including Waking Up: A Guide To Spirituality Without Religion. In addition to studying philosophy at Stanford and neuroscience at UCLA he has trained with some of the world's foremost meditation teachers, making him a rare expert in both scientific and experiential approaches to investigating consciousness.