#369 — Escaping Death

Sam Harris speaks with Sebastian Junger about danger and death.
They discuss Sebastian's career as a journalist in war zones, the
connection between danger and meaning, his experience of nearly
dying from a burst aneurysm in his abdomen, his lingering trauma,
the concept of "awe," psychedelics, near-death experiences,
atheism, psychic phenomena, consciousness and the brain, and
other topics.


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