The Confidence Man: A Conversation with Alex Gibney (Ep. 497)
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The Confidence Man: A Conversation with Alex Gibney (Ep. 497)
A Conversation with Alex Gibney
Sam Harris
Oct 09, 2026
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Sam Harris speaks with Alex Gibney about his new documentary,
Musk.
They discuss Sam’s former friendship with Musk, the line between visionary and con man, the myth of Tesla’s founding, the staged self-driving video, Musk’s lurch to the right, DOGE and the dismantling of USAID, his feud and reconciliation with Trump, Starlink and the war in Ukraine, the case for future investigations, and other topics.
Alex Gibney
is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and the founder and president of Jigsaw Productions. His films include
Taxi to the Dark Side
,
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
,
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
,
and
The Crime of the Century.
His work examines abuses of power across politics, business, and religion, alongside portraits of major cultural figures. His honors include multiple Emmy and Peabody awards, the inaugural Christopher Hitchens Prize, and the 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Website:
www.jigsawprods.com
X:
@alexgibneyfilm
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Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.
Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind.
Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com.
Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
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