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24 alternatives to Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold Blood: A Conversation with Paul Bloom

Sam and Paul explore "the dark side of empathy"

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold Blood: A Conversation with Paul Bloom launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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