
Public Executions and the Aesthetics of Fascism | Sam Harris
Sam Harris, 8 min, 125.1K views, Oct 14, 2026
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In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss Alex Gibney's documentary on Elon Musk, Dara Horn's insights into antisemitism, the Democrats' Hasan Piker problem, Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani, the Pentagon's plan to livestream a military execution, Trump's $5,000 voter promise, tech leaders' capitulation to Trump, and other topics. CHAPTERS 00:00 Livestreaming an Execution 01:02 Rethinking the Death Penalty 02:42 The Israeli Exception 04:36 Becoming the Hunger Games 05:41 Executions as Entertainment 06:55 The Aesthetics of Fascism