The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the final two episodes in the ESPN documentary series 'The Last Dance' (2:25) before Ryen and "Optimistic Bill" talk about the NBA potentially inching toward a return, as well as the murky future around the start of the MLB season (49:00). They share TV programming advice for content-starved networks (1:26:30) before revisiting Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz and Michael Jordan's sixth and final championship (1:38:40).

The Last 'Last Dance,' MJ the Almost-Knick, NBA Bubble Courtsides, MLB Strife and the Final 'RewatchaBulls' With Ryen Russillo

Sam Harris — Psychedelics, Meditation, and The Bigger Picture | Brought to you by <a href="http://freshbooks.com/tim" target="_blank">FreshBooks</a> and "<a href="https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-sponsorship" target="_blank">5-Bullet Friday</a>" "Nothing's changed but yet, on some level, everything has changed, and I feel like I'm in a spaceship where at any moment, the leak or the breach in the wall can be catastrophic. It's a very bizarre feeling, which I know everyone is sharing to one or another degree." — Sam HarrisSam Harris (<a href="https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg" target="_blank">@SamHarrisOrg</a>) is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of five New York Times bestsellers. His work covers a wide range of topics—neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, meditation practice, human violence, rationality—but generally focuses on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. His books include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Faith-Religion-Terror/dp/0393327655/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">The End of Faith</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307265773/offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">Letter to a Christian Nation</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Moral-Landscape-Science-Determine/dp/143917122X/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">The Moral Landscape</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Free-Will-Sam-Harris/dp/1451683405/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">Free Will</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lying-Sam-Harris/dp/1940051002/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">Lying</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451636024/offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">Waking Up</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0163EHLRQ/offsitoftimfe-20" target="_blank">Islam and the Future of Tolerance</a> (with Maajid Nawaz).Sam hosts the popular <a href="https://samharris.org/podcast/" target="_blank">Making Sense</a> podcast and is also the creator of the <a href="https://wakingup.com/" target="_blank">Waking Up</a> app, which offers a modern, rational approach to the practice of meditation. 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