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Modern Wisdom

820 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings

Life lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, James Clear, Robert Greene, Balaji Srinivasan, Steven Pinker, Alex Hormozi, Douglas Murray, Chris Bumstead, James Smith, Dr David Sinclair, Mark Manson and more. Understanding the world is hard. This podcast will help.

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#805 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Uncomfortable Truths About Human Psychology

July 04, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It’s fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites. Expect to learn why our mental model of the world assumes people are just like us, why Narcissists tend to inject themselves into every story no matter how unrelated or tenuous, the role of Postjo...

#804 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Losing Fat

July 01, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization. If you’ve ever wondered “is this diet actually working” then you're probably not alone. However there are now scientifically proven optimal methods for losing fat in the most efficient way possible. And today we get a full breakdown of the optimal approach for fat loss from the best teacher on the planet. Expect to learn how the physiology of fat loss actually works...

#803 - Nick Bostrom - Are We Headed For AI Utopia Or Disaster?

June 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher, professor at the University of Oxford and an author For generations, the future of humanity was envisioned as a sleek, vibrant utopia filled with remarkable technological advancements where machines and humans would thrive together. As we stand on the supposed brink of that future, it appears quite different from our expectations. So what does humanity's future actually hold? Expect to learn what it means to live in a perfectly solved world, whether we are more ...

#802 - Arthur Brooks - How To Stop Feeling Lost & Find Your True Purpose

June 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author. Chasing happiness appears to be the ultimate desire for many people, yet almost everyone struggles to understand what happiness actually is and how to achieve it. So if you speak to a specialist researcher, what does science say is the best way to actually cultivate happiness? Expect to learn what most people get wrong about happiness, the tension between a desire for success and a desire to feel like we’re e...

#801 - George Mack - 13 Life-Changing Ideas You’ve Never Heard Of

June 24, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

George Mack is a writer, marketer and an entrepreneur. George is one of my favourite writers and probably delivers the highest insights-per-minute of anyone on Twitter. Today we get to go through some of my favourite ideas from him over the last few months on human nature, tribalism, happiness and politics. Expect to learn what the Busy Trap is and how to avoid it, the biggest differences between the US and the UK, the contrarian argument for why money doesn’t buy happiness, why strategic ign...

#800 - 15 Lessons From 800 Episodes

June 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

To celebrate 800 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes. Expect to learn why starting the day with an imagined productivity debt is making you miserable, why being competent can be more of a curse than a blessing, how to easily assess how good an idea is, why obesity is a bigger problem than starvation, what I learned from Winston Churchill's father, how to predict culture war news stories, why it's so important...

#799 - David Robson - The Science Of Building Genuine Friendships

June 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

David Robson is a science writer, journalist, and an author. Loneliness is the real pandemic. Many people yearning for connection but struggle to hold onto it. David has uncovered 13 laws of human connection which you can apply to build and deepen relationships with the people in your life. Expect to learn whether we are actually in a loneliness crisis, how solitude impacts our health, why people are struggling to make deeper connections, how you can express appreciation more freely to others...

#798 - Dr Layne Norton - Nutrition Scientist’s Diet Advice For Lean Muscle & Longevity

June 17, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Layne Norton is a Doctor of Nutritional Science, a powerlifter and an author. Choosing the right diet and training plan for health can be complicated. Science offers one view, while your trainer suggests another. Fortunately, Layne provides all the expertise you need to find the best diets, foods, and lifestyle for you to build the healthiest and best version of yourself. Expect to learn why people keep failing at their diets, if there is a best diet for overall health and wellness, Laynes th...

#797 - Mike Solana - TikTok Ban, Media War & The Corruption Of College

June 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Mike Solana is a writer, Vice President at Founders Fund, Editor-in-Chief at Pirate Wires and a podcaster. To no one’s surprise, the future of American media and politics is upside down. A pervasive lack of trust leaves everyone uncertain about the rest of the year. So what does the future have in store, and what facts can we be certain about in a time of turmoil and confusion? Expect to learn why the new app Fly Me Out is a fantastic inditement of modern dating culture, why the tide is turni...

#796 - Rob Kurzban - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Human Morality

June 13, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Rob Kurzban is a psychologist and an author. What is morality? Why did it come about? Have humans always had it? Is it universal or temporary? Does it exist as a truth independent of humanity or is it entirely contingent on our culture? Expect to learn the evolutionary psychology of abortion policy, where the evolution of morality came from, the best examples of modern moral rules you might not think about, the biggest issues with being a moral hypocrite, the role that reputation plays in jud...

#795 - Ryan Holiday - 11 Harsh Stoic Truths To Improve Your Life

June 10, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author. Stoicism is like the hot new girl in school. A popular, perfect blend of ancient philosophy which is applicable to modern challenges. Given that Ryan is probably the world's most famous Stoicism expert, what are the most important insights he's learned about how to apply this wisdom to daily life? Expect to learn why Ryan doesn’t talk about the projects he’s working on before finishing them, why Ryan thinks that competition is for losers, h...

#794 - Scott Galloway - The 4 Secrets To Get Rich In A Broken Economy

June 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author. The modern economy is a confusing mess. Inflation, interest rates, wage stagnation, property prices. It's all complex and may feel like you're swimming up stream. Thankfully Scott has broken down his entire wealth strategy into an algorithm of 4 steps which anyone can follow. Expect to learn why wealth is a whole-person project, what all financially suc...

#793 - Menno Henselmans - The New Science Of Using Protein To Build Muscle

June 06, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Menno Henselmans is a fitness coach, researcher and an author. The evidence-based nutrition movement is taking off right now. Gone are the days when you trawl random bro forums looking for the special blueberry extract which will improve your protein synthesis. We're using science now baby! So let's speak to a scientist about how to eat for gains. Expect to learn if your body can actually absorb more than 20g of protein per meal, if flexible dieting or IIFYM is a sustainable approach for weig...

#792 - Craig Jones - Fighting A Woman For $1M, Ukraine War & Gordon Ryan

June 03, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Craig Jones is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete, owner of B-Team and Founder of the Craig Jones Invitational. Craig has decided to go to the front lines of the Ukraine war, and since returning to America has entered an even more dangerous territory - combat tournament promotion. Today we find out which is more ruthless. Expect to learn the crazy, dangerous parts of the world Craig Jones has been living in recently,the reason Craig Jones is going to fight a woman in August, where you can get $1m ...

#791 - Dr Robert Glover - Why Most Men Fail To Attract A Quality Woman

June 01, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Dr Robert Glover is a therapist, coach and an author. Everyone wants a quality partner. Yet both sexes seem to be struggling to find a mate that makes them feel the way they want. Safe, whole, excited, interested, loved. Why is it so hard and what can we do to make it easier? Expect to learn how you can make your needs a priority, ways you can learn to be authentic, how men can learn to have more self compassion, what men often don’t understand about female attraction, the problem with needin...

#790 - Vienna Pharaon - How To Overcome A Difficult Childhood

May 30, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Vienna Pharaon is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an author. Learning to understand yourself can be the most powerful form of self-care. It helps you fix bad habits and improve your relationships with others. But how do you actually begin to understand who you are, and how do you start the process of becoming unstuck? Expect to learn how to reconcile what you needed as a child emotionally but never actually got, where your patterns in life come from, why people have so much resis...

#789 - Neil Strauss - Why The World’s #1 Pickup Artist Left The Game Behind

May 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Neil Strauss is a journalist, writer, and an author. Neil was the world's most famous pickup artist who kickstarted much of the modern dating discourse. So looking back 20 years later, what has he come to realise about what really matters in life and how to find love and connection? Expect to learn the trajectory of Neil’s views on relationships over the years, how Neil reflects on his book The Game, why Neil is having a baby with his ex-wife, what went wrong with the world of pickup, why fak...

#788 - Mo Gawdat - How To Save Your Brain From The Dangers Of Stress & Anxiety

May 25, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Mo Gawdat is an entrepreneur, former Chief Business Officer at Google, and an author. We often experience stress without knowing where it's coming from. Although we feel overwhelmed, we struggle to pinpoint the source. So how should we go about assessing our lives and reducing our stress? Expect to learn why the modern world is so stressful for everyone, what Mo means when he says young people are comfortably numb, how to assess stress and where it is probably coming from, the things you’re n...

#787 - Bessel van der Kolk - The Surprising Solutions To Heal Trauma Without Medication

May 23, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, researcher, and an author. Trauma is often discussed as a mental and psychological issue. But what if it affects more than just the mind? What does it mean if your body is holding onto trauma, and how might these memories manifest outside of our brains? Expect to learn what is meant by the body keeping the score, what is wrong with the traditional way we talk about trauma, how you can learn to be more self compassionate, how trauma manifests and masks it...

#786 - Steve Stewart-Williams - Why Are Differences Between Men & Women Being Denied?

May 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Steve Stewart-Williams is an evolutionary psychologist, a professor and an author. If you follow the thread of evolution long enough, you see that humans are simply a product of adaptations. So why are humans so peculiar? Does everything we do have a rational explanation, or are there aspects of our lives and psychology we have yet to understand? Expect to learn how aliens would view our species if they were observing from above, what most people get wrong about understanding sex differences,...

#785 - Jimmy Rex - The Reality Of What It Takes To Become A Better Man

May 18, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Jimmy Rex is a mens work coach, author and a podcaster. What does it mean to be a better man today? Is it driving a Bugatti? Praying to God? Making a lot of money? Building a family? Turning into a monk? The options are endless, so are there any underlying principles which can help guide your way? Expect to learn what it means to be a healthy authentic man, the problems most men struggle with, how more men can learn to face their fears, what it means to be a warrior and give full devotion, th...

#784 - Robin Sharma - Why $1,000,000,000 Won’t Make You Happy

May 16, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Robin Sharma is a leadership expert, motivational speaker and an author. Often we tell ourselves, ‘Once I make X amount of money then I’ll be free to enjoy my life. However, when we reach that milestone, the fulfillment we hoped for isn’t always there. So what is the key to finding happiness in life while also achieving material success? Expect to learn the types of wealth that money can't buy and how to cultivate them, what true wealth looks like, how to ensure you are choosing the path that...

#783 - Johann Hari - Is Ozempic A Miracle Weight Loss Drug Or A Secret Killer?

May 13, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Johann Hari is a journalist, a writer and an author. From fad diets and fasting to vibrating plates, the quest for easier weight loss has been endless. The recent emergence of Ozempic and similar drugs promises a no-strings-attached solution to achieving the body you've always wanted, but is this actually a new miracle drug or a bundle of hidden side effects? Expect to learn the biggest impact Ozempic is having on people’s lives, why these drugs work so well, what it's like taking Ozempic, th...

#782 - Roanne van Voorst - The Scary Future Of Robot Sex & Artificial Love

May 11, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Roanne van Voorst is an anthropologist, researcher and an author. Given that many people are already struggling to find partners in the modern world, what does the future of love have in store? Is it AI girlfriends, rentable cuddle partners and sex robots? Or a return to something more traditional? Expect to learn what is happening with modern sexuality, what the future of sex work may look like, whether polyamory is going to become more popular, why so many young people aren’t having as much...

#781 - Connor Beaton - What Is Your Attachment Style & How To Fix It

May 09, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth. Attachment styles are the hot new idea to understand how we relate and connect to others. Today we get a great overview of the entire field, an understanding of the limitations of Attachment Theory and practical insights on how to improve yours. Expect to learn how to identify what your attachment style is, where the core of attachment comes from, which attachment style suits...

#780 - Tim Ferriss - The Lessons, Hacks & Books That Changed My Life

May 06, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours

Tim Ferriss is an entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. Tim is one of the world’s leading thinkers and his podcast recently crossed 1 billion downloads. Today get to hear his biggest lessons from 2 decades of hacking life and self-improvement. Expect to learn Tim’s ultimate hack for productivity, what his morning routine looks like, what Tim thought would make him happier when he was younger but didn't, how to deal with depression, which books Tim most often gifts, Tim's best 10 exercises for ...

#779 - Hamza Ahmed - The Harsh Truths Young Men Need To Hear

May 04, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Hamza Ahmed is a YouTuber, personal development coach and a community leader. "What does it mean to be a man today?" is a question many young guys try to answer, with varied success. Hamza has a huge community of young guys looking for advice so I figured it would be useful to find out what they're struggling with and try to offer some solutions. Expect to learn about how monk mode can go wrong, the dangers of audience capture, why young men are struggling to find direction in life, the role ...

#778 - Annie Jacobsen - Just How Likely Is A Global Nuclear War?

May 02, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author. The threat of nuclear war has loomed for over half a century now. But the question remains - just how close to nuclear armageddon are we and what would happen if the world went into a nuclear war. Expect to learn how many nukes there are in the world right now, the most likely steps to an accidental nuclear war, what happens when a country fires the first nuke, which cities are the most likely targets of a nuclear strike, w...

#777 - Gary Vaynerchuk - Predicting The Future, Dealing With Hate & Living In The Dirt

April 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, speaker and an author. Most people would like to increase their reach online, to connect with people they respect and have access to a bigger audience. Which leaves two questions - is this something you actually want? And if you do, how can you grow your platform in 2024? Expect to learn why attention is more valuable than ever, how to actually become relevant in 2024, what it takes to be authentically yourself in your personal life and online, which social...

#776 - 2M Q&A - Private Life, Future Of Podcasting & Becoming Religious

April 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

I hit 2 million Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there’s some great questions in here about my thoughts on Andrew Huberman's recent drama, the future of the podcasting industry and whether I'm becoming religious or not. Expect to learn what I'd tell my 18 year old self, whether I'm afraid I'll ever run out of content, if I can keep up the pace of ...

#775 - Daniel Cox - Why Are Young Men Becoming More Right Wing?

April 25, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Daniel Cox is a researcher, pollster and Director of the Survey Center on American Life. Never before has the divide between left and right mirrored the split between men and women so closely. Women are increasingly leaning to the left, while young men are skewing towards the right. Daniel is the original analyser of this groundbreaking data and has a variety of explanations for exactly what we're seeing in the modern political world. Expect to learn why there is such an ideological divide be...

#774 - MrBallen - Navy SEAL To True Crime: Insane Stories Of Courage, Fear & Resilience

April 22, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours

MrBallen is a storyteller, YouTuber and a former United States Navy SEAL. Why are we drawn to fear? This fascination often balances us the edge of life and death, infused with a dash of excitement. From his beginnings as a Navy SEAL to becoming a renowned YouTuber, Mr. Ballen possesses a unique storytelling talent. He captivates us with some of the most spine-chilling true stories, drawn both from his experiences and the lives of others. Expect to learn why so many people are obsessed with Tr...

#773 - Abigail Shrier - Debating Modern Therapy Culture & Gen Z

April 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Abigail Shrier is a journalist, a writer for The Wall Street Journal, and an author. Therapy use is becoming more prevalent while mental health is getting worse. Are these two things causing each other? Or just happening at the same time? It's a lively one today as I try to get to the bottom of this. Expect to learn what is happening with modern mental health, the typical timeline of mental health for young people, what the current statistics are around therapy, which kinds of people see ther...

#772 - Oliver Burkeman - Why Our Obsession With Productivity Is All Wrong

April 18, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist, a writer for The Guardian and an author. We often find ourselves caught in a productivity spiral, feeling as though we aren’t accomplishing enough and scalding ourselves when we fall short of impossibly high bars. What drives this constant pursuit of perfection? Is it truly beneficial to continuously seek efficiency? Expect to learn why so many of us have a ruthless obsession with being productive, the problem with trying to optimise efficiency as much as poss...

#771 - Dr Peter Attia - Scientifically Proven Ways To Build Muscle & Boost Longevity

April 15, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours

Dr Peter Attia is a physician, longevity expert, podcaster and an author. There is essentially an unlimited amount of health advice available on the internet. Working out what is legit science and what is broscience is difficult, but thankfully decades of experience means Peter can help cut through the noise about what is actually most effective to improve your fitness and longevity. Expect to learn why a simple hospital visit can cost $6000 in America, how to improve your cognition, the best...

#770 - David Brooks - Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Detached?

April 13, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and an author. We’re often told to control our emotions, but is that actually what we want? Or do we want to be confident enough to feel them fully? Instead of becoming too detached, how can we reconnect with our feelings and actually embrace our experience and connections? Expect to learn why men have been conditioned to be so emotionally cut-off, why being stoic or aloof is perceived to be attractive, why so many people are repressed, how t...

#769 - Dr Shanna Swan - Why Are Men’s Testosterone Levels Plummeting?

April 11, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Dr. Shanna Swan is a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist and an author. Many of us have heard about about harmful chemicals in plastics, food and water that can mess with our hormones. But just how much truth is in this? How much of our health is disrupted by our modern environment? Expect to learn what is happening to male and female reproductive health, how important testosterone is for everyone, the problems with male fertility rates ...

#768 - Dr K HealthyGamer - How To Control Your Emotions & Become Mentally Strong

April 08, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Humans face a predicament that has never been seen before, a massive overload of stimulation. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully Dr K has developed a ton of powerful ways to finally take back control of your attention. Expect to learn what social media is doing to our brains, how much we can attribute the ment...

#767 - Josh Szeps - Is It Time For Gay Pride To Go Away?

April 06, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Josh Szeps is a journalist and the host of "Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps". What are the things you can't criticise? What about Gay Pride in Australia? What if you're a gay man? What about criticising the cringe of the anti-woke Right? Everyone is getting the heat today, including Josh's ex-employer the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Expect to learn what the difference is between getting cancelled by the left and right, why we feel the need to forensically pick through pub...

#766 - Jonathan Haidt - The Hidden Dangers Of Social Media On Mental Health

April 04, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Jonathan Haidt is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, social psychologist, and an author. The kids are not alright. Mental health is plummeting while anxiety and depression is on the rise. Just what are the contributing elements? Is it social media? Helicopter parenting? 24 hour news? Or something else? Expect to learn why every generation complains about the next one, what is so important about the development of kids between 8 and 12 years old, what the biggest pr...

#765 - Matthew Hussey - Why Is Love So Hard To Find In The Modern World?

April 01, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Matthew Hussey is the world’s #1 dating coach, a YouTuber, public speaker and an author. Navigating modern love can feel like solving an impossible puzzle, but in truth, there are specific skills and tips that can elevate your romantic life. Matthew has spent 15 years coaching millions of men and women through their relationship struggles, and today we get his best insights. Expect to learn if dating coaches are actually any easier to date, whether love should feel easy or if we need to becom...

#764 - Cal Newport - The Delicate Art Of Mastering Work-Life Balance

March 30, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author. If you’ve ever felt that you’re not as productive as you could be, you’re not alone. But what if the goal isn't to be more productive, but to let go of the goals that aren't serving you? What if the power of saying no to more things is the most important skill you can develop? Expect to learn what our current problem with being productive is, why pseudo-productivity is a catastrophe, the...

#763 - Coleman Hughes - Bringing An End To Race Politics

March 28, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Coleman Hughes is a writer, an author and a podcaster. The state of race relations in America seemed to be improving for decades, then crashed and burned over the last 5 years. What's going on? Why is everyone so obsessed with race again and how can we move beyond race politics? Expect to learn why anti-racism is just neo-racism, the difference between being colourblind and actually being racist, why your social class is more important than your ethnicity, whether MeToo hurt women more than h...

#762 - Mark Normand - Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity

March 25, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian. Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me. Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatfo...

#761 - Noah Kagan - What Are The Biggest Regrets Of The Super Rich?

March 23, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Noah Kagan is an entrepreneur, founder of AppSumo and a YouTuber. Does money make you happy? What about a lot of money? Like billions of dollars a lot of money. Noah has spent years around some of the richest people in the world and deconstructed some of their biggest regrets, thinking patterns and hacks for success. Expect to learn the most common traits of super-rich people, the advice Noah wished people would stop talking about, why having a day job can be riskier than starting your own bu...

#760 - George TheTinMen - Why Does No One Care About Men’s Mental Health?

March 21, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

George TheTinMen is a content creator, a writer and a pro-men’s advocate. Men's mental health is in the toilet. 80% of 18-24 year old suicides are men and 15% of men say they have 0 close friends to call on in an emergency. So why does it seem like the world doesn't care and just thinks that men are still the benefactors of a patriarchy they no longer feel a part of? Expect to learn why Drake's dick pic leak was such an important cultural moment, whether Billie Eilish is right that men don't ...

#759 - Mike Baker - The Hidden Secrets Threatening National Security

March 18, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Mike Baker is a former CIA officer and security expert, Co-Founder of global investigation company Portman Square Group and a podcaster. We're told that the world is on the brink of a large scale war. That our domestic systems are fragile, and the people in charge are incompetent. After decades in the CIA, Mike should be able to tell us how much truth there is here. Expect to learn the truth behind the AT&T outage, the problems with Google’s newest AI system, what most people do not understan...

#758 - Dr Orion Taraban - How To Hack Your Psychology And Become More Resilient

March 16, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

Dr. Orion Taraban is a psychologist specialising in men’s mental health and a YouTuber. Everyone wants to become more resilient. To be less perturbed and at the mercy of life, fears, emotions, everything. Thankfully there are strategies we can use to improve all of these and after decades studying the human mind, Orion has accumulated a lot. Expect to learn if there is ever an external solution to an internal problem, what an emotional gym is, what most people get wrong about how most relatio...

#757 - James Sexton - A Divorce Lawyer’s Perspective On Love & Marriage

March 14, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour

James Sexton is a divorce attorney and author, known for his expertise in family law. There are speakers, leaders, and coaches that offer guidance on living and maintaining happy relationships. However, it’s rare to find those who advocate for the opposite perspective. Is there ever a time where a different approach, of divorce, or avoiding marriage entirely, is actually the right decision. Expect to learn why so many marriages are failing today, whether prenups actually work, if it's men or ...

#756 - Destiny - Have We Reached Peak Stupidity?

March 11, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours

Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber. It's hard to work out what's happening in the world. It's difficult to determine if what you see or hear or read is truthful or trolling or a psyop. So are people actually becoming dumber or is it a normal response to a confusing time? Expect to learn what the future of media might look like, why being tribal is so dangerous, whether we have passed peak wokeness, Destiny’s thoughts on the 2024 election, if the red pill movement is dead or not, what Destin...

Guests

Andrew Doyle
3 Episodes
Daniel Sloss
3 Episodes
Alex Hutchinson
2 Episodes
Andrew Steele
2 Episodes
Chris Sparks
2 Episodes
Colin Wright
2 Episodes
George Mack
2 Episodes
Adam Frank
1 Episode
Alex Epstein
1 Episode
Aubrey Marcus
1 Episode
Ben Greenfield
1 Episode
Christian Busch
1 Episode
Chris Voss
1 Episode
Chris Williamson
1 Episode
Cory Allen
1 Episode
David Carroll
1 Episode
David Epstein
1 Episode
David Goggins
1 Episode
David McRaney
1 Episode
Gad Saad
1 Episode
James Lindsay
1 Episode
Jason Stapleton
1 Episode
Kamal Ravikant
1 Episode
Kelly Starrett
1 Episode
Laura Vanderkam
1 Episode
Lauren Johnson
1 Episode
Michael Knowles
1 Episode
Nir Eyal
1 Episode
Paul Bloom
1 Episode
Rachel Kleinfeld
1 Episode
Robin Hanson
1 Episode
Roger McNamee
1 Episode
Rory Sutherland
1 Episode
Sarah Jones
1 Episode
Sean Carroll
1 Episode
Stephen Wolfram
1 Episode
Steve Magness
1 Episode
Taylor Pearson
1 Episode
Tiago Forte
1 Episode
Tucker Max
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