
634 episodes

Modern Wisdom Chris Williamson
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- Society & Culture
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
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Life lessons from the smartest people on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, James Clear, Robert Greene, Balaji Srinivasan, Steven Pinker, Alex Hormozi, Douglas Murray, Michael Malice, James Smith, Dr David Sinclair, Mark Manson and more. Understanding the world is hard. This podcast will help.
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#636 - Rob Dyrdek - The Man Who Tracks Every Second Of His Life
Rob Dyrdek is a former professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, reality TV star, venture capitalist and a producer.
What if you tracked every second of your life? What if you dialled in every process, calorie, action and thought to facilitate your best performance? What if you manifested a Playboy wife out of thin air by just wanting her a lot? Today we get to find out.
Expect to learn about Rob’s journey from a small-town kid to a globally successful entrepreneur, his rigorous system for intentionality and productivity, the crucial factors that propelled him towards success, the system behind Rob’s meticulous tracking of his daily activities, how Rob met his dream wife, Rob's bulletproof investment strategy, his thoughts on the personal development space and much more...
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#635 - Mark Normand - Why Is Everyone So Angry All The Time?
Mark Normand is a podcaster, an actor and a comedian.
The mere discussion of certain topics can cause huge controversy. Both sides of every issue are adamant that their opposition is fundamentally evil, malicious, bigoted or a secret race of lizard people. What is driving this huge demand for outrage? And can we do anything about it?
Expect to learn Mark’s takes on the Bud Light & Miller Lite controversies, why brands have completely lost their sense of humour, whether you have engaged in Digital Blackface and why it makes you racist, the ethical dilemma of incest, why AI girlfriends will destroy society, whether Tom Hanks is part of the Illuminati, if there’s a joke that is so offensive it should never be told and much more...
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#634 - Sadia Khan - How To Navigate The Dangers Of Modern Dating
Sadia Khan is a relationship coach, author, speaker, and psychologist.
The divorce rate has been on a steady rise for decades. But are relationships actually getting harder, or is everyone just more fragile? The word trauma is thrown around an awful lot, but it covers all manner of sins, many of which are not trauma.
Expect to learn what people are getting most wrong about relationship advice, the factors that best predict divorce and a declining relationship, why the word trauma and its true meaning have become perverted, the insidious reason behind why partners incite chaos in some relationship, Sadia’s thoughts on the growing childlessness epidemic, whether Dubai is actually an Islamic haven & much more...
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#633 - Peter Singer - Are You An Evil Person For Eating Meat?
Peter Singer is a philosopher, creator of the ethical veganism movement, bioethicist, Princeton University professor, and author.
Do animals possess the capacity to suffer? And if they do, does that mean there is a moral case to ensure that we reduce their suffering as much as possible? Thankfully, the ethical case for animal welfare is much more interesting and reasonable than protestors throwing pigs blood over your Canada Goose coat.
Expect to learn just how much progress humans have made in improving animal welfare, which species actually have the greatest capacity for suffering, whether it's possible to do "ethical" meat farming, how to harmonise ecosystem preservation with hunting practices, Peter’s perspective on the current vegan movement & why it hasn’t gained global momentum, whether humans are ethically obliged to consume as few calories as possible, whether we need to be worried about AI agents' capacity to suffer and much more...
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#632 - Ed Hagen - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Anxiety & Depression
Ed Hagen is an evolutionary anthropologist, Professor at Washington State University, a researcher and an author.
Low mood, depression and anxiety are states we will all become familiar with at some point in our lives. But why did evolution create a creature that is able to contemplate so much complexity that sometimes it suffers psychologically? Why are we wired to feel this way and how are we able to pull ourselves out?
Expect to learn the evolutionary reason why humans get depressed, how postpartum depression is adaptive, why being strong can lower your chances of depression, how evolutionary theory can improve all of medicine, why women are so much more depressed on average than men, why humans are even capable of suicide and much more...
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#631 - Bryan Johnson - The $2M Anti-Ageing Protocol For Longevity
Bryan Johnson is a founder of Braintree and Kernel, a futurist, biohacker and an author.
What does it take to achieve immortality? This is the frontier that Bryan Johnson is beginning to pioneer. Armed with a team of the world’s top researchers and an unlimited budget, he is using cutting edge science and technology to see just how long he can live for.
Expect to learn why Bryan chooses to be on a fully plant based diet, what Bryan Johnson’s full morning routine looks like, the optimal body fat percentage for living longer, why humans are addicted to self-destructive behaviour, why Bryan doesn’t fear death, why Bryan doesn’t use saunas or cold plunges for increasing his lifespan, what his training plan looks like and much more...
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Customer Reviews
Some great discussions!
Some fascinating discussions and great insights.
Very overrated. Waste of time.
It’s more hype than substance really. Wouldn’t really recommend.
Modern Wisdom is a diamond of a podcast
Increasingly convinced that Chris Williamson is the best podcast host out there. Well prepared, great guests, great subjects but the host himself holds it all together without ever getting in the way. His interjections within the conversations are often more illuminating than the guests who’s topic is being discussed. Long may it continue