685 episodes
Modern Wisdom Chris Williamson
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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
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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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Steven Bridges - The Most Dangerous Stories From A Professional Card Counter
Steven Bridges is a professional gambler and mostly-legal card counter.
If you've seen the movie 21, you'll know that it's possible to count cards while playing Blackjack in a casino to beat the house. But this isn't just limited to the movies, Steven is part of a team who takes on the biggest casinos in the world using hardcore maths, disguises and secret signals to win big.
Expect to learn the details of how a team of players is needed to take on a casino, how Steven chooses which casinos to count at, what are the best and worst places to play Blackjack in Vegas, the most amount of money Steven has made and lost in a single session, how he deals with losing absurd amounts of money, just how difficult it actually is to count cards and much more...
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Dr Gad Saad - 8 Strategies For Avoiding A Life You Hate
Dr Gad Saad is an Evolutionary Psychologist, Professor of Marketing at Concordia University, a podcaster and an author.
In today’s fast-paced world, happiness and contentment often seem elusive. By taking an evolutionary lens on happiness, we can gain deeper insight into why we are the way we are and decode the contributing elements to living a good life.
Expect to learn where happiness comes from, why evolution cursed humans with the ability to feel existential discontent, what people get wrong about defining and understanding happiness, what role genetics plays, how to pick the right partner, whether married people are more happy on average, why more more sex equal doesn’t always equal more happiness, how you can become more anti-fragile and much more...
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#685 - Rich Roll - Stop Making Excuses & Transform Your Life
Rich Roll is an ultra-endurance athlete, podcaster an and author.
In today’s modern world, relentless pursuit of goals often leads to being overworked and burnout. Finding the balance between working hard enough to achieve your dreams without destroying your sanity along the way is a difficult balance, but Rich seems to have found a solution.
Expect to learn what it means to have “lower companions” who hold you back, why we all are so addicted to progress, why you might be more dependent than you think, who is the most controversial athlete in all of endurance racing, why Rich takes a “Manuary” sabbatical, how to deal with setbacks, the keys to resilience and much more…
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Vincent Harinam - Cancelled For Appearing On This Podcast
Vincent Harinam is a data scientist, law enforcement consultant and a writer.
Vincent came on Modern Wisdom 2 years ago. Shortly after that, he was pulled into a meeting at a prestigious British University where he was teaching to be reprimanded for his comments. Today we get to break down what happened, and continue our dating discussion that got him in so much hot water.
Expect to learn why academia has such a problem with independent media, what has changed in the dating market over the last 2 years, what the future trends in mating crisis-land will be, whether men are actually lost or just need to work harder, whether polygyny can fix population collapse, Vincent’s thoughts on my male sedation hypothesis and much more...
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Shaan Puri - 7 Semi-Controversial Rules For Success
Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor.
Shaan is kind of an anti-guru. He's a self-identified lazy person but also managed to exit multiple companies for millions of dollars. So today, we’re delving into 7 of his most semi-controversial insights and discuss why much of the advice from business gurus might just be useless.
Expect to learn why hard work is massively overrated, what the two most understated skills in the word are, how to get out of your head and stop overthinking, why many people learn the wrong lessons from failure, how falling behind might not be the great teacher many think it is, why being a billionaire is a stupid goal, why you shouldn’t follow what most people do and much more...
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Stan Efferding - Do This To Build Muscle, Burn Fat & Get Healthy
Stan Efferding is a professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, entrepreneur, author and a nutrition expert known for creating “The Vertical Diet”.
Earning the title of the world’s strongest bodybuilder isn’t an overnight achievement. With 35 years of experience in bodybuilding, powerlifting, and dieting, Stan is one of the most accomplished and knowledgable coaches on the planet, and today we get to dig into his biggest lessons.
Expect to learn what the main causes of the obesity epidemic are, why diet culture is so tribal, the 3 core principles of the Vertical Diet, whether red meat is actually healthy for you, the relationship between sleep and weight loss, Stan's top 10 exercises for building muscle, why a 10 minute walk after eating will change your life, how to hack meal prep for the rest of time and much more...
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Modern Wisdom
I enjoy listening to Chris interview - he is smart, confident and knowledgeable. I highly recommend this podcast.
After Jordan got the treatment in 2019 finally a legitimate voice for men
I only head Chris recently on the Diary of a CEO. The process of identifying current issues then going their in the climate and doing so in such a considered way should not be hard, but its a Sign of the Times such a endeavor is so hard and laden with risk most don’t dare risk their carefully crafted Social Media presence.
The word Bravery gets banded around but rarely is it valid. In this case Bravery triggered Courage, through such effort Glory is possible. Putting aside the content , the sheer effort and skill in selecting and delivering the appropriate language alone was outstanding. Chris waked through the minefield flawlessly. Throughout that show my mind kept generating the image of a Chess Grandmaster playing a competitive match and the idea of 1000s of calories being burned while not moving.
I needed a lay down afterwards I can only imagine how they guys felt. Andrew Tate is a clever showman trying to make some $$ using extreme sounding views to sell his brand. Chris showed what Andrew could be like if he was really interested. I cannot remember being so blown away since catching Joe or Jordan for the 1st time. It made me proud to be British and for the 1st time in a while thought there are Men out there young guys can look towards and believe in. As a corporate whistleblower terrified I’ll get used for someone elses agenda, I’ve found someone I can approach to share my experience with. Bravo, Keep up the good work, no pressure! Adam - London
A great podcast
Great podcast, brilliant for fans of Rogan, Fridman, Peterson and Willink. How have I missed this guy’s podcast for so long?