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Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.

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71:21

#981 - MacKenzie Price - Alpha School: A New Approach...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/08/16

MacKenzie Price is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and co-founder of Alpha Schools. Just how broken is education? For fifty years, lofty promises in education have yielded dismal results. Now, with AI, infinite knowledge at our fingertips, and personalized one-on-one learning, how radically different could the school of the future look? Expect to learn what is fundamentally broken about the current education and school system, what kills motivation to excel in school for kids the most, if the issue

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72:26

#980 - David Pinsof - This is Your Brain on Bullsh*t

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/08/14

David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity, and an author.Everything is bullshit. Your opinions, your arguments, even your thoughts. Most of it’s manufactured, borrowed, or absorbed without question. So if all that’s fake, what’s real? And if we can’t trust our own minds, or anyone else’s, what can we trust? Expect to learn how we can use incentives more efficiently and how to look at incentives more accurately, if other-thinking and worrying is

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165:59

#979 - Dwarkesh Patel - AI Safety, The China Problem,...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/08/11

Dwarkesh Patel is a writer, researcher & podcaster.The rise of AI marks the next great technological revolution, one that could reshape every aspect of our lives in just a few years. But how close are we to its golden age? And what warnings does the global AI race hold about the double-edged nature of progress? Expect to learn what Dwarkesh has realised about human learning and human intelligence from architecting AI learning, if AGI is right around the corner and how far away it might be, if

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88:59

#978 - Spencer Greenberg - How Much Does IQ Matter?

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/08/09

Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org How much does IQ really matter? Most of us have met people on both ends of the spectrum and wondered where we stand and what that means for our future. But is IQ truly fixed, or can it be shaped in some very surprising ways? Expect to learn how much IQ matters in all areas of your life, what the pubic misunderstands about IQ, if we should be treating intelligence more like a skill than an inherent trait, why the

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92:17

#977 - Dr Robert King - Why Does The Female Orgasm...

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2025/08/07

Dr Robert King is a psychologist, professor at University College Cork, and researcher on the evolutionary function of female orgasm.What makes the female orgasm so mysterious? For generations, men across the globe have sought to decipher it, and many women share their curiosity as well. So why does the female orgasm even exist? What’s its evolutionary purpose? And have scientists like Dr. Robert King finally cracked the code? Expect to learn what most people don’t understand about the female

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86:09

#976 - Ray Dalio - The Changing World Order: How...

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2025/08/04

Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, billionaire investor, philanthropist and an author.How do countries actually go broke? In a world of abundance, it’s easy to think the good times will last. But with global debt soaring, we may be nearing an unprecedented economic reckoning. History shows these cycles repeat; the question is, can we escape collapse and find a path to prosperity before it’s too late? Expect to learn why Ray got interested in how and why countries go broke, how

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78:16

#975 - James Bloodworth - The Manosphere, Pickup...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/08/02

James Bloodworth is a journalist reporting on working-class life and society, podcaster, and an author. The manosphere isn’t what you think. Even though it is often labeled as toxic and extreme, the truth is a bit more complicated. So what’s really going on with men, dating, and masculinity as of today? Expect to learn what the current state of the “manosphere” is, what constitutes being a part of it and what most people get wrong about it, what the rise and fall of the pickup community tell us

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85:56

#974 - Joe Folley - Existential Philosophy,...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/31

Joe Folley is a philosopher, writer, and host of the Unsolicited Advice YouTube channel.Philosophy has a way of finding us in one form or another, sometimes in a book, sometimes in a moment of crisis. Thinkers like Nietzsche and Camus have helped shape how we see life, death, and everything in between. But can these ideas truly help us live better, or are we just dressing up our confusion in big words? Expect to learn why so many people are attracted to the idea of existential philosophy and why

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113:14

#973 - Rory Sutherland - Waymo, Texas Culture,...

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2025/07/28

Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace. With the rise of AI, we're witnessing a collision between the old world and the new. As technology advances, the question becomes: how can innovation repair outdated systems and shape the future in marketing and beyond? Expect to learn about Rory’s first experience to Buccee’s, what Rory’s thoughts are on Waymo, Autonomous

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92:21

#972 - 3.7M Q&A - Fatherhood Plans, Medical Update &...

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2025/07/26

I hit 3.7 million Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, X, and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. Expect to learn all about my new hairstyle, how to best deal with procrastination, which people are up next on my "Mount Rushmore" of podcast guests, what the current state of my health is, the best tips to manage stress, when podcast merch will be coming to a closet near you, which future music guests I want on the

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85:44

#971 - Adam Lane Smith - 13 Semi-Controversial Truths...

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2025/07/24

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author.Are men the problem? In a time when blame is easily assigned, it’s worth asking whether men need to re-examine how they show up in the world, including their values, behavior, & accountability. In doing so, they might uncover surprising ways to help heal much of what’s broken. Expect to learn why so many high performing men have avoidant attachment styles, why choosing the wrong women is one of the most important decisions you can make in your

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139:39

#970 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/21

Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization.How do you boost motivation and actually follow through on the things you know you should do, but don’t feel like doing? The answer isn’t more stimulants, thankfully, it’s something far more grounded in neuroscience and behaviour. Today, Dr Mike Israetel breaks down the science of willpower in a way that works for the average person and can even help make your daily life

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64:37

#969 - Dr Michael Eisenberg - How To Protect &...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/19

Dr Michael Eisenberg is a professor of Urology at Stanford, a urologic surgeon, and a leading expert in male fertility and reproductive medicine.It's no secret that global population decline is accelerating, but what's driving it? Male fertility might be a major piece of the puzzle. So why are so many men struggling with infertility and low testosterone, and what can be done to reverse it? Expect to learn why global sperm counts have declined by over 50% in the last 40 years, what the biggest

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99:01

#968 - Dr Rick Hanson - The Psychology of Obsession,...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/17

Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, speaker, and an author.How often do you find yourself stuck replaying a situation you wish you could just forget? No matter how much you want to move on, your mind keeps circling back. So what are the practical strategies to break free from rumination, quiet the mental noise, and finally reclaim control of your thoughts? Expect to learn how you can develop more self-compassion, why its so hard for people to let go of obsessive thinking and why we tend to

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119:36

#967 - Jeffrey Katzenberg & Hari Ravichandran -...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/14

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a media mogul, film producer, and co-founder of DreamWorks.Hari Ravichandran is a serial entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Aura. From bringing joy to millions of childhoods through beloved Disney films to now addressing the digital challenges facing today’s youth, Jeffrey Katzenberg has partnered with Hari Ravichandran to lead a new revolution focused on safeguarding the mental health and online safety of the next generation. At the heart of it all is this vital question:

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76:38

#966 - Dr Scott Eilers - Why Does Life Sometimes Feel...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/12

Dr. Scott Eilers is a clinical psychologist, mental health coach, and an author.Depression gets thrown around a lot these days. Feeling off for a day or two, and suddenly it’s labeled as depression. But what does real depression actually feel like? And more importantly, how do you claw your way out when it feels like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel? Expect to learn what the difference between feeling sad and actually being depressed is, if mental illnesses has biomarkers and what’s

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129:04

#965 - Rick Beato - AI Bands, Spotify, TikTok & The...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/10

Rick Beato is a multi-instrumentalist musician, YouTuber, and a music producer. Music and the industry around it have changed dramatically over the past few decades. With the rise of AI, the dominance of streaming platforms like Spotify, and the fading relevance of traditional Popstars, the old model of making and producing music is on its last breath. So what comes next? And who or what will shape the future of music? Expect to learn why Live Nation has become a lot of peoples enemies, what most

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103:49

#964 - Simon Sinek - How To Find Meaning When Life...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/07

Simon Sinek is a speaker, founder, and an author. We live in an age of uncertainty, where finding purpose in your life feels harder than ever. So, how do you find a purpose that moves you and trust that it’s worth pursuing? How can you be sure your purpose serves both yourself and the world? In a world starved for meaning, finding yours might be the most important thing you ever do. Expect to learn if we are in a crisis of purpose, how to deliberately cultivate meaning in your life, how to find

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79:31

#963 - John Lisle - Investigating The True History Of...

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2025/07/05

John Lisle is a historian and an author.The government’s history of secret experiments feels stranger than fiction. Covert projects, UFOs, mind reading, even studies of the occult. But no operation is more infamous than MKUltra. What really happened inside the CIA’s most notorious mind control experiment, and how much of its legacy still shapes our world today? Expect to learn where the CIA got their interest in mind control from, what the origins of MKUltra were and how it got it’s name, the

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107:53

#962 - Lyman Stone - The Real Reason Birth Rates Are...

Modern Wisdom ·

2025/07/03

Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.It’s no surprise that birth rates are plummeting; raising kids feels harder than ever. Life is expensive, the future feels uncertain, and chaos is everywhere. So how do we reverse course? What would actually convince people to have more children and pull us back from a looming population crisis? Expect to learn why fertility rates are falling off a cliff, why many young adults are struggling to have and even afford children in this economy,

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