Modern Wisdom

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, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, James Clear, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Steven Pinker, Alex Hormozi, Douglas Murray, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.

#907 - Dr Rhonda Patrick - How Microplastics Are Ruining Your Health

#907 - Dr Rhonda Patrick - How Microplastics Are Ruining Your Health

Dr Rhonda Patrick is a biomedical scientist, researcher and a fitness podcaster.Every day, your body fends off harmful pathogens with ease. But what happens when environmental toxins like microplastics start to build up? What are they, and how can you protect yourself from their effects?Expect to learn why microplastics are so prevalent in our everyday lives, how to detoxify yourself from microplastics, which everyday items expose us most to microplastics, where microplastics are stored

Feb 24, • 2:13:51

#906 - Erwin McManus - What It Takes To Live A Courageous Life

#906 - Erwin McManus - What It Takes To Live A Courageous Life

Erwin McManus is a pastor, author, and speaker.Fear is so ingrained in our minds that we forget it’s not our natural state. So how do we break free from it, understand ourselves better, and push past fear to become our best selves?Expect to learn why people find it so hard to know and show themselves, why so many people are negative at a default, how to not get paralysed by overthinking, how do you live a courageous life, how to overcome fear and how to stop being so afraid, the biggest

Feb 22, • 1:04:41

#905 - William von Hippel - Why Modern Life Can Feel So Empty

#905 - William von Hippel - Why Modern Life Can Feel So Empty

William von Hippel is a psychologist, professor, and author.Modern life feels so complex that even basic emotions like happiness seem distant. Were we happier as hunter-gatherers, with more connection and autonomy? If so, how do these prehistoric needs shape our well-being today?Expect to learn if it would be helpful to return back to a simpler hunter & gather time of human evolution, why so many people struggle to be happy, why having autonomy is so important, what happiness resear

Feb 20, • 1:34:01

#904 - Rory Sutherland - The Secret Weapons Of Marketing Psychology

#904 - Rory Sutherland - The Secret Weapons Of Marketing Psychology

Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.Every moment of the day, you're being marketed to. From the instant you check your phone in the morning to the subtle strategies behind political campaigns. So how can you decode the world around you and master the art of marketing?Expect to learn how effective companies will be at getting their employees back in office, Rory’s thoughts on Jaguars rebrand, what

Feb 17, • 2:09:08

#903 - Rick Hanson - The Science Of Rewiring Your Brain To Be Less Miserable

#903 - Rick Hanson - The Science Of Rewiring Your Brain To Be Less Miserable

Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, author, and speaker.Our brains are more adaptable than we realise. With a bit of understanding, patience, and the right techniques, you can rewire your brain for greater happiness and well-being. So what are the best ways to make this happen?Expect to learn what positive and negative mental states are from a neurological perspective, if human brains are predisposed to being happy or peaceful, how to convince someone that they actually can change their

Feb 15, • 1:27:51

#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

#902 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health

Dr Tracy Vaillancourt is a professor at the University of Ottawa, a researcher and an author with a focus on the link between violence and mental health. A common feature of every generation’s schooling experience is the presence of bullying. Top psychologists over the years have wrestled with the issue and developed intervention after intervention, and yet it still persists. How can society eradicate bullying once and for all? Expect to learn why people bully and the different types of

Feb 13, • 1:45:56

#901 - Tom Segura - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

#901 - Tom Segura - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

Tom Segura is a comedian, podcaster, and actor.These days, making sense of the world is harder than ever. From billionaires reshaping governments to debates over whether modern car chassis can support the average obese person. There’s no shortage of absurdities. Luckily, Tom has plenty to say about them.Expect to learn why Gen Z is more likely to skip the gym and use Ozempic instead, if Tom can and will reset his Instagram algorithm, why Gen Z is more likely to drink less and smoke more

Feb 10, • 2:12:54

#900 - 11 Lessons From 900 Episodes - Alex Hormozi, Mark Manson & Winston Churchill

#900 - 11 Lessons From 900 Episodes - Alex Hormozi, Mark Manson & Winston Churchill

To celebrate 900 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.Expect to learn what unteachable lessons are, why we decide to learn lessons the hard way over and over again, why money won’t make you happy and fame won’t fix your self worth, why you might regret working too much, what it takes to choose a good partner, 5 questions to ask yourself if you’re unsure about any relationship you have, why men can be fru

Feb 8, • 1:03:53

#899 - Sahil Bloom - The Harsh Truth About Money & Happiness

#899 - Sahil Bloom - The Harsh Truth About Money & Happiness

Sahil Bloom is an investor, writer, and author. Focusing relentlessly on your goals can change your life. And if you work hard enough, one day your friends might call you ‘lucky’. But the truth is, luck is often just a byproduct of relentless effort. So, how do you create more opportunities for yourself and increase your chances of luck? Expect to learn why you’re one year of focus might change your life, the problem with constantly looking at the scoreboard of your life, the relationsh

Feb 6, • 1:35:14

#898 - Alain de Botton - How To Fix Your Negative Patterns

#898 - Alain de Botton - How To Fix Your Negative Patterns

Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of LifeHealing yourself is one of the most transformative journeys you can undertake. From nurturing your inner voice to improving relationships, how can we embrace healing to not only grow personally but also show up better for those around us?Expect to learn where bad inner voices come from and how to hear a negative voice, why we struggle to connect with our emotions, if there is a danger of intellectualising challen

Feb 3, • 1:52:36

#897 - Steve Magness - How Nervous People Can Perform Under Pressure

#897 - Steve Magness - How Nervous People Can Perform Under Pressure

Steve Magness is a performance coach, author, and sports scientist.Performing under pressure isn’t easy. Whether it’s a big test, a game, or a presentation, nerves often get in the way. So how do you stay calm and do your best? How can you turn pressure into an advantage?Expect to learn how pressure impacts performance, how to deal better with stress and anxiety, how to stop focusing on negative outcomes, why identity and self-clarity are so important, the biggest differences between su

Feb 1, • 1:10:56

#896 - 3.25M Q&A - Marriage Plans, Beautiful Women & Chris Bumstead

#896 - 3.25M Q&A - Marriage Plans, Beautiful Women & Chris Bumstead

I hit 3.25 million Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90ish minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible.Expect to learn my thoughts on the Fin vs The Internet episode, what my favorite band I’m listening to at the moment is, what my plans for marriage will look like, best lessons I’ve learned from Chris Bumstead, how I’m dealing with my current health issues, if anyone has farted on the podcast before

Jan 30, • 1:44:18

#895 - Piers Morgan - Trump, Elon Musk & The Future Of The West

#895 - Piers Morgan - Trump, Elon Musk & The Future Of The West

Piers Morgan is a journalist, host, and author.With all eyes on America, many promises have been made for change. But how confident can we be that this new America will deliver on those promises? And what are the consequences if meaningful change fails to materialise?Expect to learn Piers’ thoughts on Biden pardoning his son, why Elon says cancel culture is cancelled, if wokeism is dead or not, why trigger warnings make life much worse, if the distinction between left and right is break

Jan 27, • 1:06:33

#894 - Dan Koe - How To Design Your Life For Peak Creativity

#894 - Dan Koe - How To Design Your Life For Peak Creativity

Dan Koe is a writer, entrepreneur, and creator.Finding your creative spark is one of life’s greatest journeys. So, what are the tips and tricks to help you design a life that maximises your full creative and productive potential?Expect to learn if there is a delusion of hard work and why more hard work doesn’t make you rich, what the tension between creativity and productivity is, how to design your life for peak creative output, how to figure out what you want in life, how to get over

Jan 25, • 1:03:12

#893 - Jillian Turecki - 9 Harsh Truths About How Relationships Work

#893 - Jillian Turecki - 9 Harsh Truths About How Relationships Work

Jillian Turecki is a relationship coach, teacher, writer and author.How do you create a thriving and loving relationship that truly lasts? While many may stumble into one by chance, building a deep and meaningful connection often requires more than luck. So what role does the inner work play in not just finding love, but building a relationship that continues to grow and flourish over time?Expect to learn why having a thriving relationship begins with self-work, why the mind is a battle

Jan 23, • 1:34:04

#892 - Kyle Forgeard - The Rise Of NELK, Donald Trump & Global Chaos

#892 - Kyle Forgeard - The Rise Of NELK, Donald Trump & Global Chaos

Kyle Forgeard is a content creator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of NELK.From Canada to global fame, the NELK Boys have become a household name. From pranks and viral videos to building an empire, Kyle and his crew have captured the attention of millions. But how did they rise to such heights, and what was the journey like along the way?Expect to learn what Kyle thinks of Canada at the moment, the biggest differences between living in Miami and LA, Kyle's friendship with Donald Trump, w

Jan 20, • 1:43:18

#891 - John Vervaeke - The Psychology Of Finding Meaning In Life

#891 - John Vervaeke - The Psychology Of Finding Meaning In Life

John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist, professor, and YouTube educator.Humans are meaning making machines. Even when we believe our lives lack meaning, we instinctively follow something; an idea, a goal, or a routine. So, how can we intentionally create more meaning in our lives, and what’s the best way to discover it when it feels absent?Expect to learn why humans need meaning and why having meaning is very important to humans, what creates meaning for an individual, why the word purp

Jan 18, • 1:27:05

#890 - Connor Beaton - A Man’s Guide To Feeling Your Feelings

#890 - Connor Beaton - A Man’s Guide To Feeling Your Feelings

Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.Emotions can be challenging. Some bring joy and comfort, while others we’d rather avoid entirely. But what if learning to embrace all emotions—even the uncomfortable ones—could lead to greater growth and understanding?Expect to learn why men have bad reputations with emotions, what emotions exactly are and why they’re important, how people can learn to start feeling thei

Jan 16, • 1:28:17

#889 - Tony Robbins - How To Build An Extraordinary Life

#889 - Tony Robbins - How To Build An Extraordinary Life

Tony Robbins is a life and business coach, entrepreneur and #1 New York Times Bestselling author.What does it truly mean to live a good life? Many fall into the trap of believing that nothing we have—or ever will have—can fill the voids we feel inside. If material possessions and physical desires aren’t the answer, then what are the keys to a happy and fulfilled life?Expect to learn how to build your self-esteem, strategies for not being so hard on yourself, how to balance ambition &amp

Jan 13, • 1:28:20

#888 - David Sutcliffe - How To Stop Betraying Yourself & Be More Authentic

#888 - David Sutcliffe - How To Stop Betraying Yourself & Be More Authentic

David Sutcliffe is a former actor and life coach.Balancing self-compassion with self-discipline can be challenging. On one hand, kindness towards yourself fosters growth and resilience, but on the other, pushing yourself can maintain drive and ambition. How can we navigate this balance to treat ourselves better while staying motivated?Expect to learn the role of authenticity in everyday life, what the cost is of betraying yourself, why self compassion is so hard, why people struggle to

Jan 11, • 1:26:18

#887 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - The Key Strategies Of Behaviour Change

#887 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - The Key Strategies Of Behaviour Change

Rangan Chatterjee is a physician, author, and podcaster.Breaking old habits can be just as challenging as building new ones. As we step into a new year, what does the latest science say are the best strategies for forming positive habits and letting go of the old ones?Expect to learn what the problem with reliance is and why having minimal reliance is important, why hero worship is problematic, why there are problems with perfectionism, how to let go of the past, why so many people fee

Jan 9, • 1:39:13

#886 - Konstantin Kisin - A Plan To Save The Western World

#886 - Konstantin Kisin - A Plan To Save The Western World

Konstantin Kisin is a podcaster, a speaker and an author.With Trump's historic victory in the books, the implications of his policies and promises could send shockwaves worldwide. So what does this mean for the future of the West and Trump's impact on the global stage?Expect to learn whether Konstantin is actually right wing or not, if the Trump victory will inspire a broader movement across the globe, what happens if Trump is not able to deliver the big changes he promised, Konstantin’

Jan 6, • 2:09:09

#885 - Adam Grant - How To Overcome Your Fear Of Failure & Unlock Your Potential

#885 - Adam Grant - How To Overcome Your Fear Of Failure & Unlock Your Potential

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School and an author.Success is multi-layered. It involves challenges like overcoming nervousness, developing an appetite for risk-taking, and dealing with failures both privately and publicly—the list goes on. So how can we better navigate these hurdles to unlock our full potential?Expect to learn why so many people fail to reach their true potential, what most people don’t realise about where meaning and motivation

Jan 4, • 1:16:27

#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Nick Pollard, “The People Displeaser,” is a coach and a speaker.Why do we feel so compelled to put others ahead of ourselves? Surely at the very minimum we should be able to prioritise ourselves. Yet it's hard. So, how can you break free from people pleasing tendencies and actually start advocating for your own needs with confidence?Expect to learn why people pleasing is such a trap, how someone can distinguish between being considerate and sacrificing their own identity to please other

Jan 2, • 2:06:17

#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

#883 - Dr Matthew Walker - The Science Of Perfect Sleep

Dr. Matthew Walker is a neuroscientist, professor at UC Berkley, and author.Many of the mental and physical challenges you might be facing could have a surprisingly simple solution: more sleep. But why is sleep so essential? What happens when we sleep, and how can we optimize our sleep to maximize its benefits?Expect to learn what defines good sleep, how stress impacts your sleep, the keys to getting and maintaining a regular sleep pattern, the best sleeping positions, how to stop snori

Dec 30, 2024 • 2:43:01

#882 - The Best Moments Of Modern Wisdom (2024)

#882 - The Best Moments Of Modern Wisdom (2024)

2024 is nearly over, so I decided to put together a compilation of some of my favourite moments from the show over the last year. It was going to be a top 10, but I couldn't choose, so it's 11.Expect to learn Andrew Huberman's best advice on how to become a morning person, why Oliver Burkeman thinks you should stop trying to control your life, the reason Eric Weinstein thinks more young men are becoming Right Wing, Dr Mike Israetel's most important advice for choosing muscle-building ex

Dec 28, 2024 • 2:07:06

#881 - Christmas Special - Life Hacks, Biggest Lessons & Best Resolutions

#881 - Christmas Special - Life Hacks, Biggest Lessons & Best Resolutions

I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle with Jonny, Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned, their best hacks and new year's resolutions for 2025.Sponsors:See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/dealsExtra Stuff:Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/booksTry my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdomEpisodes You Might Enjoy:#577 - David Goggins - This Is How T

Dec 23, 2024 • 1:43:01

#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Greg McKeown is an author, public speaker, and leadership consultantSuccess requires you to focus on what truly matters. But in the modern world there are more distractions than ever before. So how should you best choose what to prioritise, and what are the pitfalls to avoid?Expect to learn how Essentialism has evolved over the past decade, why saying no is so hard and how to get better at saying it, how to counteract your desire for novelty, why it’s so difficult to cut your losses, ho

Dec 21, 2024 • 1:18:31

#879 - 16 Lessons From 2024 - Chris Bumstead, Elon Musk & Alex Hormozi

#879 - 16 Lessons From 2024 - Chris Bumstead, Elon Musk & Alex Hormozi

Get my free End Of Year Review Template here - https://chriswillx.com/review/It’s the end of 2024 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months.This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 16 insights from some of my favourite conversations both inside and outside of the podcast.Expect to learn what the insecure overachiever mindset is, whether success

Dec 19, 2024 • 1:04:57

#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

David Senra is the host of Founders podcast and an investor.Every success story is like a unique song, composed with different instruments. Yet, when you listen closely, many of them share the same underlying rhythms. So, what are the core principles that play a key role in the lessons of the most successful individuals from history?Expect to learn why excellence is defined by the capacity to take & manage pain, why having high powered relationships is the secret to running the worl

Dec 16, 2024 • 2:19:58

#877 - Marc Andreessen - Elon Musk, The Changing World Order & America’s Future

#877 - Marc Andreessen - Elon Musk, The Changing World Order & America’s Future

Marc Andreessen is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz.America is entering a new chapter. With the recent election in the past, sweeping changes on the horizon, and a lot of uncertainty. Just how optimistic should we be about the upheaval the world is about to face?Expect to learn how we ended up on our current timeline, just how big the civil war is within the Democratic party right now, Marc’s thoughts on the motives and response to the Brian Thom

Dec 14, 2024 • 1:30:22

#876 - Michael Gelb - How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

#876 - Michael Gelb - How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

Michael Gelb is an executive coach, speaker, and an author.Given that Leonardo da Vinci is one of history’s greatest minds, presumably we can learn a lot from the life, lessons and background of him. Michael is one of the world's leading writers on the man and today we get to discover his 7 most important rules for thinking like Leonardo.Expect to learn Leonardo da Vinci’s unique way of assessing problems, what Leonardo's demeanour was like as a person, if Leonardo was naturally gifted,

Dec 12, 2024 • 1:15:12

#875 - Nedd Brockman - Pushing The Boundaries Of Mental Toughness

#875 - Nedd Brockman - Pushing The Boundaries Of Mental Toughness

Nedd Brockmann is an Australian ultramarathon runner, motivational speaker, and philanthropist.Is good mental health the same as strong mental toughness? Nedd has completed some of the most famous endurance feats in Australia, so what is driving him? And does the world actually understand his mission?Expect to learn why Nedd ran 1000 miles around a track raising over $2.5M for charity, Nedd’s reaction to the accusation that his event was just ’just toxic masculinity rebranded”, what Ned

Dec 9, 2024 • 1:31:44

#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Michael Morris is a professor of cultural psychology at Columbia University and an author.Why are humans so tribal? Despite our capacity for empathy and inclusion, why do we always gravitate toward groups of similar individuals? And is there such a thing as good tribalism?Expect to learn why tribalism exists and how it evolved in humans, why we can hate people outside of our group and why we become hostile, if the modern world has worsened tribal instincts, whether tribalism is actually

Dec 7, 2024 • 1:36:05

#873 - Lionel Page - The Invisible Psychology Of Happiness & Meaning

#873 - Lionel Page - The Invisible Psychology Of Happiness & Meaning

Lionel Page is a professor at the University of Queensland and an author.Lionel is one of my favourite writers so I had to bring him on to uncover the invisible psychology which drives our happiness. How can we optimise for wellbeing in a world full of distractions and pressures? Why does persistent happiness remain so elusive, and what shifts can help us build a healthier, more sustainable relationship with it?Expect to learn what everyone gets wrong when thinking about happiness, the

Dec 5, 2024 • 1:28:40

#872 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Longevity

#872 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Longevity

Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization.As technology advances at an unprecedented pace, the idea of humans living forever feels within reach. But what’s the truth about extending our lives? What does the latest science reveal about our pursuit of extended lifespan?Expect to learn the biggest determining factors to increase longevity, the role of genetics, whether fasting is the ultimate hack, how st

Dec 2, 2024 • 1:59:38

#871 - Dave Smith - Why Does Mainstream Media Suck So Much?

#871 - Dave Smith - Why Does Mainstream Media Suck So Much?

Dave Smith is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and a political commentator.Why do so many Americans distrust the media? In fact, how can anyone trust the media when they has been proven wrong time and again? And is it possible to salvage this channel of public communication?Expect to learn what Dave thinks of the current state of the media, why they refuse to ever admit they're wrong, how much the media will learn from the recent election outcome, Dave’s thoughts on users leaving X for Bl

Nov 30, 2024 • 1:02:30

#870 - Cenk Uygur - How The Left Continues To Eat Itself

#870 - Cenk Uygur - How The Left Continues To Eat Itself

Cenk Uygur is a political commentator, former attorney and founder of The Young Turks,.The dust has settled after the US election, so what is the post-mortem? As the founder of the biggest Left-leaning show in the world, why does Cenk have so many problems with the way the Left is constructed right now, and how can they improve?Expect to learn if Joe Rogan is more credible than The View, if Elon will give Cenk the resources to run the Pentagon’s budget, whether it's possible for the lef

Nov 28, 2024 • 1:05:01

#869 - Dry Creek Dewayne - Life Lessons From A Modern Cowboy

#869 - Dry Creek Dewayne - Life Lessons From A Modern Cowboy

Dewayne Noel is a wrangler, cowboy, educator, and founder of Dry Creek Wrangler School.Hustle culture often tells us that working harder is the only way to succeed—grinding through 80-hour weeks on 4 hours of sleep per night. But what if the real solution isn’t about working harder, but finding balance? What if true success lies in slowing down, savouring life, smoking a cigar on the porch occasionally and being fully present. How differently might we define success then?Expect to learn

Nov 25, 2024 • 1:55:06

#868 - Mads Larsen - The Hidden Truth About Our Collapsing Birth Rates

#868 - Mads Larsen - The Hidden Truth About Our Collapsing Birth Rates

Mads Larsen is a researcher who focuses on the history of human mating ideologies.The truth can be a tough pill to swallow, but when it comes to saving humanity, even the hardest truth is better than the softest lie. So why is Mads facing outrage for speaking a truth that could save a country?Expect to learn why Mads was canceled for talking about Norway's declining birth rates, the key reasons why people aren’t having more kids, the underlying psychology behind modern mating, the poten

Nov 23, 2024 • 1:20:11

#867 - Vani Hari - Exposing The Food Industry’s Dangerous Lies

#867 - Vani Hari - Exposing The Food Industry’s Dangerous Lies

Vani Hari is an author, activist, and founder of Food Babe.Something is profoundly wrong with America’s food industry. From the scientists shaping America's understanding to the regulatory bodies meant to protect us, there are deep-seated problems in the system. The fight to restore America’s health has begun, but corruption and troubling ingredients in our food supply are just the tip of the iceberg.Expect to learn why Vani Hari took her fight straight to the front steps of Kellogg's h

Nov 21, 2024 • 57:19

#866 - Jesse James West - How To Stay Disciplined When Times Get Tough

#866 - Jesse James West - How To Stay Disciplined When Times Get Tough

Jesse James West is a YouTuber and an athlete.Fitness is supposed to be enjoyable. And so is creating content about your favourite hobbies. But what about the dark side you don't see in your favourite influencers? How low were the moments they got to and what are the lessons to take away?Expect to learn how to overcome the fear and judgement of others, what running every day for 30 days does to your physique, Jesse’s experience from his first time competing in bodybuilding, the current

Nov 18, 2024 • 1:42:00

#865 - Matthew Syed - How High Performers Build An Unbreakable Mindset

#865 - Matthew Syed - How High Performers Build An Unbreakable Mindset

Matthew Syed is a journalist, author and former champion table tennis player.To master anything, you have to put in the time. But what are the key mindset principles that all resilient, high performers have?Expect to learn how people can learn more effectively from failure, the skill you need to develop to overcome the fear of risk, whether the 10,000 hours rule is the actual key to mastery, Matthew's new theory on why the modern generations are struggling so much and much more...Sponso

Nov 16, 2024 • 1:25:03

#864 - Donald Robertson - The True Story Of History’s Greatest Philosopher

#864 - Donald Robertson - The True Story Of History’s Greatest Philosopher

Donald Robertson is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, an author and an expert on ancient philosophy.If you were to divide philosophy into two eras, it would be pre-Socratic and post-Socratic. Socrates is history's greatest philosopher, and today we get to discover new lessons about his life and his teachings.Expect to learn the benefits of thinking like Socrates, why he was so influential, what the Socratic method actually is, the hidden gem lessons from Socrates on how to live a

Nov 14, 2024 • 2:01:17

#863 - Matthew McConaughey - The Hidden Art Of Reinventing Yourself

#863 - Matthew McConaughey - The Hidden Art Of Reinventing Yourself

Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award winning actor, a producer and an author.Expect to learn what “Don’t half-ass it” means, the story of how Matthew got his iconic starting role in Dazed & Confused, how to see the upside during any crisis, why having a sense of humour should be your default emotion, McConaughey’s own version of his Lonely Chapter, when you should listen to your gut versus your head, why McConaughey turned down $14.5M to pursue something great, Matthew's reflecti

Nov 11, 2024 • 1:49:01

#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Visakan Veerasamy is a writer and an entrepreneur.It's perhaps the biggest competitive advantage no one ever talks about because it's so obvious. But just what does it mean to be a serious person? And if it's such a help, why is it so hard to find?Expect to learn why being serious is so important, how to deal with being too harsh on yourself and holding high expectations of others, how to get better at being disliked, the relationship between seriousness and earnestness, ways to deal wi

Nov 9, 2024 • 1:23:07

#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

#861 - Dr Marissa Harrison - The Dark Psychology Of Female Serial Killers

Dr Marissa Harrison is a psychologist, professor, researcher and an author.All the most infamous serial killers are men? But 1 in 6 serial killers are women - a group who have totally slipped under the radar. So who are these women? What are their motives and why haven’t we heard of them?Expect to learn why female serial killers are neglected in research, what the average demographic of a female serial killer is, who are the most likely victims of a female serial killer, why they kill,

Nov 7, 2024 • 1:03:23

#860 - Sam Morril - Travis Kelce, OnlyFans & New York Chaos

#860 - Sam Morril - Travis Kelce, OnlyFans & New York Chaos

Sam Morril is a stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster.America is a strange place, full of quirky customs and bizarre rituals, from tipping practices to unconventional dating trends. So I figured I'd ask one of my favourite comedians how to navigate this odd land.Expect to learn how long it really takes to adjust to NYC, why Sam felt like a medieval country bumpkin for a while, the surprising stats behind American passports, why Spanish supermarket pineapples are a dating hotspot, wha

Nov 4, 2024 • 1:08:21

#859 - Ana Kasparian - Why Does Everyone Feel So Politically Homeless?

#859 - Ana Kasparian - Why Does Everyone Feel So Politically Homeless?

Ana Kasparian is a political commentator, journalist, and co-host of The Young Turks.When we talk with normal people about politics, we usually have more common ground than disagreement. So how have public politics become so polarised? Why does it feel so tribal? And is it really that unreasonable to hold beliefs from both sides?Expect to learn why Ana went independent and unaligned herself from the Democratic party, the issues Ana has with the political Left, why the Left are scared of

Nov 2, 2024 • 1:01:56

#858 - George TheTinMen - Why Aren’t Men’s Issues Being Taken Seriously?

#858 - George TheTinMen - Why Aren’t Men’s Issues Being Taken Seriously?

George from TheTinMen is a content creator, pro-men’s advocate and a researcher.Why is it so hard to advocate for the problems of boys and men? If truly we care about half of the population flourishing and living lives they enjoy, why is it so unpopular to talk about the challenges they're facing?Expect to learn what George thinks the current wold of advocacy for men looks like, why the press struggles to define what “healthy masculinity” is, the lessons we can learn from the rise of th

Oct 31, 2024 • 1:18:52

#857 - Ryan Long - DEI Wars, Trump's Bible & The Masculinity Vote

#857 - Ryan Long - DEI Wars, Trump's Bible & The Masculinity Vote

Ryan Long is a comedian, writer, and filmmaker.The world feels like a comedy goldmine right now. From the upcoming election and DEI backlash to bizarre trends like Japanese and Indian fetish porn, P Diddy conspiracy theories, Hawk Tuah memes and Florida men doing Florida man things, obviously we need an expert like Ryan to help make sense of everything.Expect to learn why companies that embraced DEI are rolling back their support, the hottest Google search trends when you type in “my hu

Oct 28, 2024 • 2:29:26

#856 - Krystal Ball - Why Does The 2024 Election Feel So Fake?

#856 - Krystal Ball - Why Does The 2024 Election Feel So Fake?

Krystal Ball is the co host of Breaking Points, a political commentator and a podcaster.Politics has changed a lot over the last 4 years, and even more compared to a decade ago. And yet everything feels unreal, kind of like a pantomime. So, do elections even matter any more?Expect to learn if breaking stories have any real impact, whether Elon Musk is even influential in this election cycle, if Kamala is a change candidate or have incumbent legitimacy, the role of podcasts in deciding t

Oct 26, 2024 • 1:16:06

#855 - Richard Reeves - Why Do Modern Men Feel So Left Behind?

#855 - Richard Reeves - Why Do Modern Men Feel So Left Behind?

Richard Reeves is a writer, researcher and the Founder of the American Institute for Boys & Men.Men have been struggling for a long time. What exactly is going on? What resources can genuinely help modern men, and how can we better understand the dynamics that are driving this decline in male wellbeing.Expect to learn why Obama endorsed Richard’s book, the scary trends about male suicide, why it's important for humans to feel needed, whether the Harris-Walz campaign has even conside

Oct 24, 2024 • 2:56:28

#854 - Graham Hancock - The Hidden Secrets Of America’s Ancient Apocalypse

#854 - Graham Hancock - The Hidden Secrets Of America’s Ancient Apocalypse

Graham Hancock is a journalist and an author known for his work on ancient civilisations.The Americas hold a profound secret. While human history is often traced back to other parts of the globe, Graham believes that evidence points to the Americas being inhabited far earlier than previously believed. So what is the true history of the Americas and how does it reshape our understanding of human civilisation?Expect to learn how Graham thinks that the first inhabitants of the Americas got

Oct 21, 2024 • 2:04:48

#853 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Should We Be Worried About Incel Violence?

#853 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Should We Be Worried About Incel Violence?

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University and a writer.The topic of involuntarily celibates is a spicy one. Half of the internet fears them and the other half pities them, very few have researched about why these communities come together and who constitutes them. Andrew's new work looks at this in fascinating detail.Expect to learn whether incels should be looked at from a mental health perspective, why there isn't more incel violence, what the word Himp

Oct 19, 2024 • 1:26:30

#852 - Dan Jones - The Untold Story Of England’s Greatest King

#852 - Dan Jones - The Untold Story Of England’s Greatest King

Dan Jones is a historian, author and a podcaster.Though many English kings throughout history have left a lasting impact, Henry V is considered potentially the greatest ever, even though he only ruled for 9 years. So, what made him such an important figure and why has his legacy endured for over 600 years?Expect to learn why King Henry V made such an impact on history, how he rose to power and what he managed to accomplish during his reign, why he was so impressive as a leader, what has

Oct 17, 2024 • 2:06:45

#851 - Chris Bumstead - Discipline, Motivation & The Champion’s Mindset

#851 - Chris Bumstead - Discipline, Motivation & The Champion’s Mindset

Chris Bumstead is a professional bodybuilder, 5x Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title holder, and a business owner.Ask any of the greats what it takes to win, and they’ll tell you the same thing: greatness comes at a cost. So, what is the price to becoming the best? What lessons are there to discover from a world champion who is prioritising his mental health above his sport?Expect to learn Chris’ reflections on his prep for his 6th Olympia Championship, Chris’ message to his younger self

Oct 14, 2024 • 2:04:55

#850 - 2.75M Q&A - Women’s Value, Loneliness & Bernie Sanders

#850 - 2.75M Q&A - Women’s Value, Loneliness & Bernie Sanders

I hit 2.75 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.Expect to learn whether I'll bring Bernie Sanders on the podcast, what I think about women's value to the world, why my forearms are this size, how to deal with loneliness, whether I'll release merch, why I'm a large emo kid, my advice for people going through a tough time and much more…Sponsors:See di

Oct 12, 2024 • 1:44:38

#849 - Calley Means - Is Our Food Supply Making Us Sick?

#849 - Calley Means - Is Our Food Supply Making Us Sick?

Calley Means is an entrepreneur, health & wellness advocate and an author.Why is America struggling with all time highs of obesity and illness? Healthcare has never been more advanced and yet levels of healthiness have never been worse. What's going on? And is there a way to make America healthy again?Expect to learn why modern health is so broken, the healthcare system's biggest issues, which health problems are unique to Americans, what is wrong with American food compared to the

Oct 10, 2024 • 2:03:23

#848 - Will Tennyson - Male Body Dysmorphia, Fat Loss & Insane Challenges

#848 - Will Tennyson - Male Body Dysmorphia, Fat Loss & Insane Challenges

Will Tennyson is a YouTuber and an athlete.Taking a journey from fat to fit is a massive achievement in itself. Will then went on to become one of the best creators of positive fitness and mindset content on the internet and today we get to discover some of his best lessons from a decade of self-improvement.Expect to learn why Will decided to become morbidly obese for a day and what he learned, which diet allowed him to lose the most weight, his thoughts on the state of male body dysmor

Oct 7, 2024 • 1:25:02

#847 - Derek Sivers - The Unstoppable Power Of Reframing Your Experiences

#847 - Derek Sivers - The Unstoppable Power Of Reframing Your Experiences

Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker.Things are not what they are, things are what we think they are. The power of reframing and changing your perspective is a kind of alchemy, and today we get to hear some of Derek's best principles for altering the way you see everything.Expect to learn how you can reframe your perspective for the better, what the term ‘Useful Not True’ means, why your thoughts cannot be trusted, why people don’t bond over facts but rather perspectives

Oct 5, 2024 • 2:02:56

#846 - Nate Silver - How Will The 2024 Election Play Out?

#846 - Nate Silver - How Will The 2024 Election Play Out?

Nate Silver is a statistician, writer of Silver Bulletin, and Founder of FiveThirtyEight.No one truly knows who will win an election, but if anyone does, it's Nate. He is the man behind the most accurate, sophisticated polling data assessments in America and has an insight into modern culture like no one else.Expect to learn why this election cycle differs from other ones, just how complex election prediction models are, what the most important topics of this election are, whether there

Oct 3, 2024 • 1:10:37

#845 - Ben Shapiro - Has America Completely Lost Its Mind?

#845 - Ben Shapiro - Has America Completely Lost Its Mind?

Ben Shapiro is a political commentator, Co-Founder of the Daily Wire, an author and a podcaster.Election years are always chaotic, but this one feels particularly spicy. Why is the world at fever pitch and how much is actually going to stop after November?Expect to learn if the 2024 election is going to be a typical one, why Ben hasn't had Donald Trump on his show, Ben's experience with childhood bullying and how it changed him, what Ben wished more men realised about masculinity, his t

Sep 30, 2024 • 2:09:12

#844 - Dr Laith Al-Shawaf - Why Do Humans Actually Have Emotions?

#844 - Dr Laith Al-Shawaf - Why Do Humans Actually Have Emotions?

Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an evolutionary psychologist, researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCCS.Humans have a wide range of emotions. But why do we feel anything at all? Why do we have a felt sense of emotions and how did they evolve?Expect to learn the evolutionary story of why humans feel stuff, whether some emotions are more basic than others, evolutionary explanations for joy, anger, disgust, envy, awe, happiness and much more…Sponsors:See discounts fo

Sep 28, 2024 • 1:35:27

#843 - Richard Dawkins - Why Can No One Agree On Evolution, Race & Religion?

#843 - Richard Dawkins - Why Can No One Agree On Evolution, Race & Religion?

Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist, author, and emeritus fellow at the University of Oxford.I spoke to Richard on stage in Austin Texas as a part of his final ever live tour. The next day we got to sit down and discuss all the things we didn't have time to talk about the night before.Expect to learn what Richard thinks about the recent rise of cultural Christianity, whether religion was an influential factor on the evolution of humans, what Richard meant by “Race Is A Spectrum

Sep 26, 2024 • 1:05:42

#842 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Recovery & Stress Management

#842 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Recovery & Stress Management

Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization.Muscle building and fat loss are often the main focuses of bodybuilding. But what about recovery? What are the most effective ways to recover quicker, reduce stress and get more jacked?Expect to learn what it means to actually recover from fatigue, how recovery is measured if you're not a professional athlete, Dr Mike's thoughts on regular weed usage, science's

Sep 23, 2024 • 2:07:02

#841 - Dr Jamil Zaki - How To Be More Hopeful In A Cynical World

#841 - Dr Jamil Zaki - How To Be More Hopeful In A Cynical World

Dr Jamil Zaki is a psychologist, professor at Stanford University, and an author.In a world filled with fake news, bad news and doom, it’s easy to become cynical. But what does science say about whether cynicism helps or harm us? Why is it so seductive, and how can we all learn to become more hopeful?Expect to learn why people are so tempted by cynicism, how skepticism is different, if cynical people are more or less happy, health, intelligent and successful, whether there is a reason t

Sep 21, 2024 • 1:08:23

#840 - Oliver Burkeman - 8 Unexpected Lessons To Be Less Hard On Yourself

#840 - Oliver Burkeman - 8 Unexpected Lessons To Be Less Hard On Yourself

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist, a writer for The Guardian and an author.Does trying harder to be extra productive actually work? Does it net more success or just more misery? For the Type-A people in the world, how can we learn to be less tough on ourselves and learn to have more fun in the process?Expect to learn what imperfectionism is, how to overcome decision paralysis & dealing with distractions better, whether or not there is an easy solution to imposter syndrome, the unexpec

Sep 19, 2024 • 1:22:57

#839 - Robert Greene - 12 Raw Truths About Gaining Power & Respect

#839 - Robert Greene - 12 Raw Truths About Gaining Power & Respect

Robert Greene is an author and historian.Robert is one of the most legendary writers in the world on human nature and today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him on seduction, confidence, happiness, masculinity, Machiavelli and more.Expect to learn the biggest problems with modern philosophy, why acquiring knowledge and skill are always the most important thing, why you must protect your reputation at all costs, why you are so often your own worst enemy, which lesso

Sep 16, 2024 • 2:07:36

#838 - Dr Paul Eastwick - What Do People Really Want In A Partner?

#838 - Dr Paul Eastwick - What Do People Really Want In A Partner?

Dr Paul Eastwick is a psychologist, professor, and a researcher.What do people actually want in a partner compared to what they say they want? Paul is the lead author on largest study of its kind which was just released breaking down exactly this question.Expect to learn the #1 trait people actually look for in a partner, how well people know what they want, what Ideal Partner Preference-Matching is, the biases that affect mate evaluation, the sex differences in stated vs. revealed pref

Sep 14, 2024 • 1:06:00

#837 - Rory Stewart - The Truth Behind The Fall Of The UK

#837 - Rory Stewart - The Truth Behind The Fall Of The UK

Rory Stewart is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and former diplomat and politician.From riots to stabbings, useless politicians to corrupt businesses, all wrapped in terrible weather and high taxes, the UK is not having a great time right now. Perhaps Rory can help explain what is going wrong.Expect to learn what Afghanistan is like under new Taliban control, what the real problems in the UK are, why politicians are so reliably stupid, whether immigration really is br

Sep 12, 2024 • 1:08:31

#836 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The New Science Of Longevity, Resilience & Breaking Bad Habits

#836 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The New Science Of Longevity, Resilience & Breaking Bad Habits

Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.From personal dramas to scientific uproars, it's been a wild year for the biggest health & fitness podcaster in the world. And today we get to discover his biggest new insights about life, relationships and protocols.Expect to learn whether you actually should drink coffee within 90 minutes of waking up, how to get the best sleep of your life according to the lat

Sep 9, 2024 • 3:27:34

#835 - 2.5M Q&A - Naval Ravikant, Quitting Alcohol & Having Kids

#835 - 2.5M Q&A - Naval Ravikant, Quitting Alcohol & Having Kids

I hit 2.5 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. Expect to learn who I’m thinking of bringing on as guests on the left and right, how to learn to trust your decisions and how to be aware of the biases that can influence them, my advice for getting out of a Rut, how to ask critical questions, what it’s like living with a giraffe and much more…Sponsors

Sep 7, 2024 • 1:20:23

#834 - Lyman Stone - Why Is Everyone Having Fewer Children?

#834 - Lyman Stone - Why Is Everyone Having Fewer Children?

Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.It wasn't long ago that everyone was worried about the population bomb and within a few short decades global birth rates are now declining. What's going on? What is driving such a rapid change in the number of children people are having and should we do anything about it?Expect to learn the best explanations for why birth rates are declining, whether declining birthrates are downstream from declining marriage rates, what winning the

Sep 5, 2024 • 1:32:47

#833 - Eric Weinstein - Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution?

#833 - Eric Weinstein - Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution?

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former Managing Director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.It feels like the world is reaching a fever-pitch. From deep fakes to cheap fakes, AI girlfriends to senile presidents, we've never had more access to information, and yet it's never been harder to work out what is true. So, what do we do?Expect to learn Eric’s thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, whether we are being gaslit on a global scale by the media, the future of string

Sep 2, 2024 • 3:31:03

#832 - Rudyard Lynch - Is This The Most Absurd Time In History?

#832 - Rudyard Lynch - Is This The Most Absurd Time In History?

Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and a historian.Is the modern world weird? Whether it's incels, brat summer, a broken media landscape, godlessness or a decline in institutional trust it seems like lots of modernity is kind of odd. From the fall of empires to the rise of new world orders, how does our current timeline compare to the rest of recent history?Expect to learn whether we are actually living in a unique time in history, what a far-right backlash might look like, why the left is see

Aug 31, 2024 • 1:45:57

#831 - Dan Martell - How To Stop Wasting Your Time & Money On Things That Don’t Matter

#831 - Dan Martell - How To Stop Wasting Your Time & Money On Things That Don’t Matter

Dan Martell is an entrepreneur, investor, and author.The saying “money can’t buy time” is often used to emphasise the importance of not wasting your days. But what if there was a way to actually buy back your time. What if using your money well actually can liberate your life?Expect to learn what "the bigger it gets, the harder it gets" means in business, why so many successful people suffer with more chaos rather than less as they grow, Dan's framework for outsourcing all the stuff you

Aug 29, 2024 • 2:35:22

#830 - Alex Hormozi - 24 Controversial Truths About Success & Failure

#830 - Alex Hormozi - 24 Controversial Truths About Success & Failure

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.Alex’s Twitter has been one of my favourite sources of insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of his best lessons about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Yet again this is so, so good.Expect to learn how to stop being indecisive and take action, how to persevere when things get rough, why overnight successes don’t happen overnight, why Alex hates being around negative people, if there

Aug 26, 2024 • 3:04:44

#829 - Dr Leah Lagos - How To Improve Your Heart Rate Variability

#829 - Dr Leah Lagos - How To Improve Your Heart Rate Variability

Dr Leah Lagos is a clinical psychologist, HRV performance coach and an author.Heart Rate Variability is one of the most important new metrics that people are using to gauge heart health, longevity and fitness, but improving it can be a minefield. Thankfully Dr Lagos has spent decades optimising the HRVs of some of the world's highest performers and today we get to hear her best advice.Expect to learn the crucial relationship between HRV and your brain function plus heart health, the bes

Aug 24, 2024 • 55:49

#828 - Dan Bilzerian - What Happened To Dan Bilzerian?

#828 - Dan Bilzerian - What Happened To Dan Bilzerian?

Dan Bilzerian is an entrepreneur and a professional poker player.What would it be like to dedicate yourself to hedonism for a decade? Without any budget or time or resource constraints. What would you discover from doing every adventure available in the modern world? And what would you truly value once it was over?Expect to learn where Dan has been for the last few years, whether his company Ignite actually went bankrupt, if Dan is still rich, why he's trying monogamy, what happens when

Aug 22, 2024 • 2:00:33

#827 - Whitney Cummings - Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Fragile?

#827 - Whitney Cummings - Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Fragile?

Whitney Cummings is a comedian, actress, writer, and a podcaster.Emotional maturity is a difficult thing to truly come by. Making your needs known, setting boundaries, being able to disappoint people without being afraid. If it's such an important skill, why is it so hard to discover how to develop it?Expect to learn how Whitney has been changed since becoming a mother, why Whitney has been thinking about circumcision so much, what codependence is and how to overcome it, why your nicene

Aug 19, 2024 • 2:23:58

#826 - Jonny Miller - How To Stop Feeling So Frustrated All The Time

#826 - Jonny Miller - How To Stop Feeling So Frustrated All The Time

Jonny Miller is a writer, nervous system coach and a podcaster.Emotions are scary. Feeling feelings and being truly connected to your life is hard. But what if the solution to these thinking problems doesn't lie in thinking more, but in fixing your body, nervous system and breath first?Expect to learn why it’s so hard to feel feelings, whether it’s possible to think your way out of overfeeling, how to use breathwork to master your nervous system, what the personal development industry g

Aug 17, 2024 • 1:29:36

#825 - Macken Murphy - The New Science Of Why Men & Women Cheat

#825 - Macken Murphy - The New Science Of Why Men & Women Cheat

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster.Why do people cheat? Is it just the allure of novelty? Dissatisfaction in their current relationship? Fear of being left? Retaliation for their partner cheating? Macken's brand new study gives so many fascinating answers to these questions.Expect to learn what the evolutionary drivers are behind men's and women's infidelity, what this new science says about the Dual Mating and Mate Switch

Aug 15, 2024 • 1:57:35

#824 - Ross Edgley - 317 Miles: Breaking The Longest Non-Stop Swim Record

#824 - Ross Edgley - 317 Miles: Breaking The Longest Non-Stop Swim Record

Ross Edgley is an endurance athlete and an author.Ross just broke the world record for the world's longest non-stop river swim. It took over 2 days with no sleep, no stopping or touching land. He's also swum around the entire UK and competed head to head with sharks. Time to find out how his mind, body and preparation works.Expect to learn how Ross prepares for an endurance event, how you go to the bathroom when you're locked in a wetsuit, what 50 hours of sleep deprivation whilst exerc

Aug 12, 2024 • 1:56:43

#823 - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - Is It Ethical To Hand-Pick Your Child’s Genes?

#823 - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - Is It Ethical To Hand-Pick Your Child’s Genes?

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher, professor and an author.The concept of hand-selecting your baby’s traits has been an idea since the dawn of genetic science. This technology is now available. But just how ethical is it to shape your child’s destiny, and what unseen problems might a world with this science be facing?Expect to learn why so many people dislike any discussions about IQ, what the moral challenges of embryo selection are, why genetic selection is going to be the biggest

Aug 10, 2024 • 1:47:29

#822 - Dr Andy Galpin - The New Science Of Heart Health, VO2 Max & Sleep Hacking

#822 - Dr Andy Galpin - The New Science Of Heart Health, VO2 Max & Sleep Hacking

Dr Andy Galpin is a professor of kinesiology, exercise scientist, and an author.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and poor sleep is affecting almost everyone. Andy has some of the best, evidence-based strategies for improving both, while becoming fitter and more resilient.Expect to learn which metrics matter most for health, the best ways to train your VO2 Max, what the most optimal daily routine for peak VO2 max looks like, advanced techniques to enhance

Aug 8, 2024 • 2:11:53

#821 - Tulsi Gabbard - Who Actually Runs The US Government?

#821 - Tulsi Gabbard - Who Actually Runs The US Government?

Tulsi Gabbard is a politician, military veteran, and former U.S. Representative.Our elected officials are supposed to be in charge of the country we live in. But the more we learn about the inner workings of government, the less that seems to be true. So, who is really running the show, and what will the future of America look like for those who truly hold the power?Expect to learn what Joe Biden is actually like behind the scenes, why RFK Jr’s campaign didn't succeed, the reason that E

Aug 5, 2024 • 1:55:52

#820 - Bridget Phetasy - “Sleep Your Way To Empowerment” Has Failed Women

#820 - Bridget Phetasy - “Sleep Your Way To Empowerment” Has Failed Women

Bridget Phetasy is a writer, comedian and a podcast host.We all have moments in life we wish we could undo. But when an entire generation has been told that all life paths are acceptable and there is no judgement no matter how you spend your time, what happens when they grow up?Expect to learn why Bridget regrets her twenties, her controversial thoughts on divorce, why people have such a problem the word ‘regret’, why everyone still feels the need to manage emotionally immature boomers,

Aug 3, 2024 • 1:53:37

#819 - Dominic Cummings - The Secrets Behind A Crumbling British Government

#819 - Dominic Cummings - The Secrets Behind A Crumbling British Government

Dominic Cummings is a political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Dominic has masterminded some of the biggest events in recent history. From leading the Vote Leave campaign during Brexit to quarterbacking Boris Johnson's Covid response, he has seen the inside of UK and US government at their most chaotic. And what he knows is wild.Expect to learn just how inefficient the inside of government is, how the Conservatives lost so badly in the Gen

Aug 1, 2024 • 2:00:31

#818 - Andrew Wilkinson - How To Stop Feeling Like Your Success Is Never Enough

#818 - Andrew Wilkinson - How To Stop Feeling Like Your Success Is Never Enough

Andrew Wilkinson is an entrepreneur, co-founder of Tiny, and an investor."I'll be happy when..." is the beginning of many people's mindsets about life and happiness. We assume that happiness sits on the other side of the next set of goals, even though right now we're on the other side of our last set of goals. So the question is, what if you're a billionaire? Does this pattern ever stop?Expect to learn whether successful people are just disordered, if SSRIs aren’t actually that bad, wha

Jul 29, 2024 • 1:52:28

#817 - Dr Anna Machin - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love, Lust & Cheating

#817 - Dr Anna Machin - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love, Lust & Cheating

Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University and an author.Love is pretty fascinating. This odd cocktail of hormones and neurochemicals can turn even the most normal person insane. What is it? Why did it evolve? And why do we seem to have no control over when it comes and when it goes?Expect to learn what the evolutionary advantage of love is, the difference between love and lust, why women cheat and who they tend to cheat with, the role of genetics on who you f

Jul 27, 2024 • 1:39:37

#816 - 2.25M Q&A - The Manosphere, Mike Israetel & Overcoming Insecurities

#816 - 2.25M Q&A - The Manosphere, Mike Israetel & Overcoming Insecurities

I hit 2.25 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 single life, my new project with Mike Israetel, and how I overcome insecurities.Expect to learn what the future of vlogs on the channel looks like, what I think about clickbait on YouTube, when the most challenging chapter in my life was, what I’

Jul 25, 2024 • 1:18:27

#815 - Blaine Anderson - A Woman’s Guide To Attracting Women

#815 - Blaine Anderson - A Woman’s Guide To Attracting Women

Blaine Anderson is a dating coach, a speaker and a YouTuber.Expect to learn how women want to be approached, how to overcome approach anxiety, the most important factors for designing the perfect online dating profile, the best strategies to text women well, what are the biggest red flags to watch out for on a first date, whether it's okay to approach women in the gym, the traits women actually care about in men and much more...Sponsors:See discounts for all the products I use and recom

Jul 22, 2024 • 1:56:28

#814 - Doctor Mike - Reacting To The Rise Of Anxiety, Microplastics & Antidepressants

#814 - Doctor Mike - Reacting To The Rise Of Anxiety, Microplastics & Antidepressants

Doctor Mike is a family medicine physician and a YouTuber.There’s a lot of information in the health space. With so much data out there, what are the best ways to discern real health advice from false claims?Expect to learn whether there really is an uptick in Adult ADHD diagnoses, whether SSRIs are being over prescribed, the worst beauty trends Doctor Mike is seeing at the moment, the problem of microplastics men who’s testicles, which health trends we will look back on in 50 years in

Jul 20, 2024 • 1:40:02

#813 - Joe Hudson - The Art Of Mastering Your Emotions

#813 - Joe Hudson - The Art Of Mastering Your Emotions

Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host.We are often our own harshest critics. Everyone knows that it’s important to be kinder and more understanding to ourselves, yet this is a challenge. So what is a more reliable route to developing self-compassion, stopping negative self-talk and getting out of our own way?Expect to learn what the real Matrix is, how to identify thoughts that might be holding you back, why feeling superior only works if you’re suppressing emotions, wh

Jul 18, 2024 • 2:19:39

#812 - Mike Baker - Emergency Episode: Former CIA Agent On Trump Assassination Attempt

#812 - Mike Baker - Emergency Episode: Former CIA Agent On Trump Assassination Attempt

An emergency episode in the wake of this past weekend. No ads, no edits — just a raw, unfiltered conversation with former Central Intelligence Agency officer and security expert Mike Baker.Sponsors:See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/dealsExtra Stuff:Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/booksTry my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdomEpisodes You Might Enjoy:#577 -

Jul 17, 2024 • 1:13:06

#811 - Tim Kennedy - Emergency Episode: Special Forces Sniper Explains Trump Shooting

#811 - Tim Kennedy - Emergency Episode: Special Forces Sniper Explains Trump Shooting

An emergency episode in the wake of this past weekend. No ads, no edits — just a raw, unfiltered conversation with Special Forces Sniper and Green Beret Tim Kennedy.Sponsors:See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/dealsExtra Stuff:Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/booksTry my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdomEpisodes You Might Enjoy:#577 - David Goggins - This Is

Jul 16, 2024 • 1:04:02

#810 - Brett Cooper - The Quiet Revolution Against Modern Feminism

#810 - Brett Cooper - The Quiet Revolution Against Modern Feminism

Brett Cooper is a political commentator, an actor and a YouTuber.It's revolutionary to say that you want to get married young and build a family in the modern world. But why? Is the choice between being co-opted by capitalism or conned by the patriarchy? Surely there must be a better solution for men and women.Expect to learn how Brett feels about getting married at 23, why the modern dating landscape is such a mess, how both men and women can find & build a lasting relationship, wh

Jul 15, 2024 • 2:44:39

#809 - Cory Allen - The Spiritual Pursuit Of Becoming A Braver Person

#809 - Cory Allen - The Spiritual Pursuit Of Becoming A Braver Person

Cory Allen is a meditation coach, podcaster, and an author.We all face challenges in life. However, learning to navigate your emotions and understanding the role that your thoughts play in your wellbeing can make hard times much more manageable.Expect to learn why so many people feel like they are drifting in life, why genuine change is so hard to achieve, how to fully embrace your emotions & feel more alive, where the negative voice in our heads comes from, how to set goals and hab

Jul 13, 2024 • 1:10:52

#808 - Dr David Kipping - Black Holes, Alien Civilisations & How The World Ends

#808 - Dr David Kipping - Black Holes, Alien Civilisations & How The World Ends

Dr David Kipping is an astronomer, a professor at Columbia University and a YouTuber.Expect to learn David’s thoughts on Terrence Howard’s appearance on Joe Rogan, what actually happens as you approach the speed of light, if there is any chance of finding intelligent life out there in the universe, how big the universe actually is, the biggest questions we still have about black holes, how the moon was created, whether time is infinite or if the universe will ever end and much more...Sp

Jul 11, 2024 • 2:24:41

#807 - Alex O'Connor - Why Is Cultural Christianity On The Rise?

#807 - Alex O'Connor - Why Is Cultural Christianity On The Rise?

Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.Christianity is nothing new. But it's seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups - public intellectuals and Gen Z. What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it's now cool to go to church on a Sunday again?Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of Christianity is just right wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can ‘choose’ to believe in G

Jul 8, 2024 • 2:16:28

#806 - Brian Klaas - Chaos Theory: The Hidden Force That Secretly Controls Your Life

#806 - Brian Klaas - Chaos Theory: The Hidden Force That Secretly Controls Your Life

Brian Klaas is a political scientist, a professor at University College London and an author.Small, seemingly insignificant events can have profound effects on the world. But how much of our fate is truly determined by chance, and if chaos plays such a huge role, how much control do we actually have over anything?Expect to learn the chance story of the atomic bomb's targeting, the difference between contingency and convergence, why our brains are so good at distorting reality, the link

Jul 6, 2024 • 1:33:10

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

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

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 Po

Jul 4, 2024 • 1:47:58

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

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

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 w

Jul 1, 2024 • 2:22:36

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

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

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher, professor at the University of Oxford and an authorFor 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 m

Jun 29, 2024 • 1:32:37

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

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

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’

Jun 27, 2024 • 1:49:04

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

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

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

Jun 24, 2024 • 2:13:45

#800 - 15 Lessons From 800 Episodes

#800 - 15 Lessons From 800 Episodes

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 impo

Jun 22, 2024 • 1:13:06

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

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

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 ot

Jun 20, 2024 • 1:45:21

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

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

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, Layne

Jun 17, 2024 • 2:27:48

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

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

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 t

Jun 15, 2024 • 1:18:40

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

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

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

Jun 13, 2024 • 1:47:06

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

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

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 loser

Jun 10, 2024 • 2:07:25

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

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

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

Jun 8, 2024 • 1:10:28

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

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

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

Jun 6, 2024 • 1:23:09

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

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

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

Jun 3, 2024 • 2:02:32

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

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

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 ne

Jun 1, 2024 • 2:01:35

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

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

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 r

May 30, 2024 • 1:23:14

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

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

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

May 27, 2024 • 1:50:27

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

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

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’

May 25, 2024 • 1:31:07

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

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

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 mask

May 23, 2024 • 1:09:40

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

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

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 differen

May 20, 2024 • 1:34:30

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

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

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

May 18, 2024 • 1:45:26

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

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

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

May 16, 2024 • 1:20:10

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

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

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

May 13, 2024 • 1:16:15

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

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

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

May 11, 2024 • 1:04:49

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

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

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 s

May 9, 2024 • 1:47:20

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

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

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

May 6, 2024 • 3:13:51

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

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

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 r

May 4, 2024 • 1:56:09

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

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

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 strik

May 2, 2024 • 1:06:51

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

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

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 so

Apr 29, 2024 • 1:55:44

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

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

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

Apr 27, 2024 • 1:51:47

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

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

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 divid

Apr 25, 2024 • 1:24:20

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

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

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 wit

Apr 22, 2024 • 3:28:52

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

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

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

Apr 20, 2024 • 1:26:59

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

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

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

Apr 18, 2024 • 1:12:31

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

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

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

Apr 15, 2024 • 3:31:36

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

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

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, h

Apr 13, 2024 • 1:04:57

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

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

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 ra

Apr 11, 2024 • 1:26:17

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

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

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

Apr 8, 2024 • 2:10:10

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

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

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

Apr 6, 2024 • 1:59:16

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

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

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 bigges

Apr 4, 2024 • 1:29:00

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

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

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 b

Apr 1, 2024 • 2:02:32

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

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

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,

Mar 30, 2024 • 1:53:10

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

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

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 th

Mar 28, 2024 • 1:15:54

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

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

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 depl

Mar 25, 2024 • 1:58:43

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

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

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 ow

Mar 23, 2024 • 1:49:18

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

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

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 do

Mar 21, 2024 • 1:57:30

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

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

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 u

Mar 18, 2024 • 2:46:28

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

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

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 rel

Mar 16, 2024 • 1:15:36

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

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

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

Mar 14, 2024 • 1:18:00

#756 - Destiny - Have We Reached Peak Stupidity?

#756 - Destiny - Have We Reached Peak Stupidity?

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 De

Mar 11, 2024 • 2:11:26

#755 - Dr Phil - What Happened To The Education System?

#755 - Dr Phil - What Happened To The Education System?

Dr. Phil McGraw is a television personality, author, psychologist, and podcaster.School is supposed to prepare young people for the big wide world. Not just with knowledge but also with life skills. Given that youth mental health is at an all time low while reading and maths abilities are hugely behind, what is actually happening inside modern schools?Expect to learn why the education system is so broken, who is designing the downfall of society, the problem with inclusive language, wha

Mar 9, 2024 • 1:09:23

#754 - Freya India - Deconstructing The Female Mental Health Crisis

#754 - Freya India - Deconstructing The Female Mental Health Crisis

Freya India is a writer and journalist focussed on female mental health and modern culture.Gen Z girls are not doing ok. No matter how badly you think men have it right now (and they do), girls are doing no better. From therapy culture to advertising your anti-depressant use on Instagram, it's no surprise they're struggling and confused.Expect to learn just how bad the state of teenage girls mental health is right now, how companies are targeting and monetising this crisis, the glamoris

Mar 7, 2024 • 1:39:19

#753 - Tim Kennedy - What Went Wrong With America?

#753 - Tim Kennedy - What Went Wrong With America?

Tim Kennedy is a Special Forces master sergeant, former professional UFC fighter, and an author.There's a lot of doomerism in the world. Assumptions that things are terrible and they're never going to get better. I don't agree, and neither does Tim.Expect to learn how we can fix the American military’s recruitment problem, Tim’s first hand experience of what’s really going on at the southern border, the wild stories of unknown military heroes that we should know more about, how Tim plan

Mar 4, 2024 • 2:49:28

#752 - 1.75M Q&A - Growing Pains, Social Anxiety & Dating Problems

#752 - 1.75M Q&A - Growing Pains, Social Anxiety & Dating Problems

I hit 1.75 million Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 James Smith's recent video about modern podcasting, why women are so afraid of men now and how to deal with social anxiety.Expect to learn whether I think Coffeezilla is right that people should only speak on their expertise,

Mar 2, 2024 • 1:38:02

#751 - Macken Murphy - What Does Science Say Makes Someone Attractive?

#751 - Macken Murphy - What Does Science Say Makes Someone Attractive?

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, a writer and a podcaster.No one has ever said they want to be less attractive. But what does attractive actually mean? What do humans like to look at in other humans, and why? Thankfully science has some insights to help you understand why you like what you like.Expect to learn the role of symmetry in attraction, why the most average faces are actually the most attractive ones, how important muscles, waist-to-hip ratio, ta

Feb 29, 2024 • 2:05:49

#750 - Dr Rhonda Patrick - The Most Important Daily Habits For Health & Longevity

#750 - Dr Rhonda Patrick - The Most Important Daily Habits For Health & Longevity

Dr Rhonda Patrick is an biomedical scientist, researcher and a podcaster.Determining the best actions to take for enhancing our health and extending our lives has grown more challenging. There are an unlimited number of wellness approaches at our disposal, thankfully Dr Patrick has dedicated her professional life to identifying the most evidence-based strategies for improving our health and longevity.Expect to learn if low omega 3s are worse for you than smoking cigarettes, what Rhonda'

Feb 26, 2024 • 2:57:13

#749 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - The Hidden Statistics That Control The NBA

#749 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - The Hidden Statistics That Control The NBA

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist, economist and author.Basketball is one of the most popular sports on the planet. Seth has used advanced AI to statistically analyse everything about the players, their backgrounds, hand-span, height, first names and more to uncover some of the wildest trends in the game.Expect to learn what percentage of American men over 7 feet tall are in the NBA, why there is a huge outlier of the most common name of all NBA players, who the best height-a

Feb 24, 2024 • 1:03:44

#748 - Rob Henderson - How Privileged Thinking Drives Our Entire Culture

#748 - Rob Henderson - How Privileged Thinking Drives Our Entire Culture

Rob Henderson is a PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge, a US Air Force Veteran and an author.The people who make the rules are not the ones impacted by the rules. Luxury beliefs are ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class, while often inflicting costs on the lower classes. And they're everywhere.Expect to learn Rob's opinion on the recent catastrophes in American higher education, why luxury beliefs have become more common than ever before, what Rob learned du

Feb 22, 2024 • 1:48:15

#747 - Eric Weinstein - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

#747 - Eric Weinstein - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.It's a rough time to be a human. The massive increase in information we have access to has made understanding the world harder, not easier. Whether it's higher education, culture, physics, or pretty much anything else, life can be very confusing.Expect to learn what Eric thinks about the most recent furore coming out of Harvard, why the world of physics has made no progress in decades

Feb 19, 2024 • 3:02:28

#746 - Morgan Housel - 12 Unexpected Laws Of Human Psychology

#746 - Morgan Housel - 12 Unexpected Laws Of Human Psychology

Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund, an investor and an author.The world continues to change, but the hairless apes that inhabit it stay the same. So there must be some laws of human psychology which remain true, no matter what time and place you're in, and today we get to go through some of the most fascinating ones.Expect to learn what reasonable optimism looks like, the difference between overnight tragedies and long term miracles, what we can learn by the divorces o

Feb 17, 2024 • 1:51:22

#745 - Brad Wilcox - Is Marriage Actually Worth It?

#745 - Brad Wilcox - Is Marriage Actually Worth It?

Brad Wilcox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the National Marriage Project.Many online discussions are casting doubt on the role of marriage. Is it actually a bad deal for men and women? Is it dangerous for people to get into? What does the evidence actually suggest, especially in the face of widespread skepticism about the institution of marriage?Expect to learn if marriage is a terrible deal for men in the modern era, the correlation between yo

Feb 15, 2024 • 1:19:59

#744 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Building Muscle

#744 - Dr Mike Israetel - Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Building Muscle

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 exercise actually working" then you are not alone. However there are now scientifically proven optimal methods for building muscle in the most efficient way possible. And today we get to learn from the best teacher on the planet.Expect to learn the biggest mistakes people make when building muscle, how much stimulation is requir

Feb 12, 2024 • 2:01:24

#743 - Hannah Ritchie - Why Does Everyone Believe The World Is Doomed?

#743 - Hannah Ritchie - Why Does Everyone Believe The World Is Doomed?

Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist, senior researcher at the University of Oxford and Deputy Editor at Our World In Data.Climate alarmism dominates headlines, painting a grim picture of impending global catastrophe. But what if the actual data reveals a less worrying situation, one where we don't all end up in a fiery inferno?Expect to learn why everyone thinks the world is doomed due to climate change and what we can do about it, why people are more pessimistic about the world than the

Feb 10, 2024 • 1:03:17

#742 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 17 Shocking Lessons About Human Psychology

#742 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 17 Shocking Lessons About Human Psychology

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 whether cynical people are actually smarter, why people tend to find uncertain outcomes so intolerable, why people would rather lie than say what they really think, whether peo

Feb 8, 2024 • 1:57:36

#741 - Dr Joe Dispenza - How To Unlock Your Mind & Master Your Life

#741 - Dr Joe Dispenza - How To Unlock Your Mind & Master Your Life

Dr. Joe Dispenza is a researcher and an author specialising in neuroscience and known for his work on neuroplasticity and epigenetics.If your thoughts can make you sick, the obvious question is whether your thoughts can make you well. Just how instrumental are the things we think to the way our mind and body operate, and how much is this crossing over from experimental subculture to legitimate science?Expect to learn how to make genuine change in your life, why we get addicted to thinki

Feb 5, 2024 • 2:48:48

#740 - Nomad Capitalist - How To Travel The World And Pay No Tax

#740 - Nomad Capitalist - How To Travel The World And Pay No Tax

Andrew Henderson is the founder of Nomad Capitalist, a global citizenship expert and financial consultant known for helping people with offshore strategies.Should you stay in the country you were born in? Is that the best, happiest place for you to be? What if there was a different option? Well, that's Andrew's entire philosophy - to go where you're treated best.Expect to learn the best travel hacks to save on taxes, what it actually means to have dual citizenship, why America ranks so

Feb 3, 2024 • 1:42:02

#739 - Dr Robert Glover - The Lifetime Problem With Being A “Nice Guy”

#739 - Dr Robert Glover - The Lifetime Problem With Being A “Nice Guy”

Dr Robert Glover is a therapist, coach and an author.Being nice is something many of us aspire to become. After all, who doesn't want to be nice? Well Nice Guy Syndrome has been ruining the lives of many men for decades, so perhaps we should aspire to be something else.Expect to learn what is actually wrong with being a nice guy, why men become so afraid of putting their needs first, how to stop people pleasing, why nice guys end up resentful and bitter, whether nice guys attract or rep

Feb 1, 2024 • 1:51:18

#738 - Alex Hormozi - 21 Brutally Honest Lessons About Life

#738 - Alex Hormozi - 21 Brutally Honest Lessons About Life

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.Alex’s Twitter continually has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Yet again this is so, so good.Expect to learn why being called a control freak isn’t an insult, how to stop making the same mistakes over and over again, why being at the top will always require you beco

Jan 29, 2024 • 3:14:36

#737 - Dr Karan Rajan - Debunking The Internet’s Biggest Health Myths

#737 - Dr Karan Rajan - Debunking The Internet’s Biggest Health Myths

Dr. Karan Rajan is a surgeon, clinical lecturer at The University of Sunderland and an authorA lot of health advice can be extremely difficult to verify. Does this actually make me healthier? Is it grounded in science, or whimsy? Thankfully there are actual doctors we can ask who can determine science fiction from medical fact.Expect to learn why you shouldn’t hold in your farts, what Dr Karan wishes more people understood more about digestion, why the best probiotics aren't always foun

Jan 27, 2024 • 1:06:37

#736 - Dr Paul Conti - How To Fix Your Negative Inner Thoughts

#736 - Dr Paul Conti - How To Fix Your Negative Inner Thoughts

Dr. Paul Conti is a Stanford and Harvard trained psychiatrist and author specialising in unconscious trauma.If our mind was an iceberg, our conscious thoughts are the tip, and the huge mass below the surface are our unconscious thoughts. Dr Conti's research works on bringing the, forgotten, traumatic, painful and unseen into the light so you can heal and improve.Expect to learn what people mean when they refer to the unconscious mind, what Paul wished people understood about how trauma

Jan 25, 2024 • 1:18:45

#735 - Rory Sutherland - Hidden Psychology Of The World’s Best Advertising

#735 - Rory Sutherland - Hidden Psychology Of The World’s Best Advertising

Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.The advertising industry creates a unique intersection between psychology and creativity. By looking at what works in the world of ad campaigns, we can learn even more about the human mind and Rory might have the best insight on the planet for this.Expect to learn how dating apps can improve by being more like property websites, why women actually wear engageme

Jan 22, 2024 • 2:16:03

#734 - Dean Phillips - Just How Broken Is American Politics?

#734 - Dean Phillips - Just How Broken Is American Politics?

Dean Phillips is a member of the U.S House of Representatives, presidential candidate and former owner of Talenti Gelato and Belvedere Vodka.Whether it's stories in the press or scenes in House Of Cards, no one seems to have much faith in the American political system at the moment. Dean has had a front row seat to this world for a long time and is now running for president, so he should be able to give some insight on just how bad it's become.Expect to learn whether congress or the bus

Jan 20, 2024 • 1:03:18

#733 - Rikki Schlott - Is Cancel Culture Actually Getting Worse?

#733 - Rikki Schlott - Is Cancel Culture Actually Getting Worse?

Rikki Schlott is a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and author.Saying "you can't say anything any more" is the internet's tagline. Cancel culture has been the hot topic over the last few years. But why has it taken over the discourse so much and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before?Expect to learn what Rikki uncovered from a mass analysis of Twitter bans, whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing, if the cancellers actually e

Jan 18, 2024 • 1:04:26

#732 - Mary Harrington - Why You Shouldn’t Share Your Private Life Online

#732 - Mary Harrington - Why You Shouldn’t Share Your Private Life Online

Mary Harrington is writer, columnist and author.Everyone has the temptation to share their life on the internet, but where does the line of sharing stop and oversharing begin? How has our performance for the crowd crept into our morals and changed the way we see the role of privacy around our personal lives?Expect to learn what Digital Modesty is, why liberals would more likely date an Only Fans worker than an OnlyFans subscriber, if there is a crisis with both masculinity and femininit

Jan 15, 2024 • 1:22:55

#731 - Danny Polishchuk - Banned On Instagram, Britney Spears & Alex Jones

#731 - Danny Polishchuk - Banned On Instagram, Britney Spears & Alex Jones

Danny Polishchuk is a writer, YouTuber, comedian and a podcaster.I was on tour in NYC so stopped in to see one half of The Boyscast and work out why hundreds of thousands of people were drunk and dressed as santa.Expect to learn why Instagram banned Danny from their platform, what's happening with Britney Spears & Taylor Swift lately, whether Danny thinks getting a vasectomy to save the climate is a good idea, if we have gone too far with being too protective from germs and pathogen

Jan 13, 2024 • 1:31:27

#730 - Mike Thurston - The Harsh Reality Of Trying To Improve

#730 - Mike Thurston - The Harsh Reality Of Trying To Improve

Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model.Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. And yet in 2024 many of the problems we encountered back then have gotten even worse. Why is a lack of confidence, overly comparative mindsets and body dysmorphia so persistent and how do we go about fixing it?Expect to learn why male body dysmorphia is on track to overtake female body dysmorphia, what Mike's relationship with social media looks like right now, where you actu

Jan 11, 2024 • 1:20:18

#729 - Alex O'Connor - Are People Becoming Less Moral?

#729 - Alex O'Connor - Are People Becoming Less Moral?

Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.Grappling with difficult moral questions is a part of human life, but in the age of Wikipedia and ChatGPT, are we now outsourcing our morality? Are people becoming less moral over time?Expect to learn why Peter Hitchens really does not like Alex, whether ChatGPT can be convinced of the existence of God, what the non-identity problem is, if Nihilism will make a comeback, the impact of the debate around free will, how much we can trust t

Jan 8, 2024 • 1:41:41

#728 - Gregory Clark - Is Social Status Determined By Your Genetics?

#728 - Gregory Clark - Is Social Status Determined By Your Genetics?

Gregory Clark is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, researcher and an author.Everyone has a dream of making a better life for their family. But fascinating new research suggests that your social status is heavily predetermined by your genetics, and that your descendants escaping the position they've always been in is very unlikely.Expect to learn if social status is actually heritable, how much genetics really plays a role in social hierarchy, how researche

Jan 6, 2024 • 1:30:52

#727 - James Smith - Do You Actually Need Passion To Be Successful?

#727 - James Smith - Do You Actually Need Passion To Be Successful?

James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach.I just finished a full month of live shows with James. We didn't kill each other but did learn a lot, so today we're reflecting on a month on the road while digging into some of James' biggest realisations of finally becoming an adult.Expect to learn what my first ever live tour experience was like, how to increase your luck in life, what James’ thoughts are on the Male Sedation Hypothesis, how to find true success

Jan 4, 2024 • 1:45:40

#726 - Shawn Stevenson - How To Hack Your Sleep With These Habits

#726 - Shawn Stevenson - How To Hack Your Sleep With These Habits

Shawn Stevenson is an American nutritionist, bestselling author, and podcaster.You spend more time asleep than any other activity, and yet no one teaches you how to do it properly. Thankfully there are some simple routines, hacks, foods and habits you can implement to improve your sleep and longevity immediately.Expect to learn if poor circadian rhythm is responsible for the modern mental health crisis, the most important habits to improve your sleep routine, how to get the best sleep o

Jan 1, 2024 • 1:51:30

#725 - Seerut Chawla - The Problem With Taking Therapy Advice From Instagram

#725 - Seerut Chawla - The Problem With Taking Therapy Advice From Instagram

Seerut Chawla is a licensed psychotherapist and founder of The Trenches, an organisation focusing on mental health and social media dynamics.There is a trend of online influencers who can identify your trauma and diagnose your attachment problems over social media. Is this an important new frontier for discussing mental health? Or cod-psychology over the internet.Expect to learn the biggest problems with coddling how it enables victimhood, the difference between pain and trauma, why bei

Dec 30, 2023 • 1:15:27

#724 - 1.5M Q&A - Joe Dispenza, Daily Routine & Online Negativity

#724 - 1.5M Q&A - Joe Dispenza, Daily Routine & Online Negativity

I hit 1.5 million Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 whether I'll bring Dr Joe Dispenza on the show, if you can grow a podcast without going on Love Island and how I deal with negativity online.Expect to learn what my plans are for the show in 2024, what I'll change for my next live shows, why

Dec 28, 2023 • 1:32:07

#723 - Modern Wisdom Christmas Special - Reflecting On The Wildest Year

#723 - Modern Wisdom Christmas Special - Reflecting On The Wildest Year

2023 has been crazy. I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle with Jonny, Yusef & George to catch up on their favourite lessons from the past 12 months plus their best new hacks and plans for 2024.Expect to learn why you need two duvets to improve your sleep when sharing a bed, the new productivity system that everyone now uses except me, what you can learn about using a fitness tracker without actually buying one, which app Yusef uses over 400 times a day, why all 5 of my top songs th

Dec 23, 2023 • 2:09:16

#722 - 15 Lessons From 2023 - Jordan Peterson, Alex Hormozi & Elon Musk

#722 - 15 Lessons From 2023 - Jordan Peterson, Alex Hormozi & Elon Musk

Get my free End Of Year Review Template here - https://chriswillx.com/review/It’s the end of 2023 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months.This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 16 insights from some of my favourite conversations both inside and outside of the podcast.Expect to learn what Toxic Compassion is, why Alex Hormozi needed to do dam

Dec 21, 2023 • 1:00:47

#721 - George Mack - Why Can No One Think Rationally Anymore?

#721 - George Mack - Why Can No One Think Rationally Anymore?

George Mack is a writer, marketer and an entrepreneur.Thinking for yourself is one of the most important skills you can develop. However it's hard. It's a difficult task to overcome the boring, negative, irrational trends around you. Which is why you need some new tools in your mental models box.Expect to learn what the Keynsian Beauty Contest is, why memes are so influential in society today, which behaviours appear positive but actually harm you in disguise, what the forgetting parado

Dec 18, 2023 • 1:41:21

#720 - Whitney Cummings - What Is Wrong With Modern Women?

#720 - Whitney Cummings - What Is Wrong With Modern Women?

Whitney Cummings is a writer, actress, comedian and a podcaster.Women aren't having a great time at the moment. They're maybe just as lost as men, the only difference is they get a little bit more sympathy. So just where did the trajectory of women go awry and how can they find a way to be happy again?Expect to learn the social psychology behind the rise of Taylor Swift, Whitney’s thoughts on becoming a mother and the future of motherhood, whether women really can have it all, why more

Dec 16, 2023 • 2:10:37

#719 - Ali Abdaal - How To Stop Procrastinating For Good

#719 - Ali Abdaal - How To Stop Procrastinating For Good

Ali Abdaal is a YouTuber, podcaster, entrepreneur, and an author.What would life be like if you didn't get so distracted? If you actually did the things you wanted to do with your productive hours, rather than what you were distracted by. Ali has spent an entire career deconstructing the keys to productivity, and today we get to go through some of the most important.Expect to learn what feeling good has to do with productivity, Ali’s core foundation to what makes someone productive, wha

Dec 14, 2023 • 1:20:51

#718 - Bedros Keuilian - Man Up & Get Your Life Together

#718 - Bedros Keuilian - Man Up & Get Your Life Together

Bedros Keuilian is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, podcaster, and business coachEveryone could do with a bit more confidence in their abilities. A bit more certainty about what they can achieve and their power to overcome obstacles. Maybe telling people to man up isn't so bad after all...Expect to learn what it truly means to improve, why the story you tell yourself about yourself matters, how to overcome the traumas you’re struggling with, tactics to fix the negative voice in your he

Dec 11, 2023 • 1:50:25

#717 - Jeremy Boreing - Going To War With Mainstream Media

#717 - Jeremy Boreing - Going To War With Mainstream Media

Jeremy Boreing is the co-founder and CEO of the Daily Wire.Independent media is having a moment. YouTube numbers dominate mainstream TV and podcasts wipe the floor with radio. But is it possible for movies, children's programming and more to tumble next?Expect to learn what it's like to work with Ben Shapiro, where Disney keeps going wrong, the problems with modern day Conservatives, whether Jeremy will hire Douglas Murray, why children's TV shows are so important to get right, the dang

Dec 9, 2023 • 1:02:51

#716 - Scott Galloway - How Can Men Take Charge Of Their Lives?

#716 - Scott Galloway - How Can Men Take Charge Of Their Lives?

Scott Galloway is a clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author.Despondency and cynicism are everywhere online. Some of the most popular modern trends are those that tell people to not hope for the best and that things can never get better. Thankfully I don't agree, and neither does Scott.Expect to learn why Scott recommends all men watch the movie Her, the problem with the left’s view on masculinity,

Dec 7, 2023 • 1:02:41

#715 - Louise Perry - Are Women Actually Happy With Modern Dating?

#715 - Louise Perry - Are Women Actually Happy With Modern Dating?

Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author.Young women have been through turmoil over the last 50 years. With their entry into the workforce, emancipation from the kitchen and greater freedom and independence, you might think they have got everything they want out of life. But unfortunately, the reality may be less rosy.Expect to learn why 40% of young adults say that marriage has outlived its usefulness, why younger generations

Dec 4, 2023 • 1:41:28

#714 - Shane Parrish - How To Become A Clear Thinker

#714 - Shane Parrish - How To Become A Clear Thinker

Shane Parrish is the Founder of Farnam Street, an ex-Canadian Intelligence Agency Operative and an author.Our lives are mediated by our thoughts. The more accurately we can make decisions, the better and happier our existence will be. Therefore it makes sense to spend some time learning how to think more clearly and frameworks to keep us rational.Expect to learn if its truly possible to think independently, what it takes to become a clear thinker, the most common pitfalls holding you ba

Dec 2, 2023 • 58:25

#713 - Rob Henderson - Why Is Everyone Acting Like A Victim?

#713 - Rob Henderson - Why Is Everyone Acting Like A Victim?

Rob Henderson is a psychologist, US Air Force veteran, and author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.Humans are an odd species. We know truths on our own but choose to lie in groups. Our thinking gets hijacked by social norms, paths of least resistance, lies and half truths. It's a mess out there, but thankfully there's ideas we can discover to help us navigate.Expect to learn what the friendship paradox is, how we can fix the mate deprivation problem, what g

Nov 30, 2023 • 1:51:59

#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs

#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs

Dr Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist, podcaster, speaker and an author.Finding meaning in the modern world can be a difficult task. When life is convenient and comfortable, discovering our purpose and facing hard things can be increasingly tough. But there are some reliable routes toward the greatest adventure of your life.Expect to learn why you are morally obligated to do remarkable things, where the most important adventure is to be found in life, my war on cynicism, the

Nov 27, 2023 • 3:23:42

#711 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Ruthless Ways Women Compete With Each Other

#711 - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt - The Ruthless Ways Women Compete With Each Other

Dr Tracy Vaillancourt is a professor at the University of Ottawa, a researcher and an author with a focus on the link between violence and mental health.Intrasexual competition is present in all animals, however the sophistication of this rivalry amongst human females is unbelievably impressive. The "fairer sex" wield their competition in some very weird, wonderful and ruthless ways.Expect to learn why women use indirect aggression as a competition strategy, how resource scarcity influe

Nov 25, 2023 • 1:29:43

#710 - Jim Kwik - 10 Hacks To Improve Your Memory, Focus & Attention

#710 - Jim Kwik - 10 Hacks To Improve Your Memory, Focus & Attention

Jim Kwik is a world renowned memory expert, a podcaster and an author.Mastering a new skill, language, or instrument can be an intimidating task. However, Jim has found hacks which can dramatically elevate your learning process. This has the potential to transform an arduous learning approach into a simple journey toward peak brain performance.Expect to learn if modern people's brains are actually broken, the biggest lies we are told about how to learn, how memory actually works, where

Nov 23, 2023 • 1:41:27

#709 - Max Lugavere - The Terrifying Link Between Diet & Mental Health

#709 - Max Lugavere - The Terrifying Link Between Diet & Mental Health

Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist, filmmaker, podcaster and New York Times bestselling author.To maintain peak health, nurturing an healthy mind and body is key. Simple daily habits and foods can make a massive difference to limiting and even reversing cognitive decline as you age,.Expect to learn why California is banning Skittles, how worried you should be about artificial sweeteners, tactics for how to kill your sweet tooth, why raising your baby vegan might be child ab

Nov 20, 2023 • 1:30:13

#708 - Bryan Caplan - Is Feminism Changing For The Worse?

#708 - Bryan Caplan - Is Feminism Changing For The Worse?

Bryan Caplan is an economist at George Mason University and author.Bryan wrote a letter to his young daughter encouraging her to not become a feminist. Which begs the question, why would a father not want this? In what ways are women being taken advantage of by an ideology, and how might Bryan be wrong?Expect to learn what trade offs feminism is making at the moment and why they're dangerous, why feminism does not like traditionally feminine roles, why there is so much of a lack of indi

Nov 18, 2023 • 1:15:29

#707 - Morgan Housel - 9 Timeless Lessons About Human Psychology

#707 - Morgan Housel - 9 Timeless Lessons About Human Psychology

Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund, an investor and an author.The world continues to change, but the hairless apes that inhabit it stay the same. So there must be some laws of human psychology which remain true, no matter what time and place you're in, and today we get to go through some of the most fascinating ones.Expect to learn the problem with the way most people make predictions, who exactly are the reasonable optimists, whether anyone was able to predict the gre

Nov 16, 2023 • 1:51:45

#706 - Douglas Murray - We Need To Stop Listening To These People

#706 - Douglas Murray - We Need To Stop Listening To These People

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator.As the turmoil of global events dominates the media, it can feel as though the world is spiralling into chaos. If we can't agree on what's happening, how can we make sense of the world? What's the solution in a post-truth world?Expect to learn how Victoria’s Secret betrayed the body positivity movement, why people are struggling to agree on what's true anymore, how the “Gays for Gaza” movement will get on, whet

Nov 13, 2023 • 2:02:06

#705 - Spencer Greenberg - The 5 Most Effective Techniques To Hack Your Habits

#705 - Spencer Greenberg - The 5 Most Effective Techniques To Hack Your Habits

Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, a writer and the founder of ClearerThinking.orgFirst we make our habits, and then our habits make us. But what is the best way to step into this recursive loop and take charge of the most powerful force in our lives? Thankfully Spencer just completed a huge new study testing tons of different techniques.Expect to learn how useful personality tests are, Spencer’s biggest insights from 450 people trying every habit strategy ever invented, how you can

Nov 11, 2023 • 1:25:00

#704 - Mads Larsen - Are Relationships Supposed To Last For Life?

#704 - Mads Larsen - Are Relationships Supposed To Last For Life?

Mads Larsen is a Norwegian author and journalist whose research focuses on the history of human mating ideologies.The narrative of human romance is an ancient story. But that story has not always remained the same, the last 10,000 years has been a crazy journey through different beliefs on why we should find and stay with a partner and today we get to hear about all the fascinating details.Expect to learn why it's so illuminating to study the story of mating ideologies across time, how

Nov 9, 2023 • 1:50:03

#703 - Patrick Bet-David - Why Does No One Trust The Media Anymore?

#703 - Patrick Bet-David - Why Does No One Trust The Media Anymore?

Patrick Bet-David is an entrepreneur, founder of Valuetainment, podcaster and author.Given that the world is in chaos, we would usually turn to our institutions and news organisations to make sense of what's happening. But trust in these institutions is at an all time low, so what can we do about it?Expect to learn why it’s actually important to have enemies, Patrick's thoughts on Ben Shapiro's new Snow White movie, what he thinks about Dana White's life philosophy, what it takes to act

Nov 6, 2023 • 2:21:17

#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes

#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes

To celebrate 700 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.Expect to learn how your expectations define your happiness more than your circumstances, what monothinking is, why the Abilene Paradox is my favourite new idea, the problem of taking advice from super successful people, how to actually achieve enlightenment, my favourite mindset hack for doing the right thing and much more...Sponsors:Get 10% discount

Nov 4, 2023 • 1:15:00

#701 - Alex DatePsych - Why Is Everyone Choosing To Stay Single?

#701 - Alex DatePsych - Why Is Everyone Choosing To Stay Single?

Alexander DatePsych is a Neuroscience and Behavioural Science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating.The modern dating world is a difficult universe to navigate, which has led a lot of people to check out of it completely. But does this make people happier to elect loneliness rather than risk heartbreak?Expect to learn why 50% of men have not approached a woman in the last year, the biggest struggles everyone faces when dating, what misconceptions the world has when

Nov 2, 2023 • 1:43:19

#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain

#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain

Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.It has never been so easy and also so difficult to remain healthy and perform at your best. The right tools and insights we all need to avoid pitfalls and maximise our outcomes are thankfully at our finger tips, and today we get to go through some of Dr Huberman's favourites.Expect to learn how breathing can change the shape of your face, what Andrew thinks of the “H

Oct 30, 2023 • 3:03:53

#699 - Justin Mogilski - Will Non-Monogamy Fix The Dating Market?

#699 - Justin Mogilski - Will Non-Monogamy Fix The Dating Market?

Justin Mogilski is an an evolutionary psychologist at the University of South Carolina whose research focuses on consensual non-monogamous relationships.It’s often said that choosing the right life partner is the most important decision you can make. So if you're not sure, why not just choose two? Or more? And how do the people in these relationships make it work?Expect to learn whether non-monogamy is more likely to end in failure than typical relationships, what sorts of people are mo

Oct 28, 2023 • 1:19:14

#698 - Mary Eberstadt - Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women?

#698 - Mary Eberstadt - Did The Sexual Revolution Actually Benefit Women?

Mary Eberstadt is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and an author.We're told that more freedom is a good thing. That the more options and choices a person has, the better their life will be. With this in mind, the sexual revolution should have been one of the biggest improvements ever for women and their quality of life, but all might not be quite as rosy as it seems.Expect to learn who really benefitted from the sexual revolution, how the introduction of the pill i

Oct 26, 2023 • 1:11:37

#697 - Konstantin Kisin - Why Does It Feel Like Everyone Is Losing Their Minds?

#697 - Konstantin Kisin - Why Does It Feel Like Everyone Is Losing Their Minds?

Konstantin Kisin is a podcaster, a speaker and an author.Despite living in objectively the best time ever, there is a common trend of people believing that the world is getting worse. Is this an accurate assessment of the existentially unfulfilling modern world, or is it fragile victims whining about nothing?Expect to learn the danger of pedestalising victimhood, Konstantin's thoughts on Theo Von being screwed out of thousands of dollars, his reaction to Sam Harris' viral clip on Trigge

Oct 23, 2023 • 2:23:23

#696 - Dr Gabrielle Lyon - How To Build More Muscle & Supercharge Your Longevity

#696 - Dr Gabrielle Lyon - How To Build More Muscle & Supercharge Your Longevity

Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine.Most health advice focuses on shedding excess weight. But what if your longevity, healthspan, resilience and quality of life was more determined by gaining muscle than losing fat? This isn't a bodybuilder's coping strategy, it's new science backed by mountains of data.Expect to learn why the quality of your life is a direct correlation to your muscle health, whether it's more dan

Oct 21, 2023 • 1:36:34

#695 - Codie Sanchez - The Secret Mindset Hacks To Become Unstoppable

#695 - Codie Sanchez - The Secret Mindset Hacks To Become Unstoppable

Codie Sanchez is an investor, venture capitalist and a CEO.Being a contrarian is an alluring idea. Having a unique insight into the world, a different viewpoint that helps you grow and make money and become successful. But how do you actually come up with original ideas and avoid always following the crowd?Expect to learn Codie’s framework for non-conformity, how anger can be a useful tool, what we can learn from Warren Buffet about not optimising too much, why pushing through boredom i

Oct 19, 2023 • 2:14:17

#694 - Sadia Khan - Why Is Modern Dating Such A Mess?

#694 - Sadia Khan - Why Is Modern Dating Such A Mess?

Sadia Khan is a relationship coach and a speaker.Dating in the modern world is more fraught than ever. Men and women are finding themselves confused and lost as they try to make sense of a mating landscape which becomes ever more difficult to navigate.Expect to learn why Sadia’s Instagram has been banned 3 times, why nice guys have such a hard time in relationships, whether men and women can actually be friends, whether hot women tend to be crazier, how to stop being a jealous partner,

Oct 16, 2023 • 2:08:44

#693 - Dr Robert Sapolsky - The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress

#693 - Dr Robert Sapolsky - The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress

Dr Robert Sapolsky is a Professor at Stanford University, a world-leading researcher, and an author.Stress is an inevitable part of human life. But what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does science say are the best interventions to defeat it?Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and

Oct 14, 2023 • 1:44:55

#692 - Connor Beaton - Why Are Young Men Struggling So Much?

#692 - Connor Beaton - Why Are Young Men Struggling So Much?

Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.Men are often told that their problems would be fixed if they stopped being so stoic. If only they ceased hiding their emotions and started being more vulnerable, their mental health would improve. But is this actually the case? Does the world actually want vulnerable men?Expect to learn whether men actually can show their vulnerability to the world, why a man’s pain is

Oct 12, 2023 • 1:36:55

#691 - Jimmy Carr - The Secret Hacks For Living A Fulfilled Life

#691 - Jimmy Carr - The Secret Hacks For Living A Fulfilled Life

Jimmy Carr is a comedian, television host and an author.Jimmy is known as one of the best one-line comics in history, but this episode goes way deeper than you’re probably expecting. It's far less about jokes and far more about Jimmy’s obsession with human psychology, frameworks and thinking tools.Expect to learn what the most important question to ask yourself is, why you have probably been thinking about luck incorrectly, what the two great myths in life are, the most common misconcep

Oct 9, 2023 • 2:44:36

#690 - Michael Easter - Why Can’t Humans Do Anything In Moderation?

#690 - Michael Easter - Why Can’t Humans Do Anything In Moderation?

Michael Easter is a University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor, a journalist and an author who focuses on health and human performance.Even though we might often feel in control of our impulses, there are regular moments that remind us of our uncontrolled tendencies. From overspending to overeating, there is a secret loop happening inside of our minds that causes our actions and intentions to move further apartExpect to learn why moderation is so impossible to achieve, what humans actual

Oct 7, 2023 • 1:15:04

#689 - Melissa Kearney - The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households

#689 - Melissa Kearney - The Terrifying Impact Of Single-Parent Households

Melissa Kearney is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and an author known for her research in the field of economic demography.Declining marriage and birthrates frequently dominate discussions about the future of society, but what is the impact of separated parents on the kids who grow up in these homes? Melissa has spent years assessing the data, and her findings are absolutely terrifying.Expect to learn how single-parent households are massively worsening class di

Oct 5, 2023 • 1:33:41

#688 - Steven Bartlett - 17 Raw Lessons About Human Nature

#688 - Steven Bartlett - 17 Raw Lessons About Human Nature

Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur, a podcaster and an author.How to become a functioning human is a difficult skill to work out. Should I focus on achieving goals or inner peace? Can I become confident without being arrogant? Thankfully Steven has spent the last 2 years distilling a ton of lessons into his new book, and today we get to go through my favourites.Expect to learn Steven’s equation for unbreakable discipline, the biggest lesson from dealing with

Oct 2, 2023 • 2:09:06

#687 - Steven Bridges - The Most Dangerous Stories From A Professional Card Counter

#687 - 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 casin

Sep 30, 2023 • 1:03:28

#686 - Dr Gad Saad - 8 Strategies For Avoiding A Life You Hate

#686 - 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 ge

Sep 28, 2023 • 1:25:51

#685 - Rich Roll - Stop Making Excuses & Transform Your Life

#685 - Rich Roll - Stop Making Excuses & Transform Your Life

Rich Roll is an ultra-endurance athlete, podcaster and an 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

Sep 25, 2023 • 1:54:23

#684 - Vincent Harinam - Cancelled For Appearing On This Podcast

#684 - 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 th

Sep 23, 2023 • 1:33:30

#683 - Shaan Puri - 7 Semi-Controversial Rules For Success

#683 - 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 he

Sep 21, 2023 • 1:44:59

#682 - Stan Efferding - Do This To Build Muscle, Burn Fat & Get Healthy

#682 - 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 knowledgeable 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 ar

Sep 18, 2023 • 2:24:48

#681 - Ben Lamm - The Man Bringing Extinct Creatures Back To Life

#681 - Ben Lamm - The Man Bringing Extinct Creatures Back To Life

Ben Lamm is an entrepreneur, CEO of Colossal and a founder.What if Jurassic Park's dream of bringing extinct creatures back to life was possible? Well it kind of is. And Ben's company is forging ahead in the new frontier of de-extinction, starting with some of the most legendary animals from history.Expect to learn why Ben is bringing Wooly Mammoths back to life, how you give birth to an animal that died out thousands of years ago, where Ben gets the genetic material from, how bringing

Sep 16, 2023 • 1:13:10

#680 - Dr Anna Machin - Do You Actually Need A Father To Raise A Child?

#680 - Dr Anna Machin - Do You Actually Need A Father To Raise A Child?

Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, a researcher into the role of fatherhood across time and an author.The modern world has made dads surplus to requirements in many ways. The deadbeat dad is such a meme in sitcoms and cartoons now that it's no surprise men don't feel they have a role in child rearing. But just how important are fathers to the development of boys and girls? And what don't we know about their impact?Expect to learn how fathers saved the

Sep 14, 2023 • 1:06:05

#679 - Sara Saffari - What Is It Like Trying To Date Gen Z Guys?

#679 - Sara Saffari - What Is It Like Trying To Date Gen Z Guys?

Sara Saffari is a fitness model, influencer, athlete and a YouTuber.Many young people dream of being young, fit, and famous. Lots of us are seduced by the idea of the attention this brings, but what's the reality of being so exposed in a world filled with scrutiny, stalkers and haters?Expect to learn what Sara thinks about the muscle mommy movement, what makes women genuinely attractive, the biggest problem with dating Gen Z boys, Sara’s thoughts on the Bradley Martyn vs Logan Paul figh

Sep 11, 2023 • 1:08:12

#678 - Avi Loeb - Will Humanity Ever Become An Interstellar Civilisation?

#678 - Avi Loeb - Will Humanity Ever Become An Interstellar Civilisation?

Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist specialising in astrophysics and cosmology, Professor of Science at Harvard University and an author.Humanity travelling to different planets is a huge undertaking. Yet we're already looking further afield. If we are to survive out into the far future, we need to travel to different solar systems and this presents a ton of unique challenges, today we get to find out about the biggest ones.Expect to learn how Avi discovered and collected the first ever

Sep 9, 2023 • 1:14:15

#677 - Zack Telander - Is Watching Porn Considered Cheating?

#677 - Zack Telander - Is Watching Porn Considered Cheating?

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.I haven't seen my housemate in months because we've both been travelling. So here is 90 minutes of us discussing some of the biggest stories that have happened recently in our lives and within the insanity of the internet.Expect to learn Zack’s thoughts on Billy MacFarland coming back with Fyre Festival 2.0, the massive change to trans athletes in sports, whether watching porn is considered cheating, why Oppenheimer might be a threat

Sep 7, 2023 • 1:30:58

#676 - Eric Weinstein - Why Can No One Agree On The Truth Anymore?

#676 - Eric Weinstein - Why Can No One Agree On The Truth Anymore?

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.The last 3 years have been a time of massive confusion. No one can agree on what is real, or true, or who is good faith, or a grifter. No matter what you believe in, we can all agree that this epidemic of uncertainty can't continue.Expect to learn what you learn from being around the most rich and powerful people in the world, what it was like to meet Jeffrey Epstein face to face, what Eric

Sep 4, 2023 • 3:14:19

#675 - Niall Ferguson - The Shocking Lessons Of History Everyone Has Forgotten

#675 - Niall Ferguson - The Shocking Lessons Of History Everyone Has Forgotten

Niall Ferguson is a historian, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution & Stanford University and an author.We often hear that history tends to repeat itself. But if you're a professional historian, just how accurate is that statement? What are the big lessons that we keep missing? And how doomed is our future if we don’t learn from the past?Expect to learn Niall's opinion on the quote “History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”, why everyone should read more history, the bi

Sep 2, 2023 • 1:01:29

#674 - Adam Lane Smith - 17 Ugly Psychology Truths No One Wants To Admit

#674 - Adam Lane Smith - 17 Ugly Psychology Truths No One Wants To Admit

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author.Adam has helped thousands of patients and couples to deal with problems from childhood, their relationships and their sex lives. He also writes amazing Twitter threads filled with insights from his time as a therapist and today we get to go through some of my favourites.Expect to learn why having sex with a man on the first date won't make him fall in love with you, why it shouldn't be a surprise to most men when their partner divorces

Aug 31, 2023 • 1:26:41

#673 - Phil Heath - Elite Performance Secrets Of A 7X World Champion Bodybuilder

#673 - Phil Heath - Elite Performance Secrets Of A 7X World Champion Bodybuilder

Phil Heath is a professional bodybuilder, 7-time Mr. Olympia winner, entrepreneur and an author.Phil Heath is one of the greatest and most dominant bodybuilders of all time. But what does it take to win Mr Olympia for 7 consecutive years and just what are the inner workings of his mind that led him to success?Expect to learn Phil’s reflections on his rivalry with Kai Greene, what it was like being a part of the Generation Iron documentary, how to improve your relationship with pain, how

Aug 28, 2023 • 2:09:02

#672 - Paul Hutchinson - The Untold Story Behind The Sound of Freedom

#672 - Paul Hutchinson - The Untold Story Behind The Sound of Freedom

Paul Hutchinson is an entrepreneur, former fund manager and undercover operative known for his role in rescuing trafficked children depicted in the film the Sound of Freedom.Paul has had a non-typical journey. Transitioning from a career in real estate asset management to dismantling some of the world’s largest child sex trafficking rings, he's sacrificed and risked an awful lot to try and stop some of the most evil people on the planet.Expect to learn what it was like to find an Epstei

Aug 26, 2023 • 1:04:41

#671 - Dr Steve Peters - The Science Of Reducing Stress & Building Confidence

#671 - Dr Steve Peters - The Science Of Reducing Stress & Building Confidence

Dr Steve Peters is a psychiatrist, sports psychology consultant, a professor and an author.Our brain is largely a black box. It's very important to how we experience life and yet we have very little insight into why it behaves the way it does. Steve has spent an entire career researching the strategies that empower the human mind to perform at its best and the secret to unlocking our full potential?Expect to learn how the Chimp Paradox can help you understand your brain, how to work wit

Aug 24, 2023 • 1:19:01

#670 - Alex Hormozi - 23 Controversial Truths About Life

#670 - Alex Hormozi - 23 Controversial Truths About Life

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.Alex’s Twitter continually has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Again, this is really good.Expect to learn Alex’s most controversial opinions and mindset reframes. strategies to overcome self-doubt, why your revenge fantasy is a petty life goal, how to overcome regre

Aug 21, 2023 • 2:55:24

#669 - Scott Walker - A Hostage Negotiator’s Hacks To Master Communication

#669 - Scott Walker - A Hostage Negotiator’s Hacks To Master Communication

Scott Walker is a former Scotland Yard detective, world renowned hostage negotiator and an author.Having successfully resolved over 300 cases, from hostage negotiations to piracy, ransom and cyber extortion attacks, Scott has gained deep insights into how human communication works and today we get to find out his wildest stories and best tips.Expect to learn how the science of negotiating actually works, the questions should you ask at the beginning of a negotiation to set the tone, how

Aug 19, 2023 • 55:44

#668 - David Pinsof - How To Leverage The Psychology Of Power & Status

#668 - David Pinsof - How To Leverage The Psychology Of Power & Status

David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and an author.Humans want things. Then we tell ourselves stories about why we want those things. And these reasons are often very flattering, but almost exclusively bullshit. We do not understand our motivations, and this is part of our brain's design. So, given this limit on introspection, is it possible to ever truly understand ourselves?Expect to learn the difference between bullshitting and lying, why

Aug 17, 2023 • 1:16:27

#667 - Nancy Segal - What Twins Separated At Birth Teach Us About Nature vs Nurture

#667 - Nancy Segal - What Twins Separated At Birth Teach Us About Nature vs Nurture

Nancy Segal is a professor at California State University, an author and one of the most prominent twin-study researchers on the planet.What makes you the person you are? Is it your genetics or your environment? When twins are either accidentally or purposefully separated at birth, it presents a fascinating view into this debate, shedding light on the influence of both traits and environments on the outcomes we get in life.Expect to learn the craziest similarities between twins who have

Aug 14, 2023 • 1:20:06

#666 - John Lovell - How To Defeat Your Inner Coward

#666 - John Lovell - How To Defeat Your Inner Coward

John Lovell is a former United States Army Ranger, firearms instructor and founder of Warrior Poet Society, known for his expertise in tactical training and philosophy.It's often quoted that “it’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war“, but how should you cultivate this state of readiness? How can you become capable of standing strong when there is a battle to be fought, and sufficiently peaceful to be in touch with your emotions once it's over?Expect to learn what

Aug 12, 2023 • 58:59

#665 - Cory Clark - 5 Forbidden Topics That Psychology Won’t Discuss

#665 - Cory Clark - 5 Forbidden Topics That Psychology Won’t Discuss

Cory Clark is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a social psychologist and an author.Academia is supposed to be a bastion of intellectual purity where curiosity and the truth reign supreme. But what happens when the findings of research start to become inconvenient? What happens when conclusions may be scientifically accurate, but politically incorrect?Expect to learn what happens when you conduct a study on self-censorship in academic psychology and get reported

Aug 10, 2023 • 1:37:50

#664 - Christine Emba - Talking To A Feminist About Masculinity

#664 - Christine Emba - Talking To A Feminist About Masculinity

Christine Emba is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post, journalist, social commentator, and an author.Christine wrote one of the best articles on modern masculinity that I've ever read and it absolutely broke the internet. But it begs the question of why it's come down to a woman to raise the topic of men's issues.Expect to learn why making men and women equal is good but overreaching into making men and women the same is terrible, whether Christine thinks it is harder to be a ma

Aug 7, 2023 • 1:30:55

#663 - Erik Hoel - A Guide To The Fundamental Mystery Of The Mind

#663 - Erik Hoel - A Guide To The Fundamental Mystery Of The Mind

Erik Hoel is a research professor at Tufts University, theoretical neuroscientist, and an author known for his work on understanding consciousness and the complexity of the brain.Consciousness and free will are two of the most puzzling aspects of human existence. The question now is whether emerging scientific discoveries and technological advancements can unravel what's going on under the hood of our experience.Expect to learn what the newest cutting edge research on consciousness can

Aug 5, 2023 • 1:01:21

#662 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 18 Psychology Lessons To Understand People Better

#662 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 18 Psychology Lessons To Understand People Better

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 every debate is fundamentally an argument about the definition of words, whether modern men are right to believe they would be better off living in medieval times, why peop

Aug 3, 2023 • 2:07:36

#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind

#661 - Sam Harris - How To Take Control Of Your Mind

Sam Harris is a best selling author, moral philosopher, neuroscientist and a podcaster.The entire world seems to be at each other's throats and finding peace in the chaos is becoming increasingly difficult. But there are tools at our disposal to improve the quality of our lives. As Sam says on this episode, “Wisdom is a matter of making your mind your friend”.Expect to learn what Sam’s life is like after Twitter, Sam’s reflections on his famous talk on death and the present moment, how

Jul 31, 2023 • 3:12:41

#660 - Peter Akkies - 7 Hacks To Master Your Productivity & Get More Done

#660 - Peter Akkies - 7 Hacks To Master Your Productivity & Get More Done

Peter Akkies is a productivity consultant, YouTuber and a blogger known for his expertise on time management and personal efficiency.Almost everyone is chronically distracted. The world fragments our attention into slivers so small it's a miracle we get anything done at all. Thankfully, there are strategies to take back control of your time and productivity and today we get to go through 7 of Peter's most impactful hacks.Expect to learn how to set up your own productivity system, what m

Jul 29, 2023 • 1:07:10

#659 - Rob Brooks - Why Are People Falling In Love With Robots?

#659 - Rob Brooks - Why Are People Falling In Love With Robots?

Rob Brooks is a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales, a researcher, and author.Machines are integrating themselves more and more into our lives. From algorithms which know when you're depressed and want to eat ice cream to sex robots who are available to satisfy your desires on-demand. This concept, known as artificial intimacy, might seem as though it’s from a science fiction novel but, it’s rapidly becoming a reality in modern life.Expect to learn wha

Jul 27, 2023 • 1:24:09

#658 - George TheTinMen - Why Do The Left Not Care About Men’s Problems?

#658 - George TheTinMen - Why Do The Left Not Care About Men’s Problems?

George TheTinMen is a filmmaker, pro-mens advocate and a content creator.The conversation around the issues of men and boys has been dominated by the Right for a long time now. The Left largely seem to have abandoned the entire male sex. So what happens when an openly Left-leaning man creates a huge Instagram account talking exclusively about male issues?Expect to learn how the patriarchy can be so powerful if men aren't flourishing more, why the Left stopped talking to men and boys, wh

Jul 24, 2023 • 1:37:32

#657 - Erik Angner - An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life

#657 - Erik Angner - An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life

Erik Angner is a professor of philosophy at King's College London, researcher, and author.Economists are usually concerned with macro trends. Money, finances. But they also have data-driven insights into what makes a happy, fulfilling life. Plus Erik is also a philosopher, so he manages to blend two murky worlds into a very usable life approach.Expect to learn what economics says are the 4 pillars of living a good life, why everyone hates philosophers, whether all old Japanese people sh

Jul 22, 2023 • 1:08:57

#656 - Mike Glover - Green Beret Teaches You How to Survive Any Situation

#656 - Mike Glover - Green Beret Teaches You How to Survive Any Situation

Mike Glover is a former United States Army Green Beret, survivalist expert, CEO of FieldCraft Survival, and podcaster providing expertise on survival tactics and preparedness.Being prepared is arguably the most potent tool in any survival kit. However working out what to prepare for can be a daunting task. How do you decide the likelihood of potential threats and distinguish them from unlikely scenarios? How do you gear up for risks that present the most significant danger to you, and w

Jul 20, 2023 • 1:23:45

#655 - Polina Pompliano - The 10 Habits Of The World’s Most Successful People

#655 - Polina Pompliano - The 10 Habits Of The World’s Most Successful People

Polina Pompliano is a writer, entrepreneur and author known for her insights into habits of history's highest performers.Deconstructing the habits and mindsets of the world's most successful people gives us an insight into how to expedite success and avoid pitfalls. Presumably the people who made it to the top have found effective ways of operating that we can all use in our lives, today we go through some of the most useful.Expect to learn the best way to channel creativity and inspira

Jul 17, 2023 • 1:26:39

#654 - J Michael Bailey - Activists Tried To Get This Study Banned

#654 - J Michael Bailey - Activists Tried To Get This Study Banned

J. Michael Bailey is a Northwestern University professor of psychology, researcher, and an author known for his work on sexual orientation and human sexuality.Scientific research has had public scrutiny for a long time. But Michael's most recent study was placed under so much pressure from upset dissidents that the journal formally retracted it. Today we get to find out just why human sexuality is such a dangerous topic to look into.Expect to learn what it's like to be in the middle of

Jul 15, 2023 • 1:24:35

#653 - George Mack - Stop Wasting Your Life On Things That Don’t Matter

#653 - George Mack - Stop Wasting Your Life On Things That Don’t Matter

George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur.If our mind is an operating system, ideas are the apps we install to give us a greater understanding of the world. George is one of my favourite thinkers and today we get to go through 16 of the best ideas we've both discovered since the last time we spoke over 3 years ago.Expect to learn whether optimism is actually a scam, why it's so sexy to be cynical, why high agency people are the best ones to have in your life, what is the most i

Jul 13, 2023 • 2:04:02

#652 - Chris Bumstead - This Is The Price Of Greatness

#652 - Chris Bumstead - This Is The Price Of Greatness

Chris Bumstead is a professional bodybuilder, 4X Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title holder, and a business owner.Chris is one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. He's been called the Arnold Schwarzenegger of his era. But just what does it take to become the best in the world? What is the inner texture of a world champion like when he's as open as Chris about his failings and vulnerabilities?Expect to learn why pressure is a privilege, what it means to have a champions mentality, h

Jul 10, 2023 • 2:03:34

#651 - Dr Mike Israetel - Can Money Actually Buy You Happiness?

#651 - Dr Mike Israetel - Can Money Actually Buy You Happiness?

Mike Israetel is a bodybuilding and fitness consultant, Temple University professor of Exercise Science, co-founder of Renaissance Periodization and author.There are thousands of videos online about what it means to be happy and successful, usually all with different conclusions, but most include wealth in some form or another.Expect to learn why a pessimistic view of life is unrealistic, the extent to which money can buy you happiness, why living in the present moment is overrated, if

Jul 8, 2023 • 1:57:10

#650 - Geoffrey Miller - How Dangerous Is The Threat Of AI To Humanity?

#650 - Geoffrey Miller - How Dangerous Is The Threat Of AI To Humanity?

Geoffrey Miller is a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico, a researcher and an author.Artificial Intelligence possesses the capability to process information thousands of times faster than humans. It's opened up massive possibilities. But it's also opened up huge debate about the safety of creating a machine which is more intelligent and powerful than we are. Just how legitimate are the concerns about the future of AI?Expect to learn the key risks that AI

Jul 6, 2023 • 1:22:59

#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?

#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?

Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscientist at the University of Sussex, co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, and an author.What is the Self? What does it mean that we are the same person we were 10 years ago? Why do we have a subjective experience of reality at all? Is consciousness created or perceived? These are fundamental questions that philosophers and neuroscientists have been trying to answer for centuries. So can a new science

Jul 3, 2023 • 1:19:45

#648 - Chris Ferrie - 7 Ways To Ruin Your Life With Lies From Quantum Physics

#648 - Chris Ferrie - 7 Ways To Ruin Your Life With Lies From Quantum Physics

Chris Ferrie is a physicist and mathematician at the University of Technology Sydney and an author.The term “quantum” is liberally tossed around within the spiritual community, often suggesting a level of insight into this mysterious field of science. But what do these people actually mean? What have these gurus correctly interpreted about the field of quantum physics, and where are they very confused?Expect to learn why the word “quantum” is so frequently employed by spiritual gurus, w

Jul 1, 2023 • 1:23:07

#647 - Megan Phelps-Roper - How Did Harry Potter Enter The Trans Debate?

#647 - Megan Phelps-Roper - How Did Harry Potter Enter The Trans Debate?

Megan Phelps-Roper is a social activist, public speaker and author known for her insights into religious extremism.Harry Potter is the most banned book of the 21st century. Firstly frowned upon by far Right Christian groups for its promotion of witchcraft, the controversy has recently pivoted to the far Left who have concerns that JK Rowling is promoting transphobia. The obvious question is, how did one of the most beloved children's authors of all time end up here?Expect to learn the r

Jun 29, 2023 • 1:16:28

#646 - Scott Griffiths - Why Are So Many Men Unhappy With Their Bodies?

#646 - Scott Griffiths - Why Are So Many Men Unhappy With Their Bodies?

Scott Griffiths is a researcher and psychologist at the University of Melbourne and an author known for his work on male body dissatisfaction and muscle dysmorphia.Many men have experienced this phenomenon - looking at photos of ripped guys on social media and longing for a more muscular physique. Why are so many men dissatisfied with their bodies and why do they continue to feel bad even when they're in great condition?Expect to learn the risk factors associated with body dysmorphia, w

Jun 26, 2023 • 1:07:49

#645 - Emily Morse - Why Is Everyone Having Such Bad Sex?

#645 - Emily Morse - Why Is Everyone Having Such Bad Sex?

Emily Morse is a sexologist, author, and host of the podcast “Sex with Emily”.In a sex-positive world, bedroom activities are still considered a taboo subject. And intimacy isn't at the forefront of everyone's minds right now, but having a good love life is important for your physical and psychological health, so I guess we need to hear from an expert.Expect to learn why people are having less sex than previous generations, why we feel shame when talking about sex and how to get over it

Jun 24, 2023 • 1:01:09

#644 - Jack Carr - What Has Happened To The Love For America?

#644 - Jack Carr - What Has Happened To The Love For America?

Jack Carr is a former United States Navy SEAL, outdoor adventurer and author of The Terminal List series.The lives of Navy SEALs have been romanticised on screen and in books for decades. But what is life behind-the-scenes actually like? Just accurate are the dramatisations? And why does no one love the military any more?Expect to learn the details of Jack's narrowest escape from death, what are the biggest myths and misconceptions surrounding military snipers, the parallels between war

Jun 22, 2023 • 1:28:37

#643 - Michael Kasumovic - Are Violent Video Games Actually That Harmful?

#643 - Michael Kasumovic - Are Violent Video Games Actually That Harmful?

Michael Kasumovic is a professor of evolutionary biology at University of New South Wales, a researcher and an author.The influence of violent video games on human psychology has been contested for years. Does virtual violence translate to real world harm? Should we be worried about our friends and kids who play them? And just what makes these games so compelling?Expect to learn the evolutionary theory of why winners tend to win more and losers tend to lose more, whether video games ski

Jun 19, 2023 • 1:39:06

#642 - Bill Perkins - Why You Should Spend All Of Your Money Before You Die

#642 - Bill Perkins - Why You Should Spend All Of Your Money Before You Die

Bill Perkins is a hedge fund manager, high stakes poker player, film producer and an author.What if the true path to financial fulfilment doesn’t lie in saving every penny, but rather in spending it as effectively as you can? Delayed gratification in the extreme results in no gratification, and Bill's book Die With Zero is one of the best financial philosophies I've ever come across.Expect to learn how to maximise your existence for positive life experiences, why you should give your ki

Jun 17, 2023 • 1:56:01

#641 - Andy Stumpf - The Rising Danger Of Mass Surveillance

#641 - Andy Stumpf - The Rising Danger Of Mass Surveillance

Andy Stumpf is a former U.S. Navy SEAL, extreme sports enthusiast, public speaker, podcaster, and author,At some point, you’ve inevitably traded your personal information for the sake of safety and security. But just how intrusive has government surveillance actually become? And why is there so much support for increasing this scrutiny among young people?Expect to learn how Tucker Carlson destroyed main stream media overnight on Twitter, why 3 in 10 Americans under 30 support the instal

Jun 15, 2023 • 1:54:51

#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?

#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?

Malcolm Collins is a pronatalist, Stanford MBA graduate, venture capitalist and an author.What would the world actually look like if only the global population was only 500 million people? Given the current birth rate projections, we’re approaching a massive collapse. If you think a planet with too many people on it is bad, a planet with too few is even worse.Expect to learn why Korea is projected to experience a 94% population extinction within the next century, why so few people actua

Jun 12, 2023 • 1:34:47

#639 - 900k Q&A - Unreleased Andrew Tate Episode, Toxic Comments & Steroids

#639 - 900k Q&A - Unreleased Andrew Tate Episode, Toxic Comments & Steroids

I hit 900k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 why I didn't release a 2 hour Andrew Tate episode, why certain commenters have been getting banned on YouTube and whether I'm on steroids.Expect to learn whether IQ or boobs are more important in a mate, whether I'm going to do a meet & greet at

Jun 10, 2023 • 1:44:27

#638 - Kevin Kelly - 22 Habits To Follow For A Happy Life

#638 - Kevin Kelly - 22 Habits To Follow For A Happy Life

Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine, a futurist, author, and public speaker known for his insights on technology’s impact on society.Working out how to live a good life is complex. However, having rules from someone much older and wiser than you can make this a lot easier. Kevin has condensed a lifetime of insights into a few hundred sentences in his new book, and today we get to go through some of my favourites.Expect to learn why you should do everything you can to avoid bein

Jun 8, 2023 • 1:04:33

#637 - Tony Volk - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Bullying

#637 - Tony Volk - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Bullying

Tony Volk is a psychologist, professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Brock University, a researcher and an author.Almost everyone will encounter bullying at some point in our lives. Be it in school, sports or even at the workplace, there seems to be no shortage of individuals ready to prey on others. But why does bullying exist? Why is it so ubiquitous? And what are the adaptive reasons why people engage in it?Expect to learn whether bullying actually serves any purpose in society, whet

Jun 5, 2023 • 1:41:04

#636 - Rob Dyrdek - The Man Who Tracks Every Second Of His Life

#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

Jun 3, 2023 • 1:41:17

#635 - Mark Normand - Why Is Everyone So Angry All The Time?

#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 engage

Jun 1, 2023 • 1:37:52

#634 - Sadia Khan - How To Navigate The Dangers Of Modern Dating

#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

May 29, 2023 • 1:08:46

#633 - Peter Singer - Are You An Evil Person For Eating Meat?

#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 m

May 27, 2023 • 1:13:47

#632 - Ed Hagen - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Anxiety & Depression

#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, h

May 25, 2023 • 1:07:02

#631 - Bryan Johnson - The $2M Anti-Ageing Protocol For Longevity

#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 bo

May 22, 2023 • 1:28:49

#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying ‘Like’ and ‘Um’ All The Time?

#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying ‘Like’ and ‘Um’ All The Time?

Valerie Fridland is a sociolinguist, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, a researcher and an author.On average we say around 5,000 words every day. But how often have you assessed why you communicate the way you do, or where the words you're using came from? This is where the fascinating field of sociolinguistics comes in, exploring the history of our speech patterns and words' origins to help us develop new and better ways to communicate.Expect to learn why languages

May 20, 2023 • 1:15:28

#629 - John Lisle - The Insane Tactics The CIA Used To Defeat Hitler In WWII

#629 - John Lisle - The Insane Tactics The CIA Used To Defeat Hitler In WWII

John Lisle is a historian and an author.Imagine a world where international spying and espionage is only just beginning. Exploding pens, cyanide pills, bats with bombs strapped to them and radioactive foxes all were not only ideas, but were real tools used by the CIA in World War 2. John's research has uncovered a reality far stranger and more intriguing than any spy novel.Expect to learn the origins of the Modern Day CIA, why a commander decided to single-handedly storm Normandy the da

May 18, 2023 • 1:08:20

#628 - Dr K Healthy Gamer - Why Are We All So Addicted To Our Screens?

#628 - Dr K Healthy Gamer - Why Are We All So Addicted To Our Screens?

Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K) is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of HealthyGamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber.Humans face a predicament that has never been seen in our history, a massive overload in daily stimulation and information. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully there are a number of powerful ways to take back control of your attention.Expect to learn the correlation between video game us

May 15, 2023 • 1:59:33

#627 - Ryan Terry - Britain’s #1 Fitness Model Shares His Bodybuilding Secrets

#627 - Ryan Terry - Britain’s #1 Fitness Model Shares His Bodybuilding Secrets

Ryan Terry is a professional bodybuilder, fitness model and IFBB Pro.The realm of competitive bodybuilding demands extreme discipline that most people admire but few understand. Just what does it truly take to rise to the top of this sport? And how much do you have to sacrifice in the pursuit of excellence?Expect to learn the origins of Ryan's bodybuilding career, his top 10 best exercises for muscle growth, why he chooses to not monitor his blood levels, who fuels his motivation and se

May 13, 2023 • 1:06:06

#626 - Richard Shotton - 8 Psychology Hacks Behind The World’s Biggest Businesses

#626 - Richard Shotton - 8 Psychology Hacks Behind The World’s Biggest Businesses

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, Founder of Astroten and an author.Humans are predictably irrational. By studying these behaviours through clever techniques, advertisers and marketers have been able to boost sales and influence you in ways you might not realise or expect. So it's pretty important to discover how you're being manipulated.Expect to learn what are the most powerful words in persuasion, which human biases are over tested & overrated, how a small commitment ca

May 11, 2023 • 1:31:11

#625 - Matthew Hussey - #1 Dating Coach Reveals The Red Flags Everyone Should Know

#625 - Matthew Hussey - #1 Dating Coach Reveals The Red Flags Everyone Should Know

Matthew Hussey is the world's best known female dating coach, aYouTuber, public speaker and an author.Choosing your ideal romantic partner is one of the most important choices you will make. However, men and women seriously struggle to understand each other, perhaps more than ever. Thankfully Matthew has spent 15 years coaching millions of women through their relationship struggles.Expect to learn what the women Matthew coaches actually want in a man, whether the dating landscape has ac

May 8, 2023 • 2:16:15

#624 - Ashley Cain - How To Overcome The Toughest Moment Of Your Life

#624 - Ashley Cain - How To Overcome The Toughest Moment Of Your Life

Ashley Cain is a former professional footballer, reality TV star, endurance athlete and cancer charity fundraiser.Losing a child is the most painful experience parents ever face. But observing your child slowly passing away is a special kind of torture. What do you do when you’re faced with so much pain and trauma you stop wanting to exist? And how can you move beyond this to learn to live again.Expect to learn what Ashley’s most profound challenges in recent years were, how he managed

May 6, 2023 • 1:35:27

#623 - Dr Jean Twenge - Why Do Young People Seem So Fragile?

#623 - Dr Jean Twenge - Why Do Young People Seem So Fragile?

Dr Jean Twenge is a Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, generational researcher and an author.Each generation tends to view themselves as more refined than the one before them. But with Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z, something changed. Generations started to see life as easier in the past, less prosperous now and tougher to succeed. Jean has spent a career working out just why modern groups believe this, and how true it is.Expect to learn whether millennials actually

May 4, 2023 • 1:23:30

#622 - David Geary - Why Science Says Men & Women Will Never Be The Same

#622 - David Geary - Why Science Says Men & Women Will Never Be The Same

David Geary is a cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychology professor at The University of Missouri and an author.Men and women are different. This should not be a controversial statement, and yet it is. Thankfully David has spent a career assessing differences between men and women in every domain from physical to psychological and behavioural to cognitive.Expect to learn the real reason why women are underrepresented in STEM, why achieving true gender equality in prosperous c

May 1, 2023 • 1:28:46

#621 - David Laid - Why Getting Shredded Won’t Make You Happy

#621 - David Laid - Why Getting Shredded Won’t Make You Happy

David Laid is a fitness model, influencer, Creative Director at Gymshark and YouTuber.Being young, jacked and famous is a desire almost every 17-year-old guy can probably confess to wanting at one point. But what if the glamour isn’t all it’s made out to be? What happens when injuries threaten to take away the foundation of your self-worth? And what do you do when you need to grow up?Expect to learn how David uncovered self-worth beyond aesthetics, the setbacks that led to his lowest po

Apr 29, 2023 • 1:12:19

#620 - Ray Dalio - How To Prepare For The Changing World Order

#620 - Ray Dalio - How To Prepare For The Changing World Order

Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, a billionaire investor, philanthropist and an author.The New World Order is mystical term. Is it a shadowy cabal of evil hooded figures? Or is it a cycle that our world's economy regularly runs on. Ray is here to explain the consequences of shifting global power dynamics, and what that means for the future of America and the rest of the world.Expect to learn why global events aren't getting more chaotic, they're unfolding right on sche

Apr 27, 2023 • 1:03:47

#619 - Ben Francis - Gymshark CEO Explains His Strategy For Global Success

#619 - Ben Francis - Gymshark CEO Explains His Strategy For Global Success

Ben Francis is the CEO & founder of Gymshark.Bootstrapping a company from nothing to a multi-billion-dollar valuation at a young age is not easy. Starting a family, with twins, whilst navigating the changing political landscape and supplier tensions from the East makes this even harder. But there are some principles Ben has developed to survive this chaos.Expect to learn what 3 traits Ben has observed in all the high performers he's met, how his upbringing helped shape him into a su

Apr 24, 2023 • 1:18:38

#618 - Destiny - Why Are Liberals More Depressed Than Conservatives?

#618 - Destiny - Why Are Liberals More Depressed Than Conservatives?

Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber.The clash between left and right has reached unprecedented levels and the divide continues to widen. With increasing confusion and despair among young people, blurred identity lines, and individuals grappling to find their place, mental health is in tatters, but for some reason it's much worse for liberals than conservatives.Expect to learn Destiny’s thoughts on his debate with Milo Yiannopoulos, his best tips to beat someone in a debate, why the lan

Apr 22, 2023 • 1:41:36

#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong

#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong

Dr Bjorn Lomborg is an environmental economist, Copenhagen Consensus Center president, public speaker and an author.Over the past two decades, the media has made some alarming predictions about the imminent end of the world due to global warming. But is this the priority that global efforts should be focussed on fixing? Does it have real world benefits, or are there better ways to improve human lives?Expect to learn why Greta Thunberg had to delete a tweet from half a decade ago, the re

Apr 20, 2023 • 1:11:30

#616 - 800k Q&A - Diary Of A CEO, Alex Hormozi & Body Positivity

#616 - 800k Q&A - Diary Of A CEO, Alex Hormozi & Body Positivity

I hit 800k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 experience on Steven Bartlett's Diary Of A Ceo, whether I think Alex Hormozi is the new Naval Ravikant and why there's no male body positivity movement.Expect to learn whether I understand females more or less after all the things I've read, my r

Apr 17, 2023 • 1:45:41

#615 - Thomas DeLauer - Stop Making These Mistakes When Intermittent Fasting

#615 - Thomas DeLauer - Stop Making These Mistakes When Intermittent Fasting

Thomas DeLauer is a fitness expert, nutrition specialist, entrepreneur, YouTuber, and author.Improving your physique is one of the journeys that almost everyone faces challenges in, with both body and mind. Thomas has devoted his entire career to understanding the science of training and nutrition, specialising in the connection between mental and physical well-being. Expect to learn how to build muscle while fasting, what is the easiest step-by-step plan for fat loss, what takeaways ca

Apr 15, 2023 • 1:26:50

#614 - Nicholas Eberstadt - Why Do Millions of Men Not Want to Work?

#614 - Nicholas Eberstadt - Why Do Millions of Men Not Want to Work?

Nicholas Eberstadt is a political economist, demographer, American Enterprise Institute scholar, and an author.More than 7 million prime working age men in America are not looking for work, and each year that number continues to grow. Given that unemployment is at a massive low, why are so many capable men checking out of the workforce and don't intend on coming back?Expect to learn why massive cohorts of men aren’t looking for employment, the repercussions of mass joblessness, how thes

Apr 13, 2023 • 58:39

#613 - Dr Peter Attia - The Health Metrics That Matter Most For Longevity

#613 - Dr Peter Attia - The Health Metrics That Matter Most For Longevity

Dr Peter Attia is a physician, longevity expert, podcaster and an author.Working out what to actually do if we want to maximise our health and lifespan has become an increasingly difficult task. There are an unlimited number of wellness approaches available, but thankfully Dr Attia has spent his career assessing the most important strategies we all should be focussing on for fitness and longevity.Expect to learn how to best increase your chances of living longer, the role of fasting in

Apr 10, 2023 • 2:07:49

#612 - Kelly Starrett - 8 Essential Strategies To Maximise Your Fitness

#612 - Kelly Starrett - 8 Essential Strategies To Maximise Your Fitness

Kelly Starrett is a physical therapist, speaker, author, and considered one of the most influential voices in the fitness industry. Deep down we know we should take better care of ourselves. The random aches, pains and cracks many of us have become accustomed to simply shouldn't be a part of our everyday experience. Thankfully, Kelly has broken down his philosophy into simple vital signs you should focus on to move smoother, sleep better, live longer and train harder.Expect to learn how

Apr 8, 2023 • 1:14:03

#611 - Hannah Barnes -The Collapse Of The UK’s Gender Identity Clinic

#611 - Hannah Barnes -The Collapse Of The UK’s Gender Identity Clinic

Hannah Barnes is an award-winning investigative journalist, and an author.Finding your place in the world can be hard. However, some interventions for struggling children may cause more harm than good. Britain's Gender Identity Development Service at The Tavistock Clinic has recently been shut down after controversial use of puberty blockers and Hannah's investigation uncovers exactly what happened.Expect to learn why there was a huge increase in the number of children being referred fo

Apr 6, 2023 • 1:35:15

#610 - Alex Hormozi - 19 Harsh Truths About Human Nature

#610 - Alex Hormozi - 19 Harsh Truths About Human Nature

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.Alex's Twitter has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last year. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. This is really good.Expect to learn how your ego is keeping you poor, why you never need to care about what anyone else thinks of you, why having a life that sucks is actually a blessing, whether most easy opportunities

Apr 3, 2023 • 1:45:41

#609 - Uri Gneezy - How To Understand Psychological Incentives

#609 - Uri Gneezy - How To Understand Psychological Incentives

Uri Gneezy is a behavioural economist, a professor at the University of California and an author who's research focuses on human incentives.Incentives encourage humans to do things. But they're not as straight forward as you might think. They often have unintended and disastrous consequences for our personal lives, businesses and societies. Basically, a bad incentive is worse than no incentive at all. Expect to learn why paying citizens 10p for a rat tail is a bad idea, how fining paren

Apr 1, 2023 • 1:16:58

#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?

#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and an author.The human mind is a mystery. If it wasn't for the fact that we experience it, the universe would give us absolutely no indication that consciousness existed. After an entire career studying psychology, Professor Bloom has some answers to the psychology questions we've all asked ourselves.Expect to learn whether you actually remember everything that you've

Mar 30, 2023 • 1:31:38

#607 - Mike Thurston - Why Are Young Men Feeling So Lost?

#607 - Mike Thurston - Why Are Young Men Feeling So Lost?

Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model.Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. Even though we were odd, awkward creatures, there was no pressure to get our life together. In 2023, it seems like there is much more pressure on both men and women to sort it out. What's changed, and why is life more confusing than ever before?Expect to learn why Mike wants Derek from More Plates More Dates to test him for steroids, why going to university wasn't a waste of

Mar 27, 2023 • 1:22:33

#606 - Katherine Dee - The Rise And Fall Of The Girlboss Meme

#606 - Katherine Dee - The Rise And Fall Of The Girlboss Meme

Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist and internet historian.There are lots of male subcultures. Incels, RedPill, Pickup Artists, Soy Boys. But what are women getting up to? Trends like Hot Girls Have IBS. Hot Girls Eat Fish. And most well known, the girlboss meme. Katherine is here to explain just what is happening in the oestrogen-fuelled underbelly of the internet.Expect to learn why the girlboss meme came about, why there is a coming wave of sex-negativity, whether it really is poss

Mar 25, 2023 • 1:16:58

#605 - Ben Carpenter - What Science Actually Says About How To Lose Body Fat

#605 - Ben Carpenter - What Science Actually Says About How To Lose Body Fat

Ben Carpenter is a personal trainer, researcher, international speaker, fitness model and diet expert.There are a million diets out there. All of them claim to work. Many of us have tried many of them, and many failed. So which diet is the best? What are the principles of fat loss that science agrees on as the most effective? How do we all get a 6-pack?Expect to learn whether calories are a total lie, why the weight loss industry is filled with so much conflicting advice, the 4 key comp

Mar 23, 2023 • 1:35:47

#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship

#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship

Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author.Most animals need friends to survive. But no other animal has as layered and complex a social life as humans. The last 2 million years from trees to plains to apartments has caused huge changes to the setup of our social groups, and it's a fascinating story.Expect to learn why any group size over 90 ends up with more peop

Mar 20, 2023 • 1:28:49

#603 - Abby Davisson - How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions

#603 - Abby Davisson - How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions

Abby Davisson is an author, social innovation leader and career development expert whose research focuses on decision making in money management and romance.There are some big decisions we all need to make. What job to take, what city to live in, whether to get married or divorced or have kids. Having a prescriptive formula for this might seem impossible, but Abby helped run the most popular course at Stanford on exactly this topic, and today we get to find out what she's discovered.Exp

Mar 18, 2023 • 1:04:28

#602 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature

#602 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature

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 asking questions is the most selfish thing you can do, why people create hatred in an attempt to feel love, the real danger of censorship, why it's more important to avoid

Mar 16, 2023 • 1:53:16

#601 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships

#601 - Dr Andrew Thomas - Evolution's Secrets To Understanding Relationships

Dr Andrew Thomas is a senior lecturer of psychology at Swansea University whose research focuses on sex differences and relationship preferences from an evolutionary perspective.Evolution explains a large portion of why we like the things we like. Who we're attracted to, why we fall into and out of love, how our mental state affects our mating strategies. Therefore, if you are a human who ever intends on being in a relationship, this might be useful.Expect to learn the 5 evolutionary th

Mar 13, 2023 • 1:38:19

#600 - 16 Lessons From 600 Episodes - Andrew Schulz, Douglas Murray & Alex Hormozi

#600 - 16 Lessons From 600 Episodes - Andrew Schulz, Douglas Murray & Alex Hormozi

To celebrate 600 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.Expect to learn how to have unlimited charisma, why this might be the best your life ever gets, how to work out if the entire world is a coordinated conspiracy, what Douglas Murray taught me about not having an opinion, why stupid people are more dangerous than evil people, why female self-improvement is patronising, how to gauge the honesty of anyone

Mar 11, 2023 • 1:03:26

#599 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths

#599 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author.Adam has helped thousands of patients and couples to deal with problems from childhood, their relationships and their sex lives. He also writes amazing Twitter threads filled with insights from his time as a therapist and today we get to go through some of my favourites.Expect to learn the common trend Adam saw in every couples' therapy session he conducted, the biggest differences between male and female communication styles, why so ma

Mar 9, 2023 • 1:32:56

#598 - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - The Wild Ethics Of Human Genetic Enhancement

#598 - Dr Jonathan Anomaly - The Wild Ethics Of Human Genetic Enhancement

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher who writes about the social implications of emerging biotechnologies, teaches classes in ethics and game theory, and helped design the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at Duke University.The ability to select from potential embryos is already here. Soon, we will be able to select for height, intelligence, personality types, moral disposition, athletic ability and maybe even enhance traits which aren't present. This creates a vortex of compl

Mar 6, 2023 • 1:55:53

#597 - Lewis Howes - How To Defeat Your Self Doubt

#597 - Lewis Howes - How To Defeat Your Self Doubt

Lewis Howes is a former professional athlete, podcaster and an author.Many people are wildly uncertain that they can achieve the things they want in life. If a lack of confidence killed more dreams than a lack of capability ever will, how can we get past this self-doubt and find a place of genuine, positive reassurance to start working from?Expect to learn why your heroes aren't gods, where self doubt comes from, how to discover your mission in life, what you can learn about positivity

Mar 4, 2023 • 1:24:51

#596 - Mary Harrington - Feminism Is No Longer Helping Women

#596 - Mary Harrington - Feminism Is No Longer Helping Women

Mary Harrington is a contributing editor at UnHerd and an author.Women have been subject to a lot of changes over the past 200 years. Liberated first from the land, then from the house, then from the womb, and finally even from their own nature. But has it actually helped? Has modern feminism been for the best or has it made women's lives more confusing than ever?Expect to learn why feminism might not have delivered on the promises it made to the world, why there is a war on relationshi

Mar 2, 2023 • 1:47:09

#595 - 700k Q&A - Negative Self-Talk, Upcoming Live Tour & Ray Dalio

#595 - 700k Q&A - Negative Self-Talk, Upcoming Live Tour & Ray Dalio

I hit 700k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 whether Ray Dalio is coming on the podcast, how to overcome negative self talk and whether I'll be doing a live tour soon.Expect to learn how I deal with nerves before big podcasts, my very simple memorisation tactic for the books I read, whether I

Feb 27, 2023 • 1:30:37

#594 - Dr Richard Wrangham - The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence

#594 - Dr Richard Wrangham - The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence

Dr Richard Wrangham is an anthropologist and primatologist, a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and an author whose research focuses on ape behaviour, human evolution, violence, and cooking.Humans have the capacity for incredible benevolence and kindness, but also are able to be execute other members of our species with a uniquely effective ruthlessness. Why would evolution give us such differing capacities to chimps and apes and what can this tell us about our

Feb 25, 2023 • 1:23:26

#593 - Alex DatePsych - Why Is No One Having Sex?

#593 - Alex DatePsych - Why Is No One Having Sex?

Alex DatePsych is a Neuroscience and Behavioural Science researcher whose work focuses on attractiveness and dating.We are in a new age of sexlessness. It could be that right now, the human race is having less sex than ever before. Given the rise of dating apps, the sexual revolution and hormonal birth control, how is this happening?Expect to learn what the science says about whether girls find it creepy to be approached, whether dating is harder for young men now than in the past, why

Feb 23, 2023 • 1:31:44

#592 - Richard Shotton - 8 Fascinating Psychological Biases

#592 - Richard Shotton - 8 Fascinating Psychological Biases

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, Founder of Astroten and an author.This might not be news to you, but the human brain isn't designed to be rational. There are cheat codes to get the brain to believe strange things, do strange things and change in ways you might not anticipate. Richard has one of the best insights into this world of mental models, psychology, consumer behaviour, principles for advertising and social change.Expect to learn the marketing secret about behaviour c

Feb 20, 2023 • 1:40:36

#591 - Critical Drinker - Why Does Modern Cinema Suck So Much?

#591 - Critical Drinker - Why Does Modern Cinema Suck So Much?

Critical Drinker is a movie critic, an analyst of modern entertainment media and a YouTuber.Cinema is no longer just about entertainment, it's now a platform for social and cultural ideologies to be pushed through. If you don't like what Hollywood's execs tell you to like? Too bad, that's your prejudice showing, you bigot.Expect to learn why there are no more positive heroic role models in movies, the problem with Velma getting naked on a cartoon, why Rotten Tomatoes reviews are divergi

Feb 18, 2023 • 1:18:27

#590 - Mark Manson - When Will You Learn To Grow Up?

#590 - Mark Manson - When Will You Learn To Grow Up?

Mark Manson is a best selling author, blogger and a movie star. You're not supposed to just get older, you're supposed to mature as well. You're supposed to leave the juvenile patterns and beliefs and behaviours behind as you shed your past self like a wise awakened crab. So why do so many people get stuck in old habits, and how can they get out of them?Expect to learn what most people don't understand about how relationships work, why so many men are enticed by Andrew Tate's message, w

Feb 16, 2023 • 1:22:40

#589 - 14 Lessons from 5 Years Of Modern Wisdom

#589 - 14 Lessons from 5 Years Of Modern Wisdom

It's Modern Wisdom's 5th birthday!!5 years ago on February 12th 2018 I launched this podcast with a conversation in my old company's office in the North East of England. Over the last 589 episodes, 1000+ hours and nearly 2000 days of working away on this project I've learned a lot, and today I'm going through some of the most important lessons and insights I've picked up.Expect to learn the importance of a wide vocabulary, why all amateurs are narcissists, why learning about the reasons

Feb 13, 2023 • 1:11:47

#588 - Dr David Ley - Why Would Any Man Choose To Be Cucked?

#588 - Dr David Ley - Why Would Any Man Choose To Be Cucked?

Dr David Ley is a clinical psychologist and a board member of the Sexual Health Alliance whose research focuses on issues related to sexuality, pornography and mental health.Your partner being intimate with another guy should evolutionarily be one of the biggest fears of a man's life. Actually encouraging this behaviour seems almost unthinkable, and yet cucking is becoming a much more common pursuit and one of the most popular categories of online porn.Expect to learn the stats around h

Feb 11, 2023 • 1:02:03

#587 - Rory Sutherland - 19 Of Human Behaviour's Weirdest Quirks

#587 - Rory Sutherland - 19 Of Human Behaviour's Weirdest Quirks

Rory Sutherland is one of the world's leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.Humans are an odd animal. Our behaviour sometimes makes very little sense, but when we exchange our money for products it can make even less sense. Thankfully Rory has spent decades studying the most fascinating parts of consumer psychology and today gives us some insights.Expect to learn why having a Japanese toilet might change your life, why I've become addi

Feb 9, 2023 • 1:49:26

#586 - Dr Khandis Blake - Why Do Women Take Sexy Selfies?

#586 - Dr Khandis Blake - Why Do Women Take Sexy Selfies?

Dr Khandis Blake is an Evolutionary Social Psychologist at the University of Melbourne whose research focuses on status seeking, the menstrual cycle & sexual politics.It is no surprise that women try to enhance their beauty, put on makeup, wear high heels and sometimes take off some layers for photos. But what predicts beautification? Is it all a product of the patriarchy or is it something else? Just why are women making all this effort?Expect to learn whether women condemn promisc

Feb 6, 2023 • 1:21:46

#585 - Adam Mastroianni - Are Smart People Actually Happier?

#585 - Adam Mastroianni - Are Smart People Actually Happier?

Adam Mastroianni is a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Business School and a writer whose research focuses on how people perceive and misperceive their social worlds.Does being smart make you happy? Does being dumb make you miserable? Why did the guy who created eugenics also get published in Nature for a revolutionary way to cut a cake? Adam is one of my favourite writers so today I get to ask him all these things.Expect to learn why super smart people can be so stupid, Adam's

Feb 4, 2023 • 1:14:42

#584 - Dr Gloria Mark - How To Take Control Of Your Attention

#584 - Dr Gloria Mark - How To Take Control Of Your Attention

Dr Gloria Mark is the Chancellor's professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California and an author whose research focuses on human-computer interaction.Not being able to focus and suffering with distracted attention is one of the most common complaints amongst people in the modern world. The ability to stay focussed on a single task for a long period of time is hugely beneficial and yet has never been more difficult to achieve.Expect to learn what attention actu

Feb 2, 2023 • 1:17:14

#583 - Stephen J. Shaw - Is Population Collapse A Real Risk?

#583 - Stephen J. Shaw - Is Population Collapse A Real Risk?

Stephen J Shaw is a data scientist and filmmaker.Over the last 7 years, Stephen has visited 24 countries and analysed millions of piece of data to work out what is happening with global birthrates and predict the earth's future population. The answer is shocking and literally every person needs to be aware of it.Expect to learn how 70% of countries on earth are below the population tipping point, what the cause of such rapidly changing birthrates can be attributed to, why women seem to

Jan 30, 2023 • 1:28:57

#582 - Zack Telander - TikTok Dancing Through The Apocalypse

#582 - Zack Telander - TikTok Dancing Through The Apocalypse

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.TikTok may be a colossal waste of time, but at least most people consider it to be harmless. A recently blog post made me think differently and today we look at the world's first digital weapon of mass-destruction through pleasure rather than pain.Expect to learn why Digital Dementia is a real phenomenon, how young girls are developing tourettes-like tics from watching videos, the dangers of atrophying focus through watching too much

Jan 28, 2023 • 1:16:35

#581 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Understanding The Wonders Of Science

#581 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Understanding The Wonders Of Science

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator.The universe is filled with mystery. Science has answered a lot and yet there's still so many fundamental questions which we seem no closer to understanding. What is consciousness? Are we alone in the universe? And why do people argue so much on the internet?Expect to learn what would happen if the moon disappeared, how Neil has dealt with the fallout from Patrick Bet David's podcast, why Sir

Jan 26, 2023 • 1:08:17

#580 - Dr Tania Reynolds - What Use Are Female Friendships?

#580 - Dr Tania Reynolds - What Use Are Female Friendships?

Dr Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of New Mexico whose research focuses on women's intrasexual competition, biases in moral evaluations and social and sexual selection.Ancestrally, men needed to go to war and hunt. Given this, it would be rather useful to be friends with the spear-wielding bloke next to you so that you know he's got your back. Women's use case for friends is much more subtle and difficult to determine however, and today we try to

Jan 23, 2023 • 1:21:36

#579 - Peter Diamandis - The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Performers

#579 - Peter Diamandis - The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Performers

Peter Diamandis is an engineer, physician, founder of the X Prize Foundation and cofounder of Singularity University.If you got rid of Elon Musk's money, or Steve Jobs' factories, they would likely still end up in a successful place because of their mindset. Peter has incubated some of the fastest growing and most innovative CEOs, businesses and performers and developed a number of rules around how to optimise your mental state.Expect to learn the practises that Peter teaches his studen

Jan 21, 2023 • 59:35

#578 - Dr Robert Waldinger - Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness

#578 - Dr Robert Waldinger - Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness

Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of adult life ever conducted.What makes for a good life? That was one of the main questions I asked myself when I began this podcast. A far easier solution would have been to speak to Dr Waldinger as his team has been researching thousands of the same individuals for 75 years to answer this question definitively.Expect to learn how you operate a

Jan 19, 2023 • 1:11:12

#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life

#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life

David Goggins is a retired United States Navy SEAL, ultramarathon runner, triathlete, public speaker and an author. The ability to overcome challenges in life is one we will all need sooner or later. Make no mistake, discomfort is coming for you whether you're ready or not. Goggins happens to be one of the best individuals on earth at dealing with hard things and after a long time without any podcast appearances, I met him in Vegas to find out what new insights he's uncovered.Expect to

Jan 16, 2023 • 1:54:31

#576 - Dr John Barry - Does Psychology Have A Negative View Of Masculinity?

#576 - Dr John Barry - Does Psychology Have A Negative View Of Masculinity?

Dr John Barry is a Chartered Psychologist and Professional Researcher, Co-Founder of The Centre for Male Psychology and a leading expert in men’s mental health.Men and women both need help with their mental wellbeing, now more than ever. Yet there seems to be a particular blindness when it comes to men's psychology and how to treat it, plus how to effectively communicate with men about their issues.Expect to learn why traditional masculinity is seen as problematic by the American Psycho

Jan 14, 2023 • 1:10:57

#575 - Michael Malice - Why You Should Take The White Pill

#575 - Michael Malice - Why You Should Take The White Pill

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.The 1900s saw some of the worst atrocities in human history. Evil was abound and the bad guys were on top a lot, with the Soviet Union being one of the most brutal examples. Given this, what reason do we have for any hope in the modern world?Expect to learn just how brutal the Soviet jails and gulags were, the torture methods used to extract confessions, how the Western Press were complicit in covering up Russian crimes,

Jan 12, 2023 • 2:13:53

#574 - 600k Q&A - Masculinity Crisis, Overrated Thinkers & Lex Fridman

#574 - 600k Q&A - Masculinity Crisis, Overrated Thinkers & Lex Fridman

I hit 600k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 whether Lex Fridman is coming on the podcast, who the most overrated thinker is and my plans for 2023.Expect to learn what my thoughts are on masculinity being in a crisis, my best advice for men in their 20's, whether it's possible to have a well m

Jan 9, 2023 • 1:27:24

#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

Dr Victor Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, part of the Mind & Morality Lab's Moral Psychology Research Group and an author.Morality might seem like something that exists independently of humans. Things are either good or bad, the current evolutionary state humans in in should not impact this judgement. Yet it seems that culture and evolution heavily influenced each other, and they influenced morality too.Expect to learn why Asian people get red fac

Jan 7, 2023 • 1:17:41

#572 - Life Hacks 210

#572 - Life Hacks 210

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for a new year's Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn the best sleep supplements we've found, how to get served faster at every restaurant, how to fix tennis elbow, why you need multiple gym memberships, a fix for caffeine dependency, Jonny's best new app for tracking your diet, how to beat procrastination

Jan 5, 2023 • 1:47:09

#571 - Joyce Benenson - How Do Women Compete For Partners?

#571 - Joyce Benenson - How Do Women Compete For Partners?

Joyce Benenson is a lecturer of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University whose research focuses on human social structures and sex differences in competition and cooperation. We're often told that men are more competitive, more status-driven and more ruthless with rivals for potential mates. In reality doesn't seem to be true, the difference is that women's competition takes a more subtle, cynical and sophisticated route to drive away their competitors. Expect to learn how women compete

Jan 2, 2023 • 1:17:03

#570 - Helen Lewis - Investigating The World Of Modern Gurus

#570 - Helen Lewis - Investigating The World Of Modern Gurus

Helen Lewis is a journalist at The Atlantic and an authorHumanity has become much less religious and in the ruins of this fresh, listless world, bereft of traditional insight, a cadre of new gurus have risen to take the high priests' place of dispensing insights about how to live. Helen's new BBC Sounds documentary series delves into this world of secular gurus.Expect to learn why a Canadian man has started drinking his own urine, why Steve Jobs was much more than just a tech inventor,

Dec 29, 2022 • 1:38:36

#569 - Chris Bailey - How To Stop Feeling So Burned Out

#569 - Chris Bailey - How To Stop Feeling So Burned Out

Chris Bailey is a productivity consultant, researcher and best selling author.Being productive is great. Everyone wants to get more done in less time and achieve their goals. But overshooting your tolerance for work can result in misery, fatigue, loss of creativity and days in bed. Finding a balance between the grind and being calm is vital.Expect to learn the scientific theory explaining why burnout exists, why calmness and productivity are intrinsically linked, how being dopamine-driv

Dec 26, 2022 • 1:12:51

#568 - Dean Rickles - How To Deal With The Shortness Of Life

#568 - Dean Rickles - How To Deal With The Shortness Of Life

Dean Rickles is Professor of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics at the University of Sydney and a Director of the Sydney Centre for Time.Life doesn't last that long. The ever present spectre of death looms large, even if you life to be 100. This can feel like a tragedy in many ways. What use are our efforts if they'll all be turned to dust eventually? A philosopher is needed here, to give us a fresh perspective.Expect to learn why keeping your options open is a path to an early gr

Dec 22, 2022 • 1:03:12

#567 - Dr Jonathan Shedler - 14 Psychoanalytical Concepts To Understand Yourself

#567 - Dr Jonathan Shedler - 14 Psychoanalytical Concepts To Understand Yourself

Dr Jonathan Shedler is a psychologist, author, master clinician and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California.We do not understand ourselves. Almost all of what is inside of our minds is obscured from us. We don't need to exclusively despair though. With a little work and some good insights from psychoanalysis, the view can be made a little clearer.Expect to learn why people believe that their suffering makes them more moral than others, how you can create a false

Dec 19, 2022 • 1:20:26

#566 - David Senra - Insights From History's Greatest Thinkers

#566 - David Senra - Insights From History's Greatest Thinkers

David Senra is a podcaster and a writer.Many of the most important insights you need to learn to improve your life have already been discovered in the past. Thankfully David spends all his time reading biographies of the greatest thinkers, founders, entrepreneurs and inventors from history and has synthesised those lessons so you can remember them too.Expect to learn how Steve Jobs came to think about time, what Kobe Bryant believed about the dangers of success making you soft, how the

Dec 17, 2022 • 1:50:17

#565 - 16 Lessons From 2022 - Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson & Jocko Willink

#565 - 16 Lessons From 2022 - Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson & Jocko Willink

It's the end of 2022 and to celebrate I thought I'd run through some of the best lessons I've picked up over the last 12 months.This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 16 insights from some of my favourite conversations, articles and books, both inside and outside of the podcast.Expect to learn why Jocko Willink thinks that most people overcomplicate motivation, what Joe Rogan taught me about difficult and v

Dec 15, 2022 • 1:06:44

#564 - Andrew Schulz - Surviving The Cancellation Apocalypse

#564 - Andrew Schulz - Surviving The Cancellation Apocalypse

Andrew Schulz is an actor, comedian and a podcaster.The world seems to be losing its mind. No one is sure what the rules for acceptable conduct are any more. From virtue signalling to moral grandstanding, the incentives to take down others are stronger than ever. So why are some people immune to these laws of cancellation and is it a solution that the rest of us can steal for ourselves?Expect to learn whether Elon Musk is a hero or a villain, whether True Geordie's cancellation was appr

Dec 12, 2022 • 2:12:36

#563 - Dr Russell Kennedy - Why You Feel So Anxious All The Time

#563 - Dr Russell Kennedy - Why You Feel So Anxious All The Time

Dr Russell Kennedy is an MD, Neuroscientist, author and an anxiety specialist.Anxiety is one of the most common challenges faced by people in 2022. In small doses it makes sense evolutionarily, but why is it running so rampant in the modern world, where does it come from and what methods can limit its impact on our lives?Expect to learn what most people misunderstand about anxiety, the relationship between anxiety and trauma, why most existing treatments don't create lasting improvement

Dec 10, 2022 • 1:10:51

#562 - Mark Normand - How To Offend Everyone

#562 - Mark Normand - How To Offend Everyone

Mark Normand is a podcaster, an actor and a comedian.Mark grew up in a rundown New Orleans bed & breakfast with a cross-dressing manager. Fertile ground for becoming one of the most popular, hardest working and fastest growing comics in America then. But why is it so important to have a pursuit that you care about if you're going to do other, seemingly unrelated hard things?Expect to learn the price that you pay for being a famous comedian, why Mark's life would fall apart if he did

Dec 8, 2022 • 1:08:39

#561 - More Plates More Dates - Inside The Liver King's Lie

#561 - More Plates More Dates - Inside The Liver King's Lie

Derek is a YouTuber, founder of Gorilla Mind and a fitness expert.The Liver King has seen one of the fastest rises to internet fame ever. Documenting his ancestral lifestyle generated millions of followers and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for his businesses, but it turns out that the physique he displayed in his content was built on massive amounts of performance enhancing drugs, despite him denying it on many occasions.Expect to learn what Derek thinks of the Liver King's

Dec 5, 2022 • 1:47:42

#560 - Max Lugavere - How To Optimise Human Nutrition

#560 - Max Lugavere - How To Optimise Human Nutrition

Max Lugavere is a health and wellness expert, author and a diet advocate.Working out what to eat is hard. Which is odd because everybody does it. You'd think that the science of nutrition, a thing the entire human race relies on multiple times per day, would have some definitive answers. Thankfully Max can explain why it's such a mess and give some solid principles we can all use.Expect to learn whether carnivore is an optimal diet for us all to follow, whether organic and non-GMO actua

Dec 3, 2022 • 1:39:30

#559 - David Puts - What Use Is The Female Orgasm?

#559 - David Puts - What Use Is The Female Orgasm?

David Puts is a Professor of Anthropology at Penn State whose research focuses on the evolution and development of human sexuality and sex differences.Apparently women orgasm. Why they do it however, has been a mystery for a long time. They don't need to in order to get pregnant. And sometimes they don't do it at all, for ages. So what use is the female orgasm, and what predicts the sort of partner who'll make it happen?Expect to learn if the female orgasm is just a gatekeeper for oxyto

Dec 1, 2022 • 1:22:06

#558 - Tim Urban - How To Take Charge Of Your Life's Direction

#558 - Tim Urban - How To Take Charge Of Your Life's Direction

Tim Urban is one of the internet's most popular writers and the founder of Wait But Why.When we look to our past, many of us believe that we could have behaved differently, perhaps that we should have behaved differently. Yet when we look to the future we believe that our path is locked in and genuine change is difficult, this couldn't be more backward and Tim explains it in a number of obvious, face-palm-inducing ways.Expect to learn what Tim thinks about Elon's takeover of Twitter, wh

Nov 28, 2022 • 1:06:17

#557 - Douglas Rushkoff - How Billionaires Are Preparing For Doomsday

#557 - Douglas Rushkoff - How Billionaires Are Preparing For Doomsday

Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, futurist, writer and documentarian.The world's richest people are preparing for the end. They're buying up farming land and below-ground bunkers in New Zealand. What catastrophe is it that they think is about to happen? And what happens if technology creates a techno-hell instead of a techno-utopia?Expect to learn what happens when you're invited to brief billionaires on the future downfall of the earth, whether having your own sovereign nation at s

Nov 26, 2022 • 1:04:31

#556 - Rob Henderson - How Men Compete For Status

#556 - Rob Henderson - How Men Compete For Status

Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran.Men fight. Sometimes they look silly when they fight. But they also collaborate and team up to take on common enemies. Women fight in very different ways that are less obvious, but no less vicious, and they sometimes try to even scupper their own teammates.Expect to learn how men's judgements of formidability are better at predicting future sexual partners than women's judgements of attractiveness

Nov 24, 2022 • 1:24:08

#555 - Dr Sarah Hill - The Psychological Impact Of Hormonal Birth Control

#555 - Dr Sarah Hill - The Psychological Impact Of Hormonal Birth Control

Dr Sarah Hill is a psychologist and professor at TCU whose research focusses on women, health, and sexual psychology.Women ovulate, and this changes their behaviour across their cycle. Unless they take hormonal birth control that is, in which case their behaviour changes even more dramatically in ways that no one anticipated and there is evidence to suggest that this might not just be temporary.Expect to learn why hormonal birth control can make women prioritise wealth in men, why women

Nov 21, 2022 • 1:14:06

#554 - Laura Vanderkam - 9 Strategies To Better Control Your Time

#554 - Laura Vanderkam - 9 Strategies To Better Control Your Time

Laura Vanderkam is a time management expert and an author.Time is non-renewable. It's the single most important asset we have, and yet almost everyone wishes they spent their time differently. Thankfully Laura has distilled 9 of her best strategies from years of coaching people on how to control their time more effectively.Expect to learn what everyone is getting wrong when it comes to writing their to-do lists, why intentionality is such a crucial skill to develop, how having a bedtime

Nov 19, 2022 • 1:03:55

#553 - Dr Jaimie Krems - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Friendship

#553 - Dr Jaimie Krems - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Friendship

Dr Jaimie Krems is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University and a social psychologist whose research explores human social cognition, emotions, and behaviour.Evolution has shaped the way that men and women make and break friendships. It's made us into life-saving, caring, aggressive, jealous, friend-guarding, backbiting, gossiping animals, but why is it that male and female friendships are so different, plus a ton of other fascinating insights.Expect to learn why a woman's bo

Nov 17, 2022 • 1:32:57

#552 - Dr Kevin Dutton - Understanding The Wisdom Of Psychopaths

#552 - Dr Kevin Dutton - Understanding The Wisdom Of Psychopaths

Dr Kevin Dutton is a psychologist, author, and elite performance consultant whose research focuses on persuasion and social influence, psychopathic personality and elite cognition.Psychopaths get a bad rap. Perhaps understandably. They have a branding problem to say the least. But there are some personality traits like emotional control, focus, drive and single-mindedness that elite performers can model off of psychopaths to improve their effectiveness.Expect to learn how psychopathy ex

Nov 14, 2022 • 1:15:46

#551 - Patrick House - How Much Do We Actually Know About Consciousness?

#551 - Patrick House - How Much Do We Actually Know About Consciousness?

Patrick House is a neuroscientist and writer whose research focuses on free will and how mind-control parasites alter their host's behaviour.If it wasn't for us experiencing it, the universe would give us no indication that consciousness even exists. The most fundamental part of human experience has many proposed explanations, but just how well-grounded are these, and what are we missing?Expect to learn why removing parts of the brain change some aspects of the self but not all of them,

Nov 12, 2022 • 1:24:05

#550 - Dr James Cantor - The World Of Unusual Sexual Orientations

#550 - Dr James Cantor - The World Of Unusual Sexual Orientations

Dr James Cantor is a clinical psychologist and sexologist specialising in hypersexuality and paraphilias.There are a broad range of things that turn humans on. Some are common, some are uncommon and some are very illegal. James' study of paraphilias exposes him to some of the world's most interesting and unusual sexual desires with the goal of working out why they exist.Expect to learn how asexuality could evolve at all, why some able-bodied people feel that they should be amputees, why

Nov 10, 2022 • 1:51:13

#549 - Mark Bell - Stop Being Shamed Out Of Your Competitive Edge

#549 - Mark Bell - Stop Being Shamed Out Of Your Competitive Edge

Mark Bell is a world record-breaking powerlifter, owner of Super Training Gym and inventor of the Sling Shot.A lack of support killed more dreams than a lack of competence ever did. There's a modern trend that trying hard at things and taking them seriously is uncool. Disincentivising excellence is one of the worst habits a society can have and it's time to put a stop to it.Expect to learn why taking a compliment is a skill that many of us don't have, why there is no growth without havi

Nov 7, 2022 • 1:19:30

#548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult?

#548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult?

Tim Harford is an economist, associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a journalist and an author.Humans need to be able to accurately judge the world around them. With more information than ever, this should be getting easier by the year and yet clear thinking seems to be ever more elusive. Why are we so prone to biases and what are some of the biggest rationality blunders from history?Expect to learn why Sir Arthur Conan Doyl

Nov 5, 2022 • 1:15:01

#547 - Dr Cassie Holmes - How To Manage Your Time For A Happier Life

#547 - Dr Cassie Holmes - How To Manage Your Time For A Happier Life

Dr Cassie Holmes is a Professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, an author and an award-winning researcher of time and happiness.Time management in the modern world is hard. Many people don't feel like they have sufficient space to complete their to do list, let alone manifest their spare-time dreams. With some new strategies and a different mindset around time however, this problem might be fixed.Expect to learn what time habits the happiest people all have, how to truly value

Nov 3, 2022 • 1:16:01

#546 - Baggage Claim - Modern Cinema Treats Women Like Idiots

#546 - Baggage Claim - Modern Cinema Treats Women Like Idiots

Baggage Claim is a YouTuber and movie critic.There have been a lot of female leads in TV and cinema over the last few years. She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Dr Strange 2 and The Rings Of Power all showed women leading the charge, but just how aspirational and admirable are these role models for the women that watch them? Is it treating them like mature humans or patronising them like fragile idiots?Expect to learn how cultural narcissism has taken hold of Hollywood, why perfect female charact

Oct 31, 2022 • 1:17:54

#545 - Chris Von Rueden - How Did Human Leadership Evolve?

#545 - Chris Von Rueden - How Did Human Leadership Evolve?

Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation.We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens. Hierarchies are baked into our world, but what did leadership look like in an ancestral environment and why did it evolve in the first place?Expect to learn the two ways that primitive leaders could

Oct 29, 2022 • 57:18

#544 - Dr Carole Hooven - What Makes Men And Women Different?

#544 - Dr Carole Hooven - What Makes Men And Women Different?

Dr Carole Hooven is Co-director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author.Testosterone is a hell of a drug. It causes many things to happen in both men and women. But it's dividing opinion even more than it's dividing the sexes. This isn't great for calming conversations, bridging differences or finding common ground however it's a fascinating topic to dig into.Expect to learn what it's like for women who go on testoster

Oct 27, 2022 • 1:24:02

#543 - Scott Galloway - Why Is This Generation Struggling So Much?

#543 - Scott Galloway - Why Is This Generation Struggling So Much?

Scott Galloway is a clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author.Millennials are the first generation who have not done better than their parents. Educational outcomes, finances, home ownership, mental health and marriage rates are all thrown up in the air. Why has this happened and what can we do about it?Expect to learn why covid worsened the wealth gap more than it already was, why TikTok is a trojan

Oct 24, 2022 • 1:04:38

#542 - Dr Randy Nesse - Evolutionary Psychiatry Can Explain Human Emotions

#542 - Dr Randy Nesse - Evolutionary Psychiatry Can Explain Human Emotions

Randy Nesse is a physician, author and founder of the field of evolutionary medicine and evolutionary psychiatry.Evolution created an odd creature in humans. We're able to fly to the moon and cure diseases. But we also get anxious in the supermarket or depressed if we have a bad week. Why would mother nature make us so fragile? If natural selection is powerful why are mental disorders so common?Expect to learn why the capacity for low mood exists at all, how low mood and depression coul

Oct 22, 2022 • 1:26:45

#541 - Ryan Holiday - Stoicism's Lessons For A Disciplined Life

#541 - Ryan Holiday - Stoicism's Lessons For A Disciplined Life

Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author.Discipline is one of the modern world's hot topics. Because it's become apparent that in order to achieve anything, you must be able to temper your desires and direct your efforts. The Stoics believed this 2000 years ago and between then and now there's been a plethora of historical examples which can teach us how to build and sustain discipline.Expect to learn why sanity is your most precious resource, why discipline without an end go

Oct 20, 2022 • 1:40:58

#540 - Destiny - What Is The Manosphere Getting Wrong?

#540 - Destiny - What Is The Manosphere Getting Wrong?

Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber.As the mainstream media abandons talking to anyone male in a reasonable manner, men's advice has been pushed underground. It's good to have someone helping men to become better people, friends and partners for women, but what are the errors in this new wave of advice?Expect to learn whether cancellation actually makes creators grow bigger or if that's just a cope, whether the Red Pill movement is a net benefit for men, why the Right seems to have dom

Oct 17, 2022 • 1:05:36

#539 - Sam Tatam - Evolutionary Ideas For Modern Problems

#539 - Sam Tatam - Evolutionary Ideas For Modern Problems

Sam Tatam is the Head of Behavioural Science at Ogilvy Growth & Innovation and an author.When it comes to solving modern problems, it turns out that evolution might have a lot of the answers. Rather than revolutionary ideas, evolutionary ideas and solutions that already exist in the animal kingdom can help us with all manner of challenges.Expect to learn how the wings of an owl helped fix problems in the bullet train, how the ears of a hare assist wind turbines, why Google Glass fai

Oct 15, 2022 • 1:10:34

#538 - Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents

#538 - Andrew Bustamante - CIA Spy Explains Nukes, Wars & Double Agents

Andrew Bustamante is a Former CIA Intelligence Officer and a Private Intelligence consultant.The CIA is one of the world's most advanced, secretive, shadowy organisations. Only 10% of their officers are field agents and actually have spent time undercover, Andrew is one of those agents. He's also been in charge of nuclear missiles and been multiple cover stories.Expect to learn why an alarm goes off at least once per hour at every nuclear missile silo across America, how the CIA protect

Oct 13, 2022 • 1:55:25

#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?

#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?

Richard V. Reeves is a writer, scholar and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.Men are falling behind in education, employment and family life. They're underachieving in school, dropping out of the labour market and being less useful around the house more than ever. And this isn't simply cultural as it's happening all over the world, the problem is deeper than that - it's structural.Expect to learn why there are twice as many female fighter pilots compared with male kindergarte

Oct 10, 2022 • 1:17:03

#536 - Dr Becky Smethurst - The Secret World Of Black Holes

#536 - Dr Becky Smethurst - The Secret World Of Black Holes

Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist, author, YouTuber and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.Black holes are the weirdest, densest, most mysterious objects in the universe. However they're not black, and they're not holes. In fact pretty much everything you think you know about them is probably wrong.Expect to learn why galaxies don't actually orbit black holes, why the biggest black hole in the universe needed an entirely different name, whether black holes can fo

Oct 8, 2022 • 58:34

#535 - James Smith - How Do You Develop Real Confidence?

#535 - James Smith - How Do You Develop Real Confidence?

James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach.Many people say that their number one personal development goal is to be more confident. But what if you don't have anything to be confident about? Is competence a required prerequisite to becoming confident or can you fake it until you make it?Expect to learn why most entrepreneurs are miserable, how leaving unasked questions can eat up your mental energy, the relationship between anxiety and confidence, how to de

Oct 6, 2022 • 1:40:36

#534 - Dr Stuart Ritchie - Why Is Behavioural Genetics Such A Hated Science?

#534 - Dr Stuart Ritchie - Why Is Behavioural Genetics Such A Hated Science?

Dr Stuart Ritchie is a psychologist and science communicator known for his research in human intelligence and an author.The influence of our genes on the outcomes we get in life has been long established and replicated in science. However the public response to this has been very unhappy, making Behavioural Genetics one of the most heated areas of research there is.Expect to learn why some people dislike behavioural genetics so much, what happened with the recent SSRI rug pull, whether

Oct 3, 2022 • 1:21:18

#533 - Matthew Cobb - Should We Genetically Edit Human Life?

#533 - Matthew Cobb - Should We Genetically Edit Human Life?

Matthew Cobb is a zoologist, professor of zoology at the University of Manchester and an author.Genetic engineering has given humans the ability to modify crops to be resistant to disease and synthesise insulin without needing to kill and extract it from animals. But what are its dangers? Especially in a world where CRISPR and human gene editing is just around the corner.Expect to learn whether we can select and edit embryos to increase IQ or athletic abilities, the biggest close calls

Oct 1, 2022 • 1:23:21

#532 - Catherine Salmon - Do We Know What Turns Women On?

#532 - Catherine Salmon - Do We Know What Turns Women On?

Catherine Salmon is an evolutionary psychology researcher, professor of Psychology at the University of Redlands and an author.Women can be a mystery, sometimes even to themselves. Modern culture is making many proclamations about what women like and why they should like it, but are these new headlines accurate, or even desirable?Expect to learn why women love erotic stories so much, whether evolutionary psychology is sexist, why Catherine did a study where people rated the attractivene

Sep 29, 2022 • 1:06:47

#531 - Russ Roberts - An Economist’s Guide To Life’s Big Decisions

#531 - Russ Roberts - An Economist’s Guide To Life’s Big Decisions

Russ Roberts is an economist, a research fellow at Stanford University, an author and a podcaster.Economics promised us a model which works for all of life's decisions. From what to buy for lunch to investing in a company. But when you're faced with decisions like where to live, how many children to have, whether to get married or what sort of person you want to be, it falls short. Thankfully Russ has a new toolkit.Expect to learn why Charles Darwin made a checklist before marriage whic

Sep 26, 2022 • 1:03:39

#530 - Shawn Ryan - Navy Seal To CIA Contractor

#530 - Shawn Ryan - Navy Seal To CIA Contractor

Shawn Ryan is a former US Navy SEAL, former contractor for the CIA and a podcaster.The world's special operations are done in the darkness. If Navy SEALs are a spectre then CIA Contractors are their shadows. Shawn spent decades working behind enemy lines all over the world and has some crazy insights into that life, plus how it feels to re-integrate back into normal society.Expect to learn what it's like to train Keanu Reeves for John Wick, why physical abuse from your fellow SEALs migh

Sep 24, 2022 • 1:51:33

#529 - Life Hacks 209

#529 - Life Hacks 209

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn why I've become fully obsessed with my new desk bike, Jonny's solution for protein cereal, how to get free Amazon delivery within a couple of hours, the best tricks to get the most out of Spotify, why Yusef is obsessed with his new pressure cooker, Apple's f

Sep 22, 2022 • 1:32:35

#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?

#528 - Kristina Durante - Can Women Have A Career And A Family?

Kristina Durante is a professor of marketing at Rutgers Business School and a social psychologist who studies the biology of decision-making and evolution of female psychology.For the first time in history, many women have the opportunity to pursue a career as their primary life path. But does this prohibit them from also having a family? Do women actually want to be mothers or was it their only option? Do women actually want careers or is it just a shiny new opportunity?Expect to learn

Sep 19, 2022 • 1:27:26

#527 - Ben Greenfield - How To Biohack Your Sex Life

#527 - Ben Greenfield - How To Biohack Your Sex Life

Ben Greenfield is a Biohacker, Coach, Author, Speaker and Ironman Triathlete.Boosting your performance in the bedroom is a goal many people want. Thankfully Ben experimented with pretty much every strategy there is from gas station pills to penis stem cell injections, soundwave treatment and red light therapy so we don't have to.Expect to learn why turning your penis black and blue might not be a bad thing long term, why Zevia is as healthy of a soda drink as you can get, how my friend

Sep 17, 2022 • 1:16:02

#526 - William Costello - Are Incels A Threat To Society?

#526 - William Costello - Are Incels A Threat To Society?

William Costello is an evolutionary psychologist, writer and Ph.D. student at the University of Texas.Men being hopeless with women is not a new phenomenon. But them self-identifying and creating a subculture around being "genetic dead ends" definitely is. William conducted some of the world's first research into the underlying psychological profile of incels to find out just what's going on.Expect to learn why 45% of working age women will be single and childless by 2030, why many ince

Sep 15, 2022 • 1:29:11

#525 - 500k Q&A - Casual Sex, Political Idiots & Dealing With Depression

#525 - 500k Q&A - Casual Sex, Political Idiots & Dealing With Depression

I hit 500k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals 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 whether Andrew Tate should have been banned, whether I'm autistic and my views on casual sex.Expect to learn how long I spend reading each day, how rarely I drink alcohol and caffeine, whether I think the Red Pill is positive for young men, how to a

Sep 12, 2022 • 1:30:49

#524 - Charlie Walker - A Russian Adventure, During Wartime

#524 - Charlie Walker - A Russian Adventure, During Wartime

Charlie Walker is an explorer, writer and public speaker.What happens when the Russian government catch you taking photos and writing articles shortly after a war breaks out? Very little that is good. Unfortunately Charlie stumbled into precisely this situation, but thankfully he got out too so he can tell us what happened.Expect to learn what it feels like to travel over 50,000 miles by bicycle, foot, horse, raft, ski and dugout canoe, how close Charlie came to spending his life in a R

Sep 10, 2022 • 1:02:58

#523 - Dr Christian Jarrett - The Science Of Personality Change

#523 - Dr Christian Jarrett - The Science Of Personality Change

Dr Christian Jarrett is deputy editor of Psyche and an author.Most people believe that they are their personalities. That it's an immutable, unchanging, central part of them as a person. But psychologists and neuroscientists have been studying the science of personality change for many years and have uncovered strategies to nudge your personality in the direction you want.Expect to learn why most personality tests are basically useless, how genetically heritable our personalities are, j

Sep 8, 2022 • 1:16:39

#522 - Andrew Doyle - Is Social Justice A Religion?

#522 - Andrew Doyle - Is Social Justice A Religion?

Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, host of GB News, a comedian and a writer.There are some new puritans in town. They have their own sacred texts, their own high priests, blasphemy, unspeakable words, rites of passage, heathens and practises of sacrilege. So much so that the behaviour of many social justice activists in 2022 seems to echo very closely the behaviour of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.Expect to learn why Ben Shapiro is a terrifying man, whether not calling me hot makes you a

Sep 5, 2022 • 1:20:51

#521 - Sabine Hossenfelder - Life's Mysteries, Explained By Physics

#521 - Sabine Hossenfelder - Life's Mysteries, Explained By Physics

Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist, research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, quantum gravity researcher and an author. There are a lot of big questions in the world, like does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe fine tuned for us? Do we have free will? And are we living in a simulation? Given that we don't have answers yet, why not let a physicist have a crack at them?Expect to learn why physicists who say they know how the univ

Sep 3, 2022 • 57:07

#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love

#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love

Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author.Love is something that people have been trying to describe for thousands of years. Beyond asking what love is, is the question of why humans feel something so strange in the first place. Why would evolution have exposed us to this extreme sensation with huge potential for catastrophe and pain?Expect to learn how love is a

Sep 1, 2022 • 1:40:11

#519 - Balaji Srinivasan - Legacy Media Is Lying To You

#519 - Balaji Srinivasan - Legacy Media Is Lying To You

Balaji Srinivasan is an entrepreneur and essayist, he was co-founder of Counsyl, former chief technology officer of Coinbase and former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz.Our information diets are making us mentally fat. Whether it's fake news, mis or disinformation, state propaganda or conspiracy theories, the world is very difficult to navigate. Balaji also wants to start a new type of country, he has views on how to optimise your working day and he generates more new ideas than a

Aug 29, 2022 • 1:50:26

#518 - Lee Cronin - What Will Alien Life Look Like?

#518 - Lee Cronin - What Will Alien Life Look Like?

Lee Cronin is the Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, Head of the Cronin Group Lab and CEO of Chemify.The job of deciding what life is, how it originates and the different forms it could take might sound like a task for UFO theorists but it's actually in the realm of chemists like Lee. This means that some of the biggest questions humanity has rest on his lab's shoulders.Expect to learn why Lee believes that there is life everywhere in the universe, his theory on the

Aug 27, 2022 • 56:55

#517 - Steve Magness - How Elite Performers Build Toughness

#517 - Steve Magness - How Elite Performers Build Toughness

Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance, an author and a consultant on mental skills development for professional sports teams.All elite performers have the rage to master their chosen pursuit. But the difference between the ones who continue to succeed and those who fall away is their toughness and durability. Thankfully, Steve has spent his career deconstructing the mental habits of the world's best athletes and executives.Expect to learn how to accept your achievement

Aug 25, 2022 • 1:04:26

#516 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 16 Surprising Psychology Truths

#516 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 16 Surprising Psychology Truths

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 one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on.Expect to learn how bad things can sometimes feel better than good things, why people die on the hill of opinions they've only just begun believing, why intelligence plus ideo

Aug 22, 2022 • 1:50:12

#515 - David & Douglas Kenrick - Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World

#515 - David & Douglas Kenrick - Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World

David Lundberg Kenrick is the Psychology Program Manager at Arizona State University and Douglas Kenrick is a Professor of psychology at Arizona State University.Our brains were designed to exist in a very different environment to the one they find themselves in. Managing modern problems with stone-age operating systems causes us to act in strange, suboptimal, silly ways. Which is why it's so important to understand how our minds developed.Expect to learn just how violent humans were an

Aug 20, 2022 • 1:27:47

#514 - Peter Zeihan - The Old World Order Is About To Collapse

#514 - Peter Zeihan - The Old World Order Is About To Collapse

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, author and a speaker.The world is changing faster than ever, and a lot of the countries, dynamics, peace treaties and structures we're familiar with may be about to come to an end. Peter's job consists of him analysing data from geography, demographics, and global politics to understand economic trends and make predictions. And if his predictions are correct, the next 50 years are going to look incredibly different.Expect to learn why China will l

Aug 18, 2022 • 1:05:51

#513 - 450k Q&A - Joe Rogan, NoFap & Andrew Tate vs Jordan Peterson

#513 - 450k Q&A - Joe Rogan, NoFap & Andrew Tate vs Jordan Peterson

I hit 450k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions and got nearly 1000 this time, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As usual there's some very cool questions in here about my experience on Joe Rogan's podcast, dating advice for young people and my thoughts on masculinity.Expect to learn whether I think Jordan Peterson should debate Andrew Tate, how to become a better speaker, whether I would rather fight Joe Rogan or Mike Tyson

Aug 15, 2022 • 1:30:42

#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?

#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?

Will MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the Effective Altruism movement.Humans understand that long term thinking is a good idea, that we need to provide a good place for future generations to live. We try to leave the world better than when we arrived for this very reason. But what about the world in one hundred thousand years? Or 8 billion? If there's trillions of human lives still to come, how should that change the way we act right now?Expect to lear

Aug 13, 2022 • 1:37:22

#511 - Max Dickins - Does Anyone Care About Male Loneliness?

#511 - Max Dickins - Does Anyone Care About Male Loneliness?

Max Dickins is a comedian, writer and a mental health advocate.Loneliness is as dangerous as smoking. And men are suffering worse than ever. This is bad for them, it's bad for their partners, it's bad for their employers, their children and society at large. Men are struggling to toe the line between manning up and opening up and many of them are doing neither.Expect to learn what Max learned from having no best man to choose for his wedding, how men's loneliness differs from female lon

Aug 11, 2022 • 1:20:13

#510 - Zack Telander - Men Are Taking More Viagra Than Ever

#510 - Zack Telander - Men Are Taking More Viagra Than Ever

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.More serious problems are afoot. The number of men using viagra is at al time highs, BatGirl has been cancelled, Beyonce has become an ableist abuser, a basketball star gets jailed in Russia and TikTokers are wearing blasphemous bikinis. Obviously, me and Zack must fix all of this.Expect to learn how long you can flog a dead franchise before it stops making money, how men can think themselves into performance anxiety, whether a Russi

Aug 8, 2022 • 1:10:47

#509 - Colin O'Brady - The Man Who Walked Across Antarctica

#509 - Colin O'Brady - The Man Who Walked Across Antarctica

Colin O'Brady is a 10-time world record breaking explorer and one of the world's best endurance athletes.The things we believe can act like a glass ceiling. It's an imaginary limit that we place on what we can achieve in life because of our age or experience or money or self trust. Colin is a man who has annihilated his way through that glass ceiling and is here to show us what's on the other side.Expect to learn what it's like to have to drag a 375lb sled 1000 miles across the Antarcti

Aug 6, 2022 • 1:08:24

#508 - Nate Hagens - The World's Coming Energy Catastrophe

#508 - Nate Hagens - The World's Coming Energy Catastrophe

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future. Energy drives our entire world. It keeps our GDPs growing, our cars moving and our hospital's working. If there was a shortage of energy, life would change very dramatically. Nate has spent 20 years researching the state of our current energy reliance and creating an assessment and philosophy for the future. Expect to learn how energy is intrinsically linked to our economy, why solar and wind are not a solution, w

Aug 4, 2022 • 1:18:55

#507 - Dr Julie Smith - Overcoming Stress And Anxiety

#507 - Dr Julie Smith - Overcoming Stress And Anxiety

Dr Julie Smith is a Clinical Psychologist, online educator and an author.Bad days will come. Stress and burnout and feeling down is always a potential threat. So, it's vital that you understand the right tools to recognise this, deal with it and bring yourself back to a balanced mindset.Expect to learn whether depression is actually caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, what most people misunderstand about anxiety, the most important things to avoid when you're feeling down,

Aug 1, 2022 • 59:09

#506 - Elizabeth Stokoe - The Science Of Analysing Conversations

#506 - Elizabeth Stokoe - The Science Of Analysing Conversations

Elizabeth Stokoe is a Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University studying conversation analysis.The discussions we have usually seem to flow seamlessly. That's until you transcribe and scientifically analyse them to show up all the pauses, filler words, mistakes, stutters and half-finished sentences. Then, the fact that we can communicate at all seems to become a miracle.Expect to learn what not to say on a first date, why the word like has taken such a hold over people'

Jul 30, 2022 • 1:19:07

#505 - James Smith - Can Men & Women Be Friends Again?

#505 - James Smith - Can Men & Women Be Friends Again?

James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach.Many men and women no longer see each other as on the same team with a common goal, and instead view them as adversaries who don't play well together. But given that humanity has continued successfully for hundreds of thousands of years, this can't be how it's always been, so why is it now?Expect to learn why James got in trouble for saying "she's a 10 but...", how convenient activities often get mistaken for enjoy

Jul 28, 2022 • 1:18:21

#504 - 400k Q&A - Andrew Tate, Liver King & Red Pill Debates

#504 - 400k Q&A - Andrew Tate, Liver King & Red Pill Debates

I hit 400k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate, I asked for questions and got hundreds and hundreds, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some amazingly insightful questions in here about my plans for the future, imposter syndrome worries and advice for young content creators.Expect to learn whether I would have the Liver King on the podcast, why I moved to America, what I think about Andrew Tate's rise to fame, why I haven't gone v

Jul 25, 2022 • 1:23:43

#503 - Brett Johnson - The United States' Most Wanted Hacker

#503 - Brett Johnson - The United States' Most Wanted Hacker

Brett Johnson is referred to by the United States Secret Service as "The Original Internet Godfather", he was the Founder and Leader of Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew and has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for almost 20 years.Brett has been a lifelong criminal, he was committing crimes from inside the Secret Service's own offices, then after being sent to prison he escaped from prison and went on the run to Disneyland, all while defrauding millions. This story is one

Jul 23, 2022 • 1:18:30

#502 - Jocko Willink - Creating An Unbreakable Mindset

#502 - Jocko Willink - Creating An Unbreakable Mindset

Jocko Willink is a retired United States Navy officer in SEAL Team 3, an author and a podcaster.Finding discipline in the modern world is hard. A hyper convenient existence rarely encourages radical responsibility or extreme ownership. Thankfully Jocko has spent an entire life learning how to love discomfort, and also teaching others how to love it too. If discipline equals freedom then Jocko must be one of the freest men on the planet.Expect to learn what Jocko thinks about the Detroit

Jul 21, 2022 • 2:36:09

#501 - Tiago Forte - Supercharged Effortless Productivity

#501 - Tiago Forte - Supercharged Effortless Productivity

Tiago Forte is a productivity coach, Founder of Forte Labs and an author.The world has far, far too much information in it. Humans don't do well when they are overwhelmed with incoming signals and yet we can't stop ourselves from wanting to acquire more, interesting insights. Thankfully Tiago has created one of the world's most popular systems to Capture, Organise, Distill and Express pretty much anything.Expect to learn the most important apps Tiago uses to enhance his productivity, wh

Jul 18, 2022 • 1:06:28

#500 - Special: 18 Lessons From 500 Episodes

#500 - Special: 18 Lessons From 500 Episodes

To celebrate 500 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last 4 and a half years.Expect to learn why having no role models can be an advantage, how discipline eats motivation for breakfast, why you should be training for the difficult, why success in pursuit of happiness can be self-defeating, why fame makes you weak, how an obsession with productivity is just immortality by another name, what I learned about negativity biases f

Jul 16, 2022 • 1:11:27

#499 - Konstantin Kisin - The West Is Under Attack

#499 - Konstantin Kisin - The West Is Under Attack

Konstantin Kisin is a podcaster and an author.The West has had a bad run over the last few years with accusations every ism and obia under the sun. Having grown up in the Soviet Union however, Konstantin has a unique perspective on just how bad a nation can be and has some home truths to remind everyone of.Expect to learn whether we should be bothered that Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin are banned from Twitter, why the term Political Correctness has some very communist roots, how a Russ

Jul 14, 2022 • 1:03:36

#498 - Roy Baumeister - The Mystery Of Female Sex Drive

#498 - Roy Baumeister - The Mystery Of Female Sex Drive

Roy Baumeister is a social psychologist at the University of Queensland and an author.The social psychology of sexual interactions is fascinating. Sex is more than just a physical act, it has cultural, emotional, spiritual, psychological and social implications, many of which we are unaware of. Thankfully Roy has spent years studying the literature on why people have sex and what's going right and wrong with it.Expect to learn why the female sex drive doesn't occur in the same way anywh

Jul 11, 2022 • 1:21:35

#497 - Donald Robertson - The Stoicism Secrets Of Marcus Aurelius

#497 - Donald Robertson - The Stoicism Secrets Of Marcus Aurelius

Donald Robertson is a stoicism historian, a psychotherapist and an author.Marcus Aurelius has become one of the most quoted and most popular philosophers in history. His meditations have helped millions of people to find solace in hard times and deal with setbacks in life. But which elements of his life and philosophy have been hidden from the public and how many valuable insights are less widely known?Expect to learn why many of Marcus' quotes might be plagiarising lost texts from othe

Jul 9, 2022 • 1:26:42

#496 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Science Of Peak Performance

#496 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Science Of Peak Performance

Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.The mind and the body are intimately linked. Trying to improve your mental outcomes without thinking of your physical inputs is a losing battle, but the question of which inputs to use, and when is a huge challenge. Thankfully, Dr Huberman is one of the best communicators of high performance advice on the planet and has a lot of answers.Expect to learn the neuroscien

Jul 7, 2022 • 2:42:47

#495 - Alex Epstein - The World Needs More Fossil Fuels, Not Less

#495 - Alex Epstein - The World Needs More Fossil Fuels, Not Less

Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the Founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.Fossil fuels are a contentious topic. If you've currently got your hands glued to the surface of a road in England, you may not want any more being used. But if we follow an environmentalist approach, what impact will reducing fossil fuel use have on human flourishing in the future, especially in the poorest parts of the world?Expect to learn why all our energy cost so much

Jul 4, 2022 • 1:22:46

#494 - Dr Martin Polanco & Michael Higgs - How Does Psychedelic Treatment Work For PTSD?

#494 - Dr Martin Polanco & Michael Higgs - How Does Psychedelic Treatment Work For PTSD?

Martin Polanco is Founder of The Mission Within and a Veteran Mental Health Advocate and Michael Higgs was Command Master Chief of a Navy SEAL team and is Director of Operations at The Mission Within.For a very long time, once soldiers have finished in war, their battles have often continued back home. Both active and retired veterans suffer with childhood traumas, life traumas, divorces, opioid addiction, family issues, Traumatic Brain Injuries, deaths of team members, chronic pain inj

Jul 2, 2022 • 1:02:22

#493 - David McRaney - Where Do Our Beliefs Come From?

#493 - David McRaney - Where Do Our Beliefs Come From?

David McRaney is a psychologist, journalist and author.Where do our beliefs come from? How do we form opinions? Why are we persuaded by some points of view but not by others? These are important to understand if we are to avoid developing a biased, unrepresentative worldview, they've also been the focus of the last few years of David's research.Expect to learn how everybody in a group can believe something that nobody believes individually, why arguing online so rarely works, whether pe

Jun 30, 2022 • 1:03:42

#492 - Louise Perry - The Sexual Revolution Has Failed Everyone

#492 - Louise Perry - The Sexual Revolution Has Failed Everyone

Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author.50 years ago there was a dream of women being released from the patriarchal shackles of stringent sexual norms. They should be able to sleep around like men, talk about sex like men and decouple their emotions from their bodies like men. Except it didn't quite work out, and now Louise thinks that both men and women are in a bad spot.Expect to learn why trying to not catch feelings when

Jun 27, 2022 • 1:35:34

#491 - Chase Reeves - The Spirituality Of White Feral Girl Privilege

#491 - Chase Reeves - The Spirituality Of White Feral Girl Privilege

Chase Reeves is the founder of Matterful and Fizzle, a YouTuber and a brand strategy consultant.White Gay Privilege is now a thing. Feral girl summer is upon us. And Chase nearly got on the wrong side of a rhinoceros in South Africa. It's time to work out what's going on in the world.Expect to learn how to stop relying on your thinking so much, why intersectionality is creating hierarchies of dominance that no one can climb, how gay people are the straight people of queer people, why do

Jun 25, 2022 • 1:15:04

#490 - Alex & Leila Hormozi - Building A $100m Marriage

#490 - Alex & Leila Hormozi - Building A $100m Marriage

Alex and Leila Hormozi are founders of Acquisition.com, entrepreneurs, podcasters and authors.The last 18 months has seen Alex & Leila burst onto the business advice scene like pretty much no one else. Alex's book has been one of the wildest successes of the last decade and yet they made $100m before having any social media presence. Getting to dig into their philosophies around life, business, dating and productivity makes for a very interesting story.Expect to learn what drives yo

Jun 23, 2022 • 1:32:08

#489 - Jessica Baum - How To Deal With Being Anxiously Attached

#489 - Jessica Baum - How To Deal With Being Anxiously Attached

Jessica Baum is a Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Relationship Expert and an author.Attachment styles have become a hot topic recently, they underpin much of why we behave the way we do in relationships. Anxious attachment can be a serious challenge to overcome and gets in the way of everything, so working out how to defeat these dating demons is an important insight to uncover.Expect to learn what the science is behind attachment styles, why anxious attachment develops, whether you

Jun 20, 2022 • 1:27:08

#488 - Nick Bare - Consistently Good Not Occasionally Great

#488 - Nick Bare - Consistently Good Not Occasionally Great

Nick Bare is the founder of Bare Performance Nutrition, an endurance racer, YouTuber and a podcaster.Being consistently good will beat being occasionally great. But consistency is hard to find when life throws setbacks, business failures, injuries and babies at you. However, Nick has found a way to balance everything and today we get to discover how.Expect to learn why doubters shouldn't affect your performance, why Go One More is a useful rule for everything in life, how Nick avoids bu

Jun 18, 2022 • 1:27:30

#487 - Corey Wilks - How To Identify Your Internal Fears

#487 - Corey Wilks - How To Identify Your Internal Fears

Corey Wilks is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Executive Coach.Fears hold us back. They encourage us to shy away from challenges, they cause us to fall short of our potential and make life miserable while they’re at it. Corey has created a framework of identifying and overcoming our internal fears from a decade of clinical and coaching experience with some of the world’s highest performers.Expect to learn why 76% of people talk about not facing their fears as a deathbed regret, the

Jun 16, 2022 • 1:10:06

#486 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Mental Models To Understand Human Nature

#486 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Mental Models To Understand Human Nature

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written another monstrous thread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on.Expect to learn why stupidity is more dangerous than evil, why most content has to appeal to midwits, why political debates are essentially mass-scaled ventriloquizism, how

Jun 13, 2022 • 1:36:30

#485 - Susan Cain - Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad

#485 - Susan Cain - Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad

Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker.There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world. Talking about emotions like longing and sorrow are not usually encouraged. And yet tons of people feel like this and hearing others tell us about their melancholy brings us closer to them, so how can we integrate bittersweet emotions into our lives and what can they teach us about ourselves?Expect to learn whether the world has become better for introverts, why sad music seems to make us

Jun 11, 2022 • 1:11:59

#484 - Cosmic Skeptic - 8 Impossible Thought Experiments

#484 - Cosmic Skeptic - 8 Impossible Thought Experiments

Alex O'Connor is a philosopher, podcaster & a YouTuber.Philosophy is hard. Ethics are hard. Working out what is moral is hard. Today we get to put our mental muscles to the test with some of the most challenging thought experiments in moral philosophy.Expect to learn why brain tumours might be a good way to learn what is actually moral, whether ethics is just an expression of emotion, whether we can kill someone to stop them nuking a city, why it might be best to just not have any m

Jun 9, 2022 • 1:38:15

#483 - Dr Joanna Williams - Has Woke Taken Over Everything?

#483 - Dr Joanna Williams - Has Woke Taken Over Everything?

Dr Joanna Williams is the Founder of Cieo, associate editor of Spiked and an author.The last few years has seen progressive ideas capture institutions, academics and headlines. But how much has this ideology actually trickled down to making a real impact in the world? Is it just a moral panic about a moral panic or is there something to really be concerned about?Expect to learn why police officers are being told to actively refer to themselves as woke, how 3 month old babies can be raci

Jun 6, 2022 • 1:17:22

#482 - Tyler Cowen - The Secret To Finding Great Talent

#482 - Tyler Cowen - The Secret To Finding Great Talent

Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, a columnist, podcaster and an author.Finding and recruiting the best talent is perhaps the most important job that an organisation has. Skilful, enthusiastic, keen staff can make or break a business, so why is it that most companies are mostly useless when it comes to discovering talent?Expect to learn whether population collapse is coming very soon, whether talent is innate or developed, why there is a

Jun 4, 2022 • 1:05:28

#481 - Tim Kennedy - Lessons Learned Through Pain

#481 - Tim Kennedy - Lessons Learned Through Pain

Tim Kennedy is a Green Beret, Special Forces Sniper, Army Ranger and Professional MMA Fighter.Tim has spent most of his life fighting. Whether that's been against kids in kindergarten, Special Forces selection officers, UFC champions, enemy combatants, ISIS, or his own compulsion to make a mess of his life. He's seen his fair share of pain and discovered a lot of insights through it.Expect to learn whether Tim has ever used BJJ in a combat situation, what motivates him to put himself th

Jun 2, 2022 • 44:01

#480 - Zack Telander - Men Aren't Having Enough Sex

#480 - Zack Telander - Men Aren't Having Enough Sex

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.Serious problems are afoot. The number of men reporting no sex in the last year has tripled since 2010, MonkeyPox is running rampant and Amber Heard is able to get into the bottom of a squat on an unstable surface but hasn't tried to take up the sport of olympic weightlifting.Expect to learn why men's and women's beauty standards are diverging in 2022, what a 200kg Greek man can teach us about training for the difficult, whether we c

May 30, 2022 • 1:17:01

#479 - Johnathan Bi - Why Do Founders Love René Girard?

#479 - Johnathan Bi - Why Do Founders Love René Girard?

Johnathan Bi is a startup founder, philosopher and mathematician.René Girard is one of the most popular philosophers in Silicon Valley. Why is it that an obscure French polymath from the 1900's would become one of the most influential and cited thinkers amongst founders, CEOs and leaders in high-growth companies? Expect to learn how Girard believes that mimetic desire drives almost all of our behaviour, why breaking out from the group to do your own thing doesn't mean you're an individu

May 28, 2022 • 1:12:06

#478 - Kit Chellel - The Wild Hijacking Of A $100 Million Supertanker

#478 - Kit Chellel - The Wild Hijacking Of A $100 Million Supertanker

Kit Chellel is a senior reporter at Bloomberg news, an investigative journalist and an author.The Brilliante Virtuoso was a Suezmax Supertanker. The largest class of ship that can go through the Suez Canal. It had a million barrels of oil on it and was supposed to be escorted by a security team. It was hijacked and burned by Somali pirates, nothing was stolen and the owners claimed $100 million for insurance.The British investigator is killed overseas, a Greek millionaire threatens peop

May 26, 2022 • 1:01:27

#477 - Ethan Kross - How To Improve Your Inner Voice

#477 - Ethan Kross - How To Improve Your Inner Voice

Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind, a Professor at the University of Michigan’s Psychology Department and Director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory.There will be one voice with us throughout our lives, the one that exists inside of our head. So we'd better make friends with it. Improving self-talk and creating a nicer inner-monologue is something that everyone could benefit from and thankfully that's been Ethan's life's work.E

May 23, 2022 • 1:19:23

#476 - Mark Freestone - Why Do Psychopaths Exist?

#476 - Mark Freestone - Why Do Psychopaths Exist?

Mark Freestone is Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, an author and an expert in psychopathology.There's a modern fascination with psychopaths. True Crime is the most popular single podcast genre and Netflix documentaries about real life serial killers capture everyone's attention. But why are we so obsessed with dangerous individuals? And what is it that makes a psychopath who they are?Expect to learn what the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath are, why hav

May 21, 2022 • 1:00:16

#475 - Tim Clare - The Crippling World Of Modern Anxiety

#475 - Tim Clare - The Crippling World Of Modern Anxiety

Tim Clare is an author, poet and creative writing coach.Anxiety rates have skyrocketed over the last decade. After spending hours every weekend wracked by crippling panic attacks, Tim decided to contact every anxiety expert he could to hear their suggestions for potential strategies to reduce it, and then he did all of them.Expect to learn why people are turning up to A&E believing they're having a heart attack, how the gut-brain connection plays a role in mediating our mood, why ex

May 19, 2022 • 1:27:46

#474 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - How To Live The Perfect Life, Using Data

#474 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - How To Live The Perfect Life, Using Data

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist, economist and author.Imagine if you had access to millions of data points which tell you exactly what makes people happy, or makes people attracted to you, or what actually influences your child's outcomes in life, or the most reliable way to become rich. Well Seth did, and he wrote a book with all his findings in it.Expect to learn how you can conduct a survey to test different appearance styles to find out which is best for you, what perso

May 16, 2022 • 1:09:21

#473 - Tom Van Der Linden - Finding Heroic Meaning In Modern Life

#473 - Tom Van Der Linden - Finding Heroic Meaning In Modern Life

Tom Van Der Linden is a YouTuber, video essayist and Creator of Like Stories of Old.Finding meaning in modern life is hard. What glory is there to achieve when all of your existence has already been made totally convenient by technology? Heroic narratives still exist in movies and books, but can we apply these lessons to the real world?Expect to learn how to tell the difference between serving ourselves and serving others, why watching a heroic movie can skew our expectations of life, w

May 14, 2022 • 1:19:49

#472 - Alan Stein Jr - Overcoming Stress, Stagnation & Burnout

#472 - Alan Stein Jr - Overcoming Stress, Stagnation & Burnout

Alan Stein Jr. is a high performance coach and speaker.Alan spent 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant. Lessons on how to overcome stress, stagnation & burnout are some of the most important insights which has helped them reach the top. Expect to learn what the common trait between all NBA Superstars is, why managing time and energy should take priority over everything else,

May 12, 2022 • 1:09:54

#471 - Jim Al-Khalili - Physics Is Far Stranger Than You Think

#471 - Jim Al-Khalili - Physics Is Far Stranger Than You Think

Jim Al-Khalili is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Surrey, a broadcaster and an author.Trying to describe reality in theoretical frameworks is no small task for physicists. But it also turns out that the implications of some theories suggests that reality might be even more bizarre than it seems. The universe is a scary, confusing place to exist, if we exist at all.Expect to learn why you can't walk through brick walls, why a tiny imbalance in the matter and antim

May 9, 2022 • 1:05:29

#470 - Zach Bitter - The Mindset To Break A 100-Mile Record

#470 - Zach Bitter - The Mindset To Break A 100-Mile Record

Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner and coach who held world records for the 100-mile run and the 12-hour run.Understanding what it takes to run an ultramarathon is one thing, but doing it at a world record pace is something else. I wanted to find out what the mindset of an ultra runner can teach the rest of us about resilience, dedication and commitment.Expect to learn the biggest mistakes that runners make when taking on a long distance, how Zach copes with the pain when things get

May 7, 2022 • 59:13

#469 - Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary - The Truth About How Anxiety Works

#469 - Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary - The Truth About How Anxiety Works

Dr Tracy Dennis-Tiwary is a professor of psychology and neuroscience, anxiety researcher, author and founder of Wise Therapeutics.Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders in 2022. Huge numbers of both adults and children are suffering, but just how natural is this? Is it normal for humans to be ambiently anxious for months on end or is our modern society causing this to occur?Expect to learn why anxiety developed as a human emotion and how it helped us survive, why anxi

May 5, 2022 • 1:18:50

#468 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Welcome To The Universe

#468 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Welcome To The Universe

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator.Elon Musk bought Twitter and I found out about a 300 million light year across supervoid out in space within the same week. Thankfully Neil is here to help me work out what is going on in this version of the simulation.Expect to learn whether focussing on Mars as a backup planet is a smart idea, how big the universe is outside of the observable universe, how we could restart the sun when it be

May 2, 2022 • 52:09

#467 - Knees Over Toes Guy - Building A Bulletproof Body

#467 - Knees Over Toes Guy - Building A Bulletproof Body

Ben Patrick (Knees Over Toes Guy) is an athletic coach and an author.Keeping our bodies bulletproof is something everyone wants as they age. Bad knees, backs and shoulders not only stop you from doing the things you want in sport, but then begin to suck the enjoyment out of your life too. Ben has some solutions.Expect to learn the 3 most important exercises to maximise your body's robustness, what Ben's biggest takeaways have been from Andrew Huberman, the relationship between flexibili

Apr 30, 2022 • 1:09:42

#466 - Matthew Fray - How To Avoid Destroying Your Relationship

#466 - Matthew Fray - How To Avoid Destroying Your Relationship

Matthew Fray is a relationship coach, blogger and an author. Matthew's marriage ended because he left a glass next to the sink. Well, not exactly, but near enough. He spent the next few years recovering, reflecting and writing about how a relationship can fall apart without anything catastrophic happening, and also working out how to stop it from happening again.Expect to learn how even good people can be bad spouses, why men and women aren't speaking the same language in most relations

Apr 28, 2022 • 1:10:42

#465 - Douglas Murray - The Wild Hatred Of The West

#465 - Douglas Murray - The Wild Hatred Of The West

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator.The last few years has seen a dramatic rise of anti-Westernism. But surprisingly, this movement hasn't come from overseas, the strongest anti-Western sentiment has come from the West itself. Whether it's demands for reparations, calls for the abolishment of white people, tearing down of statues or the rewriting of history, something is going on.Expect to learn why Dumbledore can't be gay in China, why BLM bough

Apr 25, 2022 • 2:14:48

#464 - Dr Christian Busch - The Science Of Creating Good Luck

#464 - Dr Christian Busch - The Science Of Creating Good Luck

Dr. Christian Busch is the Director of the Global Economy program at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and an author.The science of creating luck seems like an oxymoron. How is it possible to create more of something which is totally random? Dr Busch's lab has spend years looking at the habits and behaviours of people who have lots of luck to distill down how everyone can replicate this in their own lives.Expect to learn why viagra wouldn't have happened without a good luc

Apr 23, 2022 • 58:34

#463 - General Robert Spalding - China's Secret Playbook For War

#463 - General Robert Spalding - China's Secret Playbook For War

General Robert Spalding is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general after more than 25 years of service, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and an author.China has injected itself into pretty much every area of life we care about. From media to technology, energy, food, transportation and even culture. But this strategy wasn't random, it turns out that their entire plan was detailed in a book from 1999 which General Spalding is very familiar with.Expect to learn what's actua

Apr 21, 2022 • 1:10:30

#462 - Nick Maggiulli - The Best Way To Build Your Personal Wealth

#462 - Nick Maggiulli - The Best Way To Build Your Personal Wealth

Nick Maggiulli is the Chief Operating Officer for Ritholtz Wealth Management and an expert in personal finance using data analysis.Saving money and building wealth are some of the most popular content on the internet. But what are the absolute best ways to maximise your fortune? Nick has broken down the complex world of personal finance to find out what the data says about different strategies.Expect to learn why earning more is better than spending less, why buying the dip is a losing

Apr 18, 2022 • 1:19:38

#461 - Julien Smith - Learning From Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

#461 - Julien Smith - Learning From Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

Julien Smith is the CEO of Breathe, a startup founder, investor, and an author.Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter so I wanted to ask someone with experience of the startup world to explain what this tells us about Silicon Valley's modern approach to business and their obsession with growth.Expect to learn what is unique about the startup mindset, why Elon might be poison pilled by Twitter's legislative documents, the difference between founders in startups and regular businesses, how no

Apr 16, 2022 • 59:47

#460 - Paul Millerd - The Tension Between Success And Happiness

#460 - Paul Millerd - The Tension Between Success And Happiness

Paul Millerd is a strategy consultant, author and a podcaster.The old stories we were told about success and happiness no longer apply. We don't have to wear a suit or go to an office or have job for life. But do we even need success? Is there a simpler route to being happy? Paul has spent the last 5 years trying to find out.Expect to learn why the road between success and happiness might have a shortcut, how optimising for freedom gave Paul everything he wanted from his life, what the

Apr 14, 2022 • 1:12:25

#459 - Life Hacks 208

#459 - Life Hacks 208

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn Jonny's favourite new meditation app, how to stop yourself from sneezing, Yusef's new mobile game addiction, how to bypass any article paywall, how to get free book summaries, how to do Morning Pages in a frictionless way, why paying invoices early will bene

Apr 11, 2022 • 1:32:24

#458 - Phrost - Fighting The World Of Fake Martial Arts

#458 - Phrost - Fighting The World Of Fake Martial Arts

Phrost is Editor at Bullshido and a podcaster.The introduction of MMA and the UFC has been the ultimate stress test for fake martial arts. No-touch knockouts and chi-push energy blasts have been arm barred and head kicked out of existence. Yet the ability to detect and defeat BS, whether physical, martial or conceptual is no less useful.Expect to learn whether Will Smith should have swung harder, Phrost's justification for why you should always get into online arguments, the most ridicu

Apr 9, 2022 • 1:02:47

#457 - Logan Ury - Hinge's Relationship Scientist Gives Dating Advice

#457 - Logan Ury - Hinge's Relationship Scientist Gives Dating Advice

Logan Ury is the Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, a Harvard-trained behavioural scientist and an author.Modern dating is difficult. Thankfully Logan has access to all the data from Hinge and can conduct as many studies as she wants on trends and preferences from thousands of people in and out of relationships.Expect to learn why an intentional approach to dating seems like a turn-off but is a very smart strategy, why you should start looking to settle down after dating 30% of

Apr 7, 2022 • 1:16:00

#456 - David Robson - The Psychological Power Of Expectations

#456 - David Robson - The Psychological Power Of Expectations

David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour.Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes we get in life. This isn't positive vibes from The Secret, this is one of the most replicable, robust effects that impacts pretty much everything we care about to do with our lives and health.Expect to learn how people with no gluten intolerance can have a gluten reaction after eating a meal with no gluten in it, why

Apr 4, 2022 • 1:08:33

#455 - Iain McGilchrist - The Wisdom Of Intuition

#455 - Iain McGilchrist - The Wisdom Of Intuition

Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author and a former Oxford literary scholar.Modern society praises rationality as the pinnacle destination we should all aim for. Tradition and intuition are seen as a silly, inaccurate, hokey approach for which we have more precise solutions now. Iain has identified that neuroscience, philosophy, theology and psychology don't always agree with this though.Expect to learn why the modern world is so obsessed with cognition, why deliberateness makes les

Apr 2, 2022 • 1:05:31

#454 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - A Doctor's Prescription For Happiness

#454 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - A Doctor's Prescription For Happiness

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is a physician, author, television presenter and a podcaster.Working out what makes us happy in life is difficult. Distinguishing between our goals and the things that other people want us to have as goals is not easy. After seeing thousands of patients in the NHS and reflecting on his own journey into the public eye, Rangan has turned his attention on happiness and what genuinely fulfils us.Expect to learn why your dreams won't make you happier, how the definition

Mar 31, 2022 • 1:20:37

#453 - Chris Bailey - The Most Important Principles Of Productivity

#453 - Chris Bailey - The Most Important Principles Of Productivity

Chris Bailey is a productivity consultant, researcher and best selling author.The world of productivity is messy. Overwhelming volumes of information and contradictory advice doesn't make the world any simpler. I brought Chris on to explain the most important, core principles that research-based studies and real-world practise says contributes to better productivity.Expect to learn why time, attention and energy are your fundamental resources, how to maximise your deliberateness, why st

Mar 28, 2022 • 1:16:07

#452 - Dr Michael Gervais - The Art Of High Performance Psychology

#452 - Dr Michael Gervais - The Art Of High Performance Psychology

Michael Gervais is one of the world's leading high performance psychologists.The Seattle Seahawks, Gold Medalist Kerry Jennings, Microsoft, AT&T, Amazon and Felix Baumgartner the guy who jumped from the edge of space all have one thing in common - they need a high performance mindset. Michael's job for over 20 years has been coaching the world's top musicians, athletes and executives to squeeze every last drop out of their potential.Expect to learn how to cope with intense emotions

Mar 26, 2022 • 1:01:24

#451 - Derek Beres - Conspiracy Theories In New Age Cults

#451 - Derek Beres - Conspiracy Theories In New Age Cults

Derek Beres is an author & media expert, the Senior Editor at Eco & co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.Far left yoga mums and far right trolls aren't the most obvious pairing that you would put together, however these unlikely ideological allies have more in common than you might think. Much of the thinking within these groups has converged in recent years and Derek is here to explain how this happens.Expect to learn how the term conspiracy has been diluted down to mean all

Mar 24, 2022 • 1:16:44

#450 - 350k Q&A - Dating Advice, Jordan Peterson & Internal Fears

#450 - 350k Q&A - Dating Advice, Jordan Peterson & Internal Fears

I hit 350k Subscribers on YouTube!!Technically I also hit 300k but we hit 350k before I had time to record anything so here we are. To celebrate, I asked for questions and got more than 1000 across all platforms so here's 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. There are legitimately some world-class questions here which I wish I'd come up with, including some really tough ones about my goals, fears and motivations,Expect to learn whether I think calling everyone cult mem

Mar 21, 2022 • 1:38:51

#449 - Thatcher Wine - Multitasking Is Killing Your Productivity

#449 - Thatcher Wine - Multitasking Is Killing Your Productivity

Thatcher Wine is professional book curator, founder of Juniper Books and an author.Multi-tasking will make you less effective, less productive, less happy and more prone to making errors in work and life. The question of why we're all so tempted to do it and how we can stop seems an obvious next step.Expect to learn whether multi-tasking is just a modern phenomenon, how monotasking can result in more work being done at a higher quality, how technology has permanently changed the landsca

Mar 19, 2022 • 1:01:23

#448 - Jon Birger - Are Women In Charge Of The Dating Market?

#448 - Jon Birger - Are Women In Charge Of The Dating Market?

Jon Birger is an award-winning magazine writer, a contributor to Fortune, a dating expert and an author.Typically men are the sexual protagonists. They're the ones who make the first move, they're the ones who come up with cheesy chat-up lines and deal with approach anxiety and rejection. But in a world where women are struggling to find men they're attracted to, what happens if this role is reversed and women start to be more proactive?Expect to learn why the changing sex ratios on uni

Mar 17, 2022 • 1:23:50

#447 - Ayelet Fishbach - The Psychology Of Human Motivation

#447 - Ayelet Fishbach - The Psychology Of Human Motivation

Ayelet Fishbach is a Professor of Behavioural Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago and an author.The ability to motivate ourselves to do the things we want to do and stop doing the things we don't would be a superpower. Sadly, motivation tends to be fleeting if it's not outright elusive and relying on YouTube motivational speeches can only help so much. Expect to learn why your goal setting is probably all wrong, why plans to not do something are much less likely to succee

Mar 14, 2022 • 1:07:53

#446 - Dr Duncan French - The UFC's Cutting-Edge Training Protocols

#446 - Dr Duncan French - The UFC's Cutting-Edge Training Protocols

Dr Duncan French is the Vice President of Performance at UFC's Performance Institute.The UFC has some of the world's top athletes, now backed by cutting edge data-driven interventions from some of the most advanced protocols and coaches on the planet. Duncan is using everything from diagnostic tools to recovery, VR training, psychedelic supplementation, scientifically-backed rep range protocols and peri-training nutrition.Expect to learn how Duncan navigates the politics between fighter

Mar 12, 2022 • 1:02:34

#445 - Matt Rudd - Does Anyone Care About Men's Mental Health?

#445 - Matt Rudd - Does Anyone Care About Men's Mental Health?

Matt Rudd is Deputy Editor at The Sunday Times Magazine and an author.Men between the ages of 45 and 49 are at the highest risk of attempting to take their own life. In a world filled with accusations of patriarchal overreach, it seems odd that men are suffering so much with their mental health. It's not good for them, or their wives, or their children. Matt researched men of all ages to work out why men are unhappy and what we can do about it.Expect to learn why your 40's might be the

Mar 10, 2022 • 1:13:50

#444 - Mary Harrington - Modern Society Is Failing Men & Women

#444 - Mary Harrington - Modern Society Is Failing Men & Women

Mary Harrington is a writer and contributing editor at UnHerd.It's hard to say that either men or women have a firm place to stand right now. The age-old wisdom which both groups traditionally relied on is out of the window and we're now TikTok dancing our way through an existential apocalypse where Girlbosses and Men Going Their Own Way battle it out for nihilistic supremacy. I wanted Mary to help me conduct a post-mortem.Expect to learn why the porn you start out watching is going to

Mar 7, 2022 • 1:11:58

#443 - Tom Nash - The Financial Impact Of Russia's Invasion

#443 - Tom Nash - The Financial Impact Of Russia's Invasion

Tom Nash is a financial analyst, investor and a YouTuber.The stock market has had a wild couple of years. Rounding that off with a full scale Russian invasion makes understanding the current global financial situation and how to not end up on the receiving end of some market and currency movements even more complex. Thankfully Tom is Russian and he's here to help.Expect to learn why Russia's economy has started struggling so quickly. just how big of a deal being taken off SWIFT is, what

Mar 5, 2022 • 1:29:20

#442 - Jake Hanrahan - What Is Life Like On The Ground In Ukraine?

#442 - Jake Hanrahan - What Is Life Like On The Ground In Ukraine?

Jake Hanrahan is a conflict journalist, documentary filmmaker and the founder of Popular Front.The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going for a week but it's felt like a year. Social media, YouTube and news channels have been awash with stories from on the ground and even the Wikipedia page has had over 500 contributors and is more than 20,000 words long. I wanted to find out what life is actually like on the ground in Ukraine from someone who's been there.Expect to learn what prote

Mar 3, 2022 • 1:23:12

#441 - Anna Codrea-Rado - The Danger Of Obsessing Over Productivity

#441 - Anna Codrea-Rado - The Danger Of Obsessing Over Productivity

Anna Codrea-Rado is a productivity journalist, author and a podcaster.Productivity Dysmorphia is the persistent feeling of dissatisfaction after working, no matter how much you've got done. It's the inability to see your own success, to acknowledge the volume of your own output. And it's everywhere. I wanted to ask Anna how we can deal with this modern malady.Expect to learn why you can't hack creativity, how Anna deals with her workaholism, what the AntiWork subreddit has got right, wh

Feb 28, 2022 • 1:21:27

#440 - Shane Benzie - Creating The Perfect Running Form

#440 - Shane Benzie - Creating The Perfect Running Form

Shane Benzie is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the founder of Running Reborn.Shane has travelled around the world to observe and analyse African tribes, Nepalese sherpas and Arctic Inuits in an effort to uncover the fundamentals of elite human movement. He's now applying what he learned to correct and enhance the form of the world's best runners.Expect to learn how sherpas can be so strong, why changing your running cadence isn't a solution, whether minimalist runn

Feb 26, 2022 • 1:09:24

#439 - Glenn Geher - Positive Evolutionary Psychology

#439 - Glenn Geher - Positive Evolutionary Psychology

Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York and an author.Ancestral lifestyles are a big trend at the moment. Taking influence from our paleolithic past to inform how we eat, train and move in the modern world. But taking an ancestral approach to our psychological wellbeing is much rarer and this is Glenn's work - what can insights about our past teach us about how to enjoy the present.Expect to learn why depre

Feb 24, 2022 • 1:14:48

#438 - Michael Easter - Learn To Embrace Discomfort

#438 - Michael Easter - Learn To Embrace Discomfort

Michael Easter is a contributing editor at Men's Health magazine, columnist for Outside magazine and Professor at the University of Nevada.The world is pretty comfortable right now. Between air conditioning, Amazon Prime, Deliveroo, Netflix, Google Maps, soft beds and automatic cars, you can get through big stretches of life without encountering any real discomfort. Michael has spent years researching why discomfort is so important to our health and fulfilment, and how to reintroduce it

Feb 21, 2022 • 1:09:17

#437 - Daniel H. Pink - How To Overcome Regret

#437 - Daniel H. Pink - How To Overcome Regret

Daniel Pink is a psychologist, speaker and an author.Regret is the most common negative emotion humans talk about. It's even the second most common overall emotion which we talk about after love. And yet our relationship with it is pretty terrible. Having no regrets is not only a bad tattoo from the 90's but also a philosophy that robs of us valuable insights from life.Expect to learn the most common types of regrets people have in life, whether action or inaction is the cause of most s

Feb 19, 2022 • 59:10

#436 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Your Life Is Built For More

#436 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Your Life Is Built For More

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and an author.Letting go of the good for the great is a terrifying prospect and most people fear risking what they have for what they want. I flew out to Texas to sit down with Jordan and discuss his principles for how to get past the things which keep us stuck in life.Expect to learn how to deal with feelings of loneliness from thinking in a different way, which skin-colour emoji Jordan u

Feb 17, 2022 • 2:12:04

#435 - Michael Malice - The Corporate Press Are Losing Control

#435 - Michael Malice - The Corporate Press Are Losing Control

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.No matter what your political affiliation, the ferocity of the press's approach to any story right now is quite intense. The volume seems to only get louder and louder as they try to maintain the attention that 2020 gave them. I wanted to ask Michael just what is going on.Expect to learn what Michael thinks about the Canadian truckers' protest, whether Whoopie Goldberg deserved cancelling, why ambient anxiety is the outc

Feb 14, 2022 • 1:09:49

#434 - Chris Sparks - The Mindset Rules Of A Poker Professional

#434 - Chris Sparks - The Mindset Rules Of A Poker Professional

Chris Sparks is the former #4 online poker player on the planet, a productivity coach and an investor.Having a high performance mindset is something everyone wants. Being able to achieve without stress or anxiety, maximising output whilst minimising suffering. As someone who coaches both himself and some of the world's brightest on getting more out of their game, Chris has learned a lot about balancing growth, goals and internal peace.Expect to learn what it feels like to play in an inv

Feb 12, 2022 • 1:15:30

#433 - Coleman Hughes - Joe Rogan & Spotify's Censorship Battle

#433 - Coleman Hughes - Joe Rogan & Spotify's Censorship Battle

Coleman Hughes is a writer, rapper, political commentator and a podcaster.Joe Rogan has been in the eye of the storm over the last few weeks. I wanted Coleman to help me work out why the mainstream media has such a target on his back and whether this is going to be the standard operating procedure for anyone who gets this big again in future.Expect to learn why a coordinated conspiracy is less likely than jealous opportunism, what Coleman Hughes thinks about black people being protected

Feb 10, 2022 • 1:24:10

#432 - Geoffrey Miller - An Evolutionary Psychologist's Dating Advice

#432 - Geoffrey Miller - An Evolutionary Psychologist's Dating Advice

Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist, Associate Professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico and an author.Geoffrey has been writing about sexual selection and dating dynamics for over 30 years. His work has provided the foundation which much of the modern Red Pill, Pink Pill and Manosphere dating advice has been based on. I wanted to find out how much of this guidance is accurate and how much has been lost in translation.Expect to learn how evolutionary psychology

Feb 7, 2022 • 1:44:29

#431 - Bridget Phetasy - Are Women Being Lied To By Modern Culture?

#431 - Bridget Phetasy - Are Women Being Lied To By Modern Culture?

Bridget Phetasy is a comedian, writer and a podcast host.When California isn't on fire it's having Amazon trains looted and stores robbed without prosecution. Bridget and her new baby bump has managed to survive, but aside from the dangers of LA, what dangers does the culture hold for men's and women's roles in modern society?Expect to learn whether Bridget looks back on her 20's and 30's differently now she's a mother, her thoughts on slut shaming, whether we need to have an opinion on

Feb 5, 2022 • 1:26:01

#430 - Dr Nate Zinsser - A Battle-Tested Guide To Unshakable Confidence

#430 - Dr Nate Zinsser - A Battle-Tested Guide To Unshakable Confidence

Dr. Nate Zinsser is the Director of West Point's Performance Psychology Program, a Mental Performance Coach and an author.Having genuine faith in our abilities is a trait all of us want. To be able to step into our chosen arena and not only perform well but to do it without dreading that we'll fail. Nate has coached some of the US Army's best and brightest for 3 decades alongside world champion NBA, NHL, NFL and track & field stars to fulfil their potential and create true confidenc

Feb 3, 2022 • 1:03:57

#429 - Nina Power - The Crisis Of Modern Masculinity

#429 - Nina Power - The Crisis Of Modern Masculinity

Nina Power is a social theorist, philosopher and an author.Between incels and toxic masculinity, manspreading, mansplaining, MeToo, MGTOW, Red Pill and Mens Rights, working out what men want from life is a question that both men and women are struggling with. Nina is trying to work out whether men have a firm place to stand in the modern world any more, and why masculinity is under attack.Expect to learn Nina's post-mortem on men's role in society, how masculinity's crisis hurts women a

Jan 31, 2022 • 1:29:04

#428 - James O'Keefe - The State Of Modern Journalism

#428 - James O'Keefe - The State Of Modern Journalism

James O'Keefe is an investigative journalist and the Founder of Project Veritas.Faith in mainstream media is at an all-time low. At a time when we need better quality information, pretty much everything seems like it's been made with spin in mind. Creating an alternative type of journalism is filled with legal, ethical, organisational and personal dilemmas and today James explains some of the biggest ones he faces.Expect to learn what it feels like to have Anthony Fauci call you out by

Jan 29, 2022 • 54:24

#427 - Carl Benjamin - Surviving The Madness Of 2022

#427 - Carl Benjamin - Surviving The Madness Of 2022

Carl Benjamin is the YouTuber formerly known as Sargon Of Akkad, a political commentator and host of The Lotus Eaters Podcast.Every year we don't think the world can get any weirder and then every year, reality manages to exceed our expectations. I had to get Carl back on to try and make sense of what's happening.Expect to learn Carl's thoughts on Jordan Peterson getting called out by Ethan Klein and HasanAbi, how society has lied to young girls, whether the pope should have told pet ow

Jan 27, 2022 • 1:24:10

#426 - Ben Bergeron - Stop Living A Life Of Complacency

#426 - Ben Bergeron - Stop Living A Life Of Complacency

Ben Bergeron is the Owner of CrossFit New England, Founder of CompTrain and an author.Ben has tested his high-performance philosophy on the biggest stage in the world having been the coach behind 6 CrossFit Games Championships. Today we get to go through some great insights for how to take charge of your direction and reach full potential in work, sport, family and life.Expect to learn Ben's process for deciding how to make changes in life, how to turn your inner critic into a coach, wh

Jan 24, 2022 • 1:53:14

#425 - Louisa Nicola - How To Maximise Your Brain's Performance

#425 - Louisa Nicola - How To Maximise Your Brain's Performance

Louisa Nicola is a Clinical Neuroscientist, Neurophysiologist and high performance coach.Maximising performance isn't just about being as physically fit possible, it's ensuring that your brain is operating at its peak condition all the time. Louisa works with NBA superstars and trading floor managers to refine and enhance their brain function using the latest research.Expect to learn Louisa's non-negotiable supplements for brain health, how to get to sleep more quickly at night, why thr

Jan 22, 2022 • 1:04:15

#424 - Steven Pinker - The Problem With Trying To Be Rational

#424 - Steven Pinker - The Problem With Trying To Be Rational

Steven Pinker is a Cognitive Psychologist at Harvard University, a psycholinguist and a Best Selling Author.It would be nice to always make the right decision. To escape the prison of human emotions and biases and operate from a purely rational place. Steven's new book breaks down rationality into it's components in an attempt to understand just what we're all missing from our mental makeup.Expect to learn why betting websites are the most accurate forecasters of the future, why learnin

Jan 20, 2022 • 45:08

#423 - Life Hacks 207 - The Gym Edition

#423 - Life Hacks 207 - The Gym Edition

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.It's the new year and everyone is back in the gym so I figured that we'd go through some of our favourite exercise variations and training hacks to add a bit of spice into whatever your new program is.Expect to learn how to make bench press even more focussed on your chest, the ultimate skull crusher variation, Jonny's favourite Rep Scheme for muscle growth, how to get motivated if you're not feeling like trai

Jan 17, 2022 • 1:08:55

#422 - Dr Joe Henrich - Evolution, Psychology, Monogamy & Culture

#422 - Dr Joe Henrich - Evolution, Psychology, Monogamy & Culture

Joe Henrich is Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author.Humans like to think that we're sovereign individuals with agency over our preferences and actions. But we are also a part of our social environment and Joe has teased apart some fascinating trends which explain how our location and culture have huge impacts on the way we behave, our preferences on everything from dating to work and family life to religion.Expect to learn why the things we conside

Jan 15, 2022 • 1:02:52

#421 - Hamza - How Men Can Survive The Modern Dating World

#421 - Hamza - How Men Can Survive The Modern Dating World

Hamza is a personal development coach and a YouTuber.Many young guys would rather watch porn and play video games than connect with the real world. This creates swathes of lonely, disconnected men and leaves women with fewer and fewer good options in the dating market. Meanwhile, Red Pill YouTube and the Manosphere can be a negative influence which keeps men stuck and demonises women, rather than helping everyone become better, happier, more attractive people.Expect to learn the biggest

Jan 13, 2022 • 1:21:44

#420 - Charlie Houpert - How To Build Genuine Charisma And Confidence

#420 - Charlie Houpert - How To Build Genuine Charisma And Confidence

Charlie Houpert is the Founder of Charisma on Command, a podcaster and a YouTuber.Most people wish that they were better communicators. More engaging, more confident, and more charming. Charlie runs the biggest charisma channel on YouTube, Charisma on Command, with more than 5 million subscribers and has taught thousands of people how to be more attractive and compelling in their communication.Expect to learn the 5 archetypes of charismatic communication, how to greet someone with genui

Jan 10, 2022 • 1:46:41

#419 - Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko - A Philosopher's Guide To The Good Life

#419 - Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko - A Philosopher's Guide To The Good Life

Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko are Philosophy Professors at the University of Notre Dame and authors.How to lead a good life is one of the biggest quandaries that humans struggle with. How to think about status and money and love and death are huge challenges. Today we get to find out some of philosophy's answers to life's most fundamental questions.Expect to learn the role of truth in leading a good life, what history has to teach us about responsibility and agency, why Socrates w

Jan 8, 2022 • 1:12:09

#418 - Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus

#418 - Johann Hari - Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus

Johann Hari is a writer & a journalist.You probably struggle to focus on the task you're doing. You probably wish that you could pay attention for longer and that you were less easily distracted. Why is this such a common problem? Is this a byproduct of the modern era? Technology? Social Media? Johann has travelled the world trying to work out what is going on.Expect to learn how your attention system works, whether attention loss is reversible, whether modern life is going to furth

Jan 6, 2022 • 1:56:11

#417 - 250k Q&A - Habits, Happiness & Red Pill

#417 - 250k Q&A - Habits, Happiness & Red Pill

I hit 250k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate I asked for questions. Yet again I was blown away by how good the questions were so I tried to fit as many in as I could. This cult really is very insightful.Expect to learn which 5 guests from the podcast I'd start a business with, my opinion on blending a desire for improvement with happiness, what belief I hold that most people disagree with, why thots are selling Bitcoin, my thoughts on the manosphere, how I limit phone use, why I'm et

Jan 3, 2022 • 1:25:52

#416 - End Of Year Review: 2021's Lessons, Hacks & Fails

#416 - End Of Year Review: 2021's Lessons, Hacks & Fails

Jonny & Yusef join me to recap our favourite lessons, hacks and stories from 2021.Expect to learn why Yusef spent Christmas praying to Hasbullah, Jonny's strategy for becoming more productive by taking things out of your life, the ultimate reason to do simple tasks as soon as they appear, why moral tastes explain the explosive reactions we've seen this year, how extracting yourself from your business might make it more effective and much more...Sponsors:Join the Modern Wisdom Commun

Dec 30, 2021 • 1:31:47

#415 - Leo Kearse - JK Rowling, Trans Athletes & Blackfishing

#415 - Leo Kearse - JK Rowling, Trans Athletes & Blackfishing

Leo Kearse is a comedian, writer and a YouTuber.I brought Leo on to discuss the most important news stories of the last few weeks. Real hard hitting stuff today like why JK Rowling has been written out of the new Fantastic Beasts trailer, how Sainsbury's are signalling their virtue by telling shoppers that they're racist on Twitter, why Jessie from Little Mix has been accused of appropriating black culture because she has ginger curly hair, how Nicki Minaj is rehabilitating people's per

Dec 27, 2021 • 1:09:19

#414 - Aaron Alexander - Engineer Your Body To Improve Your Mind

#414 - Aaron Alexander - Engineer Your Body To Improve Your Mind

Aaron Alexander is a manual therapist and movement coach, founder of the Align Method and an author.Health & fitness has been broken down into a very compartmentalised, reductionist view. Muscles are trained in isolation, mindfulness practise doesn't occur in the gym, physicality isn't thought of when you sit down at your desk.I wanted to speak to Aaron to explain how we can take a global, aligned, macro-view of our body's wellness to impact more than just how we look but how we fee

Dec 23, 2021 • 1:15:29

#413 - Cory Allen - How To Use Mindfulness In Daily Life

#413 - Cory Allen - How To Use Mindfulness In Daily Life

Cory Allen is an audio engineer, meditation coach and author.Mindfulness meditation is great. But it is supposed to be in service of a mindful life, rather than simply a way to spend 15 minutes of your day. I wanted to ask Cory about how he advises people to take their practise off the meditation cushion and into their daily life.Expect to learn how to use touch to bring yourself back to the present moment, Cory's favourite cues for reinforcing daily mindfulness, why the clothes you're

Dec 20, 2021 • 1:04:46

#412 - Zack Telander - Doping Scandals & Olympics Corruption

#412 - Zack Telander - Doping Scandals & Olympics Corruption

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.ZT joins me to discuss my recent trip to Nashville to see Mikhaila & Jordan Peterson, why I think Canada has committed an act of international sabotage by poisoning me, the International Olympic Committee's newest bombshell threat to the entire weightlifting world, why corruption is so rampant in weightlifting, what Zack thinks can be done about drugs in sports and much more...Sponsors:Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect

Dec 18, 2021 • 1:05:30

#411 - Eddie Jones - Lessons In Elite Leadership

#411 - Eddie Jones - Lessons In Elite Leadership

Eddie Jones is the Head Coach of England Rugby Union Team.Eddie has played for Australia and coached the South Africa, Australia, Japan and England national teams. And after decades at the peak of elite sport, he's picked up a tip or two about how to lead a team and deal with setbacks.Expect to learn the 5 values that every leader needs to have, Eddie's non-negotiables for making him the best leader he can be, why he bought a samurai sword to attack some fruit with, his tips on how to m

Dec 16, 2021 • 1:04:09

#410 - Vincent Harinam - Why Is The Modern Dating Market A Mess?

#410 - Vincent Harinam - Why Is The Modern Dating Market A Mess?

Vincent Harinam is a data scientist, law enforcement consultant and writer on social phenomenon and the dating market.Between Tinder and OnlyFans, polyamory and Red Pill, incels, simps, sugar daddies and gold diggers, it's difficult to say that romance is alive and well in modern culture. Vincent has written some of the best articles and done huge deep data dives to uncover why the modern dating market is such a mess.Expect to learn why smart women are less likely to get married, why si

Dec 13, 2021 • 1:35:18

#409 - Andrew Chen - An Angel Investor's Secrets For Rapid Growth

#409 - Andrew Chen - An Angel Investor's Secrets For Rapid Growth

Andrew Chen is a General Partner at Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz, an author and Board Member at Maven, Substack and Clubhouse.Andrew has worked with some of the fastest growing companies on the planet. He was head of Global Driver Acquisitions at Uber and an early investor in Clubhouse, plus he's spent 3 years researching companies like Tinder and Substack to deconstruct how they use network effects to supercharge their growth.Expect to learn how running college parties can

Dec 11, 2021 • 1:01:40

#408 - Jake Humphrey - How To Build A High Performance Mindset

#408 - Jake Humphrey - How To Build A High Performance Mindset

Jake Humphrey is a television presenter, journalist and host of the High Performance Podcast.Jake has spent a career talking to some of the highest performing humans on the planet, but it wasn't until he began his podcast that he really started to unpack their tools, tactics and mindsets. Today we get to hear some of the most important lessons he's uncovered.Expect to learn why holistic high performance is so important, who Jake was most shocked by on the podcast, the most important ins

Dec 9, 2021 • 54:19

#407 - Jamie Metzl - China's Plan For Global Domination

#407 - Jamie Metzl - China's Plan For Global Domination

Jamie Metzl is a futurist, geopolitical expert and Founder and Chair of the global social movement OneSharedWorld.The war between East and West is unfolding in front of our eyes. From Chinese land grabs in the South China Sea to bugged electronics and squeezed trade sanctions, tensions seem to be rising below the surface.Expect to learn what China's anti-US propaganda looks like, why tennis star Peng Shuai's disappearance is so disturbing, why the CCP has stopped children from playing c

Dec 6, 2021 • 1:19:12

#406 - Rob Pope - The Man Who Ran 15,000 Miles Across America

#406 - Rob Pope - The Man Who Ran 15,000 Miles Across America

Rob Pope is an ultra endurance runner and an author.For 20 years, Forrest Gump's famous route across America 5 times has stood as pure fiction. Not only had no one completed it, but many runners claimed it would be physically impossible and that the punishing 15,000 miles would claim any athlete who attempted it. Then Rob came along.Expect to learn why Rob committed to one of the toughest races of all time, how Twixes and Gas Station Sandwiches fuelled his performance, why he got chased

Dec 4, 2021 • 1:38:54

#405 - Scott Capurro - How To Survive Thanksgiving & LGBT Politics

#405 - Scott Capurro - How To Survive Thanksgiving & LGBT Politics

Scott Capurro is a comedian, writer and an actor.I needed some advice for how to survive my first thanksgiving in America and also to try and make sense of what I've been seeing since I've been out here. Scott started shouting about the British but I think he tried his best to help.Expect to learn why Scott got banned from Australian TV, why the Women's March sent out a problematic email, how the internal politics of the LGBT community are messed up, why a focus on race is causing peopl

Dec 2, 2021 • 1:06:52

#404 - Adam Lane Smith - 13 More Harsh Psychology Truths

#404 - Adam Lane Smith - 13 More Harsh Psychology Truths

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author.Adam wrote one of the best threads on Twitter which I've seen this year, our first episode on this ended up being an absolute favourite so here we go again with some more uncomfortable psychology insights.Expect to learn why RedPill alpha gurus are taking advantage of you, why "I love you but I'm not in love with you" is a red flag, how men & women bond differently during sex, why needing to be right will keep you friendless and stu

Nov 29, 2021 • 1:24:15

#403 - Richard Betts - Why Is Climate Science So Disputed?

#403 - Richard Betts - Why Is Climate Science So Disputed?

Richard Betts MBE is Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the MET Office, the lead author on several reports from the IPCC and a Professor at the University of Exeter.There are few areas of science as contested as the climate. I wanted to speak to someone who has been researching this area for more than 3 decades to discover out why there is so much disagreement over fundamental questions like whether the earth's warming is actually caused by humans? Can we stop it? How accurat

Nov 27, 2021 • 1:02:24

#402 - Paul Bloom - Why Pain & Suffering Are Necessary For A Good Life

#402 - Paul Bloom - Why Pain & Suffering Are Necessary For A Good Life

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and an author.People do strange things to feel pleasure. Eating spicy food, having rough sex, watching scary movies. On top of that, they make huge sacrifices to find meaning, like having children or starting a business or training for a marathon. This suggests that perhaps there is more to living a good life than simple hedonistic pleasure.Expect to learn the four way

Nov 25, 2021 • 1:20:57

#401 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Transport, Google Maps & Bear Attacks

#401 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Transport, Google Maps & Bear Attacks

Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.Transportation is getting quicker. As we reach close to terminal velocity for getting from A to B, behavioural scientists should be looking at how journeys can be made more enjoyable, not quicker. Yet Google Maps and public transport never takes this into account.Expect to learn why all Indian restaurants deserve a Michelin Star, why the crema on your coffee was a branding stunt, why Rory is in love with his new Fo

Nov 22, 2021 • 1:33:36

#400 - Special: 19 Lessons From 400 Episodes

#400 - Special: 19 Lessons From 400 Episodes

To celebrate 400 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last 3 and a half years.Expect to learn why perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control, Seth Godin's best advice for beating imposter syndrome, the biggest lessons I took from Jordan Peterson, how Ryan Long can predict the future of the internet, why framing is everything, Morgan Housel's best investment advice, why I'm adamant that Jonny Wilkinson ha

Nov 20, 2021 • 1:11:36

#399 - Rob Orchard - Terrible Journalism & Interesting Statistics

#399 - Rob Orchard - Terrible Journalism & Interesting Statistics

Rob Orchard is a journalist and the co-founder and editor of Delayed Gratification Magazine.Journalism isn't working. Media outlets are more concerned with being first than being right and stories are built to create outrage rather than insight. Customers aren't happy with this setup, so Rob and his team began a Slow Journalism project which focuses on finding signal from the noise, rather than speedy delivery. Then he found a ton of fascinating statistics about the world.Expect to lear

Nov 18, 2021 • 1:25:19

#398 - Life Hacks 206

#398 - Life Hacks 206

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn why I'm moving to Texas, how to track your barbell speed, how to get free golf club trackers, why Yusef thinks that snidely charging VAT is reprehensible, how to hack ASOS sizing, how to stop yourself from buying junk in the supermarket, why you only need on

Nov 15, 2021 • 1:43:36

#397 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - A High Achievers' Guide To Happiness

#397 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - A High Achievers' Guide To Happiness

Dr Benjamin Hardy is an organisational psychologist and an author.Many high achievers are unhappy because the same motivation which drives exceptional performance often also leads to feelings of insufficiency, jealousy and comparison. So how can driven people reframe their worldview to come from a place of gratitude and happiness, whilst still keeping that competitive edge?Expect to learn how comparing your performance to your potential is a recipe for disaster, why success without happ

Nov 13, 2021 • 1:04:47

#396 - Sebastian Junger - The Brutal History Of Freedom

#396 - Sebastian Junger - The Brutal History Of Freedom

Sebastian Junger is a journalist, author and filmmaker.Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs.Expect to learn how having kids in your 50's can give you more freedom than you might think, what happens when you lose 10 pints of blood and have a near death experience, why fighting to the de

Nov 11, 2021 • 1:16:21

#395 - Alfie Brown - Not Sucking At Fatherhood, DIY & Halloween

#395 - Alfie Brown - Not Sucking At Fatherhood, DIY & Halloween

Alfie Brown is a comedian and a podcaster.Adulting is hard. I had hoped to discover that Alfie, a dad of 3, would have worked out how to do it properly. But alas, no, it seems we are both condemned to flail around in the liminal purgatory of "just about getting by" for at least another few years.Expect to learn why being a comedian doesn't mean that you can perform effectively as a compere for a 7 year old's birthday party, what it's like entering the world of fitness at 34, why my obse

Nov 8, 2021 • 1:32:00

#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?

#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?

Carl Zimmer is a science writer, journalist and an author who specialises in evolution, parasites, and heredity.Life is the thing which illuminates our corner of the universe. It gives colour to an otherwise cold, brutal void. But what is life? How is it defined? Despite seeming obvious at first glance, this question is one of the most contested in science.Expect to learn what are the most extreme forms of life which can live in the vacuum of space, how life might have begun in rock poo

Nov 6, 2021 • 1:00:07

#393 - Ali Abdaal - 12 Simple Ideas To Earn Passive Income

#393 - Ali Abdaal - 12 Simple Ideas To Earn Passive Income

Ali Abdaal is a Doctor and a YouTuber.Money makes the world go round. After the last 12 months, everyone should have realised that relying on a single source of income is not a very antifragile way to construct a financial set up. Creating multiple revenue streams is a great way to de-risk yourself, and today we get to find out 12 of Ali's favourites.Expect to learn why the S&P500 almost always beats expert hedge fund managers, how Ali makes his money on YouTube, why Coinbase is gre

Nov 4, 2021 • 1:06:21

#392 - Anna Lembke - How To Reset Your Brain's Dopamine Balance

#392 - Anna Lembke - How To Reset Your Brain's Dopamine Balance

Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University and an author.Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter in our reward pathway. It tells us when to feel pleasure and pain, it can cause depression and anxiety, and it's being hijacked by the modern world. Phones, video games, porn, food, our world is filled with cheap dopamine, which in turn is making us miserable.Expect to learn how dopamine creates a see-saw balance of p

Nov 1, 2021 • 1:06:56

#391 - Tim Stanley - Why Are We Yearning For Tradition In 2021?

#391 - Tim Stanley - Why Are We Yearning For Tradition In 2021?

Tim Stanley is a historian, author and leader writer for the Daily Telegraph.The modern world has given us a lot. Safety and warmth, lighting at night, medicine, new age religions, Deliveroo and OnlyFans, but a lot of people feel unhappy with the life that modernity has handed them and are pulled toward a different style of living, one where they embrace values of the past rather than the future.Expect to learn why The West is as war with its own history, how Notre Dam nearly became a s

Oct 30, 2021 • 1:09:29

#390 - John McWhorter - How Does Anti-Racism Hurt Black People?

#390 - John McWhorter - How Does Anti-Racism Hurt Black People?

John McWhorter is a linguist, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University and an author.The last 5 years has seen race become a primary flash point for culture, news, protests, social justice, hiring, firing, media and politics. But why have race relations come back to the forefront and who is driving this new religion of Woke Racism forward?Expect to learn what John McWhorter thinks of White Fragility and How To Be An Anti-Racist, whether cultural appropriation is an actu

Oct 28, 2021 • 53:52

#389 - Joe Navarro - An FBI Agent's Guide To Body Language

#389 - Joe Navarro - An FBI Agent's Guide To Body Language

Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent, author and a world expert on body language.Becoming an exceptional communicator is a superpower. No matter your job or goals in life, the better you are at communicating, the better your outcomes will be. Joe led the FBI's non-verbal communication division and SWAT operations whilst catching and turning spies for 25 years, today we get to hear his best advice.Expect to learn the biggest mistakes people make when setting up to talk to someone in a room,

Oct 25, 2021 • 1:16:56

#388 - David Pakman - Moving Politics Past Identity

#388 - David Pakman - Moving Politics Past Identity

David Pakman is a political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show.The Left and The Right really aren't talking very well at the moment. It feels like if people don't have the same political leaning, they see the world in an entirely different way, whether that's disagreements on identity, health, policy, priorities or babymaking.Expect to learn David Pakman's explanation for why communication from Left to Right seems so strained, whether identity politics really takes up as much

Oct 23, 2021 • 1:04:18

#387 - Paige Harden - Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery?

#387 - Paige Harden - Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery?

Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas and an author.The goal of social equality is to give everyone a fair opportunity to achieve in life. But even if advantages and disadvantages in the environment are equalised, all of us are starting at different positions genetically because we get far more than just environment from our parents. Paige is trying to work out how DNA can be integrated into social equality.

Oct 21, 2021 • 1:11:12

#386 - Daniel Sloss - How To Stop Hating Your Love Life

#386 - Daniel Sloss - How To Stop Hating Your Love Life

Daniel Sloss is a comedian, podcaster & now an author.Everyone you hate is going to die. But so is everyone you love. And so are you. Before that happens, you need to live and breathe and make some friends and hopefully find a partner and start a family and have fun. Today we get to hear Daniel's best advice for how to avoid total failure at this.Expect to learn why boomers would probably get rekt on Tinder, what Daniel's thoughts are on his Netflix Special Jigsaw now as a happily e

Oct 18, 2021 • 1:12:59

#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology

#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on.Expect to learn how saying ridiculous things can be a test of loyalty, why people can be too stupid to know that they're stupid, why million-to-one odds happen 8 times a day in New York City, why The

Oct 16, 2021 • 1:32:30

#384 - Zack Telander - The Female Orgasm, CrossFit & Vasectomies

#384 - Zack Telander - The Female Orgasm, CrossFit & Vasectomies

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.ZT joins me to talk about the world's most pressing issues like whether men should be forced to get vasectomies at age 40, if Jon Jones can ever find redemption, why New Zealand's football team name is problematic, why the female orgasm is so elusive, how Zack got involved in internet beef with a big Texan man, whether CrossFit has rampant steroid use and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range including the am

Oct 14, 2021 • 1:20:05

#383 - Robert Greene - 12 Laws Of Power & Human Nature

#383 - Robert Greene - 12 Laws Of Power & Human Nature

Robert Greene is an author and historian.Many people want and need power in life, but almost none of us admit it. Robert's new book compiles 366 of his best lessons on power, seduction, human nature and mastery, and today we get to go through my favourites.Expect to learn how remaining absent can increase respect, why you should suffer fools gladly, why focussing on actions not words is the best way to judge someone's character, how to avoid losing your sanity in a group and much more..

Oct 11, 2021 • 1:09:47

#382 - Charles Eisenstein - Why Is The Climate Debate Such A Mess?

#382 - Charles Eisenstein - Why Is The Climate Debate Such A Mess?

Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker and author specialising in the ecology movement.The climate debate is chaos. Activists and skeptics can't talk to each other and for every article suggesting one point of view there's another refuting it. People are either malicious world-killers or useful idiot dupes.Expect to learn why the climate change debate is so difficult to navigate, why it's supposedly impossible to find an impartial climate scientist, Charles' suggestions for how to navig

Oct 9, 2021 • 57:04

#381 - General Stanley McChrystal - Military Strategies For Dealing With Risk

#381 - General Stanley McChrystal - Military Strategies For Dealing With Risk

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of the US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, a CEO and an author.Risk is a constant throughout life. It's permanently shaping our individual and organisational behaviour but humans are inherently bad at judging and adapting to risk. After 34 years of dealing with mortal risk in the field of combat, Stanley has a good insight into a better approach.Sponsors:Get 20% discount on the highest qu

Oct 7, 2021 • 1:03:40

#380 - Dan Jones - Is Genghis Khan Harder Than Jocko Willink?

#380 - Dan Jones - Is Genghis Khan Harder Than Jocko Willink?

Dan Jones is a historian, TV presenter and an author.Dan took a break from walking about great British castles to write a book about the 1000 years of the Middle Ages. Knights and Templars and Monks and Mongols and Barbarians.Expect to learn why Genghis Khan was harder than Jocko Willink, Dan's best ever finish in Peloton, why I won't be allowed to go as a wizard to his imaginary medieval fancy dress party, just how bad a pandemic in the Middle Ages was, why Rome got rekt by climate cha

Oct 4, 2021 • 1:14:23

#379 - Rupert Sheldrake - Does Nature Have A Hidden Memory?

#379 - Rupert Sheldrake - Does Nature Have A Hidden Memory?

Rupert Sheldrake PhD is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of Morphic Resonance.Morphic Resonance is the idea of mysterious telepathy-type connections between organisms and of collective memories within species. Rupert has spent 30 years investigating and researching this phenomenon, much to the annoyance of the scientific community.Expect to learn why it is that rats who are taught to escape from a maze have children who are able to escape it more quickly and why rats

Oct 2, 2021 • 1:08:08

#378 - Ryan Holiday - Finding Courage & Overcoming Fear

#378 - Ryan Holiday - Finding Courage & Overcoming Fear

Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author.Ryan's next series of books are on the four cardinal virtues of the Stoics with courage being the first and most fundamental. Courage isn't the sort of trait you consider as modern or sexy or massively advantageous when the world isn't at war. But having the ability to overcome your fears is a superpower no matter who you are.Expect to learn how to deal with self doubt in the face of fear, how to overcome social pressure, why Winston C

Sep 30, 2021 • 1:09:04

#377 - Brad Stulberg - 6 Principles To Stop Feeling So Frantic

#377 - Brad Stulberg - 6 Principles To Stop Feeling So Frantic

Brad Stulberg is an expert in peak performance, a coach and an author.The pressure we put on ourselves to achieve can be intense. But what is the point of success if it crushes your spirit while you're doing it? Brad has coached some of the world's top performers and come up with 6 principles for groundedness - a path to flourishing which feeds rather than crushes your soul.Expect to learn why your performance will improve if you come from a place of enoughness, the crucial difference b

Sep 27, 2021 • 1:15:14

#376 - Beau Lotto - The Neuroscience Of Awe, Distraction and Anxiety

#376 - Beau Lotto - The Neuroscience Of Awe, Distraction and Anxiety

Beau Lotto is is a professor of Neuroscience at the University of London and an author.Beau is the founder of the Lab Of Misfits which he describes as "lunatic fringe neuroscience". He's created nightclubs in his lab where every action people take is measured, he's locked people in dark rooms and waited to see what happens and he's got actors to have a fit on the floor to observe how people respond.Expect to learn the neuroscience of why awe makes us feel so connected to the world aroun

Sep 25, 2021 • 1:21:12

#375 - Aubrey Marcus - Succeeding In Life, Business & Marriage

#375 - Aubrey Marcus - Succeeding In Life, Business & Marriage

Aubrey Marcus is a podcaster, author and founder.Aubrey just sold his company Onnit to Unilever for a huge undisclosed amount and he just got married after years of polyamory. How do you find fulfilment in life when all the pursuits which used to give you meaning are now completed?Expect to learn what it feels like to wake up with millions and millions of dollars in your bank account one day, the dangers of constantly desiring validation, how Aubrey would suggest someone get into psyche

Sep 23, 2021 • 1:16:32

#374 - Will Storr - How To Play The Status Game

#374 - Will Storr - How To Play The Status Game

Will Storr is an award winning author and journalist.Status is the original human currency. Prestige, renown, respect and admiration are all sought after because it gave our ancestors better access to mates, safety and resources. Now the modern era has arrived, the lions are no longer chasing us but our desire for status is a strong as ever.Expect to learn why growing a huge yam can make you the favourite in your tribe, why tall poppy syndrome exists, the reason for our conscience, the

Sep 20, 2021 • 1:18:29

#373 - Patrick Moore - Greenpeace's Ex-President - Is Climate Change A Hoax?

#373 - Patrick Moore - Greenpeace's Ex-President - Is Climate Change A Hoax?

Patrick Moore is the Co-Founder & Ex-President of Greenpeace and an author.Climate change has been at the forefront of political, cultural and social battles for the last 40 years. Patrick had a front-row seat as he organised the environmental movement's first ever major demonstration, but now he has some real problems with the direction it's heading in.Expect to learn Patrick's thoughts on humanity's impact on global warming temperatures, his opinion on Extinction Rebellion and Gre

Sep 18, 2021 • 1:39:15

#372 - Zack Telander - Elon Musk, Texas & Men Leaving College

#372 - Zack Telander - Elon Musk, Texas & Men Leaving College

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.ZT joins me to talk about the world's most pressing issues like why Elon Musk's silence is violence, why The Satanic Temple is stepping into Texas' abortion debate, why I got involved in TikTok drama, the implications of men leaving college at record rates, whether Joe Rogan will sue CNN, why the new Matrix trailer is so good, my new obsession with AirSoft YouTube and much more...Sponsors:Get 5 days unlimited access to Shortform for

Sep 16, 2021 • 1:13:01

#371 - Ollie Marchon - Identity Change & Personal Growth

#371 - Ollie Marchon - Identity Change & Personal Growth

Ollie Marchon is a coach, Nike Master Trainer and business owner.The last year has caused everyone to ask some big questions about life direction. Change is often good but always scary and learning to find your place in a new world takes a lot of work, so how has Ollie managed to balance his family, work, business, coaching and training with finding a new identity.Expect to learn what happens when you've outgrown an old version of you but don't know who you are next, how to ruthlessly c

Sep 13, 2021 • 1:09:08

#370 - James Bloodworth - Understanding The Modern Dating Economy

#370 - James Bloodworth - Understanding The Modern Dating Economy

James Bloodworth is a journalist, podcaster and an author.The modern dating market is a mess. From polyamory to OnlyFans, Tinder to Trad Wives. No one really knows the best approach for navigating these waters, and the lessons from our parents no longer apply. James has dedicated an entire podcast series to the most interesting parts of the dating economy and today we're going through them.Expect to learn whether porn addiction is really a thing, why sexual inequality is the only inequa

Sep 11, 2021 • 1:18:25

#369 - Mark Williams-Thomas - The Story Of Exposing Jimmy Savile

#369 - Mark Williams-Thomas - The Story Of Exposing Jimmy Savile

Mark Williams-Thomas is an investigative journalist, an author and former police detective.True crime documentaries are everywhere, and you've probably seen Mark in many of them. He was the man responsible for investigating and exposing Jimmy Savile which then lead to an avalanche of other abusers being arrested. Today we get an insight into what it's like to be a real life Sherlock Holmes.Expect to learn who are the most disturbing criminals that Mark Williams-Thomas has ever met, what

Sep 9, 2021 • 1:04:29

#368 - Unjaded Jade - How To Study For Any Exam

#368 - Unjaded Jade - How To Study For Any Exam

Jade Bowler is a YouTuber and an author.It's weird that we spend the first 18 years of our lives desperately trying to study and revise for exams, but no one ever actually teaches us how to study or revise. Thankfully Jade is kind of a professional nerd and StudyTuber, and today she breaks down exactly what science says are the best ways to own an exam.Expect to learn the fundamental principles for remembering anything, Jade's most effective strategies for revision, how to prepare for t

Sep 6, 2021 • 1:01:26

#367 - Dr Dan Engle - How MDMA Is Transforming Mental Health

#367 - Dr Dan Engle - How MDMA Is Transforming Mental Health

Dr. Dan Engle is an MD, the Founder and Medical Director of Kuya Institute for Transformational Medicine and an author.For the last 50 years, MDMA has been illegal whilst psychological trauma and depression has mostly been treated by trying to negate their symptoms through medication. After decades of research and lobbying, we are finally on the verge of being able to treat the root causes of psychological pain, by using the very same drug which has been around since 1912.Expect to lear

Sep 4, 2021 • 1:36:20

#366 - Dr Clay Routledge - A Psychologist's Tips To Find Meaning

#366 - Dr Clay Routledge - A Psychologist's Tips To Find Meaning

Dr Clay Routledge is a Professor of Management at North Dakota State University and an author.How to find meaning in life is a question that's been grappled with for thousands of years. As an Existential Psychologist, Clay uses modern methods to answer these ancient questions and provides an awesome overview of our current understanding of what meaning is, why it's important and how to attain it.Expect to learn why nature would design a creature that requires meaning to feel fulfilled,

Sep 2, 2021 • 1:17:11

#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time

#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and an author.Time is something we all wish we had more of and tons of productivity gurus have proposed strategies to stop it from slipping through our fingers. After years of investigating and reporting on cutting-edge productivity for The Guardian, Oliver has arrived at a slightly different worldview of time and how we should manage it.Expect to learn why becoming more efficient often just leads to you getting more useless work done, the fundamental pro

Aug 30, 2021 • 1:08:37

#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control

#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control

Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California and an author.Programming machines to do what we want them to is a challenge. The consequences of getting this wrong become very grave if that machine is superintelligent with essentially limitless resources and no regard for humanity's wellbeing. Stuart literally wrote the textbook on Artificial Intelligence which is now used in hundreds of countries, so hopefully he's got an answer to perhaps the most im

Aug 28, 2021 • 1:52:22

#363 - Naama Kates - Investigating The Incel Community

#363 - Naama Kates - Investigating The Incel Community

Naama Kates is a writer, producer and creator of the Incel Podcast.The world of involuntary celibates continues to be thrust into the public limelight with incidents in the United States and most recently in the UK with Jake Davison's shooting in Plymouth. Naama has spent years investigating incels so I figured she would be a good place to go to understand what's happening.Expect to learn whether the incel community is a terrorist organisation, why the incel culture can trap members ins

Aug 26, 2021 • 1:16:44

#362 - James Smith - Dating, Finances & Happiness

#362 - James Smith - Dating, Finances & Happiness

James Smith is a PT and not a life coach.It's a weird time to be alive. The rules are completely out of the window for dating, finding a balance between socialising and work is basically impossible, there are a million different ways to organise your personal finances and that's before you even start to throw Tinder into the mix.Expect to learn why James is actually glad to be back from Australia, the optimal approach for getting a kangaroo to tap out in BJJ, what's interesting about be

Aug 23, 2021 • 1:27:41

#361 - Darren Grimes - What The Right Is Getting Wrong

#361 - Darren Grimes - What The Right Is Getting Wrong

Darren Grimes is a political commentator and a YouTuber.Conservatism might be the least sexy political viewpoint there is. The righthand side of the aisle is hardly setting anyone's pants ablaze and almost of feels like a movement that should come wrapped in a flat cap and a smoking jacket. Is this just the way things are?Expect to learn whether olympic athletes should be figureheads for politics, why Darren still receives so much Brexit hate 4 years later, whether UK Political Commenta

Aug 21, 2021 • 1:25:10

#360 - Incels, Afghanistan & Apple's Privacy Blunder

#360 - Incels, Afghanistan & Apple's Privacy Blunder

Jonny & Yusef join me today as we discuss recent news stories including why breastfeeding now needs recategorising to be more inclusive, how being injected with the flu might improve your lifting numbers, whether the incel movement caused the Plymouth shooting, why Apple's new privacy updates are problematic for privacy and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20)Get perfect te

Aug 19, 2021 • 1:19:06

#359 - Stephen Davis - The Secrets Of British Airways Flight 149

#359 - Stephen Davis - The Secrets Of British Airways Flight 149

Stephen Davis is an investigative reporter and an author.On August 1st 1990, a British Airways flight departed London for Kuwait, on board were nearly 400 passengers including 9 secret service operatives. They landed in a war zone as Sadam Hussein's army rolled into Kuwait and took them hostage.For the next 5 months they were used as human shields, and for the last 30 years BA and the UK Government has covered up why they were really there and what happened. Stephen has been investigati

Aug 16, 2021 • 1:11:04

#358 - Dr Samantha Boardman - Positive Psychology's Lessons For Coping With Stress

#358 - Dr Samantha Boardman - Positive Psychology's Lessons For Coping With Stress

Dr Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist and an author.Divorces, bankruptcies and moving house are major stresses. But what about the micro-stressors we deal with every day, how much do they contribute to diminishing our wellbeing and what can we do to stop that from happening?Expect to learn which activities studies say are most effective for making you resilient to stress, how to break a downward spiral in your growth, why discomfort is a feature not a bug, how creating a persona can gi

Aug 14, 2021 • 1:03:59

#357 - Christopher Mason - A 500-Year Plan To Reach Other Worlds

#357 - Christopher Mason - A 500-Year Plan To Reach Other Worlds

Christopher Mason is a Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, founding Directors of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction and an author.Eventually, the sun is going to engulf the earth. This means that if we want human and animal life to not be snuffed out within a billion years, we need to reach other worlds and Christopher has put together a 500-years roadmap for how we could do it.Expect to learn why space flight is so harsh on the human body, how genetic manipulation c

Aug 12, 2021 • 1:02:13

#356 - Yeonmi Park - What It's Truly Like Living In North Korea

#356 - Yeonmi Park - What It's Truly Like Living In North Korea

Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, an author and a YouTuber.North Korea is the most shrouded, dictatorial and walled-off nation on earth. The only press who are permitted access are get shown a performance masquerading as real life and leaving the country is essentially impossible. At 13 years old, Yeonmi escaped along with her sister & mother.Expect to learn how North Korea's citizens are conned into spying on each other, why it's better to die than go to prison, how the state

Aug 9, 2021 • 1:09:50

#355 - Andrew Gold - Exorcisms, Rockstar Priests & Dangerous Taboos

#355 - Andrew Gold - Exorcisms, Rockstar Priests & Dangerous Taboos

Andrew Gold is a documentary maker and podcaster.In the depths of the Buenos Aires suburbs is a priest who is warding off vampires, levitating followers and battling demons. Or maybe he's kidnapping schizophrenic patients from a local psychiatric ward. Andrew traipsed through Argentina to find out.Expect to learn what it's like to fear 5000 people are going to kill you in South America, how Andrew infiltrated an underground network in Germany, why the BBC's diversity quota might be prot

Aug 7, 2021 • 1:33:37

#354 - Rich Diviney - Perform Like A Navy Seal

#354 - Rich Diviney - Perform Like A Navy Seal

Rich Diviney is a retired Navy SEAL Commander and an author.The Navy Seals are one of the most hardened military groups in the world. During 13 tours and over a decade of service, Rich researched and tested his favourite ways to improve and enhance the mental and physical performance of himself and his unit.Expect to learn how to immediately move your system from a sympathetic to parasympathetic state, why optimal performance is preferable to peak performance, why understanding the rela

Aug 5, 2021 • 1:20:50

#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?

#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?

Robert Plomin, is a psychologist, geneticist and an author.Separating the influence of nature and nurture is something everyone considers. Robert is the 71st most cited psychologist of the 20th century and has run the largest and most clinically detailed twin and adoption studies in history to finally provide definitive answers to these fundamental questions.Expect to learn how much of who we are can be attributed to our environment and how much was predisposed by our genetics, why pare

Aug 2, 2021 • 1:45:31

#352 - Ben Aldridge - How To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

#352 - Ben Aldridge - How To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

Ben Aldridge is an author, musician and teacher.After finding himself increasingly anxious and suffering regular panic attacks, Ben purposefully spent an entire year doing things which really pushed the limits of his comfort in an effort to regain control of his mindset.Expect to learn what Ben's Mrs thought of him sleeping on the floor next to the bed, what he discovered when he climbed Everest up and down his house's stairs, why acupuncture in the face can be useful, how exposure ther

Jul 31, 2021 • 55:25

#351 - Stephen McGinty - The World's Deepest Submarine Rescue

#351 - Stephen McGinty - The World's Deepest Submarine Rescue

Stephen McGinty is an author, journalist and documentary producer.In 1973, two British men, Roger Chapman & Roger Mallinson were 1500ft below the surface laying trans-Atlantic telephone cables in the Pisces III submarine.What happened next is one of the longest, most dangerous, complex and daring rescues ever attempted as America, Canada, Ireland and Britain marshalled their forces in the air and beneath the sea to save the two men, all while their oxygen, food and power was rapidly

Jul 29, 2021 • 1:03:27

#350 - James Nestor - Change Your Breath, Change Your Life

#350 - James Nestor - Change Your Breath, Change Your Life

James Nestor is a journalist and an author.We get more energy from our breath than we do from food or hydration or sleep. And yet most people have never considered assessing how properly they breathe. Thankfully James has spent years speaking to the world's leading researchers, breathwork teachers, monks and free divers to find out exactly what we need to know.Expect to learn why computer use is affecting your breath, how poor breathing can cause diabetes, why snoring is a dangerous hab

Jul 26, 2021 • 1:18:14

#349 - Rupert Spira - Enlightenment, Happiness & Non-Duality

#349 - Rupert Spira - Enlightenment, Happiness & Non-Duality

Rupert Spira a teacher of the Non-Dualism Direct Path, an author and a potter.Non-dualism is a state of consciousness that many contemplative practitioners aim to achieve. A dissolving of a barrier between the observer and the experience, it's incredibly complex but thankfully Rupert is one of the clearest and most direct teachers of non-duality.Today we tackle some of the biggest questions in enlightenment practice, like what are we at our essence? What is consciousness? What does it m

Jul 24, 2021 • 1:02:15

#348 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking

#348 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project and works in preventing global catastrophic risk.Having accurate sensemaking is a superpower in the 21st century. As the volume of information we need to sort through increases, the ability to distinguish signal from noise becomes ever more important. Given this, I wanted to ask Daniel exactly how he would advise someone to become an adept sensemaker.Expect to learn the characteristics that a good sensemaking agent

Jul 22, 2021 • 2:07:49

#347 - Danny Trejo - The Most Killed Man In Hollywood

#347 - Danny Trejo - The Most Killed Man In Hollywood

Danny Trejo is an actor and restaurateur.Danny is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood history. He's just written a new memoir about his life and today we get to hear his craziest stories.Expect to learn what it was like to meet Charles Manson in jail, who was the hardest guy on-set at Con Air, how Danny nearly ended up with the death penalty, whether he actually robbed Antonio Banderas, how he saved Keifer Sutherland from a psychopath and much more...Sponsors:Get 10% discoun

Jul 19, 2021 • 1:02:31

#346 - Rob Reid - How To Avoid Destroying Humanity

#346 - Rob Reid - How To Avoid Destroying Humanity

Rob Reid is an entrepreneur, podcaster and an author.The last 15 months have been a terrifying taster of just what a global crisis is like, except it wasn't lethal enough to be a threat to our long term survival - but just because this one wasn't, doesn't mean that more deadly existential risks aren't out there.Expect to learn how synthetic biology might be the biggest risk to our survival, what we should have learned from 2020, whether Artificial General Intelligence is an immediate th

Jul 15, 2021 • 2:15:06

#345 - Ryan Long - Annihilating The Culture

#345 - Ryan Long - Annihilating The Culture

Ryan Long is a comedian, director and podcaster.What do Whiteclaw, Elon Musk, Andrew Cuomo's daughter's sexuality, Juule, OnlyFans, Dan Bilzarian, John McAfee, Winston from Mumford & Sons, Oli London and a kinky Thanksgiving Parade have in common?Absolutely nothing but we talk about them all today. Enjoy.Sponsors:Get 40% discount on everything from boohooMAN at https://bit.ly/manwisdom (use code MW40)Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://pur

Jul 12, 2021 • 1:14:54

#344 - Luke Burgis - Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?

#344 - Luke Burgis - Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?

Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur and author.We feel like we are in charge of our wants. Like we're the creator of our desires. But Rene Girard's theory of Mimetic Desire suggests an alternative - all we are doing is copying and modelling other people's wants, and then spitting them back out as our own.Expect to learn why you're going to die of a Brazilian butt lift, why mimesis is a kind of alchemy, how mimetic desires cause people to become scapegoats, why Lamborghini's creation story is

Jul 8, 2021 • 1:00:39

#343 - Dr David Sinclair - Defeating Ageing & Living Longer

#343 - Dr David Sinclair - Defeating Ageing & Living Longer

Dr David Sinclair is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and co-Director of the Paul Glenn Centre for the Biological Mechanisms of Ageing.The longevity movement is huge, people all around the globe are trying to discover how to live longer and slow down ageing. It's been 2 years since Dr Sinclair was last on the show, so I figured it was time to invite him back on and find out what he's been up to.Expect to learn why having a dog can make you live longer,

Jul 5, 2021 • 1:04:43

#342 - Jim Poole - The Neuroscience Of Stress

#342 - Jim Poole - The Neuroscience Of Stress

Jim Poole is the President and CEO of Solace Lifesciences.The last year has been one of the most stressful in memory, add on top our always-on technology, poor sleep schedules, alcohol, political tensions and it's no surprise that the second great wave of stress is upon us.Expect to learn how the balance of your autonomous nervous system is constantly being hijacked, how the crazy technology underpinning Jim's flagship product NuCalm works, why the sleep industry is in such a mess, how

Jul 3, 2021 • 1:23:53

#341 - Life Hacks 205

#341 - Life Hacks 205

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn how to crush singing happy birthday, why Yusef is leaving Evernote, the most fun way to spend £12, how to get YouTube Premium for 94p, the ultimate warmup routine, why Jonny is now the most interesting person in the room, how to sleep in Amsterdam Airport an

Jul 1, 2021 • 1:29:09

#340 - Mark Manson - 11 Uncomfortable Truths About Life

#340 - Mark Manson - 11 Uncomfortable Truths About Life

Mark Manson is an author and blogger.Mark is the king of telling people things they don't want to hear, but need to hear. I couldn't bring him on without using this as an opportunity to dig out some of his most insightful and painful lessons about life, so here we go - hold on tight.Expect to learn why almost nothing is ever about you, why there's a fundamental selfishness attached to anxiety, how Mark transitioned from partyboy to fatherhood, why you're probably the problem in all your

Jun 28, 2021 • 1:14:04

#339 - Jeremy McDermott - Hunting An Invisible Drug Lord

#339 - Jeremy McDermott - Hunting An Invisible Drug Lord

Jeremy McDermott is an investigative reporter and the Director of Insight Crime.Modern drug lords in South America learned that anonymity is a better defence than a well armed militia. Jeremy has spent the last decade of his life chasing one of the most notorious members of The Invisibles, Memo Fantasma "The Ghost".Expect to learn how the Vice President of Colombia was implicated in a drug lord's operations, how The Ghost deleted his entire identity, why Jeremy turned up on a kingpin's

Jun 26, 2021 • 1:07:42

#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology, Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse

#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology, Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse

Robert Wright is President of the Nonzero Foundation, an author and Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.Bob's book The Moral Animal has changed my thinking more than pretty much any other over the last few years, so naturally I wanted to bring him on to discuss whether aliens are real and how we can avoid existential risks.For real though, expect to learn the role that evolutionary psychology plays in mindfulness practice, why Bob thinks

Jun 24, 2021 • 1:14:52

#337 - 200k Q&A - Jordan Peterson, Bitcoin & Harsh Truths

#337 - 200k Q&A - Jordan Peterson, Bitcoin & Harsh Truths

I hit 200k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate I asked for questions on Instagram and YouTube. Yet again I was blown away by how interesting, challenging and insightful the questions were so I tried to fit as many in as I could. You guys really are incredibly smart and uncommonly reasonable on an internet of idiots mud slinging at each other.Expect to learn who the hardest podcast guest to prepare for was, whether I'm worried about being over 30 and single, if I'll shave my head and we

Jun 21, 2021 • 1:16:24

#336 - Richard Lang - What It Feels Like To Have No Head

#336 - Richard Lang - What It Feels Like To Have No Head

Richard Lang is the Co-ordinator of the Shollond Trust, a UK charity focussed on sharing the Headless Way.If you see a person from 6 feet away, they're a person. From 100,000 miles away they're a planet. From a few microns away they're cells. So what are they at their very centre? Who are we?This is the central question of The Headless Way and today Richard takes us through Douglas Harding's work to answer it along with some meditations and experiments you can do to illuminate these ins

Jun 19, 2021 • 53:57

#335 - Nicole Arbour - Dating, Haters & Mental Health

#335 - Nicole Arbour - Dating, Haters & Mental Health

Nicole Arbour is a comedian and YouTuber.Nicole has been through her fair share of controversy, so what insights has she gained from a decade of public attention, haters, success and failure?Expect to learn what Nicole discovered after 10 years of chronic pain, what Americans Canadians and Brits can learn from each other, why Canadian politeness has ben weaponised, what the right are getting wrong, how to deal with criticism, Nicole's dating advice to her younger self and much more...Sp

Jun 17, 2021 • 1:05:49

#334 - Shane Parrish - Mental Models, Good Decisions & Better Content

#334 - Shane Parrish - Mental Models, Good Decisions & Better Content

Shane Parrish is the Founder of Farnam Street, an ex-Canadian Intelligence Agency Operative and an author.Farnam Street is one of the best blogs on the planet. Shane has been a huge contributor to increasing the popularity of mental models and effective decision making over the last few years, today we get to dig into some of his favourite insights.Expect to learn how to pursue growth without feeling insufficient, why everyone in Shane's company gets august off work, how to know when yo

Jun 14, 2021 • 52:34

#333 - Chris Walsh - How Does The Cannabis Industry Work?

#333 - Chris Walsh - How Does The Cannabis Industry Work?

Chris Walsh is the CEO and President of Marijuana Business Daily and an industry trend analyst.People are claiming that cannabis will be the next gold rush industry. After it grew by nearly 50% in 2020, that seems even more likely. Chris knows everything about the world of weed, so we get the inside scoop on this rapidly growing industry.Expect to learn how weed is somehow illegal federally but legal at the state level, why THC suppositories are a thing, whether there will be a psychede

Jun 12, 2021 • 1:01:24

#332 - Julia Galef - Learn To Improve Your Decision Making

#332 - Julia Galef - Learn To Improve Your Decision Making

Julia Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, a podcaster and an author.Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings said that tens of thousands of Covid deaths could have been prevented if the Government had read Julia's book. Why is it that he swears by Julia's rationalist manifesto?Expect to learn what most people get wrong about confidence, the difference between a solider and scout mindset, why attitude is more important than knowledge for effective

Jun 10, 2021 • 55:10

#331 - Michael Knowles - The Problem With Political Correctness

#331 - Michael Knowles - The Problem With Political Correctness

Michael Knowles is a political commentator, podcaster, and an author.Ostensibly, political correctness is the right thing to do if you're a responsible human that is respectful of other people's emotions.Encouraging people to be mindful and precise of the words they use makes sense. But demanding for tolerance becomes undermined when the people doing the demanding are overbearing and intolerant. It’s like punching people in the name of peace. Something is obviously amiss...Expect to lea

Jun 7, 2021 • 1:30:16

#330 - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - What Will The Future Look Like?

#330 - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - What Will The Future Look Like?

Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Jones are futurists, trend analysts and authors.The future is supposed to be ours to choose, but who is educated enough to tell us if we're going in the wrong direction?Theo & Bronwyn brought together the world's leading futurists to articulate, clarify and predict the current trajectories in all the areas of life that you care about, like the future of warfare, education, transport, politics, economics, space travel, relationships and more.Sponsors:Get 10

Jun 5, 2021 • 1:15:23

#329 - Michael Malice - Is Anarchy The Answer?

#329 - Michael Malice - Is Anarchy The Answer?

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.No matter your perspective, politics isn't working very well at the moment. The world is divided along more lines than we can count and the powers that be don't seem to have the electorate's best interests at heart. Is the solution just to tear it all down?Expect to learn why Michael refuses to vote, what the hardest question for anarchy to answer is, why a democracy doesn't give you choice, why I've been forgetting word

Jun 3, 2021 • 1:28:07

#328 - Jack Butcher - Visualising Value & Constant Creativity

#328 - Jack Butcher - Visualising Value & Constant Creativity

Jack Butcher is a designer, entrepreneur and the founder of Visualize Value.Jack has gone from being a normal agency designer to becoming the one-man-army behind Visualize Value - a business that generates over $100,000 a month at a 99% profit margin.Expect to learn how to avoid getting distracted by shiny object syndrome, how Jack prioritises creativity in a hectic business environment, what becoming a father teaches you about algorithms, how to sustain exponential growth and much more

May 31, 2021 • 1:20:12

#327 - Peter Crone - Defeat Your Limiting Beliefs

#327 - Peter Crone - Defeat Your Limiting Beliefs

Peter Crone is a performance coach to athletes, professionals and celebrities.The beliefs and subconscious narratives we hold shape our behaviour, health, relationships and performance. But by its very definition, the subconscious is difficult to tap in to.Expect to learn how to step into the narrative loop of your self-image, why not feeling like you're enough is such a common occurrence, how to be less hard on yourself, what our most dangerous inner monologues are and much more...Spon

May 29, 2021 • 1:01:45

#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle

#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle

Jim O'Shaughnessy is an investor and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.Time, space and geography are collapsing. The richest people on the planet are no longer in charge of labour or buildings, they're symbol manipulators. The skillsets we need today are completely different to what was needed 50 years ago, let alone 500. Jim is here to give us some advice on how we can survive this catastrophic reshuffling.Expect to learn why 2020 was

May 27, 2021 • 1:25:04

#325 - Lauren Johnson - The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Athletes

#325 - Lauren Johnson - The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Athletes

Lauren Johnson is the New York Yankees ex-Performance Psychologist and a mental toughness expert.We all have a lot to learn from people who are performing at the limits of their ability. As the person in charge of the New York Yankees' mindset for 4 years, Lauren has seen first hand just how important mindset and mental toughness are for enabling peak output.Expect to learn how we can improve our self talk, how athletes deal with pain & discomfort, Lauren's best advice for dealing w

May 24, 2021 • 1:10:59

#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?

#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?

Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.During any discussion about fossil fuels, the focus only ever seems to be on the negative side effects, but what about the positives? Alex believes that we need more, not less fossil fuels to improve global human flourishing, and today he makes his case.Expect to learn why solar & wind energy can't fix our energy problems, how nuclear plants have become so demonised, why

May 22, 2021 • 1:27:21

#323 - Michio Kaku - Black Holes, Big Bangs & Quantum Theory

#323 - Michio Kaku - Black Holes, Big Bangs & Quantum Theory

Michio Kaku is the Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York, a futurist and an author.What happened before the big bang? Is there a white hole on the other end of a black hole? Can time go backwards? Are there other dimensions? Are there other parallel universes? Is there a multiverse of universes?These are all questions that are beyond our current understanding and can't be resolved using the Standard Model and General Relativity. Michio Kaku is on the quest for

May 20, 2021 • 1:01:27

#322 - Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Surviving 14 Years In Guantanamo Bay

#322 - Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Surviving 14 Years In Guantanamo Bay

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the subject of the film The Mauritanian and has been called "the most tortured man in Guantanamo Bay".Mohamedou lived for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay, was subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques, otherwise known as torture, was sexually assaulted by prison officers, was force-fed food, water boarded, subjected to a mock-execution, and spent nearly 20 years away from his home country. Without being charged once.Extra Stuff:Watch The Mauritanian - https://www

May 17, 2021 • 1:34:14

#321 - Dr Alexander Lee - The Story Behind Machiavelli's Philosophy

#321 - Dr Alexander Lee - The Story Behind Machiavelli's Philosophy

Alexander Lee is a renaissance historian at the University of Warwick and an author.Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most famous political philosophers of all time. His work is often considered ruthless, brutal and manipulative, but who was the man behind the words?Alexander has just written one of the most insightful and comprehensive biographies of Machiavelli ever, so let's return to 15th century Florence and find out what Niccolo was really like, how he continually failed in his ow

May 15, 2021 • 1:04:15

#320 - Robb Wolf - Eat, Sleep & Train Like Your Ancestors

#320 - Robb Wolf - Eat, Sleep & Train Like Your Ancestors

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and one of the world’s leading experts in Paleolithic Nutrition and Ancestral Health.The world which our genetics evolved in is very different to the one we exist in now. Rob's work tries to undo this by applying an evolutionary lens to our training, diet, recovery and socialisation.Expect to learn why the Guinness book of world records has banned unbroken sleep challenges, Rob's best tips for easily getting more protein into your diet, how losi

May 13, 2021 • 1:11:36

#319 - David Buss - The Hidden Psychology Of Sexual Conflict

#319 - David Buss - The Hidden Psychology Of Sexual Conflict

David Buss is one of the founders of the field of Evolutionary Psychology, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas and an author.The topic of sexual deception, harassment and assault are an emotive, highly charged conversation. Men are accused and women are afraid. But why do these conflicts even arise? Why is it that men and women's sexual desires diverge? David's new book opens Pandora's Box to this murky world.Expect to learn the key differences to men & women's sexual

May 10, 2021 • 1:13:59

#318 - Steven Laureys - The Neuroscience Of Meditation

#318 - Steven Laureys - The Neuroscience Of Meditation

Steven Laureys is a neurologist, Professor of Neurology & Director at Coma Science Group and an author.Meditation and mindfulness practise has gained a lot of popularity over the last few decades. But the effects are inherently difficult to observe because they're internal, thankfully Steven is one of the leading clinicians and researchers in the field of neurology and has scanned the brains of some of the world's heavyweight meditators.Expect to learn what structural changes occur

May 8, 2021 • 1:01:28

#317 - Cal Newport - How To Master Your Email Overload

#317 - Cal Newport - How To Master Your Email Overload

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and an author.Email has changed the way we collaborate and work. Free, frictionless, instant communication sounds great, but many workers are tyrannised by their email inbox, no matter how many productivity tools they add in. Cal is proposing a new type of solution to this overload.Expect to learn why workers checking their email every 6 minutes is neutering productivity, how reducing your email can impro

May 6, 2021 • 1:12:53

#316 - Steven Dudley - MS-13: America's Most Notorious Gang

#316 - Steven Dudley - MS-13: America's Most Notorious Gang

Steven Dudley is the Director of InSight Crime, a crime & public security reporter and an author.MS-13 are one of the best known gangs in the world. President Trump declared war on them and called them a national security threat. Today we get to hear exactly how the gang works from the most informed MS-13 expert on the planet.Expect to learn how MS-13 have become so dangerous without any single leader, how the gang initiates new members, the terrifyingly difficult prospect of trying

May 3, 2021 • 1:11:53

#315 - Melody Wilding - Succeed If You're Empathetic & Driven

#315 - Melody Wilding - Succeed If You're Empathetic & Driven

Melody Wilding is an executive coach and an author.Being a driven but sensitive individual is a fairly interesting blend. You have all the desire for high achievement and go-getting but also overthink pretty much everything which slows you down. Thankfully, Melody is a specialist at coaching what she calls Sensitive Strivers.Expect to learn how to channel your emotions into an advantage, why trusting your gut is a skill, how to let go of being a perfectionist, how to stop over-thinking,

May 1, 2021 • 1:10:29

#314 - Greg McKeown - How To Make Life Effortless

#314 - Greg McKeown - How To Make Life Effortless

Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and an author.Is the toughest path always the right one? Is the more important a thing is, the harder it has to be? Or is there a way to make the execution of what matters most in your life a little easier?Expect to learn why the usefulness of working runs out more quickly than you might think, how Effortless relates to Essentialism, why burnout is not a badge of honour, how to decide what "done" looks like, how to b

Apr 29, 2021 • 1:35:06

#313 - Cancel Culture, Sobriety & Identity Change

#313 - Cancel Culture, Sobriety & Identity Change

This episode was originally recorded on Sean Spooner's podcast Life and Lessons.I enjoyed this discussion so much, I figured I'd put it on Modern Wisdom too. Lots more talking by me on this one, which you'd better enjoy, or else.Expect to learn why identity change is so hard, what being club promoter without nightclubs for a year has been like, why going sober is still a red pill everyone needs to take, my thoughts on cancel culture, what chapters I would include in my book, why social

Apr 26, 2021 • 1:10:55

#312 - Gabrielle Bluestone - The World's Biggest Scammers

#312 - Gabrielle Bluestone - The World's Biggest Scammers

Gabrielle Bluestone is the Executive Producer of the FYRE Documentary, an author & journalist.From failed festivals to fake blood tests, the grifters and scammers of the world seem to be having their time in the spotlight right now.Expect to learn how Billy McFarland the founder of Fyre Festival has got himself into even more trouble since he's been in jail, why Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos made her voice lower, what we learned from Mike Bloomberg's Presidential Campaign, whether

Apr 24, 2021 • 1:02:24

#311 - Life Hacks 204

#311 - Life Hacks 204

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn Jonny's favourite music to lift heavy to, why I'm a YouTube Premium convert, the best type of MyProtein Whey, how to fix torn hands when lifting, how I redeliver my Kindle highlights every day, how to optimise Apple Photos and much more...Extra Stuff:Surviva

Apr 22, 2021 • 1:33:10

#310 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths

#310 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths

Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist an author.Humans are not transparent to ourselves. We are complex creatures who operate on ancient programming. Having spent years and years as a practicing psychotherapist for men, women and couples, Adam has come to learn some insights about us which he put into an epic Twitter thread and that's what we go through today.Expect to learn why women are disgusted when they learn how the male sex drive works, why having an asshole for a child is your fa

Apr 19, 2021 • 1:31:13

#309 - The Fitness Chef - The Biggest Myths About Fat Loss

#309 - The Fitness Chef - The Biggest Myths About Fat Loss

Graeme Tomlinson is an evidence based diet coach and an author.Let's face it, pretty much everyone is fat right now. If lockdown has left us with anything, it's pasty skin which is a bit softer than usual. As the world gets back into a fitness regime, it's important to learn the fundamentals around how dieting and weight loss actually work.Expect to learn the principles of dieting and losing weight, whether juicing or detoxes work, what low carb & keto actually do, how intermittent

Apr 17, 2021 • 1:16:08

#308 - Brian Greene - The Mind-bending Physics Of Eternity

#308 - Brian Greene - The Mind-bending Physics Of Eternity

Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, an author and the Director of Columbia University’s Centre for Theoretical Physics.Nothing short of fascinating stuff today with one of the most popular public physicists of our age. Brian is an absolute titan. Expect to hear answers to some of the biggest and most fundamental questions we have.What happens if the universe is infinite? When will time end? What is time? What is the relationship between entropy and evolution? What do

Apr 15, 2021 • 1:27:39

#307 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Take Control Of Your Life

#307 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Take Control Of Your Life

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and an author.The last year has been incredibly challenging. It's times like this when we need one of the most popular and insightful voices of our generation to come and give us some advice, welcome to the show Dr Jordan B. Peterson.Expect to learn how to deal with the pain of unlived potential, Jordan Peterson's thoughts on the productivity movement, his reaction to being featured

Apr 12, 2021 • 1:33:47

#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk

#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk

Thomas Moynihan is a historian and an author.Humans may have only had the ability to destroy ourselves for the last hundred years or so, but thinkers have been hypothesising about the potential end of existence for thousands of years. Today Thomas explains the history of how humanity came to realise its potential for extinction.Sponsors:Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20)Get 10% discount on your f

Apr 10, 2021 • 1:27:52

#305 - Steven Kotler - A Complete Recipe For Peak Performance

#305 - Steven Kotler - A Complete Recipe For Peak Performance

Steven Kotler is a peak performance expert, entrepreneur and an author.The mystery of achieving peak performance is what many people are striving toward in life. Steven is a world expert in Flow and through years of cutting edge research, has finally created the recipe.Expect to learn how to break & build your motivation, the best way to hack your creativity, why Salvador Dali literally WAS drugs, the universal triggers you can use to drop yourself into flow, how to integrate peak p

Apr 8, 2021 • 1:25:04

#304 - Victor Wooten - The Spirit Of Music

#304 - Victor Wooten - The Spirit Of Music

Victor Wooten is one of the greatest bass players of all time and a 5-times Grammy Award Winner.After a career of writing, teaching and performing at the highest levels on earth, Victor has come to gain some insights around how music affects us and what we might be losing if we don't properly nurture it.Expect to learn how Victor deals with his internal critic, what he does to open up his students' creativity, what fast food and modern music have in common, how Victor overcomes nerves w

Apr 5, 2021 • 1:19:53

#303 - Chrissie Mayr - All The Big Mistakes Women Make

#303 - Chrissie Mayr - All The Big Mistakes Women Make

Chrissie Mayr is a comedian and a podcaster.A lot of success in life can be achieved by simply avoiding failure. I wanted to bring Chrissie on to discuss all the lessons she'd give her younger self from her years of dating, family life, career prospects and oestrogen in general.Expect to learn why no one under 60 years old should write relationship advice columns, why "you deserve it all" is a dangerous ideology, the biggest challenges Chrissie sees women facing in their careers, how to

Apr 3, 2021 • 1:18:36

#302 - Ryan Bush - A Guide To Mental Self-Mastery

#302 - Ryan Bush - A Guide To Mental Self-Mastery

Ryan Bush is systems designer and an author.Redesigning your mind is hard because there are a lot of influences at play. A very comprehensive approach is needed to really impact our mindset. Today I think I might have found someone who has all the tools.Expect to learn how to design your mind to work with you not against you, how to cultivate meta-cognition, how to rewire your mental biases, how to restructure your emotions, how to modulate your desires, how to build self control and mu

Apr 1, 2021 • 1:07:11

#301 - Steven Bartlett - Lessons In Creating A Successful Life

#301 - Steven Bartlett - Lessons In Creating A Successful Life

Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur and an author.Building a business, buying fast cars and becoming a millionaire is the peak of some people's dreams. But does achieving that actually satisfy you and create success? Or does it leave you hollow inside? And is it possible to achieve material success alongside meaningful fulfilment?Expect to learn why £13 in chicken shop feels more satisfying than Social Chain being listed on a stock exchange, why Steven's bill

Mar 29, 2021 • 1:00:03

#300 - Greg Everett - How To Truly Build Toughness

#300 - Greg Everett - How To Truly Build Toughness

Greg Everett is a weightlifting coach and an author.We're in the middle of a toughness revolution. From David Goggins motivational videos to cold showers, it seems like becoming tough is a skill many people want to develop right now, but what IS toughness and how do you cultivate it?Expect to learn how character, capacity, capability and commitment combine to create a truly tough human, how you can develop your resilience to adversity, why Greg says confidence can be built like any othe

Mar 27, 2021 • 1:07:40

#299 - Chris Baber - How To Cook Amazing Fitness Food, For Idiots

#299 - Chris Baber - How To Cook Amazing Fitness Food, For Idiots

Chris Baber is a Chef and a Marks & Spencer food ambassador.The cells in our body are made up of what we put in our mouth. Although we all cook for ourselves, most people have no idea what they're doing in the kitchen. Chris is coming to the rescue.Expect to learn how to meal prep healthy fitness food in no time, how spices work and which ones you need, what Chris says every stock cupboard needs, what the best minimal kitchen equipment setup is, how to plan your shopping and your me

Mar 25, 2021 • 1:11:26

#298 - Polina Pompliano - David Goggins & Elon Musk's Performance Secrets

#298 - Polina Pompliano - David Goggins & Elon Musk's Performance Secrets

Polina Pompliano is a writer, author & founder of The Profile.Polina spends her time assessing the world's highest performing & most interesting individuals. Today we break down some of the common traits of her favourite subjects.Expect to learn how David Goggins used post-it notes to change himself, why Elon Musk is able to have truly unique thoughts, what Polina learned from The Rock, how the highest performers on earth spend their time wisely and much more...Sponsors:Get 10%

Mar 22, 2021 • 1:11:44

#297 - Brian Christian - The Alignment Problem: AI's Scary Challenge

#297 - Brian Christian - The Alignment Problem: AI's Scary Challenge

Brian Christian is a programmer, researcher and an author.You have a computer system, you want it to do X, you give it a set of examples and you say "do that" - what could go wrong? Well, lots apparently, and the implications are pretty scary.Expect to learn why it's so hard to code an artificial intelligence to do what we actually want it to, how a robot cheated at the game of football, why human biases can be absorbed by AI systems, the most effective way to teach machines to learn, t

Mar 20, 2021 • 1:20:15

#296 - Kalle Sauerland - The Life Of A Global Boxing Promoter

#296 - Kalle Sauerland - The Life Of A Global Boxing Promoter

Kalle Sauerland is one of the most successful promoters in world boxing, Co-Founder of Sauerland Events and Co-Founder of the World Boxing Super Series.Boxing is a legendary sport which captures global attention, but the entire industry is held together by the promoters who make the matches and create the events we love to watch, how does it all work?Expect to learn Kalle's thoughts on Jake & Logan Paul's YouTube boxing careers, his wildest stories from press conferences, how terrif

Mar 18, 2021 • 1:17:21

#295 - Ben Bergeron - Creating A Life Of Excellence

#295 - Ben Bergeron - Creating A Life Of Excellence

Ben Bergeron is a CrossFit Coach and the Owner of CrossFit New England.As far as we know, we only get one shot at life, so we'd better make it count. Fulfilling our potential and making the most of our abilities is the name of the game, but how do you do this?Expect to learn why core values are so important to achieving your goals, how Ben focusses on maximising his minutes, how to embrace adversity in your life, why intentionality and focus are so crucial and much more...Extra Stuff:Ch

Mar 15, 2021 • 1:25:43

#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom

#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom

John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto.There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench.Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses t

Mar 13, 2021 • 1:24:42

#293 - Adam Alter - The Psychology Of Phone & Tech Addiction

#293 - Adam Alter - The Psychology Of Phone & Tech Addiction

Adam Alter is a Professor of Marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business and an author.Most adults report that they are within an arm's reach of their phone for 24 hours a day. Our devices have slotted themselves into our lives seamlessly, but controlling our screentime is becoming increasingly difficult.Expect to learn the psychological tricks tech companies are using to keep you hooked, what Adam thinks the best strategies are to control screentime, what our concerns s

Mar 11, 2021 • 1:09:24

#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do

#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do

Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran.Signalling is something everyone is doing all of the time. We are constantly leaking information about ourselves and our motives, but most of that information is involuntary.Expect to learn why signalling and status are intrinsically linked, how a standing next to a Lexus can increase a man's attractiveness, why putting 20 expensive pens on your desk is a smart idea, why young men play loud music

Mar 8, 2021 • 1:29:22

#291 - John Danaher - What Happens If Robots Automate The World?

#291 - John Danaher - What Happens If Robots Automate The World?

John Danaher is an author and a lecturer at the National University of Ireland.Having a job is valorised in modern society. But if our jobs are taken over by robots, will we find a sense of purpose in other things outside of work, or are we just going to lead meaningless lives?Expect to learn why technological unemployment might be desirable, what a cyborg utopia might look like, why John thinks losing work might not result in loss of purpose, the risks of sacrificing human values in pu

Mar 6, 2021 • 1:17:11

#290 - Dr Diana Fleischman - How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality

#290 - Dr Diana Fleischman - How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality

Dr Diana Fleischman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and an author.When we get sick with a virus like Covid-19, our bodies respond, but our behaviour and personality also change in a number of important ways and sometimes, it doesn't change back.Expect to learn why avoiding new foods when ill makes evolutionary sense, whether needing the bathroom reduces your belief in free will, why extraversion is reduced when you're sick, what Diana

Mar 4, 2021 • 1:12:56

#289 - 100k Q&A - Sam Harris, Brian Rose & Podcast Tips

#289 - 100k Q&A - Sam Harris, Brian Rose & Podcast Tips

We hit 100k Subscribers on YouTube!!To celebrate I asked for questions on Instagram and Twitter. I was going to just make a short YouTube-only video but the questions were so good, I couldn't cut enough out, so here I am, answering your questions for an hour.Expect to learn whether I think Brian Rose is a sham, whether Sam Harris will ever get rid of his Trump Derangement Syndrome, my biggest tip for starting a successful podcast, whether I get annoyed by people calling me Chris Wills a

Mar 1, 2021 • 1:04:32

#288 - Diane Rehm - Do We Have The Right To Die If We're Terminally Ill?

#288 - Diane Rehm - Do We Have The Right To Die If We're Terminally Ill?

Diane Rehm is a former radio presenter, producer and an author.Talking about the end of life is uncomfortable, but watching someone you love be forced to live on through pain is even worse. Diane has interviewed hundreds of people on the topic of assisted dying from Doctors to Priests, terminally ill patients and ethicists.Expect to learn why Right To Die Laws are so complex, problematic and applied differently across the world. what the difference is between euthanasia and assisted dyi

Feb 27, 2021 • 54:41

#287 - Sven Nyholm - Are Sex Robots And Self-Driving Cars Ethical?

#287 - Sven Nyholm - Are Sex Robots And Self-Driving Cars Ethical?

Sven Nyholm is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Utrecht University.Robots are all around us. They perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, and potentially harm us. What does this mean for our relationship to them and with them?Expect to learn why robots might need to have rights, whether it's ethical for robots to be sex slaves, why self-driving cars are being programmed to drive with human mistakes, who is respons

Feb 25, 2021 • 1:09:14

#286 - Dr Zach Bush MD - Why We Shouldn't Aim For A New Normal

#286 - Dr Zach Bush MD - Why We Shouldn't Aim For A New Normal

Dr Zach Bush MD is a physician and educator specialising in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care.The last 12 months have been a challenge. Everyone has come up against difficulties and can't wait to get back to some sense of normality, but by aiming for normal, are we missing out on an opportunity to become something better?Expect to learn how to deal with a loss of meaning and identity during global crises, why unity and conformity are not the same thing, how losing divers

Feb 22, 2021 • 1:03:27

#285 - The Freemans - How To Have Better Arguments With Your Partner

#285 - The Freemans - How To Have Better Arguments With Your Partner

Aaron and Jocelyn Freeman are relationship coaches and authors.Success in relationships can be as much to do with dealing with disagreements as finding common ground, so arguing well might actually be an important skill we need to develop.Expect to learn what an argument hangover is, how you can make a disagreement with your partner better before it's even begun, how you can turn conflict into a good thing, why emotional triggers are a danger and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount &a

Feb 20, 2021 • 57:27

#284 - Hamilton Morris - Creating The Future Of Psychedelics

#284 - Hamilton Morris - Creating The Future Of Psychedelics

Hamilton Morris is a journalist, documentary producer and a chemist.Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is one of the most interesting documentaries around chemistry, psychoactive drugs, psychedelic culture and traditional uses for plant medicine ever.Sadly Season 3 is the last one, but Hamilton joins me today to talk about his interest in consciousness, why chemistry hasn't captured culture like other sciences, why Mkat failed because of a branding issue, why we should be synthesising DMT ourselve

Feb 18, 2021 • 1:25:10

#283 - Andrew Doyle - Free Speech And Why It Matters

#283 - Andrew Doyle - Free Speech And Why It Matters

Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, a comedian and a writer.Free speech is one of the core tenants of a modern liberal society, and yet we are seeing restrictions being placed on it across the West. In the UK Hate Speech Laws have been introduced and even America is looking at amending the amendment.Expect to learn what Andrew thinks about Donald Trump being removed from Twitter, whether cancel culture exists, why Miley Cyrus' genital preference is dangerous, what future humans will think

Feb 15, 2021 • 1:19:16

#282 - Dylan Werner - How To Breathe Like A Yogi

#282 - Dylan Werner - How To Breathe Like A Yogi

Dylan Werner is a yoga teacher and an author.Breathing is one of the few ways we can directly interact with how our physiology is operating, and yet no one ever taught us how to do it.Dylan Werner is one of the world's best known yoga teachers and today he gives us a breakdown of not only how the breath can impact our mood and performance but also explains the biology of how our breathing works, how you can implement breathwork into your daily routine, plus he guides us through an entir

Feb 13, 2021 • 1:35:51

#281 - Life Hacks 203

#281 - Life Hacks 203

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn why I brought a potato to a podcast, my biggest productivity tip for 2021, how Jonny is generating ideas in the shower, Yusef's favourite journalling app, how to ensure you never miss your creatine again and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount on Reebok’s

Feb 11, 2021 • 1:17:26

#280 - Carl Benjamin - Making Sense Of 2021's Madness

#280 - Carl Benjamin - Making Sense Of 2021's Madness

Carl Benjamin is the YouTuber formerly known as Sargon Of Akkad, a political commentator and host of The Lotus Eaters Podcast.It feels like a decade of history has happened already in 2021, so I invited Carl on to try and make sense of the madness.Expect to learn Carl's opinion on Steven Crowder suing Facebook, what a future with WallStreetBets in will look like, whether there is a common thread between JK Rowling and Jordan Peterson, whether American national pride is dwindling and muc

Feb 8, 2021 • 1:06:10

#279 - How Not To Start An Online Business

#279 - How Not To Start An Online Business

Jonny joins me (without Yusef) to discuss the wild west of creating money on the internet.Given the living hell that real businesses have been through with Covid, many budding entrepreneurs are trying to get some of that sweet, sweet internet money.Expect to learn, the biggest tips Jonny has learned over 10 years of working on the internet, the fundamentals of creating an online business, why traffic & conversions are life, the most common problems everyone makes and much more...Spo

Feb 6, 2021 • 1:21:48

#278 - Professor W Keith Campbell - The Psychology Of Narcissism

#278 - Professor W Keith Campbell - The Psychology Of Narcissism

W Keith Campbell is Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia's Franklin College and an author.Expect to learn what The Dark Triad is, how narcissists and psychopaths are linked, what social media's influence has been on narcissism, why you might want to increase narcissistic tendencies and much more...Sponsors:Get 10% off all LipoLife & Jigsaw Health products at https://naturesfix.co.uk/modernwisdom/ (use code MODERNWISDOM)Extra Stuff:Buy The New Science Of Narcissism -

Feb 4, 2021 • 1:17:19

#277 - Michael Malice - Connecting The Dots Of Chaos

#277 - Michael Malice - Connecting The Dots Of Chaos

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.The first few weeks of 2021 have been madness. Michael joins me today to connect the dots of chaos and give us an insight into why the world is slowly turning upside down.Expect to learn what a modern anarchist's perspective is on politics, what Michael thinks about the WallStreetBets and Gamespot debacle, what his predictions for a Biden presidency are, why the Capitol Hill Siege will never be forgotten and much more...

Feb 1, 2021 • 1:12:30

#276 - Brian Muraresku - The Psychedelic Origins Of Western Civilisation

#276 - Brian Muraresku - The Psychedelic Origins Of Western Civilisation

Brian Muraresku is a lawyer and an author.The Mysteries of the ancient world are just getting stranger and stranger. Did Plato, Marcus Aurelius and thousands more attend a secret psychedelic ceremony which formed the basis for the Christian Sacrament?Expect to learn why an annual parade finished with a secret ceremony in ancient Greece, why the Christians may have wanted to keep this secret, what it was like to research in the Vatican secret archives, the implications if all this is tru

Jan 30, 2021 • 57:50

#275 - Andy Ngo - Unmasking Antifa: Inside America's Anarchy

#275 - Andy Ngo - Unmasking Antifa: Inside America's Anarchy

Andy Ngo is a journalist and an author.Andy has been on the front lines to observe some of the most radical, intense rioting in America, including the barricading of cities downtown, shootings, calls to defund the police and attacks on federal buildings.Expect to learn what it was like going undercover with Antifa in Seattle's CHAZ, how it feels to live in Portland where Antifa are most prevalent, whether Andy thinks the Capitol Hill Riots would have happened if Trump had won and much m

Jan 28, 2021 • 1:05:06

#274 - Donald Robertson - Stoicism: How To Think Like A Roman Emperor

#274 - Donald Robertson - Stoicism: How To Think Like A Roman Emperor

Donald Robertson is a Psychotherapist and an author.People are getting tattoos of Marcus Aurelius, copies of his Meditations sold out at the beginning of the pandemic and yet he was just some bloke two thousand years ago. What made him so special and what is there to learn from his life?Expect to learn how stoicism and cognitive behavioural therapy are intrinsically linked, why an existential crisis can be useful, how Marcus Aurelius dealt with his anger, why Donald thinks we lost the w

Jan 25, 2021 • 1:35:26

#273 - John Sweeney - Alexei Navalny: Putin's Enemy Explained

#273 - John Sweeney - Alexei Navalny: Putin's Enemy Explained

John Sweeney is an investigative journalist and a writer.There is a fascinating and incredibly dangerous poker game going on in Russia at the moment. The establishment versus the newcomer.Expect to learn why Navalny is galvanising such support, how he survived poisoning with novichok, how he convinced one of his own assassins to admit to trying to kill him and why he once nearly became a pirate...Sponsors:Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/modernwisdom

Jan 23, 2021 • 1:15:34

#272 - Philip Goff - What Is Consciousness?

#272 - Philip Goff - What Is Consciousness?

Philip Goff is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and an author.Consciousness is the most evident of all phenomenons. It's the one thing we can actually be sure of, and yet we have a very limited understanding of what it is and why it's here.Expect to learn the main philosophical positions on consciousness, why Philip thinks the old proposals are insufficient to explain our awareness, what time racism means, why Deepak Chopra just won't me alone and much more...Sponsors:Get

Jan 21, 2021 • 1:11:35

#271 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - Building A New Mindset On Success

#271 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - Building A New Mindset On Success

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster.How can we create the life where we don't just look fulfilled but genuinely are fulfilled? What does it mean to truly be successful? What use is fame if you don't like the person you see in the mirror?Expect to learn Rangan's most important daily routines, his biggest insights about personal development over the last year, what he thinks about Cosmopolitan's new campaign, how Tiger Woods' story is a

Jan 18, 2021 • 1:33:28

#270 - Dr Stu McGill - Protecting Spinal Health When Working From Home

#270 - Dr Stu McGill - Protecting Spinal Health When Working From Home

Dr Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo and a world expert in back pain.In the new WFH world, many people are changing their routines, desk setups and posture. Combined with limited access to gyms and less chance to move and exercise, this is a perfect storm for creating back pain.Expect to learn the number one cause of back pain Stu sees in his patients, why most physicians are wholly unprepared to deal with spinal injuries, why social media can stop you

Jan 16, 2021 • 1:15:35

#269 - Richard Meadows - Optionality: How To Make Your Own Luck In Life

#269 - Richard Meadows - Optionality: How To Make Your Own Luck In Life

Richard Meadows is a journalist and author. Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. How to organise our lives to be efficient but have options, to be take advantage of routine and enjoy variety is one of the hardest balancing acts we face. Expect to learn why you should earn as much money as you can when you're young, how to make life changing choices under uncertain conditions, protect against financial disaster, develop a system to create our own luck and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% d

Jan 14, 2021 • 1:24:53

#268 - Brian D. Earp - The Ethics Of Using Drugs To Fall In & Out Of Love

#268 - Brian D. Earp - The Ethics Of Using Drugs To Fall In & Out Of Love

Brian D. Earp is a Research Fellow at Oxford, philosopher and writer.Love is a feeling many of us yearn to feel, but the medical developments of the 21st century is moving love out of the personal and into the medical realm.Expect to learn if we can make ourselves fall in or out of love with drugs, whether we can turn a straight person gay, how anti-love drugs can help reduce domestic violence, the ethics of changing your attractiveness with drugs and much more...Sponsors:Get 83% discou

Jan 11, 2021 • 1:17:17

#267 - Jordan Shallow - Protecting Your Body & Mind From Your Personality

#267 - Jordan Shallow - Protecting Your Body & Mind From Your Personality

Jordan Shallow is a Chiropractor, Strength & Conditioning Coach and Powerlifter.Given that we should hopefully be returning to normality this year, I wanted to ask Jordan about how he balances his desire for improvement with protecting his body and mind from becoming damaged.Expect to learn whether Jordan thinks there is a balanced way to use social media, how we can avoid injury when re entering the world of training in 2021, why being obsessive about balance can counteract an all-

Jan 9, 2021 • 1:08:46

#266 - Noreena Hertz - Is There A Loneliness Epidemic?

#266 - Noreena Hertz - Is There A Loneliness Epidemic?

Noreena Hertz is an author and economist.Even before social distancing was a word, loneliness was a huge crisis. More people than ever before feel detached in a world that's never been so connected.Expect to learn the dramatic health impacts of loneliness, the extreme lengths some people are going to in an effort to feel connected with other humans, why 16-24 year olds are at highest risk and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.

Jan 7, 2021 • 1:04:49

#265 - Dr Andrew Steele - Why We Get Old & How We Can Stop It

#265 - Dr Andrew Steele - Why We Get Old & How We Can Stop It

Andrew Steele is a scientist, writer and presenter.Ageing is a phenomenon we're all familiar with and is completely taken for granted as a fact of reality, but do we have to accept it?Expect to learn why curing ageing might be easier than curing cancer and all other diseases, the unfortunate truth of fasting for longevity, why the next decade will be the most exciting for lifespan research and much more...Sponsors:Get 35% discount on everything I use from The Protein Works at https://ww

Jan 4, 2021 • 1:20:22

#264 - Joel Jamieson - An Expert Guide To HRV & How To Improve It

#264 - Joel Jamieson - An Expert Guide To HRV & How To Improve It

Joel Jamieson is a performance architect.Heart Rate Variability is everyone's favourite new health metric. Joel is one of the world's leading coaches for HRV and today he takes us through what HRV is, why it matters and his best strategies and workouts for improving yours.Sponsors:Get 2 weeks Free Access to the State App at https://apple.co/36nNALG (discount automatically applied)Extra Stuff:Check out Joel's company - https://www.8weeksout.comFollow Joel on Instagram - https://www.insta

Jan 2, 2021 • 1:24:30

#263 - Reflecting On My Mental Flaws & Strengths

#263 - Reflecting On My Mental Flaws & Strengths

Charlotte Fox-Weber is a Psychotherapist and an author.As a therapist of many years, Charlotte saw an opportunity to turn the mic around on me for once and ask some questions about how I see myself and why I do what I do.Definitely a change of pace today but I really enjoyed opening up. There are some takeaways in here which might illuminate your own mental state and thought patterns.Sponsors:Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM

Dec 28, 2020 • 1:01:37

#262 - Chris Sparks - How To Properly Do An End Of Year Review

#262 - Chris Sparks - How To Properly Do An End Of Year Review

Chris Sparks is a Productivity Coach and a Former Top 20 Online Poker Player.Many people use the end of the year as a breakpoint to check in with how life is going and plan what they want to achieve in the following 12 months.Today Chris gives us the exact process he takes his high performance clients through to achieve maximum clarity and prepare for a year of success.Sponsors:Get a 21 Day Free Trial to a supercharged calendar at https://usewoven.com/wisdom (discount automatically appl

Dec 26, 2020 • 1:07:46

#261 - Our Biggest Lessons From 2020

#261 - Our Biggest Lessons From 2020

Jonny & Yusef join me today to talk through our biggest lessons from 2020.Expect to learn what we've learned from the weirdest year ever, how Yusef's insight on the front-lines of a hospital has changed his worldview, how Jonny has improved his personal development by removing most of the things he does, how hot a hot potato can be and much more...Sponsors:Get 2 weeks Free Access to the State App at https://apple.co/36nNALG (discount automatically applied)Extra Stuff:Check out Jonny

Dec 21, 2020 • 1:05:51

#260 - Diren Kartal - Finding Your Why

#260 - Diren Kartal - Finding Your Why

Diren Kartal is an online coach and speaker.As we approach the end of 2020, many people will be looking to make changes in their lives. As a coach who assists 100's of clients with their lifestyle design, Diren has a unique insight into this process.Expect to learn why your why is so important, the most common issues Diren is seeing his clients encounter, how he broke off an engagement in Australia with no one to support him, his advice for a successful relationship and much more...Spon

Dec 19, 2020 • 1:09:03

#259 - Rob Lipsett - The Most Positive Man On Earth

#259 - Rob Lipsett - The Most Positive Man On Earth

Rob Lipsett is a YouTuber and Fitness Model.While I was in Dubai I managed to get hold of the loudest, friendliest and most positive Irish man in history.Expect to learn Rob's advice for anyone trying to start a YouTube channel, why he can't wait for our robot overlords, what he's learned from a decade of bodybuilding, how he deals with haters and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount on Reebok’s entire range including the amazing Nano X at https://geni.us/modernwisdom (use code MW20)G

Dec 17, 2020 • 1:13:47

#258 - Paul Evans - Living An Alternate Reality During A Coma

#258 - Paul Evans - Living An Alternate Reality During A Coma

Paul Evans is an entrepreneur and author.Out of body experiences during operations are bizarre but at least semi-common, living an entire new life in an alternate reality for two years during a seven month coma is something else entirely.Expect to learn how childhood bullying can set the tone for your entire life, what it was like to live through the Arab Spring revolts in Egypt, the mind bending detail that Paul can remember his "other life" in and much more...Sponsors:Get 20% discount

Dec 14, 2020 • 1:08:04

#257 - Harold McGee - The Science Of How Smells Work

#257 - Harold McGee - The Science Of How Smells Work

Harold McGee is an author and food expert.Our sense of smell sits at the front of our daily experience and yet our understanding of what smells are and how they're processed is almost non existent.Expect to learn why smell may be the oldest of our senses, how our brains combine what hits our nose to create sensations, whether smell will be the new frontier for the entertainment industry, what an opera singer smells like and much more...Sponsors:Get 25% discount on all mindful toiletries

Dec 12, 2020 • 55:33

#256 - Nims Purja MBE - Climbing The Fourteen Highest Mountains On Earth

#256 - Nims Purja MBE - Climbing The Fourteen Highest Mountains On Earth

Nims Purja MBE is a mountaineer and former SBS Operative.The fastest anyone had previously climbed the 14 Death Zone mountains greater than 8000m was 8 years. Nims Purja did it in 7 months.Expect to learn what the human body is truly capable of, how purpose can overcome fatigue, the truth behind "that Everest photo", what effect Nims has noticed climate change has made to the mountains and much more...Sponsors:Get 10% discount on everything from Slaters Menswear at https://www.slaters.c

Dec 10, 2020 • 52:47

#255 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Irrationality

#255 - Rory Sutherland - The Psychology Of Irrationality

Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author.2020 is the year of change. Human behaviour is far less rational and sophisticated than we might claim. Combine these two and you have the ideal breeding ground for a Rory episode.Expect to learn what Rory thinks about my new Bear or Bull game, his opinions TikTok and OnlyFans, why sticking your genitals in a Dyson AirBlade is a bad idea, how Rory would advise Boris, why credit card numbers are ridiculous and much

Dec 7, 2020 • 1:08:52

#254 - Cory Allen - The Story Behind Binaural Beats

#254 - Cory Allen - The Story Behind Binaural Beats

Cory Allen is an audio engineer, meditation coach and author.Binaural Beats have been brought into popularity over the last few years for assisting meditation, deep focus, sleep and more. But what are they and how do they work?Big thanks to Cory for his insights and for cutting some of his awesome tracks into this episode for a very unique listening experience where you'll get to hear exactly how Binaural Beats sound.Sponsor:Get a 21 Day Free Trial to a supercharged calendar at https://

Dec 5, 2020 • 1:17:26

#253 - George Mack - Mental Models 104 - Bear Or Bull?

#253 - George Mack - Mental Models 104 - Bear Or Bull?

George Mack is a writer and a growth marketer.If you imagine your mind as an operating system, mental models are apps that you can install to give yourself extra functionality and improved decision making.Expect to learn about our brand new game Bear Or Bull, how you can use anchoring to get laid, why numeracy is a superpower, whether remote working is a blessing or a curse and much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter promo code MODERNWISDOM f

Dec 3, 2020 • 1:10:19

#252 - Tom Otton - You Are Not A Victim

#252 - Tom Otton - You Are Not A Victim

Tom Otton is the Managing Director at Create Group and an Ultra Endurance Athlete.Everyone experiences negative self talk and doubt, how you deal with it is what makes the difference, and the choice is yours.Expect to learn what it's like to run for 50 hours without sleep, how to create the perfect company culture, why a victim mindset is the most important thing to overcome, how to lean into your fears to overcome failures and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount & free shipping on

Nov 30, 2020 • 1:14:35

#251 - Colin Wright - The Battle Between Gender & Biology

#251 - Colin Wright - The Battle Between Gender & Biology

Colin Wright is an Evolutionary Biologist and the Managing Editor at Quillette.The debate around gender and sex differences has taken longer to work out than Jordan Peterson's rehab. We're nearly at the end of 2020 and what constitutes a man and a woman are still being discussed. Hopefully Colin can shed some light on this.Sponsor:Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/showcase-your-work/ (use code MODERNWISDOM)Extra Stuff:Follow Colin on Twitter - https://

Nov 28, 2020 • 1:12:03

#250 - Marcus Smith - Build An Unbreakable Mindset

#250 - Marcus Smith - Build An Unbreakable Mindset

Marcus Smith is an ultra endurance athlete and gym owner.From breaking his body in a cycling accident to running 30 marathons in 30 days, Marcus embodies an Ultra Mindset, the man is an animal.Expect to learn the framework Marcus uses to overcome any obstacle, how it feels to hit a wall at 54km/h, what it's like to run for 24 hours straight, why your parents were right to tell you to relax, how to maintain motivation when life gets hard and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount on the be

Nov 26, 2020 • 1:19:01

#249 - Mike Thurston - Traveling, Steroids & How To Build An Audience

#249 - Mike Thurston - Traveling, Steroids & How To Build An Audience

Mike Thurston is a YouTuber and Fitness Model.Mike is one of the biggest fitness YouTubers in the UK and a good buddy of mine, given that we're both in Dubai right now, it made perfect sense to catch up for the first time in years on the show.Expect to learn Mike's thoughts on the steroid accusations, his core principles for training, where he sees the future of social media going, what he's learned about relationships from travelling the world, how he grows his social media channels an

Nov 23, 2020 • 1:28:24

#248 - Tim Campos - Doubling Facebook's Workforce Productivity & Fixing Your Calendar

#248 - Tim Campos - Doubling Facebook's Workforce Productivity & Fixing Your Calendar

Tim Campos is the CEO of Woven and Ex-CIO of Facebook.We live in a world with a surplus of information. How we cut through that noise and arrive at a place where we can make effective decisions quickly is the job of productivity systems.As someone who doubled the productivity of Facebook's workforce, Tim knows the limitations of high pressure, high growth, high information environments.Sponsor:Get a 21 Day Free Trial to a supercharged calendar at http://bit.ly/wovenwisdom (discount auto

Nov 21, 2020 • 59:06

#247 - Hamilton Souther - A Master Shaman's Guide To Ayahuasca

#247 - Hamilton Souther - A Master Shaman's Guide To Ayahuasca

Hamilton Souther is a Master Ayahuasca Shaman.Psychedelics are the cool kid on the block in 2020, from plant medicine holidays to recreational DMT trips. Today we get to learn from a 20 year veteran of over 4000 ceremonies.Expect to learn what it's like to learn shamanism from the greatest masters in history, why plants have a place in a medicalised modern world, what sort of life a full time shaman lives in the jungle, Hamilton's full length description of how plant medicines work and

Nov 19, 2020 • 1:16:36

#246 - Jay Morton - Developing A Special Forces Mindset

#246 - Jay Morton - Developing A Special Forces Mindset

Jay Morton is a Former SAS Operator and Two-time Everest Summitee.Becoming a soldier means dealing with fear, coping with pressure and performing with excellence. The SAS is the best of the best and today we learn the key lessons from Jay's 14 year career.Expect to learn how humour can help with fear, whether climbing Everest is harder than the SAS Selection Process, the coolest operation Jay was a part of, how to take advantage of opportunity and much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN a

Nov 16, 2020 • 54:20

#245 - Rob Bell - Is Spirituality Compatible With Modern Life?

#245 - Rob Bell - Is Spirituality Compatible With Modern Life?

Rob Bell is a MegaChurch Pastor and an author.When you're compelled to discover why we are here there are a number of potential routes you can go down, becoming the pastor of a church with 10,000 people in it which takes over a mall to fit them all in is one of them.Expect to learn how spirituality can be compatible with a modern rational life, how Rob breaks the preconceptions of pastors, why our emotions feel so spiritually compelling, why we can learn insights from our heart and not

Nov 14, 2020 • 56:09

#244 - Diana Rodgers - The Case For Eating Better Meat

#244 - Diana Rodgers - The Case For Eating Better Meat

Diana Rodgers is a dietitian, author and a film producer.The case for veganism is often made, today we get to hear the other side of the argument.Expect to learn whether vegans or meat eaters live longer, the environmental, nutritional and ethical reasoning behind Diana's justification for eating meat, if you truly can get all your nutrients from plants and supplements, who meat has become a scapegoat for and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 3.0

Nov 12, 2020 • 55:24

#243 - Sevan Matossian - A Growth-Minded Guide To Raising Superhuman Kids

#243 - Sevan Matossian - A Growth-Minded Guide To Raising Superhuman Kids

Sevan Matossian is a filmmaker and a parent.90% of people will have children at some point in life, yet we're never given the same insights for raising kids that we learn for our own personal growth.Expect to learn the key principles that Sevan focusses on when parenting 3 young boys, how to keep your relationship stable when having children, why a home birth might be your best option and much more.Sponsor:Get 20% discount on the best coffee in Britain with Uncommon Coffee’s entire rang

Nov 9, 2020 • 1:31:34

#242 - John Roa - The Dark Side Of The Startup World

#242 - John Roa - The Dark Side Of The Startup World

John Roa is an entrepreneur and an author.We often hear about the galactic successes of high growth startups, but what is the price that the founders pay to enable it?Expect to learn what the real culture of silicon valley is, how your business can cause a psychotic breakdown, what John realised is truly valuable in life, how market sentiment and true value have become detached and much more...Sponsor:Get 50% discount on your FitBook Membership at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (us

Nov 7, 2020 • 1:00:09

#241 - Seth Godin - Weaponise Your Creativity

#241 - Seth Godin - Weaponise Your Creativity

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, marketer and an author.“Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions” - Elizabeth King. Seth is an absolute boss and fully delivers on this episode as we discuss how to overcome creative hurdles and ship your work.Expect to learn what learning to juggle can teach us about achieving goals, how to deal with criticism, what we can do to get past imposter syndrome, how we can avoid becoming a hack and why intentional action helps you to be accountable..

Nov 5, 2020 • 46:42

#240 - Sheldon Solomon - Does The Fear Of Death Drive Everything We Do?

#240 - Sheldon Solomon - Does The Fear Of Death Drive Everything We Do?

Sheldon Solomon is a social psychologist at Skidmore College and an author.Humans are a unique animal in that we are aware of our own mortality. One day we will die, and we know it. This fact has a huge impact on how we live our lives, perhaps it's the most important fact we know.Expect to learn how Sheldon's experiments have proven that death anxiety is a crucial driver of behaviour, why we can hate somebody for the shape of their nose, how death anxiety causes people to be tribal, wha

Nov 2, 2020 • 1:17:46

#239 - Massimo Pigliucci - The Stoic Guide To A Happy Life

#239 - Massimo Pigliucci - The Stoic Guide To A Happy Life

Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at City College and an author.The stoic teachings have helped people for thousands of years, Massimo is undertaking the not-so-small task of attempting to update and improve the body of work.Expect to learn Massimo's favourite lessons from stoicism, how to apply the dichotomy of control to your life, why Epictetus was so cool, why Plato might have had a big forehead and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmo

Oct 31, 2020 • 1:05:15

#238 - Reeves Wiedeman - The Catastrophic Story Of WeWork

#238 - Reeves Wiedeman - The Catastrophic Story Of WeWork

Reeves Wiedeman is an author and a Contributing Editor for New York Magazine.At one point, WeWork was one of the world's highest ever valued private companies. Now it's in free fall.Expect to learn why WeWork was so overvalued, where it got all it's capital from, the fundamental flaw in the business model, how personality & charm can overcome objections, what we can learn from Silicon Valley's biggest failures and much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODE

Oct 29, 2020 • 1:04:23

#237 - Chris Voss - How To Negotiate Like An FBI Agent

#237 - Chris Voss - How To Negotiate Like An FBI Agent

Chris Voss is the Ex Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator for the FBI, a CEO & author.Chris is someone who has negotiated under the highest imaginable pressure with kidnappers, bank robbers and terrorists.Expect to learn the single most powerful phrase in communication, how to say no more effectively, how to improve your confidence during a discussion, Chris' best strategies for de escalating a disagreement, his opinion on Trump's communication style and much more...Sponsor:Get

Oct 26, 2020 • 1:07:03

#236 - Robert Glazer - Elevate Yourself & Reach Your Potential

#236 - Robert Glazer - Elevate Yourself & Reach Your Potential

Robert Glazer is a CEO and an author.Closing the gap between where we are and where we could be is one of the most important pursuits in life.Today expect to learn Robert's best advice for elevating your spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional capacities, why looking for a cerebral answer to every problem can be a poor strategy, the most powerful changes you can make to impact your growth and much more...Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.th

Oct 24, 2020 • 58:57

#235 - Konstantin Kisin - Approval To Speak Freely

#235 - Konstantin Kisin - Approval To Speak Freely

Konstantin Kisin is a comedian and podcaster.Growing up in Russia gives you a unique insight into culture, identity and politics. Hopefully this episode doesn't end up with us in the Gulag.Expect to learn why Darren Grimes being called in by the MET Police is bad for everyone, what the current day and the Soviet Union have in common, who Konstantin thinks will win the US Election, how empathy is being weaponised and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount on the best coffee in Britain with

Oct 22, 2020 • 1:06:47

#234 - Life Hacks 202

#234 - Life Hacks 202

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another Life Hacks episode.Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn how to properly use yeast, why being cold when you sleep is great, Yusef's best ever suggestion for how to use your spare time, how to hide tags on Instagram Stories, whether a personal sauna is any good, why my toilet has hot water in it and much more...

Oct 19, 2020 • 1:42:34

#233 - Annie Duke - How To Make Better Decisions

#233 - Annie Duke - How To Make Better Decisions

Annie Duke is a professional poker player and an author.The quality of our life depends upon the quality of our decisions. As a poker player who has competed at the biggest tournaments in the world, Annie understands the value of making good decisions under pressure.Expect to learn how to become a great decision maker, why trusting your gut is dangerous, how to account for luck, Annie's framework for making successful & repeatable decisions and much more...Sponsor:Get 10% off all Li

Oct 17, 2020 • 1:32:41

#232 - Andrew Doyle - I'm Not Exaggerating The Problem

#232 - Andrew Doyle - I'm Not Exaggerating The Problem

Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, a comedian and a writer.More clairvoyant prophecy today from Andrew as he reminds us all that everything he said in late 2019 has now come true.Expect to learn whether we need to decolonize Mars, who Andrew thinks will win the 2020 Election, why "whiteness" is a problematic term, what's happened with gay activism, whether creating a slave-themed workout routine is a clever idea and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmowe

Oct 15, 2020 • 1:09:13

#231 - Ali Abdaal - How To Learn & Remember Anything, Fast

#231 - Ali Abdaal - How To Learn & Remember Anything, Fast

Ali Abdaal is a Doctor and a YouTuber.The ability to consume and retain information quickly is one of the most important skills of the 21st century and yet very few of us actually understand the way our brains learn & remember.Expect to learn how to design your perfect study schedule, why discomfort is a good sign when studying, the golden rule of memory, Ali's best tools & apps to augment your learning, how to automate spaced repetition and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% discount

Oct 12, 2020 • 1:06:04

#230 - Mark Walsh - How To Get Out Of Your Own Head

#230 - Mark Walsh - How To Get Out Of Your Own Head

Mark Walsh is the Director of the Embodied Facilitator Course & Founder of the Embodiment Conference.We all spend a lot of time being cerebral. But by celebrating the powers of cognition, are we missing out on the wisdom accessible in our body?Expect to learn Mark's framework for improving your embodiment, his favourite tactics for how to get yourself out of your head, how embodiment can be used every day to benefit your personal growth and much more...Sponsor:Get 50% discount on yo

Oct 10, 2020 • 58:21

#229 - Mara Cortona - Why Is No One Talking About Existential Risk?

#229 - Mara Cortona - Why Is No One Talking About Existential Risk?

Mara Cortona is the Executive Director of the Astropolitics Institute and Founder of Nöonaut.The world is going to end. Eventually. For most of us that concern is far away, but the smartest minds in the world of existential risk put the likelihood that we survive the next century at 1 in 3.With this hugely terrifying statistic hanging over our heads, why is no one focussing on the big problems? Poorly aligned Artificial General Intelligence, Biotechnology and other risks are significant

Oct 8, 2020 • 1:11:16

#228 - Daniel Sloss - The Biggest Lessons From 2020

#228 - Daniel Sloss - The Biggest Lessons From 2020

Daniel Sloss is a comedian.2020 has been chaotic to say the least. Daniel joins me to break down his biggest lessons from a year without comedy shows, Netflix Specials or the adoration of 1000's of strangers.Expect to learn why Daniel started going to therapy, his advice for couples who struggled during lockdown, the challenges of life slowing down, how to deal with a catastrophic ego and much more...Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinwork

Oct 5, 2020 • 1:00:52

#227 - Heather Morris - Lessons In Listening From The Tattooist Of Auschwitz

#227 - Heather Morris - Lessons In Listening From The Tattooist Of Auschwitz

Heather Morris is an author.Heather's first book The Tattooist Of Auschwitz was a global phenomenon and the process of creating that work involved years and years of delicate, patient, attentive listening - a skill which many of us could benefit from learning.Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy Stories Of Hope - https://amzn.to/34btgebGet my free Ultimate Life Hacks

Oct 3, 2020 • 1:05:08

#226 - Ryan Holiday - Taking Wisdom From The Lives Of The Stoics

#226 - Ryan Holiday - Taking Wisdom From The Lives Of The Stoics

Ryan Holiday is a marketer and an author.Stoicism is the hot new girl in school. Increasingly we're being exposed to the lessons of ancient Athens 2000 years ago but without the context of knowing the lives that these philosophers lived, our insights can hit a ceiling.Expect to learn Ryan's 3 favourite stoics of all time, why the stoic writings still sound so relevant today, why ancient Athens was an ideal place for philosophy but an awful place to live, what the stoics would be most up

Oct 1, 2020 • 1:04:43

#225 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wisdom Of Naval Ravikant

#225 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wisdom Of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson is a growth marketer and product strategist.Naval Ravikant has risen to wisdom-stardom over the last 10 years but is far more aloof than most of us would like. Eric has spent 3 years compiling the best of Naval's insights into a single book, and today we get to fanboy about it.Expect to learn the most impactful quotes from Eric's research on Naval, the fundamentals of how wealth is created, how to productise yourself, why happiness is a skill not a state, why desires are

Sep 28, 2020 • 1:32:02

#224 - Erin Zammett Ruddy - All The Adulting Skills You Were Never Taught

#224 - Erin Zammett Ruddy - All The Adulting Skills You Were Never Taught

Erin Zammett Ruddy is an author.Life doesn't come with an instruction manual, and yet we're all meant to muddle through it anyway without setting ourselves on fire or blowing up the vacuum cleaner.Expect to learn how to wake up in the morning, how to never lose your keys, how to properly load a dishwasher, how to sit properly in your chair, how to tidy a room in 10 minutes or less and much more...Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinworks.co

Sep 26, 2020 • 58:50

#223 - Fiona Murden - How Role Models Change Our Lives

#223 - Fiona Murden - How Role Models Change Our Lives

Fiona Murden is a psychologist, executive coach and an author.We might think we're sovereign beings with independent will & agency, but the examples set by those around you are constantly shaping your behaviour, let's find out how much...Are you really the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with? How important is your teacher in primary school? What impact do your parents' beliefs have on you when you reach adulthood? How useful are bad actors at identifying behaviour y

Sep 24, 2020 • 1:01:58

#222 - Morgan Housel - How To Become Wealthy, Stay Wealthy & Be Happy

#222 - Morgan Housel - How To Become Wealthy, Stay Wealthy & Be Happy

Morgan Housel is a writer and investor.It doesn't matter if you earn £10m a year, if you spend £11m then you're not creating any wealth. How can people who are so rich be so stupid with money? Cue Morgan, the no-BS finance guy.Expect to learn Morgan's golden rule of becoming wealthy, why luck & risk are the same thing, why buying a Ferrari is often a terrible idea, what the stock market was thinking in 2020, whether we'll have a mud wrestling match and much more...Sponsor:Get 20% di

Sep 21, 2020 • 1:15:03

#221 - Justin Tosi - The Abuse Of Moral Talk For Self Promotion

#221 - Justin Tosi - The Abuse Of Moral Talk For Self Promotion

Justin Tosi is the Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University & an author.Moral grandstanding is the easiest way to signal your virtue without having to actually do anything virtuous. Why has it recently become so prevalent?Expect to learn why wishing that someone would get cancer isn't a good debating tactic, the different forms that grandstanding takes, why it is a moral problem, how hierarchies play into people's desire to grandstand & much more...Sponsor:Sign

Sep 19, 2020 • 1:14:40

#220 - Steven Pressfield - How To Turn Pro

#220 - Steven Pressfield - How To Turn Pro

Steven Pressfield is an author.Many people's lives are split into two parts; before and after they Turn Pro. Steven's work has helped millions of people overcome Resistance, find their passion and have the courage to take the leap into an activity they love.Hopefully by the end of this episode you'll have all the information you need to make your own transition to leave the amateur life behind.Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom

Sep 17, 2020 • 1:05:51

#219 - Douglas Murray - Permission To Think Differently

#219 - Douglas Murray - Permission To Think Differently

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator.Gender, race & identity have been the most inflammatory topics of 2020, Douglas returns today in an effort to throw some sand on the fire of social justice.Expect to learn whether Douglas is bored of talking about identity politics, whether looting is an effective method for political change, whether Ben Shapiro is a better rapper, what Douglas' gym routine looks like & much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark

Sep 14, 2020 • 1:20:02

#218 - Matthew Yglesias - Is One Billion Americans A Good Idea?

#218 - Matthew Yglesias - Is One Billion Americans A Good Idea?

Matthew Yglesias is a writer and the Co-Founder of Vox.There is an impending economic and social threat from China and India to America's global dominance. Is the answer to import and breed a billion Americans? Let's find out...Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/ (35% off everything with the code MODERN35)Extra Stuff:Buy One Billion Americans - https://amzn.to/2YYJjtY Follow Matthew on Twitter - https://twitter.com/m

Sep 10, 2020 • 1:05:20

#217 - Gad Saad - The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It

#217 - Gad Saad - The Death Of Truth And How To Revive It

Gad Saad is an Evolutionary Psychologist, Professor of Marketing at Concordia University and an author.Bad ideas are infecting every area of society, it's time to discover how to inoculate ourselves.Expect to learn what is the grandaddy of bad ideas, why people are so easily persuaded, whether Gad is bored of spending his time arguing on Twitter, what he thinks of Nassim Taleb, who he predicts will win the 2020 election and much more...Sponsor:Get your Lawnmower 3.0 at https://www.mansc

Sep 7, 2020 • 1:09:35

#216 - Matthew Kobach - Evolution, Meaning and Managing The NYSE's Social Media

#216 - Matthew Kobach - Evolution, Meaning and Managing The NYSE's Social Media

Matthew Kobach is a content strategist.Matthew transformed the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) into a social media behemoth. Plus he's a very interesting guy with a fantastic moustache. We get into everything today including evolutionary signalling, psychology, ancient philosophy, social media strategy and much more...Sponsor:Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membership)Extra Stuff:Follow Matthew on Twitter - https://twitt

Sep 3, 2020 • 1:41:22

#215 - Josh Kaufman - The Key Principles Of Running Any Business

#215 - Josh Kaufman - The Key Principles Of Running Any Business

Josh Kaufman is a skill acquisition expert and an author.The Personal MBA is one of the best selling business books from the last 10 years and today we revisit the key lessons Josh has uncovered through his research and experience.Expect to learn why you don't need to go to business school, the 5 things every business needs to be able to do, how your personal development can limit your business development and much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM

Aug 31, 2020 • 1:04:54

#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?

#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?

Alex O'Connor is a philosopher & YouTuber.Get ready for a mental workout today as Alex poses some of the most famous and most difficult questions in ethics.What does it mean to say that something is good? Why SHOULD you do one thing instead of another thing? Why should we care about wellbeing? What is the definition of suffering? On whose authority is anything good or bad?Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/ (35%

Aug 27, 2020 • 1:30:45

#213 - James Ball - Who Owns The Internet & How It Owns Us

#213 - James Ball - Who Owns The Internet & How It Owns Us

James Ball is a writer, journalist & Pulitzer Prize winner.The internet is more than the website you browse... it's real wires under the Atlantic, humans who have a big red button that can turn everything off, superbuildings with server centres, and a philosophy of freedom of information that we're moving further away from.Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy The

Aug 24, 2020 • 1:18:43

#212 - Ashley Mears - Why Do People Go To Nightclubs?

#212 - Ashley Mears - Why Do People Go To Nightclubs?

Ashley Mears is a writer, sociologist and former fashion model.What happens if a sociologist decides to do immersive ethnographic research and become a party girl for 6 months, following some of the biggest promoters around New York & Miami and assessing what's going on?Why do men spend £1000's on bottles of champagne in VIP clubs? Why is the music so loud? Why is there a very specific type of girl on these tables? What are the anthropological underpinnings of nightclubs?Sponsor:Sig

Aug 20, 2020 • 59:19

#211 - Chris Daw QC - Why We Should Close All Prisons & Legalise Drugs

#211 - Chris Daw QC - Why We Should Close All Prisons & Legalise Drugs

Chris Daw is a Queens Council Barrister and an author.Does the current UK justice system work? Is it rehabilitating offenders? Does it even deter them? Why are drug laws not working and why is the recidivism rate so high?Chris has some radical propositions for a system he says is totally broken.Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/ (35% off everything with the code MODERN35)Extra Stuff:Buy Justice On Trial - https://am

Aug 17, 2020 • 1:18:12

#210 - Nina Jankowicz - Russian Election Meddling & Fake News

#210 - Nina Jankowicz - Russian Election Meddling & Fake News

Nina Jankowicz is a writer and an analyst for Central and Eastern Europe.Expect to learn whether Russia are meddling in our elections, why Moscow cares, how the predecessor to BLM was controlled by a Russian agency, how Russia recruits local citizens to be vehicles for misinformation, the impact of bot farms and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy How To

Aug 15, 2020 • 56:46

#209 - Catch Up 106

#209 - Catch Up 106

Jonny & Yusef join me again to discuss our experience as humans over the last few months. No agenda, just finding out what's been going on in life.I've lost an achilles, Bill Ackman made the greatest trade in history, Netflix has some amazing content on, Jonny's dog joins us and we discuss cinnamon a lot.Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter promo code MODERNWISDOM for 85% off and 3 Months Free)Extra Stuff:Free business training to become an online

Aug 13, 2020 • 1:06:32

#208 - Jamie Alderton - Life Beyond Being Shredded

#208 - Jamie Alderton - Life Beyond Being Shredded

Jamie Alderton is a coach, fitness model and author.Jamie has been to the peak of fitness modelling, multiple magazine front covers, stepping on stage at WBFF Worlds and a physique most men dream to have.Expect to learn what goals you chase once you've completed being lean. whether dieting to 4% bodyfat is it worth it, Jamie's favourite mindset strategies, how he's adapted his lifestyle to becoming a dad and much more...Sponsor:Shop Eleiko’s full range at https://www.shop.eleiko.com (en

Aug 10, 2020 • 1:06:03

#207 - David Birtwhistle - What It Feels Like To Become Famous

#207 - David Birtwhistle - What It Feels Like To Become Famous

David Birtwhistle is a PT and star of Netflix's Too Hot To Handle.The entire world is obsessed with blue ticks and follower counts, fame "by any means" is a goal desired by many in 2020. But is notoriety for no reason worth it?A huge thank you to my Patrons: Lisa Sproat, Lewys Jones, James Wick, Oliver Robson, Matthew Osborn, Alex Baker, Stephen Mulvey, Rob Murray, Sami Hossny, Kat, Lee Brown, Alex Smith Preson, Kieran Moran, Carrie Murrell, Karen Allan, John Stevens, Sam Billings, Suzi

Aug 8, 2020 • 49:55

#206 - Kezia Noble - A Woman's Guide To Attracting Women

#206 - Kezia Noble - A Woman's Guide To Attracting Women

Kezia Noble is a dating & attraction coach for men.Men are struggling to attract women, divorces are on the rise and relationships are more transient than ever. Let's see is world-famous coach Kezia can salvage this car crash of an environment.Expect to learn why guys are so scared to speak to girls, how to overcome approach anxiety, the main errors Kezia sees when men are trying to attract women, how to offset being a good-guy, the importance of sexual chemistry and much more...Spo

Aug 6, 2020 • 1:21:56

#205 - James Smith - How To Design A Life You Love

#205 - James Smith - How To Design A Life You Love

James Smith is a PT and not a life coach.Following your default desires and social norms is a surefire route to misery, yet we're given very little guidance on how to design a life we love. Open wide for today's red pill .Expect to learn James' principles for avoiding a dreary existence, his best tips for a first date, how to overcome anxiety, why wealth can't just be quantified in a bank account, why dick pics aren't that bad and much more...Sponsor:Shop Eleiko’s full range at https://

Aug 3, 2020 • 1:17:05

#204 - Ashley 'Dotty' Charles - Why Everyone Is Outraged

#204 - Ashley 'Dotty' Charles - Why Everyone Is Outraged

Ashley 'Dotty' Charles is a rapper and BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter.2020 is the year of outrage. Loud, brash, unsubtle conversations where whoever can become offended first wins.Expect to learn whether H&M are racist, how we can regain control of moderate discourse, the dangers of spending your outrage poorly and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy Outr

Aug 1, 2020 • 1:11:38

#203 - Matt Maruca - How To Use Light To Optimise Your Health & Happiness

#203 - Matt Maruca - How To Use Light To Optimise Your Health & Happiness

Matt Maruca is the CEO of Ra Optics and creator of The Light Diet.This episode goes DEEP.Expect to learn how crucial light is to optimising your health, why sunlight and energy levels are intrinsically linked, Matt's favourite protocols for cold exposure, the best type of water to drink, the importance of seafood and much more.Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter promo code MODERNWISDOM for 85% off and 3 Months Free)Extra Stuff:Get a pair of Ra Optics

Jul 30, 2020 • 1:49:52

#202 - The Secret GP - What Really Goes On Inside Your Doctor's Surgery

#202 - The Secret GP - What Really Goes On Inside Your Doctor's Surgery

This guest's identity is being kept anonymous. He is a GP working for the NHS in the UK.Trips to the doctor are never fun, but how fun are they for your doctor? What is life like dealing with 70+ patients a week in 10 minute windows?Expect to learn why you should never take a picture of your bumhole to show your GP, why your doctor is always running late, why you can never get a lunchtime appointment, how long a doctor spends fingering patients per month and much more...Exclusive Previe

Jul 27, 2020 • 1:04:56

#201 - Andrew Scott - Society Has Everything Wrong About Ageing

#201 - Andrew Scott - Society Has Everything Wrong About Ageing

Andrew Scott is an economist and an author.Society has never been so old and yet never had so long still to live. More women had children over the age of 40 than under the age of 20 in 2019 and 1 in 5 women born today will reach 100 years old.What does this ageing globe mean for how we should see our life's journey? How should public policy be changed? And what are we going to do with all these old people (including ourselves)?Sponsor:Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fit

Jul 25, 2020 • 1:03:20

#200 - Episode 200 Q&A

#200 - Episode 200 Q&A

Jonny & Yusef join me for a special edition Q&A episode where we answer all your queries.These questions really ran the full spectrum from insightful to existential to disgusting. I love you guys. Enjoy.Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter promo code MODERNWISDOM for 85% off and 3 Months Free)Extra Stuff:Check out Propane's Free Business Training - https://propanefitness.com/modernwisdomGet my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily pr

Jul 23, 2020 • 1:50:35

#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles

#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles

Taylor Pearson is an investor and writer.Your life is highly controlled by your values and principles, even if you haven't written them down, or even know what they are. I fell in love with Taylor's blog post on this topic at the start of 2020 and just had to bring him on to discuss it.Expect to learn why defining your values & principles can change your life, the importance of aligning your intentions with your actions, how values & principles relate and differ, how to identify

Jul 20, 2020 • 1:07:50

#198 - Tim Harkness - An Expert's Guide To Mastering Difficult Conversations

#198 - Tim Harkness - An Expert's Guide To Mastering Difficult Conversations

Tim Harkness is a psychologist and an author.Our ability to communicate is crucial for happiness and social cohesion, yet it seems that the art of having a productive conversation has been lost.Expect to learn Tim's favourite rules for effective talking, the conversation archetypes, how to diagnose your own communication strategy, why metaphors are a dangerous tool, whether Donald Trump truly is a master communicator and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://

Jul 18, 2020 • 1:06:56

#197 - Petr Ludwig - How To Overcome Procrastination

#197 - Petr Ludwig - How To Overcome Procrastination

Petr Ludwig is a speaker, author and CEO of Procrastination.com.Procrastination is a speedbump in many a would-be productive person's life. Thankfully Petr has given keynote speeches all over the world on this topic, so hopefully he has the solutions.Expect to learn how to train your willpower, why finding meaning is a productivity tool, the relationship between failure, self-forgiveness and high achievement, how to take an entire month off per year while becoming more productive and mu

Jul 16, 2020 • 1:02:28

#196 - Amanda Kuda - Navigating The Dating Market In 2020

#196 - Amanda Kuda - Navigating The Dating Market In 2020

Amanda Kuda is a life & mindset coach.Finding a partner that you're happy with is challenging. Add on layers of Tinder, Instagram, drunken dates & rebound sex and it's amazing that anyone manages to get into a relationship.Expect to learn Amanda's best exercises to truly identify your "type", how to find a partner who is genuinely good for you, the cheat codes for a great first date, why you keep falling for the same type of bad partners, tips for Tinder-effectiveness and much m

Jul 13, 2020 • 1:18:52

#195 - Stefan Molyneux - Why YouTube Deleted My 1m Subscriber Channel

#195 - Stefan Molyneux - Why YouTube Deleted My 1m Subscriber Channel

Stefan Molyneux is a philosopher & (ex)YouTuber.Stefan is the creator of one of the longest running channels on YouTube with hundreds of millions of views, last Monday it was deleted without warning.I wanted to find out why he thinks this happened, what his thoughts are on the future of free expression on the internet, his predictions for the rest of 2020 and much more...Sponsor:Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.co.uk/join-fitbook/ (enter code MODERNWISDOM for 50% off your membe

Jul 11, 2020 • 1:11:52

#194 - Gail Golden - Ending The Struggle For Work-Life Balance

#194 - Gail Golden - Ending The Struggle For Work-Life Balance

Gail Golden is a management psychologist and an author.A balanced life is a happy life, and yet many people are overworked, underslept and have little time left over for relaxation. Obviously something isn't working here.Expect to learn how to decide what's important, why embracing mediocrity can be a tool rather than a weakness, when to say no, how to curate your workplace and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FRE

Jul 9, 2020 • 1:02:54

#193 - Ollie Marchon - Every Day Is Mindset Day

#193 - Ollie Marchon - Every Day Is Mindset Day

Ollie Marchon is a coach and business owner.I wanted to find out the principles Ollie uses to negotiate his life as a dad, husband, athlete, coach, business owner and Nike Master Trainer.Expect to learn why having faith in your future self is crucial, how to balance a chaotic life, why honesty & integrity are a competitive advantage, Ollie's favourite approaches for training, his biggest insights into mindset and much more...Support Modern Wisdom:Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List

Jul 6, 2020 • 1:32:03

#192 - Professor Adam Hart - When Human Evolution Collides With The Modern World

#192 - Professor Adam Hart - When Human Evolution Collides With The Modern World

Adam Hart is a scientist, author & presenter.Our species has been around for far longer than the modern world. This is leading to some imbalances between our evolutionary heritage and the environment we now find ourselves in.Expect to learn how obesity might be an evolutionary adaptation gone awry, why fight or flight happens in the workplace, the misalignment of technology with our brains, the evolutionary basis for violence and much more...Sponsor:Shop Eleiko’s full range at https

Jul 4, 2020 • 1:11:46

#191 - Alcohol, Friend Or Foe?

#191 - Alcohol, Friend Or Foe?

This episode was originally recorded on Ben's show Ben Coomber Radio.I enjoyed this discussion about alcohol and drinking habits so much, I figured I'd put it on Modern Wisdom too. Lots more talking by me on this one, which you might enjoy.As bars & pubs reopen after lockdown, it's a crucial time to remind yourself of being intentional & deliberate with your drinking. Rather than restarting a weekend warrior lifestyle, now could be a great opportunity to reset your routine &

Jul 2, 2020 • 1:20:31

#190 - Christopher Berry-Dee - Death Row's Worst Killers In Their Own Words

#190 - Christopher Berry-Dee - Death Row's Worst Killers In Their Own Words

Christopher Berry-Dee is a criminologist and a writer.Christopher has spent a career interviewing some of history’s most notorious killers including Peter Sutcliffe, Ted Bundy, Aileen Wuornos, Dennis Nilsen and more. This is his first ever podcast.Expect to learn what it feels like to look pure evil in the eye, what makes psychopaths tick, why victims fall for these killers' deadly tricks and much more. Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theproteinw

Jun 29, 2020 • 1:20:29

#189 - Kyle Eschenroeder - How To Work Out What You Want To Want From Life

#189 - Kyle Eschenroeder - How To Work Out What You Want To Want From Life

Kyle Eschenroeder is a marketer and a writer.You do not want to live a life that you regret at the end of it. But working out what you WANT to want is a topic no one ever talks about.When you follow your default desires, you're much more likely to find yourself at a place in life that you didn't really want to be, or mean to get to. Today, we learn how to step into our programming and actively design our direction in life. I love this topic.Sponsor:Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook.

Jun 27, 2020 • 1:39:02

#188 - David Allen - The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity

#188 - David Allen - The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen is a productivity consultant and an author.Today I speak to the grandfather of the modern productivity movement. David is the creator of Getting Things Done - the most famous productivity system on the planet.Expect to learn David's 5-step process for organising your life, why your brain is a terrible library, what apps & systems David uses to enhance his own life, where he sees the future of productivity going and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range a

Jun 25, 2020 • 1:16:22

#187 - Life Hacks 201

#187 - Life Hacks 201

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me as we begin the 2nd Season of Life Hacks.Our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn our real life review of the AirPods Pro, how to hack your hunger when cutting, our favourite To Do List apps, how you can manage your Instagram Inbox on desktop, a huge list of our favourite things to watch on TV and much more...Sponsor:Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MO

Jun 22, 2020 • 1:41:10

#186 - Elena Seranova - Overcoming Low Self-Esteem In Business & Life

#186 - Elena Seranova - Overcoming Low Self-Esteem In Business & Life

Elena Seranova is a business coach, entrepreneur & PhD student.Many of us could do achieve far more if only we had the confidence to go after what we want. Getting out of your own way therefore becomes a goal in itself.Expect to learn how to use confidence to gain a competitive advantage, the common stumbling blocks Elena sees when working with clients on confidence, a selection of embarrassing stories from our history in academia & business and much more...Sponsor:Shop Eleiko’s

Jun 20, 2020 • 58:43

#185 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - The Truth About Your Personality

#185 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - The Truth About Your Personality

Dr Benjamin Hardy is an organisational psychologist and an author.Do you believe that your personality is permanent? Innate & inbuilt? Dr Hardy disagrees.Expect to learn why Myers-Briggs & other personality tests are destructive & as inaccurate as horoscopes, how to reframe your past narratives, why you can overcome traumas, how to become the scribe of your own identity narrative and much more...Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.theprot

Jun 18, 2020 • 59:16

#184 - Ethan Suplee - What It's Like To Lose 300lbs & Adele's Transformation

#184 - Ethan Suplee - What It's Like To Lose 300lbs & Adele's Transformation

Ethan Suplee is an actor & a podcaster.Ethan's fitness journey has been a rollercoaster - from 200lbs at 10 years old to 550lbs in his 20's and now 260lbs at 13% bodyfat, all while starring in some of the biggest films in Hollywood including Mr Name Is Earl, The Wolf Of Wall Street & American History X.Expect to learn Ethan's thoughts on the response to Adele's weightloss photo, his advice for anyone looking to lose lots of weight, his lessons from decades of dieting and much mo

Jun 15, 2020 • 1:07:08

#183 - William Leith - Why Some People Become Ridiculously Rich

#183 - William Leith - Why Some People Become Ridiculously Rich

William Leith is a journalist & an author.Acquiring an incredible fortune is the goal of many, but what is the true cost of being stupendously rich?Expect to learn how to make money from The Real Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort, the downside of wealth from a Russian half-billionaire who lives alone in a British mansion with his butler, how to avoid risk by the hottest thinker on the planet Nassim Taleb and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tai

Jun 13, 2020 • 1:14:53

#182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins

#182 - Dr Jack Lewis - The Neuroscience Of The 7 Deadly Sins

Dr Jack Lewis is a Neuroscientist, television presenter and an author.Why do we do the things we know we shouldn't? The 7 deadly sins have defined for hundreds of years and yet we all still fall prey to them.Expect to learn the underpinnings of our willpower, neuroscience's explanations for why we tend toward sinning, whether we have control over what makes us sexually aroused, a justification for punching someone in the face and much more...Sponsor:Sign up to FitBook at https://fitbook

Jun 11, 2020 • 2:11:09

#181 - Rutger Bregman - Humankind: Are We Good Or Evil?

#181 - Rutger Bregman - Humankind: Are We Good Or Evil?

Rutger Bregman is a historian & an author.It's a common-held view of humanity that humans are adversarial. Shaven chimps competing with each other for resources, held together by a veneer of politeness & society.Rutger disagrees and suggests that deep down humans might actually be quite nice. Expect to learn why soldiers don't fire their weapons in war, what happens when the real world Lord Of The Flies happens, how bombing a city doesn't weaken the inhabitants and much more...S

Jun 8, 2020 • 1:11:51

#180 - Prince Ghuman & Matt Johnson - How Marketing Reshapes Our Brains

#180 - Prince Ghuman & Matt Johnson - How Marketing Reshapes Our Brains

Matt Johnson PhD is a Neuroscientist and Prince Ghuman is a Neuro-Marketer.Combining the insights of Neuroscience & Consumer Psychology can help us to understand our own behaviour and how marketing affects us in unique and sometimes counterintuitive ways.Expect to learn why our brains don't experience reality directly, how you can make dog food taste like pate, the role of impulse in decision making, what neuroscience's definition of surprise is, how pleasure & pain affect our d

Jun 6, 2020 • 1:59:04

#179 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Reality, Meaning & Self-Development

#179 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Reality, Meaning & Self-Development

Daniel Schmachtenberger works in preventing global catastrophic risk.As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about how to improve our entire civilisation - I wanted to find out where self development and maximising personal agency fits into Daniel's perspective.I really enjoyed this change of pace. The conversation is deep, insightful and considered. If you're in the right place to hear the message, this could have a profound impact on the way you see the world.Sponsor:Get Surfshar

Jun 4, 2020 • 1:36:03

#178 - George Mack - Mental Models 103

#178 - George Mack - Mental Models 103

Long time friend of the show and all round great human George Mack joins me today as we revisit the world of decision making.Mental Models are tools you can use to improve your ability to effectively make decisions.Today we are upgrading our minds as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models from Warren Buffett, Nassim Taleb, Naval Ravikant, Winston Churchill, Tobias Lutke and many more.Sponsor:Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at https://www.thep

Jun 1, 2020 • 1:32:01

#177 - Jim Mullane - How To Get Better With Books

#177 - Jim Mullane - How To Get Better With Books

Jim Mullane is the man behind the fastest growing Instagram page focussed on self-development & books @GetBetterWithBooks.Developing a reading habit & retaining what you read is a goal many of us have.Today expect to learn the most important elements of creating a reading habit, how to avoid the most common pitfalls when starting reading, a ton of Jim's best suggestions for his favourite books including a load you will have never heard of and so much more...Sponsor:Buy a 6 Minut

May 30, 2020 • 55:22

#176 - Catch Up 105

#176 - Catch Up 105

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Catch Up episode.No agenda, no topics, just us talking about our lives & what we've been up to recently.Expect to learn what we think about Joe Rogan's move to Spotify, what Jonny's new morning ritual is, why Yusef is putting titanium stuff in his ears, why pigeons are having seizures and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkou

May 28, 2020 • 1:22:01

#175 - Greg McKeown - Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life

#175 - Greg McKeown - Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life

Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and New York Times Bestselling Author.Do you feel busy but not productive? Like you're overworked but under-utilised? Do you struggle with information overload?Success breeds options & opportunities, which often undermines the things that lead to success in the first place.Today Greg teaches us the art of Essentialism; how not to fall into the undisciplined pursuit of more, how to avoid the trivial many and inste

May 25, 2020 • 1:34:16

#174 - Alex Kantrowitz - Why Are The Biggest Tech Companies So Dominant?

#174 - Alex Kantrowitz - Why Are The Biggest Tech Companies So Dominant?

Alex Kantrowitz is a Senior Tech Reporter at Buzzfeed and an author.The biggest tech companies on the planet are incredibly dominant and today we discover what is inside each of them that drives their competitive edge.Expect to learn why powerpoint is banned from Amazon, what a one-to-one meeting with Mark Zuckerberg is like, why Apple might need systemic change if they're not going to fall behind, how Microsoft was turned around by a single man, why CeeLo Green is a good spokesperson a

May 23, 2020 • 1:00:28

#173 - What Is The Fitness Menopause?

#173 - What Is The Fitness Menopause?

Today I am joined by Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.The Fitness Menopause is a concept we've been talking about for a while. It describes the transition from bro (or chick) lifting to a more rounded fitness regime as you leave your 20's or 30's behind and start to fully indulge your true exercising passions.Expect to learn why you might lowkey hate the exercise routine you're following, the story behind each of our journeys through TFM, why you have to serve your time doing broli

May 21, 2020 • 1:15:24

#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?

#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?

Johann Hari is a writer & a journalist.Rates of depression are at an all time high and yet pharmaceutical drugs have never been more widely used. If depression is simply an imbalance of chemicals in the brain - what's going on?Johann is my favourite writer on depression and this episode has been 2 years in the making. Expect to learn what are the true causes of depression, how reality TV degrades society's values, how you can take back control of your mood, why I lowkey fancy Dame J

May 18, 2020 • 1:53:27

#171 - Stephen Hicks - Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies

#171 - Stephen Hicks - Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies

Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author.Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don't really understand what they are. Thankfully Stephen does.Expect to learn a great primer on the foundational principles underpinning socialism and post modernism, how these movements came about, whether socialism can work in modern society, whether postmodernism came about because of the failings of socialism and much more...Sponsor:Listen to Zion Radi

May 16, 2020 • 59:52

#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life

#170 - Massimo Piggliuci - 5 Exercises From Stoicism To Improve Your Life

Massimo Piggliuci is a Professor of Philosophy at City College and an author.Despite being 2500 years old, Stoicism has recently seen a surge in popularity. I wanted to find out why this ancient philosophy has found root in the modern world.Expect to learn what the underpinnings of stoicism are, how the foundational principles used by stoics made them resilient to setbacks, 5 exercises & thought experiments to help you improve your life, how to focus your attention where it is neede

May 14, 2020 • 1:29:45

#169 - Ollie Ollerton - Becoming Battle Ready

#169 - Ollie Ollerton - Becoming Battle Ready

Ollie Ollerton is an ex-Special Forces Operative, Instructor from SAS Who Dares Wins and an author.Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. We have to discover the effective ways to operate on our own, but sometimes we are given a little bit of guidance...Expect to learn Ollie's backstory including a life changing event when he was 10, how you can plan & sustain change in your life, how to decide on your goals & break them into daily actions, the importance of removing your

May 11, 2020 • 1:08:21

#168 - Zack Telander - Stereotypes In Fitness & On The Internet

#168 - Zack Telander - Stereotypes In Fitness & On The Internet

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.I'm joined by Coach ZT himself today for a chilled out discussion where we hit all the big topics, including...Why are people on the internet such dicks? Why do the goths from school become powerlifters? What is the background to Zack's YouTube journey? How is Corona affecting the world of fitness? Why do girls wear shorts for CrossFit which their mum wouldn't let them out of the house in? And much more...Sponsor:Get the world’s best

May 9, 2020 • 1:33:20

#167 - Bruce Duckworth - Designing The World's Biggest Brands

#167 - Bruce Duckworth - Designing The World's Biggest Brands

Bruce Duckworth is a designer and the Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Turner Duckworth Design Company.Amazon's smile logo, Coca Cola's rebrand, Samsung, Elemis and Metallica are just some of the companies who owe their branding success to Bruce Duckworth.Expect to learn what it's like to sit in a briefing with Jeff Bezos, the full creative process behind generating the world's biggest brands, why packaging truly is the essence of a brand, how to have better meetings, how to monetise you

May 7, 2020 • 1:10:03

#166 - Fat Tony - How To Spend £1,000,000 On Drugs

#166 - Fat Tony - How To Spend £1,000,000 On Drugs

Fat Tony is a DJ & promoter.Tony's story is fascinating. From being one of the biggest DJs in London's house music scene to running some of the best known events in the UK, spending £1m on drugs, group sex with Freddie Mercury, pills in Hong Kong and birthdays on concord - he's got enough stories for 10 episodes.Expect to learn his entire history, right through to his sobriety, the resurgence of his career and now his views on what happiness means for someone who has been from the v

May 4, 2020 • 1:28:50

#165 - Mike Michalowicz - Fix The Biggest Problems In Your Business

#165 - Mike Michalowicz - Fix The Biggest Problems In Your Business

Mike Michalowicz is an entrepreneur and an author."An entrepreneur's biggest problem is they don't know what their biggest problem is" - hoooo boy if that ain't the truth.Expect to learn why running an effective company is so hard, how to bring order to the chaotic world of business, how to establish predictable sales, why it's crucial to transform that into permanent profit, how to identify your biggest problem and much more...Head to https://nadlab.uk and enter the code MODERNWISDOM f

May 2, 2020 • 52:33

#164 - Dave Rubin - Going From Woke To Awake

#164 - Dave Rubin - Going From Woke To Awake

Dave Rubin is a political commentator, YouTuber & author.Politics is possessive, and as a thinking human you need a roadmap to guide your route out of the dogma and toward your true viewpoint.Expect to learn how it feels to deep throat a red pill on your own show, what Dave sees as the problems with modern liberal thinking, how batman calling someone racist can be life changing, why Douglas Murray could be a viable candidate for a superhero and much more.Check out everything I use f

Apr 30, 2020 • 1:00:00

#163 - Richard Shotton - Psychology, Advertising & Human Behaviour

#163 - Richard Shotton - Psychology, Advertising & Human Behaviour

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, Founder of Astroten and an author.One of my favourite guests returns today as we discuss mental models, psychology, consumer behaviour, principles for advertising, social change and much more.Expect to learn how you can tell someone's mood by the movement of their mouse, why the end of an experience is the most important, what makes the perfect advert, how you can increase workplace safety with skeleton gloves and much more.Get Surfshark VPN -

Apr 27, 2020 • 1:26:24

#162 - Dr Sam Spinelli - How To Design Your Perfect Warmup

#162 - Dr Sam Spinelli - How To Design Your Perfect Warmup

Dr Sam Spinelli is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Strength & Conditioning Expert.The first thing you do before any workout is warm up, but understanding the specifics of how an effective warmup routine is designed is unknown by most of us.Expect to learn the key principles behind designing your warmup routine, which movements bring the greatest returns for upper & lower, how to improve your overhead position, deepen your squat, save time and stay resilient. Do not miss this on

Apr 23, 2020 • 1:00:02

#161 - Rob Henderson - Evolution & The Modern Dating Market

#161 - Rob Henderson - Evolution & The Modern Dating Market

Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran.The modern dating market is hard to navigate, our genetic preferences are outdated by 100,000 years, divorces are rising and I'm very single. Please help, Rob.Expect to learn how Tinder has messed everything up, why 20% of men have sex with 80% of women, why lifting weights is attractive, whether evolution justifies gold diggers, whether men can judge a man's attractiveness more accurately than wo

Apr 20, 2020 • 1:13:59

#160 - Michael Blevins - A Conversation Not About Fitness

#160 - Michael Blevins - A Conversation Not About Fitness

Michael Blevins is a coach, podcaster and part of the team who trained some of Hollywood's biggest stars for screen.Expect to learn why exercising is where we connect most closely with what it means to be human, how the modern obsession with training can be damaging mentally and physically.We talk about metaphysics, psychedelics, finding meaning & purpose in life... and not really at all about fitness.Check out everything I use from The Protein Works and get 35% OFF SITE WIDE with t

Apr 16, 2020 • 1:44:41

#159 - Michael Malice - David Icke, Conspiracies & Cuddle Club

#159 - Michael Malice - David Icke, Conspiracies & Cuddle Club

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.In case you didn't know, me and Michael are now best friends after our first episode a few months ago. So I got him back on to have a catch up. No agenda, just us talking about whatever we've been thinking about recently.Expect to learn what life is like in New York City during lockdown, whether London Real should have been allowed to record their David Icke episode, how to receive a compliment, why kindness is so import

Apr 13, 2020 • 1:12:14

#158 - Catch Up 104

#158 - Catch Up 104

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for a highly requested Catch Up episode. No agenda, no specific topics, just us 3 discussing life.Expect to learn... How is Yusef handling being a Junior Doctor on the front lines right now? What does Jonny think of Tiger King? What is the Pikey Lifting Club? How much sex are Yusef's neighbours having? And much more.Extra Stuff:Become An Online Coach - www.propanefitness.com/modernwisdomPropaneFitness At Home Workout Guide - https://bit.

Apr 9, 2020 • 1:20:03

#157 - Ben Greenfield - The Ultimate Daily Routine

#157 - Ben Greenfield - The Ultimate Daily Routine

Ben Greenfield is a Coach, Author, Speaker, ex-Bodybuilder and Ironman Triathlete.We are what we repeatedly do. So when you have every known biohacking strategy at your disposal, what does one of the world's best known biohackers do every day?Today expect to learn Ben's entire daily routine from morning until night including his strategies for a morning routine, training, work, nutrition, supplementation, focus, naps, sleep and much more.Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life -

Apr 6, 2020 • 56:39

#156 - Scott Barry Kaufman - The New Science Of Self Actualisation

#156 - Scott Barry Kaufman - The New Science Of Self Actualisation

Scott Barry Kaufman is a Psychologist at the Columbia University, a writer and podcaster.The world has quantifiable metrics of success, our objective measures of wealth or status and even happiness. So why are so many people feeling disconnected and unfulfilled?Scott takes us through a new way to look at transcending our nature and going beyond our potential to fully actualise our life.Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter Promo Code MODERNWISDOM for 83% off &a

Apr 2, 2020 • 1:01:01

#155 - Steven Fawcett - Understanding Fitness As A Competitor

#155 - Steven Fawcett - Understanding Fitness As A Competitor

Steven Fawcett is a 3 Times CrossFit Games Athlete and Head Coach of JST Compete.How to become fit and how to use that fitness in a competitive environment are two very different challenges. Many athletes will spend years training and competing to see their numbers stay the same, or maybe even go backwards.So what's the solution? As a coach and athlete who has seen phenomenal success over the last few years, I figured Ste would be a good guy to ask. Expect to learn how to periodise your

Mar 30, 2020 • 1:21:41

#154 - Jason Calacanis - How Does Angel Investing Work?

#154 - Jason Calacanis - How Does Angel Investing Work?

Jason Calacanis is an angel investor and podcaster.I'm constantly hearing stories of how people are making their millions and billions angel investing in Silicon Valley startups, but I have no idea how it all works.Thankfully I got hold of Jason, who was one of the first investors in Uber, Thumbtack, Calm and many more, to teach us everything there is to know about the industry.Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter Promo Code MODERNWISDOM for 83% off & One

Mar 26, 2020 • 1:16:21

#153 - Isolation Hacks 101

#153 - Isolation Hacks 101

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for a special remote-recorded episode.The world is in shutdown and lifestyles have changed dramatically. As 3 people who spend most of their time working from home, or in social isolation, we figured that we're in a pretty good position to give you some advice.Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcastExtra Stuff:Become An Online Coach - www.propanefitness.com/modernwisdomPropaneFitness At Home Wor

Mar 23, 2020 • 1:19:21

#152 - Lydia Denworth - Understanding Friendship

#152 - Lydia Denworth - Understanding Friendship

Lydia Denworth is a writer and Contributing Editor for Scientific American.It's cliche to say that we're more connected than ever but have never felt more alone, but for many people it's the truth.Expert to learn why friendship evolved, how we can deepen our connection to those around us, how friendship manifests in the brain, the dangers of loneliness, how effective online friendships are at combatting solitude and many more interesting things.Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deal

Mar 19, 2020 • 54:36

#151 - Morgan Housel - What Has Covid-19 Done To The Economy?

#151 - Morgan Housel - What Has Covid-19 Done To The Economy?

Morgan Housel is a writer and investor.Markets are down 25% and the biggest single day market move in recent history was due to the Coronavirus Outbreak. What does this mean for the global economy?Expect to learn Morgan's advice for trading and holding assets during this time, why the markets have reacted in this way, what the signals would be that things are improving, how you can financially prepare for the coming months and much more.Extra Stuff:Follow Morgan on Twitter - https://twi

Mar 16, 2020 • 1:04:18

#150 - Derek Sivers - Making Decisions, Achieving Excellence & Finding Meaning

#150 - Derek Sivers - Making Decisions, Achieving Excellence & Finding Meaning

Derek Sivers is a writer, entrepreneur & musician.Derek's episodes on The Tim Ferriss Show are some of my all time favourites so I was super excited to speak to him.Expect to learn how to guide your choices at a crossroad, his views on excellence, why it doesn't matter if life has no meaning, why truth is less simple than it might seem, why the truth can be more complex than a simple answer, and when Derek is finally going to release his new books.Extra Stuff:Check out Derek's Websi

Mar 12, 2020 • 1:18:35

#149 - Dr Eric Feigl-Ding - Just How Bad Is COVID-19?

#149 - Dr Eric Feigl-Ding - Just How Bad Is COVID-19?

Dr Eric Feigl-Ding is an Epidemiologist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists.The Coronavirus outbreak has been the biggest news story of 2020. For every story claiming it's an oncoming apocalypse, there's another saying it's just the flu. Today we get to hear from one of the world's most central voices on Covid-19.Expect to learn, whether Covid-19 could have been bioengineered, how the virus is transmitted, strategies to

Mar 9, 2020 • 1:10:58

#148 - Jason Stapleton - How To Survive The 21st Century

#148 - Jason Stapleton - How To Survive The 21st Century

Jason Stapleton is a former Force Recon Marine, investor and coach.The impending AI automation takeover is nearly here. If we're not careful we'll all be naked in the street with nothing to do but sling faeces at each other.So what are the skills, principles & mindset tools we need to be robust against this coming apocalypse? How can we futureproof our finances and career to survive the rest of the 21st century?Get a 6 Minute Diary here - https://amzn.to/2Ej1uAjExtra Stuff:Follow Ja

Mar 5, 2020 • 1:04:41

#147 - Danny T - DJ Life, Building A Personal Brand & Mental Health

#147 - Danny T - DJ Life, Building A Personal Brand & Mental Health

Danny T is a DJ and producer.Expect to learn... How do you go from being a local DJ to touring Europe and selling out arenas? What are the principles behind creating a personal brand that sets you apart in a highly competitive market? What are the best travel hacks if you're flying 7+ times a week? How can we retain party culture whilst protecting people's mental health? And much more...Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (Enter Promo Code MODERNWISDOM for 83% off &

Mar 2, 2020 • 1:25:28

#146 - Dr Heather Berlin - Considering Consciousness

#146 - Dr Heather Berlin - Considering Consciousness

Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine.All humans have a subjective experience of reality, but why? What does it mean that a collection of atoms, arranged into a particular configuration, is able to consider its own existence? How can it dream, reflect and not only be a passenger within its environment but to also become captain of the ship and affect its own destiny?Get Surfshark VPN - https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDO

Feb 27, 2020 • 1:06:33

#145 - Life Hacks 111

#145 - Life Hacks 111

Jonny & Yusef join me as our most popular series returns! Here we go with another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and products for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn... How to send blog posts direct to your Kindle, the best electric toothbrush, how to add 20g of Protein to every cereal bowl, a pocket-sized upgrade to your holiday luggage, the best low calorie ice cream, how to flawlessly navigate a city, and much more!This episode

Feb 24, 2020 • 1:20:24

#144 - Martin Schmalz - Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & China

#144 - Martin Schmalz - Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & China

Martin Schmalz is a professor of Finance at Oxford University and an author.We're receiving constant warnings about the advent of Artificial Intelligence. And big data. And China. But how do all of these fit together?Expect to learn why your phone's GPS data on a night time is affecting your credit score, how the speed which you complete an online form in could change the price, where the REAL computing power behind AI is being deployed at the moment, and much more.Extra Stuff:Follow Ma

Feb 20, 2020 • 1:11:51

#143 - John Assaraf - Understand Your Emotions & Take Control Of Your Life

#143 - John Assaraf - Understand Your Emotions & Take Control Of Your Life

John Assaraf is an author, entrepreneur and mindset expert.Our brains are the most complex organisms in the known universe, but they don't come with an instruction manual. Today John takes us through some of the key principles to harness our brains to work for us, not against us.Expect to learn... What are the primary emotions which affect us every day? How can we overcome anxiety and fear? Why is precision with our speech so important? Which habit has had the most positive impact on Jo

Feb 17, 2020 • 49:47

#142 - Morgan Housel - How To Create & Manage Your Personal Wealth

#142 - Morgan Housel - How To Create & Manage Your Personal Wealth

Morgan Housel is a writer and investor.Understanding the basics of money management is something none of us are taught but all of us need. Today we get a fantastic run down by a guy who's spent most of the last decade thinking about what wealth can do for us, how we can attain it, and more importantly how we can keep it.Expect to learn... What is wealth? Why do rich people go bankrupt? Should I invest in Bitcoin? How can I maximise my wealth? What are the most important rules in trading

Feb 13, 2020 • 56:50

#141 - Ryan Fischer - The Life Story

#141 - Ryan Fischer - The Life Story

Ryan Fischer is a multi-sport athlete, coach & gym owner.Ryan is one of the most interesting characters in fitness. From being among the top BMXers on the planet, to almost making the USA Bobsleigh Team and competing multiple times at The CrossFit Regionals. He's been a pilot, homeless, lived in his car, then started a million-dollar gym to now has become a household name in the world of programming and coaching.Nothing but good vibes today as Ryan gives us his entire backstory and

Feb 10, 2020 • 1:39:57

#140 - Michael Malice - Dating, Cheetos, Liquor, Biden, Bernie & Fitness

#140 - Michael Malice - Dating, Cheetos, Liquor, Biden, Bernie & Fitness

Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.What happens if Biden or Bernie end up going head to head with Trump in 2020? Who created Flamin' Hot Cheetos? Why is fast fashion killing the wiping rags industry? Is it hard dating when you were once on reality TV? What is the most popular Spirit on the planet?All this & more with my new best friend, Michael.Extra Stuff:Check out The Protein Works - https://bit.ly/TPWChrisWillxBuy Michael's Book - https://amzn.to/3

Feb 6, 2020 • 1:02:17

#139 - Chelsea Ferguson - £10,000,000 From Selling Nudes

#139 - Chelsea Ferguson - £10,000,000 From Selling Nudes

Chelsea Ferguson is the founder of AdmireMe.vip.We're constantly being told that you can be anything you want and if you discover your passion in life you can find someone who will pay you for it... Well what if that passion is taking naked photos of yourself? Thankfully, even that is now an option now. Today we get to learn how Chelsea created a a £10m business in 16 months with only £45k of investment and a pair of boobs.Extra Stuff:Follow Chelsea - www.admireme.vip/chelseafergoFollow

Feb 3, 2020 • 1:01:56

#138 - James Altucher - Treat Your Life As An Experiment

#138 - James Altucher - Treat Your Life As An Experiment

James Altucher is a chess master, writer, entrepreneur, investor, podcaster and comedian.Overcoming our life's natural inertia is hard. We overplan, overthink and hold off starting a plan because we're not ready. Today James takes us through his approach for experimenting with life and jumping into new things feet-first.This is the second in a two-part episode with James, they can be enjoyed separately or together. I figured I'd try experimenting with ideas too!Extra Stuff:Buy Choose Yo

Jan 30, 2020 • 46:37

#137 - James Altucher - How To Improve Every Day & Harness The Power Of Ideas

#137 - James Altucher - How To Improve Every Day & Harness The Power Of Ideas

James Altucher is a chess master, writer, entrepreneur, investor, podcaster and comedian.Everyone talks about compound improvements being the key to progress, but how can you systematise that into your life so you're growing every day?And how can you harness the power of idea generation to build your mental muscles & create opportunities in your life? James explains how he experiments in his life by playing around with new ideas all the time.This is the first in a two-part episode w

Jan 27, 2020 • 1:03:41

#136 - Tucker Max - Personal Growth, Dating & Psychedelics

#136 - Tucker Max - Personal Growth, Dating & Psychedelics

Tucker Max is an author, speaker and the Co-Founder of Scribe.How do you go from being a professional asshole to a dad? From beer bongs to boardrooms and drunken nights to ayahuasca retreats?There's a transition we all have to go through from the person we were to the person we want to be. Many of us go through this multiple times. But how do we know when it's time to change, and how can we let go of the people we used to be?Extra Stuff:Check out Tucker's company Scribe - https://scribe

Jan 23, 2020 • 59:59

#135 - Kamal Ravikant - How Loving Yourself Can Save Your Life

#135 - Kamal Ravikant - How Loving Yourself Can Save Your Life

Kamal Ravikant is an investor and writer.Do you love yourself? Do you even like yourself?The body and mind you inhabit is the only one you're going to get in this life. That means there is no greater priority than learning to love yourself and work collaboratively, instead of adversarially with your inner being.This is one of the most open and raw episodes I've recorded, thank you to Kamal for being a part of it.Extra Stuff:Buy Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It - https://amzn.t

Jan 20, 2020 • 1:22:53

#134 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - How Much Does Google Know About Me?

#134 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - How Much Does Google Know About Me?

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a former Data Scientist at Google and a writer.There are things which you write into Google which you have never told another person. Our search history is a window into the deepest recesses of our mind which has never before been available.Time for the big data analysts like Seth to step in and look at what we can discover from these information. Why do people commit suicide? How many Americans are racist? What is the most popular type of pornography in Indi

Jan 16, 2020 • 1:03:59

#133 - Roderic Yapp - Lessons From Afghanistan & Capturing Somali Pirates

#133 - Roderic Yapp - Lessons From Afghanistan & Capturing Somali Pirates

Roderic Yapp is a business coach and former Royal Marines Officer.What was it really like to be on the front lines in Afghanistan? How do you recapture a ship which has been taken hostage by Somali pirates? What are the universalities we can learn about our own nature from seeing these cultures at war?Extra Stuff:Leadership Forces - https://www.leadershipforces.com/Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcastCheck out everything I recommend from boo

Jan 13, 2020 • 1:22:41

#132 - Charlotte Fox Weber - Do I Need Therapy?

#132 - Charlotte Fox Weber - Do I Need Therapy?

Charlotte Fox Weber is the Head of Psychotherapy at The School Of Life.Therapy is a term that comes with a lot of baggage. It's seen as a last ditch measure, a solution that is only needed by someone in a dire situation to "fix" a problem.But what even is therapy and what does it do? Should it only be used by the people who are at the end of their tether? Who is it for? And why is it so stigmatised?Extra Stuff:My Starting Therapy Video - https://youtu.be/jK-mw8rXziYThe School Of Life Ps

Jan 9, 2020 • 1:04:50

#131 - What I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self

#131 - What I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self

Jonny & Yusef join me for the first episode of the new year as we ask each other what would we tell ourselves 10 years ago.If you were given a 30 second phone call to yourself 10 years ago, what would you say? Buy Bitcoin? Learn to meditate? End that relationship? Do not dye your hair blonde?Today you get to hear us crack under the pressure of an imaginary phone call to our younger selves and then reflect on everything we've learned. Extra Stuff:Take a break from alcohol and upgrade

Jan 6, 2020 • 1:08:54

#130 - Keith Cooper - The Contact Paradox: Where Are All The Aliens?

#130 - Keith Cooper - The Contact Paradox: Where Are All The Aliens?

Keith Cooper is the Editor of Astronomy Now and an author.Why is searching for aliens so hard? How would they contact us? How would we decode a message? What are the potential dangers of responding? Should the general public be told if we find them? Should we be freely sending messages out into space? Extra Stuff:Buy The Contact Paradox - https://amzn.to/2EXuFsRFollow Keith on Twitter - https://twitter.com/21stCenturySETIThe End Of The World Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podc

Dec 30, 2019 • 54:37

#129 - Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & Lessons From 2019

#129 - Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & Lessons From 2019

Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for a special Christmas edition end of year recap.In 2019 what did we love, what did we hate, what did we discover, what did we leave behind and when did we fall completely flat on our faces?Extra long, extra girthy and extra festive, thank you for all your support this year - merry Christmas everybody!Extra Stuff:Check out Propane Fitness - https://propanefitness.com/Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.co

Dec 23, 2019 • 1:31:30

#128 - Benjamin Dennehy - The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer

#128 - Benjamin Dennehy - The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer

Benjamin Dennehy is a sales trainer.Being able to sell is a skill many people want. The ability to control your income by selling things for other people sounds like a pretty easy way to make money.So why do so many salespeople struggle to be effective? Benjamin identifies the key failures he sees on the sales floor, breaks down his best principles for a good selling framework, gives his thoughts on Grant Cardone vs Jordan Belfort and much more.Extra Stuff:Check out Benjamin's LinkedIn

Dec 19, 2019 • 1:05:22

#127 - Koen Smets - The Behavioural Economics Of How We Spend Our Time

#127 - Koen Smets - The Behavioural Economics Of How We Spend Our Time

Koen Smets is a behavioural economist and professor.We've been told "time is money" for all our lives, but how does time RELATE to money? We can't save time the same way we can save money, so what are the implications for how we should conduct our lives?Today Koen digs deep into the relationship between time, money, life satisfaction and much more.Extra Stuff:Check out Koen's Medium - https://medium.com/@koenfuciusFollow Koen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/koenfuciusTake a break from

Dec 16, 2019 • 1:07:56

#126 - Sean Carroll - The Problem With Quantum Mechanics

#126 - Sean Carroll - The Problem With Quantum Mechanics

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist, podcaster and author.Quantum physics is complicated. The quantum world does not operate like the one we see around us, yet our human experience of life emerges from this strange universe.Today we learn how it can be the case that something so alien can give rise to something so familiar.Extra Stuff:Buy Sean's Book Something Deeply Hidden - https://amzn.to/2rsRcL2Follow Sean on Twitter - https://twitter.com/seanmcarrollCheck out everything I recom

Dec 12, 2019 • 1:03:50

#125 - How To Become An Online Coach

#125 - How To Become An Online Coach

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me today as we talk about how to become an online coach.The opportunity to work from anywhere in the world, coaching clients into amazing shape, all whilst still only wearing your pants is a dream that many offline PTs and entrepreneurs want to achieve.Today we learn about Jonny & Yusef's journey to becoming successful online coaches, their best advice for wantrepreneurs who are just starting out and tactics which you can use as a consume

Dec 9, 2019 • 1:08:23

#124 - James Lindsay - Social Justice Explained: The Foundations Of Wokeness

#124 - James Lindsay - Social Justice Explained: The Foundations Of Wokeness

James Lindsay is an author & researcher.I've been exposed the words Social Justice Warrior, Wokeness and Post Modernism a lot over the last year, but I don't really have a strong grasp on their origins or where they came from.Thankfully James is the perfect man to explain them to us as he's spent much of his recent career diving head first into the academic literature which underpins these movements. Enjoy.#socialjusticewarrior #woke #postmodernismExtra Stuff:Follow James on Twitter

Dec 5, 2019 • 1:06:09

#123 - Sobriety 101 - Why Sobriety?

#123 - Sobriety 101 - Why Sobriety?

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness join me for a new series.Over the last 3 years I've spent more than 24 months sober. Choosing to not drink when you don't have an alcohol problem is a lifestyle change many people don't understand, so today we're breaking it all down. And talking about a lot of times we got far too drunk.Extra Stuff:Check out the 6 Months Sober Course - https://6monthssober.com/podcastCheck out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podca

Dec 2, 2019 • 1:10:16

#122 - Buster Benson - How To Argue With Someone

#122 - Buster Benson - How To Argue With Someone

Buster Benson is an entrepreneur & writer.How do we have a productive disagreement with another person? The art of conversing with someone to create a useful outcome is not simple.Ego, biases, reputation and much more get in the way of an optimal environment when we oppose someone's point of view. Today we learn the steps we can all take toward arguing more productively and effectively.Extra Stuff:Follow Buster on Twitter - https://twitter.com/busterBuy The Art Of Productive Disagre

Nov 25, 2019 • 1:04:12

#121 - Brian Mackenzie - How To Breathe Properly

#121 - Brian Mackenzie - How To Breathe Properly

Brian is the Creative Director at Power Speed Endurance.We all breathe, but are we doing it right? The breath controls much more than we might realise and today Brian takes us through just how crucial proper breathing technique is to our health, performance, cognition and mood.Extra Stuff:Check out PSE - https://powerspeedendurance.com/Check out The State App - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/state-breathing/id1449322496Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help supp

Nov 18, 2019 • 1:08:10

#120 - Professor Paul Bloom - What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common?

#120 - Professor Paul Bloom - What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common?

Paul Bloom is an author and a Professor of Psychology at Yale.Why is suffering a cause of pleasure for some people? What do BDSM, being robbed, extreme sports and meditation have in common? How does pleasure work? Why is empathy bad and what is the case for rational compassion? Why do we love people who have died?One of my favourite conversations this year, do not miss this.Extra Stuff:Follow Professor Bloom on Twitter - https://twitter.com/paulbloomatyaleBuy Against Empathy - https://a

Nov 14, 2019 • 1:07:41

#119 - Kelly Starrett - Getting Better At The Game Of Life

#119 - Kelly Starrett - Getting Better At The Game Of Life

Kelly Starrett is a CrossFit trainer, physical therapist, author and speaker.Expect to learn what Kelly thinks about the Game Changers documentary, his new brand The Ready State, what his most important principles are to focus on for fitness & wellbeing and much more.Extra Stuff:Follow Kelly on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thereadystate/Check out The Ready State - https://thereadystate.com/Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast

Nov 11, 2019 • 1:04:24

#118 - Dr Larry Sanger - Why Is Wikipedia Broken?

#118 - Dr Larry Sanger - Why Is Wikipedia Broken?

Dr Larry Sanger is the ex-founder of Wikipedia.Wikipedia is almost a public utility now, like water or energy. It's one of the most visited sites on the internet and provides millions with information every day.But all might not be as pure as it seems and the utopia of the world's biggest encyclopaedia may have some fundamental flaws. Today we hear from one of the initial members of the project as he explains why Wikipedia is so messed up.Extra Stuff:Follow Dr Sanger on Twitter - https:

Nov 7, 2019 • 1:17:27

#117 - Aubrey Marcus - What Makes A Good Life?

#117 - Aubrey Marcus - What Makes A Good Life?

Aubrey Marcus is a podcaster, author and CEO.I wanted to find out how Aubrey defines living a good life, and how he structures his world to ensure that he's pointing in the right direction... As you might be able to guess, this episode is jam packed with amazing stuff.Aubrey is someone who contemplates the finer elements of exactly how to make his mind and body a little better every day. Enjoy this insight into the life of someone who is unashamedly working to uncover all his weaknesses

Nov 4, 2019 • 54:20

#116 - Sanjay Rawal - 3100 Miles: The Longest Race On Earth

#116 - Sanjay Rawal - 3100 Miles: The Longest Race On Earth

Sanjay Rawal is an award-winning filmmaker.Today we learn about the longest race on earth which takes place in the middle of New York around a square block in the city - 3100 miles over 52 days.Extra Stuff:3100: Run & Become Trailer - https://youtu.be/t1e399N_wB0Follow Sanjay on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MrSanjayRCheck out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/sh

Oct 31, 2019 • 1:07:09

#115 - Life Hacks 110

#115 - Life Hacks 110

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn... How to make your Instagram stories look beautiful, our choice for the best phone case, how to steal coffee from Costa, why flipflops are needed at every back door, the ultimate upgrade for flossing, the best moisturiser on earth, and much more.This episode is brought to you by Totum Performance, try 7 Days fo

Oct 28, 2019 • 1:25:01

#114 - Sonny Webster - Bad Days, Good Days & Staying Resilient

#114 - Sonny Webster - Bad Days, Good Days & Staying Resilient

Sonny Webster is a weightlifter and online coach.Some days you're feeling it, some days not so much. All of us have good and bad periods to contend with but it's how we respond which ultimately determines the outcome.Sonny is one of the most resilient humans I know and today we get a fantastic insight into how he overcomes setbacks in life, lifting and everything else.Extra Stuff:Follow Sonny on Instagram -https://instagram.com/sonnywebstergb/Check out Sonny's Academy - http://sonnywebs

Oct 24, 2019 • 57:08

#113 - Alex Hutchinson - Analysing Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Hour Marathon

#113 - Alex Hutchinson - Analysing Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Hour Marathon

Alex Hutchinson is a journalist, athlete and author.Eliud Kipchoge recently rocked the world by breaking the previously unthinkable 2 Hour Marathon Record. Today we get to hear a full analysis of his performance from endurance expert and previous Modern Wisdom guest Alex Hutchinson.Expect to learn about the controversy surrounding his new Nike shoes, the course selection, the racing strategy, Eliud's mindset, training approach, pace setters and everything else. Do not miss this one.-Ext

Oct 21, 2019 • 1:09:42

#112 - Brett Jones - What Is Strength?

#112 - Brett Jones - What Is Strength?

Brett Jones is the Director of Education at Strong First.For every article suggesting one-per-week heavy lifts there's another advocating daily top end strength work. Today we get to hear the opinion of Brett, a man who has spent most of his life working out how to make people strong.-Extra Stuff:Check out Strong First - https://www.strongfirst.comCheck out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link -

Oct 17, 2019 • 1:06:52

#111 - Cristoph - Life Behind The Decks - Mental Health As An International DJ

#111 - Cristoph - Life Behind The Decks - Mental Health As An International DJ

Cristoph is a DJ and producer.Being a world star international DJ playing to thousands of screaming fans, having songs in the #1 spot and touring the world sounds like a dream job for many people. But what does the reality of this lifestyle look like?Today we get an incredibly open, honest and undiluted view of mental health, loneliness and the truth about life behind the decks from one of the fastest rising stars in house music.-Extra Stuff:Follow Cristoph on Twitter - https://twitter.

Oct 14, 2019 • 1:24:40

#110 - Dr Sarah Jones - The Future Of Virtual Reality

#110 - Dr Sarah Jones - The Future Of Virtual Reality

Dr Sarah Jones is an immersive storyteller using AR, VR and 360.For the last 50 years or so, storytelling hasn't massively changed its form, but with the advent of increasingly portable devices, the platforms we use are all changing.How will Virtual Reality enable us to tell stories in a new way? Should we be worried about the control that these technologies could have over us? Are sci-fi predictions about holographic humans realistic?- Extra Stuff:Follow Dr Jones on Twitter - https://t

Oct 10, 2019 • 1:06:48

#109 - Douglas Murray - The Price Of Thinking Out Loud

#109 - Douglas Murray - The Price Of Thinking Out Loud

Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and an associate editor of The Spectator.What is the price of thinking out loud about the most inflammatory topics of our age? Gay, Women, Race & Trans make up the four chapters of The Madness Of Crowds and today Douglas jumps feet first into all of them.Expect to learn which chapters Douglas could have added to the book but didn’t, how the LGBTQ community are less united than you may think, why we should be skeptical about the number of gay st

Oct 7, 2019 • 1:06:53

#108 - Peter Frankopan - The New Silk Roads

#108 - Peter Frankopan - The New Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan is a Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Director at the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and an author.In the west we tend to have a view that our own political, economical and cultural situations are the most important on the planet. We tend to believe that we are principally shaping the direction the world heads in.Today Peter offers an alternative view which identifies the rapid rate of change seen in Asia over the last few years which could change

Oct 3, 2019 • 1:04:17

#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically

#107 - Graeme Garrard - How To Think Politically

Graeme Garrard is a Teacher at Cardiff University & Harvard Summer School and an author.Why do we need politics? And who are the individuals that have most shaped the world of political thought? Today we get to find out about some of the most influential thinkers in history from Marx to Plato, Nietzsche to Machiavelli and Plato to Locke.Extra Stuff:Buy How To Think Politically - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472961781/Follow Graeme on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GarrardGraemeCheck

Sep 30, 2019 • 53:37

#106 - Business Principles 102 - Should I Work For Myself?

#106 - Business Principles 102 - Should I Work For Myself?

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another Business Principles episode.Today we're talking about one of the questions we're most commonly asked - should you take the plunge into self employment. Being your own boss sounds fantastic, but what's the reality of your income being completely in your own hands?Expect to learn our favourite mental exercise for working out the true salary of your job, why Jonny & Yusef left high paying graduate jobs to pursue their passio

Sep 26, 2019 • 1:16:16

#105 - Thomas Johnson - What Is An Ethical Hacker?

#105 - Thomas Johnson - What Is An Ethical Hacker?

Thomas Johnson is an ethical hacker and social engineer.Hacking is often thought of as a dark art. Dark basements and illegal activities. But there's an entire other world of hackers who are using their skills to subvert security systems both online and offline for good.Expect to learn just how Tom hacks both people and computers to break into secure buildings, how safe your information is online, what tools Tom uses to bypass the systems that are meant to keep him out and his best advi

Sep 23, 2019 • 1:06:46

#104 - Nir Eyal - How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable

#104 - Nir Eyal - How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable

Nir Eyal is an author, business owner and Teacher at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design.What would life be like if we didn't get distracted? What if we always followed through with the things we said we were going to do? That's the purpose of today's discussion.Expect to learn how internal and external triggers can combine to form a breeding ground for poor productivity, and how making time for traction is just as important as avoiding distraction when getting things do

Sep 19, 2019 • 52:36

#103 - Cosmic Skeptic - Veganism, Atheism and Morality

#103 - Cosmic Skeptic - Veganism, Atheism and Morality

Alex O'Connor aka Cosmic Skeptic is a YouTuber and Student at Oxford University.How many people go vegan due to a philosophical debate? And how many actively try to get the fans of their YouTube Channel to talk them out of it? Alex is one person on that list.Expect to learn the one philosophical question which Alex has trouble justifying, Alex's reasons for going vegan, whether he thinks that a less religious society has problems with morality and how religions relate to social cohesion

Sep 16, 2019 • 1:08:13

#102 - Frank Dikotter - How To Be A Dictator

#102 - Frank Dikotter - How To Be A Dictator

Frank Dikotter is a historian and author.The 20th Century was characterised by an attempt on the one hand to build up civil society and have cheques & balances, and on the other hand an attempt to concentrate power into the hand of a single dictator.Expect to learn what the characteristics of a dictator are, why the 20th century created a perfect petri dish for this proliferation, how a dictator coerces his people into supporting him and how dictators deal with the paradox of hiding

Sep 12, 2019 • 43:17

#101 - Sienna Day - What Is Life Like As A Pornstar?

#101 - Sienna Day - What Is Life Like As A Pornstar?

Sienna Day is a pornstar.Kind of like chicken nuggets, everyone is familiar with porn but few of us understand how it's made. Today we get to find out.Expect to learn how you get started in the porn industry, what it's like on set, how you prep for anal, what is the optimal strategy for elongating your career, how to monetise a feature on Brazzers or FakeTaxi into a decentralised membership site, what 30 days of back-to-back DP feels like, and much more.This warning should be obvious bu

Sep 9, 2019 • 1:14:41

#100 - Episode 100 Special Edition Q&A

#100 - Episode 100 Special Edition Q&A

Jonny & Yusef join me for a special edition Q&A to celebrate 100 episodes of Modern Wisdom.Expect to learn... everything that the internet wanted to know. Plus enjoy an exclusive clip from the Pilot Episode of Modern Wisdom back in 2017.Thank you to everyone who tunes in, your continued support is hugely appreciated. Big love xExtra Stuff:Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - h

Sep 5, 2019 • 1:42:55

#099 - Chris Sparks - Productivity Without Limits

#099 - Chris Sparks - Productivity Without Limits

Chris Sparks is a productivity coach, founder of The Forcing Function and a Former Top 20 Worldwide Online Poker Player.What happens when a world famous productivity coach compiles the most effective tasks he's discovered for developing personal productivity into an E-Book? Well today we're going to go through the best of what he's uncovered.Expect to learn how to set more effective goals and stick to them, how to build better habits, maximise time, attention & energy, avoid procras

Sep 2, 2019 • 1:12:26

#098 - Mike Winnet - The Contrepreneur Formula Exposed: Behind The Scenes

#098 - Mike Winnet - The Contrepreneur Formula Exposed: Behind The Scenes

Mike Winnet is an entrepreneur and a professional Get Rich Quick ad clicker.The people who made the real money in the gold rush weren't digging for gold, they sold shovels. Fast forward to 2019 and the new gold rush is on to discover the magic formula for passive income. Enter the contrepreneurs.Mike has spent half a million pounds on putting the claims of internet marketers to the test in a documentary, from crypto mining to property investments, stock trading to amazon affiliate sites

Aug 29, 2019 • 1:23:45

#097 - Andrew Doyle - Who Is Titania McGrath?

#097 - Andrew Doyle - Who Is Titania McGrath?

Andrew Doyle is a writer and comedian.Titania McGrath is now fully established as the Queen of the internet Woke Movement and today we get to meet the man behind one of Twitter's most hilarious and controversial accounts, Andrew Doyle.Expect to learn what it's like running Titania's Twitter account, what Andrew thinks of Little Mix's opinions on Syria, why Donald Trump is potentially the funniest president in history, why we should be worried about Britain's hate speech laws, whether ca

Aug 26, 2019 • 1:18:51

#096 - Zuby - Strength, Faith and Survival Tactics

#096 - Zuby - Strength, Faith and Survival Tactics

Zuby is a rapper, author and podcaster.Zuby exploded onto the internet earlier this year and after a number of months being mentioned on the biggest news outlets and podcasts in the world it's time to get him on Modern Wisdom.Today we talk all things woke from cancel culture to the ethics of encouraging trans children, Zuby's views on religious thinking among atheists and his advice for how to operate in an increasingly chaotic world.Extra Stuff:Follow Zuby on Twitter - https://twitter.

Aug 22, 2019 • 1:03:22

#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back

#095 - George MacGill - Mental Models 102 - The Decision Strikes Back

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round great human George MacGill to re enter the world of Mental Models.Mental Models are tools you can use to improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models from Jocko Willink, Paul Graham, Ben Bergeron, Navil Ravikant, Nassim Taleb, David Wong, Rick & Morty and many more.Extra Stuff:Follow George o

Aug 19, 2019 • 1:31:07

#094 - Brian Carroll - What Does It Feel Like To Squat 1000lbs?

#094 - Brian Carroll - What Does It Feel Like To Squat 1000lbs?

Brian Carroll is a coach, author and multiple world record holding powerlifter.Brian is one of the strongest men on the planet, having squatted 1000lbs+ more than 50 times in official meets. He suffered a catastrophic spinal injury which would have stopped many athletic careers but has recovered to not only be pain free, but now has his eyes set on more world records.Expect to learn about the genesis of powerlifting as a sport, Brian's advice for strength athletes and those beginning th

Aug 15, 2019 • 1:17:00

#093 - Roger McNamee - Is Facebook Zucked?

#093 - Roger McNamee - Is Facebook Zucked?

Roger McNamee is a businessman, investor, musician and founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners.Roger has had a front seat to the biggest developments in Silicon Valley for the last 30 years and this culminated with his time as an early investor and key advisor to Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook.Over the last few years he became concerned with the direction that Facebook and Big Tech was taking and now spends his time educating the general public on the dangers of Sur

Aug 12, 2019 • 1:28:08

#092 - Scott H Young - Ultralearning

#092 - Scott H Young - Ultralearning

Scott H Young is a blogger, programmer and author.Learning new things is hard. Learning new things quickly is even harder. So how did Scott manage to complete the entire MIT Computer Science Degree of 4 years in just 12 months?Today we're going to learn about learning as Scott shares with us the approaches and real world examples of how people master hard things quickly from his new book Ultralearning.Extra Stuff:Follow Scott on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ScottHYoungBuy Scott's Book

Aug 8, 2019 • 1:20:01

#091 - Richard Shotton - Some Very Important Effects In Advertising

#091 - Richard Shotton - Some Very Important Effects In Advertising

Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, the Founder of Astroten and an author.What is the reason that restaurants don't put £ signs in front of their prices? Why do marketing campaigns with huge flaws end up winning the market over? How does increasing wait times on comparison sites improve customer buy-in? And why do budget airlines reduce quality of experience to improve trust?We're talking all things behavioural science today. One of my favourite topic areas with a fascinating gu

Aug 5, 2019 • 1:13:10

#090 - Dr Taylor Burrowes - A PhD In Relationship Advice

#090 - Dr Taylor Burrowes - A PhD In Relationship Advice

Dr Taylor Burrowes is a Doctor of Marriage, Couples and Family Counselling.After working for 14 years as a mental health counsellor and marriage and family therapist, Dr Burrowes has seen a huge sample of relationships going through turmoil. Today we get to hear about her best advice to make a partnership work.Can you get over cheating? How should men & women play different roles in a relationship? What makes an effective partnership? Why do some couples grow apart? How can you tell

Aug 1, 2019 • 1:05:13

#089 - Professor David Carroll - Netflix's The Great Hack: Behind The Screens

#089 - Professor David Carroll - Netflix's The Great Hack: Behind The Screens

David Carroll is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design.The Great Hack is one of my favourite documentaries of 2019 and today we get a fascinating and unique insight into the story behind Cambridge Analytica from one of the key figures in this controversy.Extra Stuff:Follow Professor Carroll on Twitter - https://twitter.com/profcarroll Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link -

Jul 29, 2019 • 1:12:48

#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read

#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read

Nat Eliason is the founder of GrowthMachine.com and the host of the Made You Think Podcast.Nat likes to read and think. Today we get to hear his five recommendations for books you probably won't have read, along with a description of his progressive summarisation system which he uses to note down and remember their key points.Also expect to learn Nat's thoughts on abortion, Trump, organic vs paid marketing, decentralisation and a lot more.Extra Stuff:Check out Nat's Podcast - https://ma

Jul 25, 2019 • 57:42

#087 - Life Hacks 109

#087 - Life Hacks 109

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn... Why yoghurt is a savoury ketchup, how to save £1 on meal deals in the airport, how to automatically share your Instagram Stories to Facebook, the best apps for laptop keyboard shortcuts, frictionless To Do List capture, finding beautiful free images online, and much more.This episode is brought to you by The

Jul 22, 2019 • 1:24:41

#086 - Teemu Arina - The Biohacker's Biohacker

#086 - Teemu Arina - The Biohacker's Biohacker

Teemu Arina is a technology entrepreneur, author and a leader in the field of biohacking.The Biohacker's Handbook is one of my favourite resources over the last few years and I've been looking forward to sitting down with Teemu - one of the Co-Authors for a long time.Today we delve deep into the world of biohacking with one of the best minds in the industry. Expect learn why bilberries are badass hardcore blueberries, which morning drink blend Teemu recommends, why hot and cold therapy

Jul 15, 2019 • 1:14:26

#085 - Professor Nicholas Christakis - How Evolution Shaped Our Societies

#085 - Professor Nicholas Christakis - How Evolution Shaped Our Societies

Nicholas Christakis is a Professor at Yale University and an author.Much of what I've covered on the podcast has focussed on evolution's effects on the individual, but today we look at how evolution has shaped us as a collective.Expect to learn... Why is it that we live in groups? Why can we (mostly) rely on the person we're talking to to not lie to us, or kill us on sight? Why can we recognise different faces so effectively? And why do we even have different faces in the first place?Ex

Jul 8, 2019 • 55:43

#084 - David Epstein - Specialisation Is For Insects

#084 - David Epstein - Specialisation Is For Insects

David Epstein is a New York Times Best Selling Author and Investigative Journalist.Specialising early and hard is a frequent piece of advice I hear given to people asking for advice on how to become great at things. Mastery and the 10,000 Hour Rule suggests to niche down as early as you can and then capitalise from there.Today David provides us with an alternative point of view and explains how generalists can triumph in a specialised world. Life advice galore, I loved this episode and

Jul 1, 2019 • 58:53

#083 - Business Principles 101

#083 - Business Principles 101

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for the start of a brand new series.We're talking all things careers and entrepreneurship as we call on our combined 30+ years of operating and failing at business.Expect to learn how you decide whether to stay in your job or leave to do your own thing, the inception stories behind PropaneFitness and Voodoo Events, our thoughts on how helpful a university education is in giving you skills for business, and a lot more. I really enjoyed reco

Jun 24, 2019 • 1:05:53

#082 - Caleb Jones - How Does A Non-Monogamous Marriage Work?

#082 - Caleb Jones - How Does A Non-Monogamous Marriage Work?

Caleb Jones is an online coach, blogger and non-monogamy advocate.Statistically, most marriages end in divorce. This limited life span for the traditional approach to relationships has lead some people to seek an alternative setup.Today we hear from one of the most prominent figures in the non-monogamy movement as Caleb explains his relationship-rationale, we also discuss industry, weed legalisation and UK vs US politics.Extra Stuff:Check out Caleb's Website - https://calebjonesblog.com

Jun 20, 2019 • 1:09:49

#081 - Dr Stuart McGill - Why Do Our Backs Hurt?

#081 - Dr Stuart McGill - Why Do Our Backs Hurt?

Dr Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo and a world expert in back pain.Dr McGill has worked with some of the best athletes in the world across pretty much every sport you can imagine as a spinal specialist, so if anyone can give us some advice about how to cope with back pain, it's him.On today's episode expect to learn why backs are so problematic, how much of back pain is due to lifestyle choices or training methodology, how much of an impact desk work

Jun 17, 2019 • 1:26:29

#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO

#080 - Stephen Wolfram - The At Home CEO

Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research.What happens when you track every email, every keystroke, every mouse movement and every project for 30 years? Today we find out the productivity strategies, personal infrastructure and tracking analytics from the man behind Wolfram Language and Wolfram Alpha - the answer engine which powers Siri & Alexa.Extra Stuff:Wolfram Alpha - https://www.wolframalpha.com/Follow Stephen on Twitter - https://twitter.

Jun 13, 2019 • 1:14:13

#079 - Laura Vanderkam - Why Does Time Pass More Quickly As You Get Older?

#079 - Laura Vanderkam - Why Does Time Pass More Quickly As You Get Older?

Laura Vanderkam is a writer, author, speaker and an expert on time management.We are all familiar with the phenomenon that is time, it passes at the same rate for all of us, so why do certain people seem to have so much of it while some of us are left stressed and seemingly without a spare second? Let's remember that you have the same number of hours in your day as Elon Musk, or Beyonce.Today expect to learn why time goes so much more quickly the older you get, why you don't want more t

Jun 10, 2019 • 1:00:33

#078 - Robert Greene - The Laws Of Human Nature

#078 - Robert Greene - The Laws Of Human Nature

Robert Greene is a New York Times best selling author.You can be a genius in your field and know all the things you need to know, but if you're bad with people you will totally neutralise your brilliance and can face many difficulties and pains in life...Today we're talking about Robert's new book The Laws Of Human Nature, as we delve deep into understanding people’s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves.Robert names this most recent publication "the

Jun 6, 2019 • 1:09:06

#077 - Dominic McGregor - Sobriety And The Future Of Social Media Marketing

#077 - Dominic McGregor - Sobriety And The Future Of Social Media Marketing

Dominic McGregor is the COO and Co Founder of Social Chain.Today I'm sitting down with Dom to catch up after we first spoke on Modern Wisdom 12 months ago. We reflect on his continuing journey through sobriety, why he believes that Social Chain may know their users better than they even know themselves and where the future of online advertising is heading.Thank you to Social Chain for letting me use their fantastic studio and Video Guy Ollie for recording everything. I can't wait to go

Jun 3, 2019 • 1:09:42

#076 - David Pearce - Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering

#076 - David Pearce - Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering

David Pearce is a co-founder of Humanity+ and a prominent figure within the transhumanism movement.Where is the future of the human race heading? Will our descendants be at the mercy of random genetic chance for suffering diseases? How about editing the genetic baseline for happiness? Or levels of empathy? Can we use computers to emulate a human brain? What are the ethical implications of Crispr?Expert to hear David's answers these questions and more as we delve into the fascinating wor

May 30, 2019 • 55:58

#075 - Life Hacks 108

#075 - Life Hacks 108

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn... Why whitening your teeth is an instant attractiveness upgrade. How to automate tracking your weight every day. How to cope with bacterial vaginosis on a bus. Why people who say PREEmark are psychopaths. And much more.This episode is brought to you by The 6 Minute Diary, give us a review on iTunes to be in wit

May 27, 2019 • 1:45:30

#074 - Tiago Forte - The Definitive Guide To Digital Productivity

#074 - Tiago Forte - The Definitive Guide To Digital Productivity

Tiago Forte is a blogger, company owner and productivity coach.We all use digital tools, and some of us spend most of our lives at their mercy. Today we are going to learn the most effective process for having a productive digital life.Tiago has created nothing short of a curriculum for maximising your digital productivity and on this episode he takes us through his entire process including all his favourite recommendations for apps and tactics. This is straight gold, do not sleep on it

May 23, 2019 • 1:24:55

#073 - Theo Watt & Eve Young - The Problem With Millennials

#073 - Theo Watt & Eve Young - The Problem With Millennials

Theo Watt and Eve Young are the hosts of the Socials Minds Podcast and Copywriters at Social Chain.We talk about millennials and Gen Z like homogenous groups, but technology and innovation have made it problematic to index generations by 15 year gaps. A person who is 12 will have little in common with someone who is 27, as will a person who is 25 have little in common with someone who is 34.And yet, despite online platforms allowing you to target by age, world view and even household in

May 20, 2019 • 1:08:59

#072 - David Perell - The Power Of Writing

#072 - David Perell - The Power Of Writing

David Perell is a podcaster, blogger and writing coach.Why is the ability to write effectively the biggest opportunity which individuals can capitalise on? How can an improved grasp of language actually improve the quality of your thoughts? And why should you focus on content which is longer than 24 hours old?Expect to find out all this and much more, huge thanks to David for coming on and dropping some fantastic insights, Round #2 will be coming soon.Extra Stuff:Follow David on Twitter

May 16, 2019 • 54:54

#071 - Catch Up 103 - The End Of The World, CrossFit and Pirates of the Caribbean

#071 - Catch Up 103 - The End Of The World, CrossFit and Pirates of the Caribbean

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again as we continue our Catch Up series.No agenda, no specific topics for us to cover, just us talking about what we've been watching, reading & experiencing in our lives.This week we're talking about my trips to America, the new Pirates Of The Caribbean film, how we think the world will end, Jonny starting CrossFit, Netflix's Our Planet and lots more.Extra Stuff:Naval on The After On Podcast with Rob Reid: https://after-on.com/epis

May 13, 2019 • 1:18:05

#070 - Tim Briggs - How To Eat For Performance

#070 - Tim Briggs - How To Eat For Performance

Tim Briggs is a nutritionist, CrossFit coach and the owner of WeDominateNutrition.comMost people with a gym membership have an idea of how to eat to facilitate weight change, but eating to maximise performance output is a another beast entirely.Today, expect to learn how to use diet to boost your strength, endurance or recovery, Tim's favourite protocols for eating around training & competitions, why the FODMAP diet is probably right for almost all of us and whether he's ever fully

May 9, 2019 • 1:31:25

#069 - George MacGill - Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions

#069 - George MacGill - Mental Models 101 - How To Make Better Decisions

I'm joined by long time friend of the show and all round interesting individual George MacGill to break down how we can make better decisions in all areas of our lives by using Mental Models.If you imagine that your mind is an operating system, Mental Models are the apps you install into it which improve your ability to effectively make decisions. Today we are upgrading our minds by thinking about thinking, as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models along with

May 6, 2019 • 1:17:45

#068 - Rachel Kleinfeld - Fixing The Most Violent Countries On Earth

#068 - Rachel Kleinfeld - Fixing The Most Violent Countries On Earth

Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project.How can the world's deadliest countries fall apart? From electoral violence to organised crime, it's not difficult to tear a society to pieces.And then how can these decimated countries be put back together again? Rachel proposes a fascinating framework for governments to follow, framed by historical examples from the mob in Sicily vs Naples

May 2, 2019 • 44:10

#067 - Inside Tracker - The Largest Database Of Healthy People In The World

#067 - Inside Tracker - The Largest Database Of Healthy People In The World

Inside Tracker are a company from Boston MA who provide bloodwork analysis to athletes and the general public.The world is increasingly moving toward a focus on inner health, micro gains and a higher resolution view of our body's internal state. Inside Tracker are at the forefront of this analytical movement.After sitting down with Professor David Sinclair at Harvard Medical School I went straight to meet with Inside Tracker HQ Execs Jonathan Levitt & Carrie Kolb to talk through the

Apr 29, 2019 • 1:05:15

#066 - Professor David Sinclair - Can Humans Live For 1000 Years?

#066 - Professor David Sinclair - Can Humans Live For 1000 Years?

David Sinclair is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and co-Director of the Paul Glenn Centre for the Biological Mechanisms of Ageing.Today we hear from a scientist at the cutting edge of longevity research as Professor Sinclair gives us a fascinating insight into the world of anti-ageing.Expect to learn how and why we age, why stabilising the epigenetic landscape may enable a human to live for 1000 years, exactly what tactics Professor Sinclair is using

Apr 22, 2019 • 1:17:51

#065 - Chris Hutchins - The Basics Of Money Management

#065 - Chris Hutchins - The Basics Of Money Management

Chris Hutchins is the CEO of HelloGrove.com, former Entrepreneur In Residence at Google Ventures and a serial money-optimiser.Effective money management is something which everyone should know but no one is taught. Chris has spent a large portion of his career trying to educate people to be skillful with their finances and today we get to learn many of his favourite tips.Extra StuffFollow Chris On Twitter - https://twitter.com/hutchinsChris's Website - https://chrishutchins.com/Check ou

Apr 18, 2019 • 57:32

#064 - James Clear - How To Build Habits That Last

#064 - James Clear - How To Build Habits That Last

James Clear is an author, entrepreneur and speaker focused on habits, decision-making and continuous improvement.James' new book Atomic Habits has been my most recommended of 2019 (and probably 2020 too). I honestly can't describe how impactful, actionable and brilliant it is and I'm beyond excited to share some key learnings from it in today's episode with you.Our successes or failures in life are lagging measures of the actions we take on a daily basis. The often unseen force driving

Apr 15, 2019 • 1:04:24

#063 - Robin Dreeke - How To Read Behaviour Like An FBI Agent

#063 - Robin Dreeke - How To Read Behaviour Like An FBI Agent

Robin Dreeke is the ex Head of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Program and an author.Robin worked as a counterintelligence agent for the FBI recruiting spies, assets and gathering intelligence for 21 years. From being in the New York Field Office in Manhattan on the day of 9/11 to creating the FBI's elite Counterintelligence Behavioural Analysis program, he's had a fascinating career.Expect to learn the verbal and non-verbal cues which you can use to help earn trust and make your communi

Apr 11, 2019 • 1:08:12

#062 - Catch Up 102 - Rome, Greggs & Flat Earth

#062 - Catch Up 102 - Rome, Greggs & Flat Earth

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again as we continue our Catch Up series.No agenda, no specific topics for us to cover, just us talking about what we've been watching, reading & experiencing in our lives.This week we're talking about my holiday to Rome, Yusef's disaster in Greggs, Jonny nearly being abducted, Flat Earth and lots more.Extra Stuff:https://propanefitness.com/Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no ext

Apr 8, 2019 • 1:11:05

#061 - Christie Aschwanden - The Truth About Sports Recovery

#061 - Christie Aschwanden - The Truth About Sports Recovery

Christie Aschwanden is a journalist and author of "GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery".From fancy foam rollers to cryo-therapy, sleep optimisation to compression pants... Today Christie is going to take us through every recovery method you've tried yourself or seen on Instagram, and give us the bottom line regarding their effectiveness.-Extra Stuff:GOOD TO GO Book - https://amzn.to/2YJ7mM5Follow Christie on Twitter - https://twitter.

Apr 4, 2019 • 55:22

#060 - Robbyn Swan & Anthony Summers - The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann

#060 - Robbyn Swan & Anthony Summers - The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann

Robbyn Swan and Anthony Summers are investigative journalists, authors & experts in the Madeleine McCann case.The disappearance of Madeline McCann is the world’s best known missing child case, and the recent Netflix series has reignited interest. From messy investigations to libellous press accusations, missing evidence and thousands of worldwide sightings, this case has fascinated and perplexed the public.Today, Robbyn & Anthony will take us through the most important elements

Apr 1, 2019 • 1:13:55

#059 - Relationships 104 - How To Be Single

#059 - Relationships 104 - How To Be Single

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again for the final instalment in our Relationships Series as we tackle the most murky topic of all - how to be single.Expect to learn our top red flags to look out for in a potential partner, why Tinder is a waste of time and how demonstrating value through dance moves can be just as good as having an impressive Instagram account.With great power comes great responsibility - please use The Funnel with the respect it deserves.Extra Stuff

Mar 25, 2019 • 1:19:17

#058 - Professor Paul Steinhardt - A New Kind Of Matter

#058 - Professor Paul Steinhardt - A New Kind Of Matter

Professor Paul Steinhardt is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Princeton University, Director of the Princeton Centre for Theoretical Science and an author.Despite Professor Steinhardt's resume reading like a scientist, today's story is closer to that of a crime detective novel than a research project. Join us on a rollercoaster tale as we travel across the world with Professor Steinhardt and his team in search of a new kind of matter.Expect to meet some crafty Russians, an old

Mar 18, 2019 • 1:12:42

#057 - Alexander Cortes - Skills For The 21st Century

#057 - Alexander Cortes - Skills For The 21st Century

Alexander Cortes is a trainer, writer and speaker.Expect to learn what skills Alex would give a human if he was designing them for the 21st century, why we think Gary Vaynerchuk might have been pressing on the CEO of Fyre Festival's amygdala and our strategies for reading more throughout 2019.Extra Things:Sign up to Alex's Newsletter - https://cortes.site/newsletter/Follow Alex on Twitter - https://twitter.com/AJA_Cortes (he tweets some GREAT stuff)Check out everything I recommend from

Mar 14, 2019 • 1:03:19

#056 - Life Hacks 107

#056 - Life Hacks 107

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn... Why is a dog one of the most crucial happiness decisions you can make? How can an Italian tomato make you more productive? Can you get Instagram on your computer? What books are we reading right now? And much more.This episode is brought to you by The Protein Works, head to https://bit.ly/TPWChrisWillx to che

Mar 11, 2019 • 1:55:07

#055 - Jordan Hall - How Do You Redesign Civilisation?

#055 - Jordan Hall - How Do You Redesign Civilisation?

Jordan Hall is the Co Founder of Neurohacker Collective, the Co Founder of DivX and a writer.What is the game that our civilisation has been playing for the last era? And where has that brought us to? Today we take a birds' eye view of society and civilisation as a whole as we work out whether we can play a better game than this.Extra Stuff:Follow Jordan on Medium - https://medium.com/@jordangreenhall/Jordan's Company Neurohacker Collective - https://neurohacker.comA Glitch In The Matri

Mar 7, 2019 • 49:58

#054 - Catch Up 101

#054 - Catch Up 101

Welcome to a brand new series, featuring the long awaited return of Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.comThese Catch Up episodes will have no agenda, no topics for us to focus on, it's just me, Jonny & Yusef talking about what we've been watching or read in the news or what's going on in our lives.This week we're talking Liam Neeson, Fyre Festival, Meditation Retreats, Jonny appearing on Pointless, Yusef being rear ended and much more.Extra Stuff:https://propanefitness.com/Check

Mar 4, 2019 • 1:28:57

#053 - Garrett J. White - What Does It Mean To Be A Man? Wake Up Warrior

#053 - Garrett J. White - What Does It Mean To Be A Man? Wake Up Warrior

Garrett J. White is the founder of Wake Up Warrior, Creator of Warrior Week & Author of Warrior Book.There is turmoil for both men & women on what our gender roles demand of us in modern society with one of the primary questions being "What does it mean to be a man?" Today I'm turning to Garrett for answers as a coach who has helped thousands of men to become an upgraded version of themselves.Raw and unfiltered, Garrett has a very intense view of what masculinity means and how m

Feb 25, 2019 • 54:55

#052 - Leon Scott - How To Use Your Influence

#052 - Leon Scott - How To Use Your Influence

Leon Scott is a Semi-Professional Footballer, Model, Influencer and Online Coach.The worlds of modelling, football and Instagram aren't often extolled for their virtue or commitment to mindfulness, but Leon is a non-typical member of these groups and is using his platform to promote mental wellbeing to the thousands who follow him.Great to sit down with a kindred spirit today. We finally got to discuss how we both feel about having a desire to promote mental wellbeing through our channe

Feb 18, 2019 • 58:34

#051 - Dr Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

#051 - Dr Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

Brian Keating is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Centre for Astrophysics & Space Sciences at University of California.How would it feel to almost receive the Nobel Prize and have it torn from your grasp? Today we're going to find out, albeit at Professor Keating's expense.Expect to learn what it takes to build a telescope that can detect the farthest regions of space in the Antarctic, what the Nobel Prize originally set out to achieve and how the politics of the physics

Feb 11, 2019 • 1:07:45

#050 - Daniel Sloss - Jigsaw Explained

#050 - Daniel Sloss - Jigsaw Explained

Daniel Sloss is a comedian with two Netflix Specials; Dark and Jigsaw.Before he played his sold out show in Newcastle I got to sit down with the most handsome Scottish comedian since Frankie Boyle to talk all things relationships, and some other stuff.Expect to learn strategies to break up with a partner, mine & Daniel's shared achilles heel, why you should shave your anus and how to slide into Mrs Sloss's DMs.Massive thanks to https://www.tynesidelettings.com for letting us record

Feb 4, 2019 • 52:32

#049 - Rory Sutherland - Psychology In The World Of Advertising

#049 - Rory Sutherland - Psychology In The World Of Advertising

Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising, an author & a writer for The Spectator.Causing some form of behavioural change is the goal of all advertising and whoever holds the keys to understanding consumer psychology has an incredibly powerful tool at their disposal.Rory is one of the world's most influential advertising professionals and this episode is nothing short of gold for anyone who is a consumer, or advertises to them.More Stuff:Follow Rory on Twitter - htt

Jan 28, 2019 • 1:36:25

#048 - Sargon Of Akkad - What Is Happening With Patreon, Gillette and Brexit?

#048 - Sargon Of Akkad - What Is Happening With Patreon, Gillette and Brexit?

Sargon Of Akkad, also known as Carl Benjamin, is a YouTuber and Political Commentator.Today we're talking hot topics, including Carl's recent removal from Patreon and Jordan Peterson & Sam Harris's subsequent exits from the platform, Gillette's new advert & it's implications for the future of manhood, and the current state of Brexit & Theresa May's government.More Stuff:Sargon Of Akkad on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/SargonofAkkad100Gillette's Advert - https://yout

Jan 21, 2019 • 58:22

#047 - Dr Rick Hanson - How To Develop A Resilient Mind

#047 - Dr Rick Hanson - How To Develop A Resilient Mind

Dr Rick Hanson is a psychologist and New York Times Best Selling Author.We are often told that the world is a vicious place, with this in mind, how do you grow an unshakeable core of calm, strength and happiness to help weather the inevitable storms? This is the topic of Rick's new book Resilient.I loved this discussion, finding someone who bridges practical application of psychological techniques & research with an understanding of the esoteric view of the mind is very rare, a sequ

Jan 14, 2019 • 1:12:59

#046 - Alex Hutchinson - Endure; Finding The Limits Of Human Performance

#046 - Alex Hutchinson - Endure; Finding The Limits Of Human Performance

Alex Hutchinson is a journalist, athlete and author of "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance".What makes some of us quit while others can continue? Just how much of human performance is dictated by the mind and how much by the body? These are fundamental questions which all of us have contemplated, today we find the answers.Alex takes us through the fascinating research that went into his book. I was blown away by the insights as he breaks down the c

Jan 7, 2019 • 1:15:40

#045 - Ed Latimore - A Physicist And A Boxer Walk Into A Bar

#045 - Ed Latimore - A Physicist And A Boxer Walk Into A Bar

Ed Latimore is a writer, Physicist and Professional Heavyweight Boxer.Out of Ed's eclectic mix of interests comes a unique perspective as we discuss his background, the world of professional boxing, his journey through sobriety, alcohol in society and how to be successful on Twitter.Extra Stuff:Ed's Website - https://edlatimore.com/Follow Ed On Twitter - https://twitter.com/edlatimoreCheck out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to

Dec 31, 2018 • 1:16:37

#044 - Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & New Year Plans

#044 - Christmas Special - Hacks, Fails & New Year Plans

Join us for a special Christmas Episode as we roll around in festive cheer, reflecting upon 2018 and reviewing our best hacks & fails from the last 12 months before setting some goals for the coming year.Discover why a chestnut didn't kill Jonny, what our individual approaches to new year's resolutions are, and why Yusef decided to take his pants off halfway through this recording (for real).Extra Stuff:6 Minute Diary - http://amzn.eu/d/0hz6JJHCheck out everything I recommend from

Dec 21, 2018 • 1:21:30

#043 - Relationships 103 - Cheating, How To Get Over Someone & How To End A Relationship

#043 - Relationships 103 - Cheating, How To Get Over Someone & How To End A Relationship

Relationships 101 & 102 both landed in the Top 50 Chart Worldwide on Apple Podcasts, here we go again.Jonny & Yusef join me as we delve into the murky depths at the end of a relationship. We explain our views on why we have cheated in the past, our strategies for getting over a partner and the best approaches we've found for delivering breakups.Discover what research says men & women fear most in relationships, why cheating is just parabolic discounting at it's finest and wh

Dec 17, 2018 • 1:21:10

#042 - Dr Mario Livio - What Makes Us Curious?

#042 - Dr Mario Livio - What Makes Us Curious?

Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a best-selling author, and a popular speaker.In his new book “Why? What Makes Us Curious”, Dr Livio delves into the subtleties and nuances of what constitutes our human capacity for curiosity and uses examples from Leonardo Da Vinci, Richard Feynman & many more to demonstrate the manifestation of curiosity throughout history.Expect to learn the different t

Dec 10, 2018 • 52:49

#041 - William Von Hippel - The Social Leap; How We Evolved From Tree Swinging to Human Being

#041 - William Von Hippel - The Social Leap; How We Evolved From Tree Swinging to Human Being

William Von Hippel is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland and Author of The Social Leap.Today is nothing short of fascinating as we learn the story of how our ancestors went from being chimps in trees to bipedal apes out on the plains and why we took that dangerous step in our development.We discover why our brains more than trebled in size and how that benefited us, what tools and tactics enabled these early humans to survive in a perilous new environment and what

Dec 2, 2018 • 1:18:29

#039 - Life Hacks 106

#039 - Life Hacks 106

Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Life Hacks episode as we detail our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.What’s our best product for beginning a journalling habit? How can you dispense with every USB plug in your bedroom? What’s the most efficient way to pack for a holiday? And how much would we have to be paid to put someone else’s poo in our bums?Below you will find links to everything we reference, including as many referral &a

Nov 20, 2018 • 1:34:02

#038 - Robin Hanson - The Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

#038 - Robin Hanson - The Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, author, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University.Our decisions may feel like our own choice, but how much do our primitive brains play a part in determining the hidden motives of our everyday actions? Quite a lot according to Professor Hanson.This is a fantastic introduction to evolutionary psychology as we uncover the hidden motives behind gossip, laughter, charity, cheat

Nov 12, 2018 • 1:17:26

#037 - The Lean Machines, Sonny Webster & Zack George - Battle Cancer Q&A

#037 - The Lean Machines, Sonny Webster & Zack George - Battle Cancer Q&A

I recently sat down with Sonny Webster, Zack George and Leon & John from The Lean Machines for a special edition super podcast before the Battle Cancer Fitness Competition in London.Lots of listeners had submitted questions in advance via Instagram and I posed as many as I could to the boys before Sonny have to rush off to some swanky event with the Queen.Expect to learn why the boys believe Competitive Bodybuilding to be an unhealthy lifestyle, what sport they would all be focussed

Nov 5, 2018 • 32:05

#036 - Relationships 102 - How To Find & Maintain A Happy Relationship

#036 - Relationships 102 - How To Find & Maintain A Happy Relationship

Relationships 101 landed in the Top 50 Chart Worldwide on Apple Podcasts, and now it's time for the sequel.Jonny & Yusef join me today as we use our successes & tragedies in dating to establish some principles & strategies to optimise relationships, maximise happiness and avoid heartbreak (where possible).Expect to learn why "seeing" someone is a no man's land of emotional turmoil, why we all believe that the truth is a super power and why the first 6 weeks of a relationship

Oct 29, 2018 • 1:24:29

#035 - Life Fails 101

#035 - Life Fails 101

Welcome to the dark side of Life Hacks.Jonny & Yusef join me today as we begin to document all of the times we've tried to optimise our lives and fallen flat on our faces. Enjoy as we face-palm our way through a full hour of embarrassing stories.Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom-Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like

Oct 22, 2018 • 1:17:17

#034 - How To Survive University

#034 - How To Survive University

Jonny & Yusef join me again as we relive our best & worst moments at university. Discover how you can complete a degree without going bankrupt, getting a police record or having a mental breakdown.If you've never been to university, then you might enjoy hearing that it's not quite the doss around of Netflix and chronic masturbation that you hear in the news. And if you HAVE been to university, then reminisce fondly or cringe your way through your memories.Expect to learn why you

Oct 15, 2018 • 1:40:39

#033 - Carl Cederstrom - What Happens When You Dedicate A Year To Optimising Your Life & The Happiness Fantasy

#033 - Carl Cederstrom - What Happens When You Dedicate A Year To Optimising Your Life & The Happiness Fantasy

Carl Cederstrom is an Associate Professor at Stockholm Business School, an author of several books and a writer for The Guardian, The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. Carl dedicated a full year of his life to immersing himself in the Human Optimisation Movement. This is the equivalent of going completely dick & balls on a 12 months of back to back Life Hacks episodes and Carl's experience is both hilarious and insightful.We also discuss his new book The Happiness Fantasy

Oct 8, 2018 • 1:11:35

#032 - Jeff Warren - Why Should I Explore My Own Consciousness?

#032 - Jeff Warren - Why Should I Explore My Own Consciousness?

Jeff Warren is a Meditation Teacher and Writer, he is the co-author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, and author of The Head Trip.Today we learn why introspective work should be taken as seriously as personal hygiene, how you can double the span of your life experience, what benefits occur when consistently practising meditation, and just why exploring our own consciousness is so difficult, yet rewarding.There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue th

Oct 1, 2018 • 1:20:07

#031 - Life Hacks 105

#031 - Life Hacks 105

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another episode detailing our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Expect to learn; How can you run a business working an hour a day? What is the most efficient sleeping posture? Is Philips Hue any good? Why does a Muslim upbringing give you an obsessional level of toilet hygiene? Why should you eat a kilo of broccoli every day? And an awful lot more.Below you will find links to everything

Sep 24, 2018 • 1:50:00

#030 - Adam Frank - Are We Alone In The Universe?

#030 - Adam Frank - Are We Alone In The Universe?

Professor Adam Frank is an Astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, Author and a Founder of the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos and Culture.Get ready to blast your brain off into interstellar space as this badboy is my absolute favourite episode so far. Discover the likelihood of other alien civilisations in the universe, how we could colonise the galaxy in 700,000 years, where the future descendants of the human race are heading, the implications of global warming and an awful lot more.If

Sep 17, 2018 • 56:19

#029 - The Human Garage - A New Approach To Optimising Human Movement

#029 - The Human Garage - A New Approach To Optimising Human Movement

Garry Lineham is a movement specialist and the Co-Founder of The Human Garage in Los Angeles.The Human Garage is home to some of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, NFL & NBA players, doctors and much more. It's about as progressive of a human movement facility as you'll find on the planet, their approach is starkly non-typical and seriously pushes boundaries in physiotherapy.Garry takes us through his entire journey and explains why The Human Garage has become one of LA's most talked

Sep 10, 2018 • 1:06:26

#028 - Sabine Hossenfelder - How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray

#028 - Sabine Hossenfelder - How Politics And Beauty Leads Physics Astray

Sabine Hossenfelder is a blogger and Theoretical Physicist who researches quantum gravity, she is also a Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.We often think of Physicists as being the smartest minds on the planet, bastions of cognitive perfection who are immune to the dogma & ideological biases of common humans.Today we learn that may not be the case. Expect to discover just how physicists' obsessions with "beautiful theories" may be holding the human race back fro

Sep 3, 2018 • 51:24

#027 - Dr Greg Potter - The Definitive Guide To Sleep

#027 - Dr Greg Potter - The Definitive Guide To Sleep

Dr Greg Potter is a PhD graduate at the University of Leeds & Content Director at HumanOS. His research focus is on sleep and chronobiology; looking at circadian rhythms, light-dark cycles and the potential for meals to entrain peripheral circadian clocks.The unsung hero of health is hiding under our pillow every night and today we learn just how important a good night's sleep is to our short & long term fitness, our mood, cognitive output, physical performance, injury risk, wei

Aug 27, 2018 • 2:04:47

#026 - Sonny Webster - From Zero To Rio: A Life's Journey To The Olympic Games

#026 - Sonny Webster - From Zero To Rio: A Life's Journey To The Olympic Games

Sonny Webster is an Olympic Weightlifter who represented Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.Sonny is one of the best known names in the world of strength and fitness in the UK. But before the hundreds of thousands of followers and seminar tours all over the world, he had to learn his craft. Today we get to hear his story.From overcoming massive injuries as a child to leaving home at 16, having qualifying day catastrophes and no money to eat to walking out at the Olympic Open

Aug 20, 2018 • 1:55:50

#025 - Q&A 101

#025 - Q&A 101

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com are back again. This time we asked for questions from listeners at home, and oh boy did we get some interesting ones...We talk honestly about our relationships with each other, open up regarding our own mental health battles, and elucidate what is probably the best short-form life advice we can give you. Plus we work out what is the biggest animal we can single handedly cling film to a lamppost.Listen through until the end to find out what episo

Aug 13, 2018 • 1:49:46

#024 - Peter C Brown - The Science Of Successful Learning Habits

#024 - Peter C Brown - The Science Of Successful Learning Habits

Peter C Brown is a writer, retired management consultant and the author of Make It Stick; The Science Of Successful Learning.No matter what your goals in life, your capacity to learn effectively is the foundation upon which everything is built. Whether you're learning Archery or Law, Economics or Knitting, your capacity to consume and recall information mediates your ability to progress.Today we learn what science tells us is the most effective method to learn. Florida International Uni

Aug 8, 2018 • 1:13:14

#023 - Relationships 101

#023 - Relationships 101

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for the first episode in a new series on relationships. Come with us as we delve into the murky waters of finding, choosing and connecting with a partner.Very quickly this channel is becoming a hub for the advice I wish I'd had 10 years ago, hopefully this episode helps you expedite a path to happiness and avoid the pitfalls of finding another human to connect with. We've got a lot more coming soon.Don't forget that you can head to https:/

Jul 31, 2018 • 1:11:33

#022 - BT Urruela - Overcoming War, Elective Amputation and PTSD

#022 - BT Urruela - Overcoming War, Elective Amputation and PTSD

BT Urruela is a US Army Combat Wounded Veteran, Elective Amputee, Author, Cover Model and Co-Founder of VETSports.BT's life sounds like a movie script. I met him 2 years ago at an author's event and always knew that if I had a broadcasting platform I had to sit down with him to let him tell his story. Enjoy the most powerful episode so far.Follow BT Online:http://www.bturruela.com/https://twitter.com/BTUArmyhttp://instagram.com/bturruelahttp://www.vetsports.org/Check out everything I re

Jul 23, 2018 • 1:22:02

#021 - Susanna Halonen - The Happyologist; What Science Says Makes Life Happier

#021 - Susanna Halonen - The Happyologist; What Science Says Makes Life Happier

Susanna Halonen is a positive psychology expert, author, published researcher, TEDx speaker, online columnist, and a regular commentator in the media from the BBC to The Huffington Post and more.The one thing we all endeavour to be is happy. And in today's episode, we find out science's suggestions for the best approaches to leading a happy life. Smiles abound, let's journey together to find some happiness.Extra ThingsThe 6 Minute Diary: https://amzn.to/2mlpYQbHappiness Is Here book: ht

Jul 17, 2018 • 1:04:57

#020 - Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs - The Mindset Game; Can You Teach Mental Toughness In Sport?

#020 - Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs - The Mindset Game; Can You Teach Mental Toughness In Sport?

A fond welcome back to UK CrossFit coaches, nutrionists & athletes, Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs.This week, I wanted to dissect their views on mindset in sport. An athlete's performance in CrossFit, Powerlifting, Endurance Racing and many pursuits is heavily mediated by their mental game, but can you teach it? Or is mental toughness an innate skill you either have or you don't?As usual we got distracted and wildly careered off-topic. Expect to hear some very contrasti

Jul 2, 2018 • 1:31:54

#019 - Warren Cass - How To Raise Your Profile, Manage Your Reputation and Get Noticed

#019 - Warren Cass - How To Raise Your Profile, Manage Your Reputation and Get Noticed

Warren Cass is a public speaker, business leader, entrepreneur and author of the book Influence - How To Raise Your Profile, Manage Your Reputation and Get Noticed.If you want to improve your ability to build networks, communicate online and offline, and increase your influence personally and professionally, look no further. Warren takes us through a step by step breakdown of this crucial field, from personal brand development to communication strategy, Neurolinguistic Programming and b

Jun 28, 2018 • 1:43:44

#018 - Life Hacks 104

#018 - Life Hacks 104

Jonny is away so me and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com go head to head with another episode detailing our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.This is by far the most jam packed Life Hacks episode we've done, and below you will find links to everything we reference, including as many referral & discount codes as we could find! Enjoy.Links:Splitwise - https://www.splitwise.comWhatsapp Web - https://web.whatsapp.comAlfred For Mac - https://w

Jun 18, 2018 • 1:10:20

#017 - Dr Euan Lawson - Your Desk Is Killing You; How To Reduce Workplace Pain And Become More Productive

#017 - Dr Euan Lawson - Your Desk Is Killing You; How To Reduce Workplace Pain And Become More Productive

Dr Euan Lawson is a General Practitioner and author of The Healthy Writer.Lots of us sit at desks for a significant proportion of our lives, but a typical work station is severely unhealthy for body and mind. Expect to learn how to optimise your work station to reduce physical strain, fight RSI, improve sleep, turbo charge productivity and benefit your mood. This one is an absolute belter packed with amazing advice from Dr Lawson, get your pen & paper out!Extra Stuff:Follow Dr Lawso

Jun 11, 2018 • 1:14:24

#015 - How To Get Lean For Your Summer Holiday

#015 - How To Get Lean For Your Summer Holiday

Yusef from PropaneFitness.com joins me as we navigate the perilous waters of cutting for a holiday.We've all been there. Drilling our diet into the ground on 800kcals a day only to see our condition evaporate in the sunshine as soon as we look at a Corona or take a mouthful of that first hungover Burger King.Expect to find out our hard-learned solutions after years of making errors during a summer cut, get a grip on a training protocol and calorie deficit which allows you to still funct

Jun 4, 2018 • 1:01:12

#014 - Self Confidence

#014 - Self Confidence

Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me this week as we delve into the world of confidence.Expect to learn whether confidence is an innate talent or a skill that can be learned, what principles we have implemented to improve our confidence, what the term "self conscious" truly means, and why Jonny has been bullied into growing a top knot.Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link -

May 21, 2018 • 1:47:18

#013 - Dr Quinn Henoch - The Dark Truth About Human Mobility

#013 - Dr Quinn Henoch - The Dark Truth About Human Mobility

Quinn Henoch is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Head of Sports Rehabilitation for Juggernaut Training Systems and Founder of ClinicalAthlete.comIt's very hard to find a definitive answer about what strategies work at improving mobility. From stretching to foam rolling, resistance bands to hanging therapy, there are a lot of approaches, but for every article claiming X is effective, another claims Y.Today we put the lacrosse balls down, and look to science for the answer. Expect to learn w

May 9, 2018 • 1:18:35

#012 - Cory Allen - Creating The Mindfulness Gap, The Fundamentals Of Meditation and How To Deepen Your Practise

#012 - Cory Allen - Creating The Mindfulness Gap, The Fundamentals Of Meditation and How To Deepen Your Practise

Cory Allen is an author, meditation teacher and host of The Astral Hustle Podcast. He is also the creator of my favourite Guided Meditation Course www.ReleaseIntoNow.com and has completed thousands and thousands of hours of mindfulness practise during his life.Meditation is a little bit like a stretching routine; it's something most people know they probably should do, but due to a lack of information, fear of feeling silly or misconceptions about what it entails, the barriers to entry

May 1, 2018 • 1:22:28

#011 - Life Hacks 103

#011 - Life Hacks 103

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com dropped in again for another Life Hacks episode where we detail a selection of our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.Find out our choice for the undisputed king of wireless headphones, how cutting your workload up into 25 minute blocks can turbocharge your productivity and how a green smoothie can make your daily movements as regular as the passage of the sun.Extra Stuff:Unfollow the people that you

Apr 23, 2018 • 1:23:48

#010 - Kai Wei - Can More Technology Reduce Smartphone Addiction?

#010 - Kai Wei - Can More Technology Reduce Smartphone Addiction?

Kai Wei is the CEO of www.TheLightPhone.comI continue our journey into the world of smartphone addiction by finding out about a new piece of technology whose goal is to be used as little as possible. It may seem like Kai is running against the grain by offering a product with the aim to be absent from our lives rather than a part of them, but it kind of makes sense.Expect to learn if the problem of too much technology can be fixed with more technology, why you shouldn't ever have your p

Apr 16, 2018 • 1:01:53

#009 - A Hacker In Your Pocket - How Your Smartphone Is Short Circuiting Your Brain

#009 - A Hacker In Your Pocket - How Your Smartphone Is Short Circuiting Your Brain

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me as we discuss the topic of phone addiction. The problem of excessive tech use is almost universally acknowledged by pretty much anyone with a smartphone, but very few of us are aware of the teams of software engineers, warehouses of supercomputers and decades of research goes into manipulating you to click that link, watch that video or download that app.An argument is often made that technology is neutral and that it is our decision of ho

Apr 10, 2018 • 1:14:55

#008 - Michael Cazayoux - From Childhood Addiction To Becoming The Fittest On Earth

#008 - Michael Cazayoux - From Childhood Addiction To Becoming The Fittest On Earth

Michael Cazayoux is the CEO of BruteStrengthTraining.com, 2-Times CrossFit Games Team Champion and coach behind some of the best athletes on the planet.This definitely ranks as one of the most powerful episodes so far and Michael's story is so extreme it almost sounds like fiction. From taking his first drink of alcohol at 9 years old, to drug dependency in his teens, through rehab, to relapse, to sobriety, and then to winning the CrossFit Games twice, and now having created one of the

Mar 19, 2018 • 1:20:12

#007 - Life Hacks 102

#007 - Life Hacks 102

Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me again for another Life Hacks episode where we detail a selection of our favourite apps, websites, resources and tools for a productive and efficient life.On this episode, discover how to track sleep quality with an alarm clock and conduct an experiment on your own night time routine, the easiest way to build a meditation habit that sticks, and why increasing the trackpad speed on your laptop will impact your productivity by 10%.Resource Li

Mar 12, 2018 • 43:15

#006 - Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs - Why Does Fitness Hurt So Much, Is CrossFit Good For Physiques and The Future Of The Fitness Industry

#006 - Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs - Why Does Fitness Hurt So Much, Is CrossFit Good For Physiques and The Future Of The Fitness Industry

This week I'm sitting down with CrossFit coaches, athletes, programmers, nutritionists and all round good guys Jordan Wallace, Paul Warrior and Tim Briggs.I absolutely loved recording this, despite being behind one of the UK's top CrossFit Programming Companies, the guys do not take themselves too seriously and it really shows in one of the funniest episodes so far. Expect to learn the key differences between good and great athletes, how your body type can be used to play to your streng

Mar 5, 2018 • 1:38:37

#005 - Dominic McGregor - Controlling The World's Social Media, Building a 400 Million Person Network and Overcoming Addiction

#005 - Dominic McGregor - Controlling The World's Social Media, Building a 400 Million Person Network and Overcoming Addiction

Dominic McGregor is the COO and Co-Founder of Social Chain, the UK's largest Social Media Agency.I visited him in his Manchester office to talk about how he started Social Chain and grew it to have a 400 million person online reach, his thoughts on the ethical impacts of social media on individuals and society as a whole, and how he dealt with alcohol dependancy whilst running Social Chain - to now be 20 months sober as he prepares to take on one distance-run every month in 2018.Extra S

Feb 20, 2018 • 1:07:01

#004 - Dan Bailey - Mindset After Not Making It To The CrossFit Games, Current Training Methodology and Why Josh Bridges Is So Dangerous

#004 - Dan Bailey - Mindset After Not Making It To The CrossFit Games, Current Training Methodology and Why Josh Bridges Is So Dangerous

I sat down with 4 times CrossFit Games Athlete and all round legend Dan Bailey while he was in the UK for Reebok's Nano 8 Launch Event in London.I was incredibly impressed with how candid, humble and honest he was. He's an exemplary character to the CrossFit community and professional athletes worldwide. Find out how where his mindset is at after his toughest 2 years of not making it to The Games, why Josh Bridges is the most dangerous man in CrossFit and his approach for fighting an ar

Feb 14, 2018 • 11:05

#003 - Dave Castro - CrossFit Open 18.0, Pressures of Programming and Fighting Mat Fraser

#003 - Dave Castro - CrossFit Open 18.0, Pressures of Programming and Fighting Mat Fraser

I caught up with Director of The CrossFit Games Dave Castro at the Launch of Reebok's new Nano 8, as he announced Open Workout 18.0.After getting completely destroyed in 3 minutes by the workout, and once I got my breath back, I got time to sit down with the man behind The CrossFit Games and ask some questions which I've had for years.Find out how he deals with the pressure of programming for half a million people, which Games Athletes he doesn't want to meet in The Hunger Games and whe

Feb 13, 2018 • 13:56

#002 - Life Hacks 101

#002 - Life Hacks 101

Today I am joined by Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com as we go through our favourite tools, apps, websites & principles for a productive and efficient life.Find out how to improve your mobility at home, why you shouldn't have audiobooks quicker than 2x speed and how a shoe horn will change your life.Further Reading:AppleROMwod Toby for Chrome David Allen’s Guided MindsweepOptimizeEvernote Withings Scale FitBit Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help

Feb 13, 2018 • 1:04:16

#001 - Stu Morton - Rowing The Atlantic Solo

#001 - Stu Morton - Rowing The Atlantic Solo

Stu Morton is an ex-Marine and endurance athlete who is planning to row solo from Mainland Europe to Mainland South America, solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Find out how far 1.5 million oar strokes gets you, why gaining 30kgs is sometimes ok and why he's going to be mostly naked.Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom-Get in touch. Join the disc

Feb 12, 2018 • 1:09:10

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