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Modern Wisdom
Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew...
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#1075 - Roy Baumeister - Why Men Are At The Top Of Society (and the bottom)
Roy Baumeister is a psychologist, professor, and researcher.
Are men inherently more expendable from an evolutionary standpoint—and if so...
#1074 - Nir Eyal - A Masterclass in Changing Your Limiting Beliefs
Nir Eyal is an author, behavioural design expert, and investor.
What does it mean to truly hold a belief you endorse? Maybe some of what we beli...
#1073 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 19 Uncomfortable Truths About Human Nature
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.
Gurwinder is one of my favourite X follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring...
#1072 - Dr Debra Soh - Why Nobody is Having Sex Anymore (& why it matters)
Dr Debra Soh is a neuroscientist, sex researcher, political commentator, and author.
Why are we more connected than ever—but having less...
#1071 - Bill Gurley - If You Hate Your Job, This is How to Start Over
Bill Gurley is a venture capitalist, general partner at Benchmark, and a former Wall Street analyst.
How do you find work you actually en...
#1070 - Louis Theroux - Is The Manosphere Really That Dangerous?
Louis Theroux is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, broadcaster, and author.
What is it really like inside the Manosphere? Online space...
#1069 - Dr Max Butterfield - How Love Turns You Insane
Dr. Max Butterfield is an experimental psychologist and professor who studies relationships and decision-making.
Why does love make us do...
#1068 - Dr Peter Salerno - How Narcissists Hijack Your Brain
Dr Peter Salerno is a social psychologist, professor, and researcher.
Why are narcissists so manipulative? At some point in your life, yo...
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author.
Has AI “workslop” damaged our...
#1066 - Dr Kathryn Paige Harden - The Genetics of Evil: Are People Born Bad?
Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and an author.
#1065 - Scott Solomon - The Insane Biological Cost of Living on Mars
Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist, professor, and author.
Since the earliest days of science fiction, we’ve wondered what it wou...
#1064 - Dr Dani Sulikowski - The Brutal Tactics of Female Sexual Competition
Dr Dani Sulikowski is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher.
Female intrasexual competition is more ruthless than most...
#1063 - Charlie Houpert - How to Survive the Death of Your Old Self
Charlie Houpert is an entrepreneur and YouTuber.
Why does life tend to teach its hardest lessons just as we think we’ve arrived? We chase...
#1062 - Dave Evans - It’s time to rethink your entire life plan
Dave Evans is an entrepreneur, early Apple engineer, former Electronic Arts executive, Stanford lecturer, and author.
How does someone ge...
#1061 - Oliver Burkeman - Why You Can’t Stop Your Productivity Addiction
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist, a writer for The Guardian and an author.
How does the insecure overachiever evolve? You think success wi...
#1060 - Rick Glassman - The Case Against Condoms & Fake Friendship
Rick Glassman is a comedian, actor, and podcaster.
Why do humans act so complicated? We’re simple creatures — farts are funny, everyone d...
#1059 - James Sexton - Divorce Lawyer: “Give her a prenup on the 3rd date”
James Sexton is a New York-based divorce attorney and author, known for his expertise in family law and insights on marriage and divorce.
...
#1058 - 4.1M Q&A - Health Update, Sobriety & Finding The One
I hit 4.1 million Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, X, and Instagram, so here’s another 90ish mi...
#1057 - Matthew Hussey - How to Know When to Leave a Relationship
Matthew Hussey is the world’s #1 dating coach, a YouTuber, public speaker and an author.
How do you know if you’re with the right person...
#1056 - Dr Paul Eastwick - Did Evolutionary Psychology Get Dating All Wrong?
Dr Paul Eastwick is a psychologist, professor, and a researcher.
Much of what we think we know about relationships comes from an evolutio...
#1055 - Morgan Housel - Mastering the Art of Spending Money
Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund, an investor and an author.
Why is spending money well a skill most people never lea...
#1054 - Bryan Johnson - The 2026 Immortality Protocol
Bryan Johnson is the founder of Braintree, Kernel, a futurist, biohacker and an author.
Is it possible for humans to never die? In recent...
#1053 - Richard Shotton - 11 Psychology Tricks From the World’s Best Brands
Richard Shotton is a behavioural scientist, founder of Astroten and an author.
How do billion-dollar brands actually do it? From genius m...
#1052 - Paul Rosolie - Uncontacted Tribes, Jungle Warfare & Being Eaten Alive
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, author, and wildlife filmmaker.
What is it actually like to live a real-life Indiana Jones adventure? From...
#1051 - HARDY - The Personal Pain of Country Music
HARDY is a singer-songwriter and producer.
Odds are, your favorite country song wasn’t written by the person singing it; it was probably...
#1050 - Donald Robertson - Practical Tools for a Less Anxious Life
Donald Robertson is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, an author and an expert on ancient philosophy.
Why are we so anxious in the s...
#1049 - Dr Jay Wiles - A Masterclass in Improving Your HRV
Dr Jay Wiles is https://ohm.health's Chief Health & Performance Officer and HRV researcher.
HRV is the new health flex, but is it lying t...
#1048 - Trevor Wallace - Why Autism is the New Stolen Valor
Trevor Wallace is a comedian, writer, and content creator.
What does going viral actually feel like? If you’re Trevor Wallace, it’s just...
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time
Jonathan Swanson is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Thumbtack.
What if instead of using extra money to buy things, you used it to buy t...
#1046 - Russ - Can Ambitious People Ever Have Balance?
Russ is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer.
Is obsession a gift or a choice? If you want to do something truly great, the idea of...
#1045 - Joe Hudson - How to Take Control of Your Emotions
Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host.
Why do we struggle to feel our emotions fully? A rich life requires openness, but...
#1044 - Nick Shirley - Inside Minnesota's $10B Childcare Fraud Scandal
Nick Shirley is a YouTuber, content creator, and investigative journalist.
In just a few weeks, Nick Shirley has gone from relative obsc...
#1043 - Arthur Brooks - 14 Habits for an Optimised Morning & Evening Routine
Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author.
What does it really take to live a fulfilling life?...
#1042 - Dr Andrew Huberman - How to Reclaim Your Brain in 2026
Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.
There’s an ove...
#1041 - Dr Debra Lieberman - Why Don’t You Have Sex With Your Sister?
Dr. Debra Lieberman is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher.
Why don’t we feel sexual attraction toward our siblings o...
#1040 - 4M Subscriber Q&A
I hit 4 million Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, X, and Instagram, so here’s another 90ish minu...
#1039 - Connor Beaton - Why Successful Men Always Self-Destruct
Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.
Why do so many men...
#1038 - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon - The Environmental Toxins Killing Your Health
Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine.
The most overlooked aspect...
#1037 - Life Hacks: A Christmas Special (2025)
I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle upon Tyne, with Jonny, a virtual Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned this year, what their best...
#1036 - The Best Moments of Modern Wisdom (2025)
2025 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...