Modern Wisdom
Life lessons from the smartest people on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, James Clear, Robert Greene, Balaji Srinivasan, Steven Pinker, Alex Hormozi, Douglas Murray, Michael Malice, James Smith, Dr David Sinclair, Mark Manson and more. Understanding the world is hard. This podcast will help.
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#631 - Bryan Johnson - The $2M Anti-Ageing Protocol For Longevity
05/22/2023
#631 - Bryan Johnson - The $2M Anti-Ageing Protocol For Longevity
Bryan Johnson is a founder of Braintree and Kernel, a futurist, biohacker and an author. What does it take to achieve immortality? This is the frontier that Bryan Johnson is beginning to pioneer. Armed with a team of the world’s top researchers and an unlimited budget, he is using cutting edge science and technology to see just how long he can live for. Expect to learn why Bryan chooses to be on a fully plant based diet, what Bryan Johnson’s full morning routine looks like, the optimal body fat percentage for living longer, why humans are addicted to self-destructive behaviour, why Bryan doesn’t fear death, why Bryan doesn’t use saunas or cold plunges for increasing his lifespan, what his training plan looks like and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at (use code MW15) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at (use code: MW15) Extra Stuff: Check out Bryan's website - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying ‘Like’ and ‘Um’ All The Time?
05/20/2023
#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 evolved to be so complex, how to stop saying ‘like’ so much, how social media has impacted the way we speak, why you keep using “um” and “uh” all the time, why Black Twitter is at the forefront of all cool new lingo, the unexpected origin story of the word ‘Hello’, why I apparently have hard time pronouncing my R’s and much more... Sponsors: Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Like Literally Dude - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#629 - John Lisle - The Insane Tactics The CIA Used To Defeat Hitler In WWII
05/18/2023
#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 day after D-Day, why the CIA attempted to trans Hitler into a woman, how someone discharged an entire pistol magazine right next to Franklin Roosevelt’s head in the Oval Office, why the agency tried to release a group of glowing radioactive foxes onto the streets of Japan and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% OFF with our code MODERNWISDOM at to unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera + Lab! #ad #calderalabpod Extra Stuff: Buy Dirty Tricks Department - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#628 - Dr K Healthy Gamer - Why Are We All So Addicted To Our Screens?
05/15/2023
#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 usage and mental health, why our brains are uniquely addicted to looking at screens, whether dopamine fasting is actually legit, the problem with watching porn at a young age, how to combat screen addiction, why some people always feel like they have brain fog, how to find meaning in your life and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at (use code MW15) Extra Stuff: Check out Dr K's website - Subscribe to Dr K's YouTube Channel - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#627 - Ryan Terry - Britain’s #1 Fitness Model Shares His Bodybuilding Secrets
05/13/2023
#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 serves as his role model, why he transitioned away from the relentless tracking of every fitness metric, the morning routine that has propelled him to become the UK's number 1 physique competitor and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow Ryan on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#626 - Richard Shotton - 8 Psychology Hacks Behind The World’s Biggest Businesses
05/11/2023
#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 can be the beginning of a huge commitment, which hacks make advertising campaigns stick in people’s minds, how to overcome the problem of analysis paralysis, how to change everything someone believes whilst changing nothing they experience and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get up to 55% discount on your Babbel subscription (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy The Illusion Of Choice - Follow Richard on Twitter - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#625 - Matthew Hussey - #1 Dating Coach Reveals The Red Flags Everyone Should Know
05/08/2023
#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 actually changed that much over the last 15 years, how to build deep and lasting attraction, why more women are opting to not have children, what men often misunderstand about women's mindsets, whether men should be more vulnerable with their partners, how to present your best self on your online dating profile and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out Matthew's website - Subscribe to Matthew's YouTube Channel - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#624 - Ashley Cain - How To Overcome The Toughest Moment Of Your Life
05/06/2023
#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 to find any hope in severe darkness, his advice for anyone dealing with a sick family member, how he found purpose in the wake of his daughters passing, why he fought 6 police officers who were crying, his strategy for processing grief and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get 20% OFF with our code MODERNWISDOM at to unlock your youthful glow and be ready for summer with Caldera + Lab! #ad #calderalabpod Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at (use code: MW15) Extra Stuff: Follow Ashley on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#623 - Dr Jean Twenge - Why Do Young People Seem So Fragile?
05/04/2023
#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 did have it harder than boomers, which generation has the most robust mental health and why, the massive effect of technology across age groups, why 60% of Gen Z girls have mental health problems, why young people aren't getting their drivers' licenses, why there is such a big decline in sexual activity and alcohol and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy Generations - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#622 - David Geary - Why Are Differences Between Men & Women Being Denied?
05/01/2023
#622 - David Geary - Why Are Differences Between Men & Women Being Denied?
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 countries is impossible, the massive differences between men's and women's brains, why strength is not the most compelling argument against trans athletes in female sports, why there has been such a rapid increase in transgender youths and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out David's writing - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#621 - David Laid - Why Getting Shredded Won’t Make You Happy
04/29/2023
#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 point in life, how to mentally deal with injuries, the biggest influences on his mindset, David's perspective on modern dating, how to harness adversity, what gymbros should envision beyond fitness and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at (use code MW15) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow David on YouTube - Follow David on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#620 - Ray Dalio - How To Prepare For The Changing World Order
04/27/2023
#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 schedule, why there is a regular cycle of empires falling and new ones emerging, how the global economic machine really works, what the next few years of America will look like, what you can do to secure your finances in a turbulent market, Ray's opinion on the role that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will serve in a post-dollar economy, the best financial advice for young people and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at (use code MW15) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Buy Changing World Order - Buy Principles: Your Guided Journal - Follow Ray on Twitter - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#619 - Ben Francis - Gymshark CEO Explains His Strategy For Global Success
04/24/2023
#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 successful CEO, Ben’s thoughts on modern masculinity, how what the world needs from fitness culture has changed, the biggest red flags to watch out for when recruiting new talent, what founders don't know about the challenges of being a CEO and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Ben on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#618 - Destiny - Why Are Liberals More Depressed Than Conservatives?
04/22/2023
#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 landscape of political back-biting has changed, why liberals are so much more unhappy than conservatives, the societal implications of women out-earning men, what mistakes young people when judging what will make them happy, whether AI will take my job and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at (use code MW20) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Destiny on YouTube - Follow Destiny on Twitter - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong
04/20/2023
#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 reason why climate change is a favourite fear tactic in the media, the most cost-effective ways to make the world a better place, why sending kids to school doesn't necessarily mean they are educated, why cold weather is much more deadly than heat, just how inefficient it is to save lives through carbon reduction, how dangerous NetZero is as a policy and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at (use code: MW15) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy False Alarm - Check out Bjorn's website - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#616 - 800k Q&A - Diary Of A CEO, Alex Hormozi & Body Positivity
04/17/2023
#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 reflections after dealing with depression throughout my 20's, what my attachment style is, how to keep your ego small, if it's harder to find a good partner than in our parents' generation, if I'm grateful for growing up working class, why I'm in love with Crocs and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Zachary and Miguel from AISHIP.CO created the ChrisBot for me. They can develop all kinds of AI solutions, check them out here - Extra Stuff: To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#615 - Thomas DeLauer - Stop Making These Mistakes When Intermittent Fasting
04/15/2023
#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 can we glean from 100-year-olds around the world, the zero-calorie hack to kill your cravings, the extraordinary childhood that shaped Thomas, his best advise on how to overcome past traumas & much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Thomas on YouTube - Check out Thomas' Website - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#614 - Nicholas Eberstadt - Why Do Millions of Men Not Want to Work?
04/13/2023
#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 these men are able to support themselves, why they spend over 2000 hours a year on screens while smoking weed, the reason you haven’t heard about this issue before, what it does to men's mental health, the impact of women being the bread winners and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at Extra Stuff: Buy Men Without Work - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#613 - Dr Peter Attia - The Health Metrics That Matter Most For Longevity
04/10/2023
#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 longevity, the most important metric that predicts a long healthy life, the longterm effects of vaping and alcohol, how you can prevent cognitive decline, the vital signs that everyone overlooks, how to design a science-backed weekly workout regime and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at (discount automatically applied) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Buy Outlive - Check out Peter's website - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#612 - Kelly Starrett - 8 Essential Strategies To Maximise Your Fitness
04/08/2023
#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 to fix your posture if you sit at a desk all day, what nutrient dense foods you need to be eating more of, why you need to spend more time on the ground, how to burn an extra 100,000 calories per year with one change, the simplest way to hit 10k steps per day, the most important health metrics you need to be tracking, how to stay disciplined with your new fitness habits and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at (use code MW20) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy Built To Move - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#611 - Hannah Barnes -The Collapse Of The UK’s Gender Identity Clinic
04/06/2023
#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 for puberty blockers, just how ideological this institution was, whether the effects of puberty blockers can be reversed, whether children can consent to life altering medication, just who is to blame, how these treatments can put children on a one-way-ticket to much more serious procedures and much more… Sponsors: Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on Bon Charge’s red light therapy devices at (use code: MW15) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Buy Time To Think - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#610 - Alex Hormozi - 19 Harsh Truths About Human Nature
04/03/2023
#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 are just distractions, how to conquer your tiny impulses, why you are built to deal with things being hard, how to beat anyone who ever copies you and much more... Sponsors: Website in 10 MINUTES, no coding skills required: (code MODERNWISDOM for 10% off) Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at (use code MW15) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Follow Alex on Twitter - Follow Alex on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#609 - Uri Gneezy - How To Understand Psychological Incentives
04/01/2023
#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 parents for taking their kids on holiday results in more kids missing school, why the Toyota Prius won because of its strange design, how reframing discounts can rapidly change behaviour, why Peloton's sales went up when they increased the price, why Coke machines have an outdoors thermometer on them and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at Extra Stuff: Buy Mixed Signals - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?
03/30/2023
#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 ever experienced, whether we know why consciousness evolved at all, why we should remember Sigmund Freud, why babies are way smarter than you think, whether attachment theory is rubbish, if psychology can tell us how to live a good life and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy Psych - Follow Paul on Twitter - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#607 - Mike Thurston - Why Are Young Men Feeling So Lost?
03/27/2023
#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 time, why Mike stopped drinking alcohol, what he thinks about Greg Doucette's Youtube Channel, why women are just as lost as men, the problems of masculinity in the modern world and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at (use code MW15) Extra Stuff: Follow Mike on Instagram - Follow Mike on YouTube - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#606 - Katherine Dee - The Rise And Fall Of The Girlboss Meme
03/25/2023
#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 possible to be hot while you have IBS, Katherine's biggest red flags when choosing a partner, whether it should be legal to pay to drug women so you can have sex with their lifeless bodies, why predictable is good when dating and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Follow Katherine on Twitter - Follow Katherine on Substack - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#605 - Ben Carpenter - What Science Actually Says About How To Lose Body Fat
03/23/2023
#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 components to any good diet, how there can be so many approaches to the same end goal, whether diet or training is more important, how to improve your willpower, the single most important contributor to fat loss and much more... Sponsors: Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at (use code MW15) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Buy Everything Fat Loss - Follow Ben on Instagram - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship
03/20/2023
#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 people being killed than being born, why men don't have a best friend forever but women do, the link between human brain size and social groups, how male and female friendships differ, why the modern world has the most loneliness ever, what the single largest impact on your health is and much more... Sponsors: Get 10% discount on all Gymshark’s products at (use code: MW10) Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on all Keto Brainz products at (use code: MW20) and follow them on Instagram at Extra Stuff: Buy The Social Brain - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#603 - Abby Davisson - How To Make Life's Biggest Decisions
03/18/2023
#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. Expect to learn what the most common biggest single mistake that Abby has discovered in her research, how to use logic in romantic decisions without killing the romance, how to speak to your parents about care as they get older, the biggest mistakes that all people make when it comes to major decisions, if you should get a prenup agreement and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Buy Abby's Book - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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#602 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Shocking Lessons About Human Nature
03/16/2023
#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 being wrong than try to be right, what postjournalism is and why you need to understand it, how to win every debate even if you lose, why you should never take an internet insult personally and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at (automatically applied at checkout) Download Hevy, the best workout tracker for free at Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - To support me on Patreon (thank you): - Get in touch. Instagram: Twitter: YouTube: Email:
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