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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 McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.

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#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 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. Expect to learn if Chris ever tried the Carnivore Diet, advice for feeling lost in life, if being sober is really worth it in the long run, the current state of Chris? health issues, the biggest issues with hustle culture, if there really is a secret forearm routine, if and when Chris will write a book and much more Sponsors: Get my free Valentine?s Review with 75 life-changing questions to ask your partner: ???https://chriswillx.com/valentines See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom Get up to 20% off the leading longevity and cellular health supplement at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-02-12
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#1057 - Matthew Hussey - Uncertain About Your Relationship? You Need This...

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 ? or if you're just telling yourself you are? If you?re questioning the relationship more than enjoying it, Matthew Hussey might have the clarity you need. So what does finding your person actually look like, and what signs should you pay attention to? Sponsors: Get my free Valentine?s Review with 75 life-changing questions to ask your partner: ???https://chriswillx.com/valentines See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-02-09
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#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 evolutionary psychology lens, but what if that framework is flawed? In his groundbreaking new research, Dr Paul Eastwock challenges long-held assumptions, turning evolutionary psychology on its head. So where did it go wrong, and what new models replace it? Expect to learn where the Evo Psych community may have been wrong about mating and relationships, the biggest problem with the term ?mating market?, how accurate people?s opinions are and ideas at their ?type? or mate preferences, what men find appealing in women and visa versa, what Paul?s definition of attachment in adulthood via safe haven (support in adversity) and secure base (support in growth) is, why masculinity needs reimagining and much more? Sponsors: Get my free Valentine?s Review with 75 deep questions to ask your partner: ??https://chriswillx.com/valentines?? See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get up to 20% off the leading longevity and cellular health supplement at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-02-07
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#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 learn? In a world obsessed with saving, why does saying ?it?s okay to spend? still feel taboo? What can high performers teach us about investing not just money, but time, energy, and attention wisely? Expect to learn why it?s important to talk about how to spend money well when learning about personal finance, why good financial ideas struggle to spread while bad ones travel effortlessly, what Morgan?s definition of success is, how much modern dissatisfaction comes from comparing ourselves to people we don?t actually want to be like, the real relationship between money and happiness with nuance, why it?s so hard to find people who have managed to be wealthy, successful, happy and peaceful, and much more? Sponsors: Get my free Valentine?s Review with 75 intimate questions to ask your partner: ?https://chriswillx.com/valentines?  See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-02-05
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#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 years, Bryan Johnson has drawn global attention for the extreme experiments he?s running on his own body in pursuit of radical longevity. So what does the latest science actually say about his quest to live forever, and how close are we really to immortality? Expect to learn why it is our human obligation to fight against death, the most life-changing pivots Bryan made that helped him the most, how to get perfect sleep, what it takes to build an anti-fragile routine, the most important treatments that help increase your changes of living longer, how to improve your vascular health, how Bryan deals with complex emotions life grief, Bryan?s strange prediction on how he might die and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-02-02
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#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 marketing tactics that make them instantly memorable to some of the funniest mistakes you?ve ever seen, there?s a psychology behind why certain brands stick. What are the principles top brands use, and how do they create content that people remember long after they?ve seen it? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get a free sample or 30% off a one-month supply of Timeline at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom30 Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-31
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#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 surviving the Amazon, encountering dangerous animals, and coming face-to-face with uncontacted tribes, what makes this place worth protecting, and what?s the smartest way to save the Amazon and everything it holds? Expect to learn what it?s like being stung be a stingray, why Paul tried to get eaten by an anaconda, the most afraid Paul has ever been in the jungle, the biggest mistakes people make when trying to move through the jungle, the strangest nights Paul has ever had out on the Amazon river, Paul?s story of encountering an un-contacted Amazonian tribe, why conservation tourism probably won?t scale and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom Get a free sample or 30% off a one-month supply of Timeline at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom30 Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-29
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#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 written by HARDY (or someone in his writing circle, maybe). So how did a Mississippi country boy become one of Nashville?s most powerful behind-the-scenes writers and producers? Expect to learn what HARDY?s philosophy for his career and life is, what most people do not understand about how the Nashville scene works, how to balance the unique tension between being a songwriter and an artist, the story of the bus crash that almost killed HARDY, how to use vulnerability and turn it into a strength and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-26
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#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 safest time in human history? Our brains evolved for real danger, predators, hunger, survival, not notifications and deadlines. So what are the modern tools for calming our primitive nervous system in a modern world? And is the answer something our ancestors already knew? Expect to learn what Donald wishes more people knew about anxiety, how it works and what causes it, how CBT might be the best therapy to combat chronic anxiety, what the main problem with the major psychoanalytic theorists is, why CBT is just a modern extension of Stoicism, why modern American culture has become extraordinarily passive aggressive, how people can keep their life in alignment with their values and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-24
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#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 to you? Everyone?s comparing HRV scores, but what does HRV really mean for your health? How do you raise it, and should you actually care if yours is lower than your friends'? Expect to learn what HRV actually measures and what it doesn?t, why everyone suddenly cares about HRV, how fast the vagal system responds to changes in HRV and how it adapts, why resonance breathing is different than slow breathing, what to improve first when optimizing HRV, the big picture takeaway you should look out for, for HRV and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom Get a free sample or 30% off a one-month supply of Timeline at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom30 Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-22
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#1048 - Trevor Wallace - 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 another week. From Celsius kids to Zyn bros, Cybertrucks to Monster Energy and "Kyle's", Trevor turns internet chaos into comedy gold. So what?s the method behind his madness, and how does he keep winning the internet Expect to learn why Autism is the new stolen valour, Trevor?s thoughts on the new Charlie Sheen documentary, how Trevor gets ideas to create his content, Trevor?s thoughts on Celcius, ZYN culture, and Cybertrucks, how it feels to go viral on the internet, why dating is so hard now, why most of your fears are a waster of time and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-19
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#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 time? Delegation has never been easier, and with AI, you can 10× your productivity without working more. So what does smart delegation actually look like, and which tools make it possible? Expect to learn why buying hours is more important than buying things, why delegating your tasks is so important and the Cardinal sins of delegation, what Jonathan's top themes of being good at delegation are, what it would take to build your best life using assistants and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get 15% off your first order of Intake?s magnetic nasal strips at https://intakebreathing.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 15% off any Saily data plan at https://saily.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-17
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#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 balance can start to feel like a comforting lie. So what does it actually cost to win? How did Russ go from an independent producer to a Billboard-winning artist by sacrificing almost everything else in his life, and was it worth it? Expect to learn why you have to stop blaming your parents for you life eventually, how to take your life seriously and why that is okay, why your fear of embarrassment is killing your dreams and how to get over it, the verse that Russ resonates most deeply with, what the darkest side of the music industry is right now, how legit the Spotify charts actually are, the moment Russ learned being an independent musician was a non-negotiable and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-15
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#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 that openness comes with the risk of pain. So how do we embrace the full spectrum of human emotion, even when it leaves us vulnerable to being hurt? Expect to learn why it?s hard to live in the real world with an open heart, why so many people struggle to make good decisions and how to make better ones, how to break the loops of rumination, how to develop a good relationship with your intuition, what the largest misconceptions about overwhelm is, why people struggle to let go of imposter syndrome and how to break free from it, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Learn more about Joe's work: Free self-assessment: assessment.artofaccomplishment.com Art of Accomplishment: artofaccomplishment.com Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-12
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#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 obscurity to the center of one of the largest political fraud scandals in recent history. By uncovering tens of millions of dollars in alleged fraud in Minnesota, his work has forced immediate reactions from both state and federal officials, something no journalist has accomplished this fast before. So what?s behind this fraud scandal, and how deep does the corruption run at the state and federal levels? Expect to learn how Nick ended Tim Walz upcoming gubernatorial run, the inside story of how Nick Shirley uncovered the child-care fraud scheme in Minnesota, why Minnesota is a prime state to commit fraud in, the places and states Nick wants to uncover fraud in next, what Nick?s new security concerns are since uncovering the scandal, what part 2 to his major expose will look like, some live breaking news during the ep and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-10
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#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? With endless advice on how to boost or sabotage happiness, what does science actually say about feeling better and living well? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-08
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#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 overwhelming amount of information on how to level up your body and mind, and it can be difficult to know where the latest science truly stands. Thankfully, Dr. Andrew Huberman breaks down the research on habits, the brain, sleep, supplements, and his personal go-to protocols. Expect to learn why high cortisol isn?t actually a bad think to have a lot of, Andrew?s advice on how to overcome burnout, what the new science of better sleep would be, how to make and set better habits easier, what Andrew thinks of the new ?protein in everything? trend, the next wave of supplements to take to optimise your life, Andrew?s take on religion and faith and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-05
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#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 or close family? Evolution seems to have hard-wired the brain to prevent inbreeding, a pattern shared with many other animals. So how does this mechanism work, and what are the moral or ethical arguments surrounding incest? Expect to learn why evolution has designed you to not want sex with your sister, how animals actually detect who their relatives are, what the high level explanation is for why humans don?t want sex with their kin, the moral argument if it is okay if two adult siblings had consensual sex, how big the actual genetic risk is for first cousins, what crying adn tears actually communicate from an evolutionary perspective and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-03
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#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 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. Expect to learn what?s new with my new haircut, how much longer until the new studio is built, if or when an Andrew Tate episode will be released, the most recurring thoughts I have when I feel sad and or disappointed sometimes, and why I think this occurs, the most favourite thing about myself, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ?https://chriswillx.com/deals? Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ?https://chriswillx.com/books? Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ?https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom? Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ?https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59? #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ?https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf? #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ?https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp? - Get In Touch: Instagram: ?https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx? Twitter: ?https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx? YouTube: ?https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast? Email: ?https://chriswillx.com/contact? - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2026-01-01
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#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 struggle with their own inner world? Many grow up believing they must handle life alone, stay tough, and hide their emotions. What helps men become emotionally stable, and how can they learn to work through challenges in healthier, more honest ways? Expect to learn why so many high-functioning men self-destruct in private, why so many men feel ?emotionally safe? at work but not at home, the most misunderstood thing about men?s emotional life, what?s an addiction that doesn?t look like addiction, but absolutely behaves like one is, how men can build their self-worth, the traits of an emotionally safe man, why there is a trend to desexualise your brain and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-29
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#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 of health optimisation might be hiding in plain sight. Your environment shapes your health far more than you probably realise. So how exactly does your environment affect your body, and what practical steps can you take to regain control and move toward better health? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-27
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#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 hacks were, and their reflections on 2025. Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-25
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#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 top 20, but I couldn't choose, so it's 23. Expect to learn Naval Ravikant's advice for overcoming self-esteem issues, Tom Segura on why Gen Z isn't a fan of drinking alcohol. The 3 most important decisions you make every day, according to Tony Robbins, Alex Hormozi's best advice for struggling entrepreneurs, Mel Robbins on how to overcome crippling anxiety, Sam Sulek's top 10 exercises and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-22
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#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Mark Rober is an engineer, science communicator, and YouTuber known for viral experiments and STEM education. Expect to learn what it was like to wor on the Mars Rover for NASA, how NASA rewired the way Mark thinks, what Mark?s relationship with failure is like, which engineering heuristics transfer best to everyday life, how can grown-ups rebuild the natural curiosity that gets pruned out of them, how you can avoid losing the curiosity when you need to deliver views, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-20
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#1034 - 23 Lessons from 2025

It?s the end of 2025 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 23 insights from some of my favourite conversations, both inside and outside of the podcast. Expect to learn why I try to stay out of internet drama, how not to care about what other people think of you, why you shouldn't have shame in small fears, how to use vulnerability to your advantage and show true strength, why procrastination is often about fear, what the Atlas Complex, Input-Output Delusion and The Anorexic Hermit Crab is, and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-18
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#1033- Judd Apatow - Why Comedies Suck Now

Judd Apatow is a filmmaker, producer, comedian, and writer. The movies that shaped so many of us were unapologetically funny and often pushed boundaries. As the culture has changed and concerns around political correctness and cancellation have grown, how has that affected modern comedy, and what still feels possible? Expect to learn how to have gratitude for pain, how comedy saved Judd and why ?you only learn by not being funny?, why bombing on stage is just R&D, how to keep your ego in check when being friends with someone whose career is suddenly outpacing your own, what it takes to harness more creativity, if the ?comedy collective? model still works or if social media ended the long-table-read era, why comedy movies aren?t funny anymore and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-15
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#1032 - Joshua Citarella - The Dark Subcultures of Online Politics

Joshua Citarella is an artist, writer, and cultural researcher focused on internet subcultures and online politics. We?ve all doom-scrolled our fair share of online politics, some of it funny, some unsettling, and some surprisingly insightful. But which internet subcultures are actually shaping political ideas, how serious are they, and do they truly influence real-world policy? Expect to learn what?s happening with young people and politics at the moment and why it?s qualitatively different than the past, the weirdest subcultures on the internet that move politics, how online redicalisation actually happens, how internet subcultures actively produce or accelerates political beliefs and identity formation, why Joshua thinks ?conservatism is the new punk rock? and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-13
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#1031 - Macken Murphy - 18 Harsh Realities of Modern Dating

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster. Modern dating is in the middle of a cultural reset. Attraction science is evolving, men and women are changing how they show up, and everyone is trying to build healthier relationships. What does the data actually say, and is a more balanced way of dating within reach? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom New pricing since recording: Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-11
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#1030 - Brett Cooper - Inside the Conservative Civil War

Brett Cooper is a political commentator, an actor and a YouTuber. What?s happening to the political Right? With promises kept and broken, the Left regaining momentum, internal fractures deepening, and young voters growing more disengaged than ever. What does this mean for the real state of politics, and how serious is the dysfunction underneath it all? Expect to learn Brett?s thoughts on the Conservative civil war that seems to be happening and if there should there be unity on The Right, what conservatives and Republicans are missing in how can they better compete for Gen Z, what conservatives feel about trump?s performance so far, why The Left is obsessed with assassination culture, the biggest lie young women are being sold right now, why GenZ is having a hard time handling adulthood and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-08
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#1029 - Malcolm Gladwell - How to Convince the World of Bulls**t & Evil

Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist, podcast host and an author. Do contagious diseases, memetic epidemics, and drug epidemics spread through the same underlying pathways? The answer may explain why society keeps falling into the same contagious patterns, and how we might prevent future memetic epidemics before they happen. Expect to learn what the history of the death penalty is in the United States, what the ?Tipping Point? means and what happened when we reached it, how epidemics of ideas differ from epidemics of drugs, what makes someone a ?super-spreader? of social change, the ?tipping point? dynamic of trans athletes in sports, if we are responsible for the epidemics we start and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get a 15% discount & free shipping on Manscaped?s shavers at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM15) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-06
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#1028 - Peter Zeihan - The New World Order Is Here

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, speaker and author. What does the next decade really hold? Beneath every forecast about the future, one thing quietly determines everything else: energy. From globalization to warfare to artificial intelligence, how will the world be reshaped in the years ahead? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get 15% off any Saily data plan at https://saily.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-04
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#1027 - Mel Robbins - The Secret to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Mel Robbins is a motivational speaker, podcast host and author. If motivation can?t be trusted, what should you rely on instead? Bestselling author and top podcaster Mel Robbins explains why discipline and emotional control are the real keys to success, and how to build the mindset needed to follow through when it counts. Expect to learn why we cling to control even when we know it makes us miserable and why we focus on things we can't control, how to better deal with the judgment of others, where self-compassion comes from, how to get a grip on your anxiety and ADHD, what "Let Them" theory means and how to employ it, where self-compassion actually comes from and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-12-01
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#1026 - Alison Armstrong - How to Treat Men Better

Alison Armstrong is a relationship coach, speaker, and author. Are modern gender dynamics leaving men feeling ?castrated?? While men are often blamed for today?s social problems, far less attention is given to how shifting expectations of women and relationships may also shape male identity. What role do women play in this dynamic?and how can it be improved? Expect to learn how important it is for women to seem impressed or giddy or appreciative of their partner, how women can appear more receptive or appreciative, why men are being emasculated by women, how women can stop castrating men and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, a Welcome Kit, Travel Packs, plus Black Friday bonus gifts (US only) when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get the brand new Whoop 5.0, your first month for free, plus Black Friday bonus offers at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Download Alison's E-Book: ?https://tinyurl.com/5983h4ke? (Click 'for ME' and use code AlisonGift 2025 at checkout) Find out more about Alison's programs: ?https://tinyurl.com/4cd96kh5 Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-29
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#1025 - Dr Paul Hewitt - Understanding the Psychology of Perfectionism

Dr Paul Hewitt is a clinical psychologist, professor, and leading researcher on perfectionism. Why do so many of us struggle with perfectionism? For some, it started in childhood?but its impact as an adult can be exhausting. So how do you actually break the cycle and get comfortable with things being imperfect? Expect to learn what they archetypal perfectionist is and how they became themselves, the bevaviour of a perfectionist and how to differentiate between productive and toxic perfectionism, if perfectionism is related to burnout, why having high standards might not be a great thing, how to get out of the perfectionism trap, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to 60% off during Gymshark's Black Friday Sale at ?https://gym.sh/modernwisdom? (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-27
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#1024 - Jon Bellion - The Art of an Authentic Comeback

Jon Bellion is a singer-songwriter, producer, and artist. Fame has a gravity of its own, and once you?re in the spotlight, leaving it isn?t easy. Yet Jon Bellion found more truth in stepping behind the scenes to focus on creating. Now, as a new father and a renewed artist, what gives his life meaning, and what message does he want to share with the world Expect to learn why Jon Bellion is not touring when he has a new album out, why Jon Bellion stepped back from social media and why he has a fake Instagram account, if Jon prefers producing for other people or performing more, how becoming a father has changed Jon and what it means to be a good father figure for young children, what the current direction of pop-music is right now, what Jon would tell his younger self back in college about the future of his career and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-24
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#1023 - I Prevail - The Trades You Make to Live Your Dreams

Eric Vanlerberghe is a vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the band I Prevail. Gabe Helguera is a drummer, and co-founder of Drum Beats Online (DBO), and a member of the band I Prevail From the outside, the life of a heavy-metal band seems larger-than-life. But behind the scenes, the truth is far more raw. Eric and Gabe of I Prevail share what touring is really like and how the metal/rock scene is shifting right now. Expect to learn what?s happening with the rock & metal scene is music right now, what the process of writing records which deal with deeply emotional personal topics as a group is, the biggest misconceptions about being a ?heavy? band in 2025, how worried the guys are about the future of streaming and AI music, what life is actually like on the road for a touring successful band, whats next for I Prevail and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-22
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#1022 - Sheehan Quirke - How Did The Modern World Get So Ugly?

Sheehan Quirke is a British writer and online educator, known as The Cultural Tutor for creating accessible posts on art, history, and literature. Why does modern life feel so devoid of beauty? For decades, efficiency has beaten out elegance. Cheap has replaced meaningful. When did we stop creating things built to last and meant to move us, and what would it take to return? Expect to learn why contemplation is a luxury, or a necessity for sanity in the modern age, why we lost when architecture became more functional than beautiful, if Is there such a thing as objective beauty in architecture or if it?s purely cultural and subjective, which city or structure best captures the balance between progress and timelessness, if sterile architecture is one of the reasons the students of today are so bored and uninspired, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Check out Sheehan's book: https://linktw.in/PdoFxP Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-20
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#1021 - Louise Perry & Mary Harrington - The Performative Male Epidemic

Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can?t Consent To This and an author. Mary Harrington is a writer, columnist and author. Why are young people having less sex than ever? Has something in our evolution shifted, or has modern life become so confusing that we can?t even tell what we?re attracted to anymore? What?s really happening to relationships today, and is there anything we can do to fix it? Sponsors: Modern Wisdom Merch available now - ?https://www.mwmerch.com? ? Live until Tuesday, 18th Nov See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-17
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#1020 - Jessica Baum - Why We Fall for the Wrong People

Jessica Baum is a psychotherapist, relationship expert, and author. What does it actually take to feel safe in a relationship? If you?ve had chaotic partners or a past where you never knew where you stood, safety can feel like work instead of something natural. So how do you rebuild that sense of security, and what steps help you learn to feel safe with someone again? Expect to learn what the best definition of safety in a relationship is, what some of the signs for someone feeling unsafe in a relationship from their nervous system is, the common protection strategies and inner protectors people develop, why we confuse independence with strength, why romantic relationships reflect early attachment wounds, why anxious and avoidant people find each other so magnetic, how to retrain the body to feel safe after chaos and much more? Sponsors: Modern Wisdom Merch available now - https://www.mwmerch.com ? Live until Tuesday, 18th Nov See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to 60% off during Gymshark's Black Friday Sale starting Nov 16th at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get 60% off an annual plan of Incogni at https:/incogni.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Check out Jessica's book: https://jessicabaumlmhc.com/safe Jessica's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabaumlmhc Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Check out Jessica Baum's new book "SAFE" here: https://jessicabaumlmhc.com/interviewJessica's Socials: https://www.facebook.com/consciousrelationshipgroup?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://www.instagram.com/jessicabaumlmhc?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-baum-lmhc-cap-038a1538?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-15
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#1019 - Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould - History is a Freakshow

Fin Taylor is an English comedian, writer and podcaster. Horatio Gould is also an English comedian, writer, and podcaster. History is basically one long reminder that no matter how bad your day is, someone in the past was probably getting catapulted off a castle wall. Feel better? Good. Humanity may be a litany of disasters, but the past is packed with lessons, even some dark humor, if you look closely enough. Expect to learn what makes the Japanese unique and why so many Japanese people practiced Seppuku, why post-war Europe was the funniest time in modern history, wether life was better in the past or just way, way worse than we imagined, why there is a rise of pro-Hitler media across social media, if too much irony is a bad thing, why racism is so ingrained in modern science, if fertility and embryo science has gone too far and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-13
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#1018 - Peter Crouch - Behind The Bravado of Modern British Football

Peter Crouch is a former professional footballer, sports pundit, and podcaster. What was it like playing in the Premier League alongside some of football?s most intense personalities? In an era where a goal celebration, whether it was the robot or a knee slide, showed your confidence as much as your skill, what was life like for Peter Crouch back then, and what?s he up to now Expect to learn why so many ex-footballers started doing podcasts, what the common psychological archetype of top flight football players are, what being inside Premier League dressing rooms taught Peter about masculinity, why there are still no publicly gay premier league players, how Peter dealt with anxiety and the adrenaline whilst being a footballer, what worst part of the job that the general public don?t understand and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-10
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#1017 - Jonathan Anomaly - What Embryo Selection Means for Humanity

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher, professor and an author. What if you could design your own ?super baby?? Imagine erasing genetic diseases, removing inherited conditions, and even selecting traits for beauty or intelligence. How close are we to making this possible, and what unintended consequences could this unleash? Expect to learn why embryo selection will be the next frontier of fertility planning, why screening for traits beyond disease is a slippery slope toward eugenics, what the moral, ethical and realistic arguments are for embryo selection and how big of a societal gap this will create, if you can return the super baby if it didn?t yield desired results, if there were regulations in this space, what red lines would be drawn and what would be left to the market and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Check out Herasight: https://www.herasight.com/ Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-08
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#1016 - Rob Henderson - Is Having a Boyfriend Cringe Now?

Rob Henderson holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. When did having a boyfriend become cringe? For as long as men have been men and women have been women, finding a partner to share life with has been one of humanity?s oldest goals. So what changed? Why has wanting connection become something to mock, and what can be done to reverse it Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get 60% off an annual plan of Incogni at https:/incogni.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-06
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#1015 - Alain de Botton - 16 Lessons from The School Of Life

Alain de Botton is a philosopher, author, and founder of The School of Life. How can we truly understand ourselves? Most of us either ignore our emotions or overthink them, turning simple feelings into complex puzzles. So how do we navigate the minefield of emotion to grow and become better? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Main website: https://www.theschooloflife.com/ Newsletter sign up: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/ Shop: https://shop.theschooloflife.com/ Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-03
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#1014 - Dr Marc Brackett - The Life-Changing Skill of Emotional Regulation

Dr. Marc Brackett is a professor at Yale University, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and author. Why is it so hard to actually feel our emotions? In a world that tells us to ?be more vulnerable,? many of us don?t even know what that really means. Are we being unregulated when we express emotion, or are we finally being human? How can we reconnect with what we feel so we can actually understand ourselves better? Expect to learn why only 1 in 5 adults can name more than three emotions they feel regularly, what emotional intelligence actually is, why we were taught such few emotional skills, how we can tell the difference between real regulation and repressed emotion, if it is possible to be too self-aware, how you can learn to reframe uncomfortable emotions?like anxiety or envy?into signals instead of shame and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get a 15% discount & free shipping on Manscaped?s shavers at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM15) Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Check our Dr Marc Brackett's book here: https://marcbrackett.com/dealing-with-feeling/ Extra Stuff: Get Marc's book: https://marcbrackett.com/dealing-with-feeling/ Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-11-01
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#1013 - Scott Galloway - How to Fix a Culture of Emasculated Men

Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author. Why are so many young men struggling today? In a world that often focuses on the oppression of others, it?s easy to forget that men are part of that story too. What?s actually being done to address men?s challenges, and how can both society and men themselves help turn things around? Expect to learn why men struggling is actually affecting women too, why the left haven't recognised the problems men face and deal with, what is broken in manhood for the current generation, the 4 variables every man should be solving for, the one stat the keep Scott up at night about the state of young men, what boys lose when men don?t have a father figure, the best kind of risks that build men, what healthy masculinity actually looks like and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Why are We Inserting Women into Men?s Issues? (15:03) The Quiet Return of Soft Bigotry (25:47) Are Progressives Finally Ready to Talk About Men?s Issues? (33:23) Are Men More Emotionally Fragile Than Women? (44:41) How #MeToo Movement Rewired Male Behaviour Around Women (55:16) Why Male Friendships are So Hard to Build (01:03:23) What is Broken in Modern Manhood? (01:11:56) Why Women Seek a Provider and Protector (01:22:01) How Sex Motivates Men (01:31:06) Kindness is a Man?s Secret Weapon Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-30
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#1012 - Alex O?Connor & Joe Folley - Is Being Smart Worth the Depression?

Alex O?Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Joe Folley is a philosopher, writer, and host of the Unsolicited Advice YouTube channel. Philosophy has spent thousands of years trying to teach us how to live well. But the deeper you go, the darker it gets. So what?s the point? What can we take from all that heaviness, and how do we find beauty in the darkness to make our own lives better? Expect to learn if philosophy always meant to be practically applicable, or if that is that a modern reinterpretation, which ancient schools have been most unfairly ignored, which branches of philosophy should be jettisoned entirely, why everyone hate philosophy of mind, the differences between academic and practical philosophy, the darkest philosophies you?ve probably never heard of, why modern discourse always feel ironic and why no one speaks earnestly any more and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Can Philosophy Actually Help You Live Better? (6:04) Is Modern Philosophy Trying to Be Too Intellectual? (11:44) What Do Philosophers Often Overlook? (22:35) Why Philosophy Can Feel a Bit Depressing (33:41) Is Life Worth Living? (44:47) Why Context Matters in Understanding Philosophers (54:24) Why is There Growing Interest in Panpsychism? (01:08:40) Is Consciousness Unified? (01:23:59) Emotivism 101: The Morality of Emotion (01:29:03) Is Morality Just Vibes? (01:40:59) Emotivism and the Incest Question (01:49:05) Do Philosophy Influencers Have a Moral Duty? Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-27
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#1011 - Eliezer Yudkowsky - Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

Eliezer Yudkowsky is an AI researcher, decision theorist, and founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Is AI our greatest hope or our final mistake? For all its promise to revolutionize human life, there?s a growing fear that artificial intelligence could end it altogether. How grounded are these fears, how close are we to losing control, and is there still time to change course before it?s too late Expect to learn the problem with building superhuman AI, why AI would have goals we haven?t programmed into it, if there is such a thing as Ai benevolence, what the actual goals of super-intelligent AI are and how far away it is, if LLMs are actually dangerous and their ability to become a super AI, how god we are at predicting the future of AI, if extinction if possible with the development of AI, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 15% off your first order of Intake?s magnetic nasal strips at https://intakebreathing.com/modernwisdom Get 10% discount on all Gymshark?s products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Superhuman AI Could Kill Us All (10:25) How AI is Quietly Destroying Marriages (15:22) AI is an Enemy, Not an Ally (26:11) The Terrifying Truth About AI Alignment (31:52) What Does Superintelligence Advancement Look Like? (45:04) Are LLMs the Architect for Superhuman AI? (52:18) How Close are We to the Point of No Return? (01:01:07) Experts Need to be More Concerned (01:15:01) How Can We Stop Superintelligence Killing Us? (01:23:53) The Bleak Future of Superhuman AI (01:31:55) Could Eliezer Be Wrong? Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-25
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#1010 - Bernie Sanders - Who Actually Runs the US Government?

Bernie Sanders is a US Senator, former presidential candidate, political activist and an author. What happened to the Democratic Party? After a brutal defeat to Trump in 2024, the Left looks lost, divided, leaderless, and unsure of its future. Bernie Sanders breaks down what went wrong, how Democrats are trying to recover, and whether they?ve learned from their mistakes or are doubling down on them, repeating the very ideas that cost them the election. Expect to learn what the future of the democratic party could look like, Bernie?s thoughts on Kamala?s presidential run in 2024, how much of an own goal identity politics was for the Democrats, why the Democratic party turned their back to the working class, how the Democrats can fix their messaging to men and young men after abandoning them completely, if ICE should be abolished, how worried Bernie and the Left is about the birth rate crisis and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Income Inequality is at an All-Time High (8:35) Why Trump Needs to be Challenged (14:03) Does Trump Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? (19:36) Can Democracy Be Bought? (27:23) What Really Divides the American People? (32:12) Can Billionaires Improve the Way We Live? (49:51) Have Democrats Turned Their Backs on Economic Issues? (58:37) Democrats Need to Start Talking About Men?s Issues (01:05:58) What Keeps Bernie Up at Night Extra Stuff: Fight Oligarchy by Senator Bernie Sanders out now: https://tinyurl.com/3vcu5s9h Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-23
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#1009 - Bugzy Malone - Harsh Lessons in Unorthodox Strategy

Bugzy Malone is a British rapper, actor, and entrepreneur from Manchester, England. From gang life to greatness, Bugzy Malone?s rise is a story of struggle, survival, and self-belief. As one of the most defining voices in UK rap, his journey is equal parts pain and power. Expect to learn why being a role model takes it?s toll on some people, the life altering accident that changed Bugzy forever, how Bugzy deals with pressure, fame and his recent tussle with his ego, how to stay hungry even after you achieved your goals, the story of Bugzy?s upbringing and how it shaped him as a person and an artist, what it was like for Bugzy to work with Guy Ritchie, how Bugzy survived an armed robbery and lived to tell about it, and much more? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $100 off the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT?s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Pressure is the Secret to Unlocking Your Potential (6:48) Bugzy's Key to Staying Grounded (14:38) Why You're Never Truly Alone (19:28) The Accident That Changed Everything (31:07) Rebuilding Yourself from the Ground Up (37:03) What Actually Keeps You Going (49:01) Why Resilience is Power (58:23) Life Lessons from Guy Ritchie (01:01:24) Does Money Equal Success? (01:13:54) Is Fame a Cage? (01:25:04) What Really Matters in Life (01:29:57) How Fame Warps Reality (01:37:10) Inside the Robbery That Nearly Destroyed Everything (01:50:28) How to Push Through When Life Keeps Throwing Punches (01:55:21) Where Bugzy Finds Inspiration (02:01:32) The Turning Point That Changed Everything (02:14:55) Is Rap Beef Genuine? (02:19:21) Everything Starts with Self-Belief Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-10-20
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