Modern Wisdom
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Modern Wisdom
Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew...
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#1049 - Dr Jay Wiles - A Masterclass in Improving Your HRV
Dr Jay Wiles is a health educator, HRV researcher, and content creator focused on nervous system regulation and recovery.
HRV is the new...
#1048 - Trevor Wallace - Why Autism is the New Stolen Valor
Trevor Wallace is a comedian, writer, and content creator.
What does going viral actually feel like? If you’re Trevor Wallace, it’s just...
#1047 - Jonathan Swanson - The Obvious Strategy to Take Back Your Time
Jonathan Swanson is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Thumbtack.
What if instead of using extra money to buy things, you used it to buy t...
#1046 - Russ - Can Ambitious People Ever Have Balance?
Russ is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer.
Is obsession a gift or a choice? If you want to do something truly great, the idea of...
#1045 - Joe Hudson - How to Take Control of Your Emotions
Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host.
Why do we struggle to feel our emotions fully? A rich life requires openness, but...
#1044 - Nick Shirley - Inside Minnesota's $10B Childcare Fraud Scandal
Nick Shirley is a YouTuber, content creator, and investigative journalist.
In just a few weeks, Nick Shirley has gone from relative obsc...
#1043 - Arthur Brooks - 14 Habits for an Optimised Morning & Evening Routine
Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author.
What does it really take to live a fulfilling life?...
#1042 - Dr Andrew Huberman - How to Reclaim Your Brain in 2026
Dr Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a podcaster.
There’s an ove...
#1041 - Dr Debra Lieberman - Why Don’t You Have Sex With Your Sister?
Dr. Debra Lieberman is an evolutionary psychologist, professor, and researcher.
Why don’t we feel sexual attraction toward our siblings o...
#1040 - 4M Subscriber Q&A
I hit 4 million Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, X, and Instagram, so here’s another 90ish minu...
#1039 - Connor Beaton - Why Successful Men Always Self-Destruct
Connor Beaton is a men’s life coach, founder of ManTalks and an author focusing on men’s wellness and personal growth.
Why do so many men...
#1038 - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon - The Environmental Toxins Killing Your Health
Dr Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician and Founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine.
The most overlooked aspect...
#1037 - Life Hacks: A Christmas Special (2025)
I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle upon Tyne, with Jonny, a virtual Yusef & George to catch up on what they've learned this year, what their best...
#1036 - The Best Moments of Modern Wisdom (2025)
2025 is nearly over, so I decided to put together a compilation of some of my favourite moments from the show over the last year. It was going to be a...
#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...
#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 yea...
#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 pu...
#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-scroll...
#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...
#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,...
#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 throug...
#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 futur...
#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? Bestsell...
#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...
#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 perfect...
#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...
#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 Dru...
#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.
#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, colum...
#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...
#1019 - Finn 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.
H...
#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...
#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 di...
#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 havi...
#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 ign...
#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...
#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.
#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 chan...
#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...
#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?...