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Chris Williamson

Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, 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.

Modern Wisdom

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…

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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

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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

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#1013 - Scott Galloway - How to Fix a Culture of Emasculated Men

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…

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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?

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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

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#1012 - Alex O’Connor & Joe Folley - Is Being Smart Worth the Depression?

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…

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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?

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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

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#1011 - Eliezer Yudkowsky - Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

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…

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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

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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

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#1010 - Bernie Sanders - Who Actually Runs the US Government?

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…

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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

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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

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#1009 - Bugzy Malone - Harsh Lessons in Unorthodox Strategy

Angelo Somers is a content creator, YouTuber, and author.

Why does life sometimes feel like it’s lost its meaning? Everyone hits moments where optimism fades and the world starts to look a little darker. You’re not broken for feeling that way; it happens to the best of us. But why does this quiet pessimism seem to be growing, and how do we find our way back to meaning?

Expect to learn what the state of modern world of self help advice on the internet is, where self-belief actually comes from, how to work though what to do when you feel lost in life and how lost people can find direction, why there is such a rhetoric of doubt and irony right now, how pain makes some men great, why more and more young people are having less sex and getting into relationships, why teachers didn’t like Angelo growing up and why Angelo wrote a book about happiness when he was 13, the secret to living a well and fulfilled life, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Where Does Self-Belief Stem From?

(9:41) Does Dissatisfaction Come from Complacency?

(14:45) Who We are is Constantly Changing

(25:52) Why We Follow Internet Advice

(41:55) Coming Face to Face with Self-Destruction

(55:47) We Can Find Hope in Other’s Experiences

(01:03:28) How Do We Identify Who We Really are?

(01:11:26) The Pain of a Lack of Self-Belief

(01:21:28) Why You Should Start Giving Yourself Credit

(01:30:28) Why We Fear Inferiority

(01:38:46) Does Anyone Know What They’re Doing?

(01:42:02) Red Pill Culture Causes Struggles with Masculinity

(01:53:56) Will We Always Feel Dissatisfied?

(02:00:54) Why We Look for Modern Wisdom

(02:08:42) Where to Find Angelo

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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

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#1008 - Angelo Somers - Why Life Feels So Pointless (and what to do)

Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber.

Why are we driven by what destroys us? Using anger or jealousy can spark our motivation, but when it goes too far, it consumes us. What are healthier ways to stay motivated, and how do we find peace instead of pressure

Expect to learn why mean have become less dangerous and more useless, why toxic motivation is on the rise and how to not fall into it’s trap, why incel violence is not a bad as it could be, how to structure your motivation so it’s actually healthy, why so many men are obsessed with penis size, what women actually find attractive in a man, if having a dad-bod makes you a better dad, the dangers of bro science, why men cry at certain point in weddings and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Toxic Fuel Motivates Us

(11:29) Why Men Go from Sad to Mad

(22:24) Are Porn and Video Games Making Men Useless?

(30:16) Why We Need Different Fuel at Different Stages

(40:09) The Benefits of Beginning Again

(50:04) Harnessing the Power of Meditation

(01:04:18) Why We Should Stretch Ourselves

(01:17:06) Does Muscle Mass Lead to Unsuccessful Relationships?

(01:33:27) Why are Dad Bods Attractive?

(01:39:17) Are Acts of Kindness Motivated by Toxic Fuel?

(01:48:55) Sl*t-Shaming and Simp-Shaming are Mostly Intrasexual

(01:59:21) Why We Use Boundaries as Protection

(02:07:42) How Do Men and Women Differ in Relationships?

(02:17:46) What Makes Grooms Cry?

(02:22:36) ChatGPT Tells You What You Want to Hear

(02:30:50) How to Find Your True Self

(02:45:01) Chris’ Journey With His Sense of Self

(02:51:07) Where to Find Dr K

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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

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#1007 - Dr K HealthyGamer - The Toxic Fuel That’s Destroying Your Motivation

Chris Bumstead is a professional bodybuilder, 6x Mr. Olympia Classic Physique title holder, and a business owner.

From 6× Mr. Olympia to full-time business owner and stay-at-home dad, it’s safe to say Chris Bumstead’s been enjoying retired life. So what’s he been up to this past year, what’s changed most for him, and what’s he looking forward to next?

Expect to learn how retirement is going for Cbum, if Cbum would have retired last year even if he didn’t win, how Chris learned to sit and process his emotions, if Cbum regrets retirement and if he misses the competing yet, how Chris plans on leveling up for baby Bumstead number two, he hardest part of losing that “Mr. Olympia structure” in daily life, if Chris ever plans on returning the stage again, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Life After Olympia

(6:58) The Addiction to Progress

(11:25) What Makes Retirement Difficult?

(15:27) It’s All About Rise, Not the Result

(22:01) What If Chris Hadn’t Won?

(28:57) Choosing Which Path to Follow

(34:30) How Retirement Has Impacted Motivation

(43:41) How to Work Through a Loss of Direction

(47:16) Where Does Chris Find Self-Worth?

(55:54) Deciding How to Step Away on Your Own Terms

(01:04:39) Unteachable Lessons You Have to Experience First-Hand

(01:13:04) How to Hold Onto the Olympia Physique

(01:25:01) Chris on Being a Good Dad

(01:34:02) Why Do Grooms Cry at Weddings?

(01:44:17) Don’t Let the Voice in Your Head Win

(01:52:02) Don’t Let Expectation Control Your True Self

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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

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#1006 - Chris Bumstead - Life After Olympia: Fatherhood, TRT & Finding Purpose

Warren Smith is a filmmaker, educator, and host of the “Secret Scholar Society” YouTube channel.

If freedom of speech can be shouted down, does it really exist? When every debate turns into partisan noise, what does honest discourse even look like? If we can’t talk about our problems without resorting to anger or violence, how can we ever solve them?

Expect to learn why J.K. Rowling has become such a lightning rod for cultural backlash and why she’s back in the news, why limiting conversation only makes problems worse, whether free speech can truly exist if it can be shouted down, whether young people’s growing support for political violence stems from conviction or desensitization, the fine line between correct and incorrect behavior, what William thinks about today’s rising tribalism, and much more…

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#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

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#1005 - Warren Smith - J.K. Rowling & The Cost of Speaking Freely

Sam Corcos is an entrepreneur, CEO of Levels, and a special advisor to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

What’s really happening inside the U.S. government? For the first time, a DOGE insider exposes the chaos, corruption, and dysfunction plaguing Washington. How did America’s most powerful system lose its way, and can we climb out of this financial and technological free fall?

Expect to learn what is currently happening inside DOGE, why Sam decided to step into a political position, Sam’s biggest misconceptions he had about the government before he went inside, how the government actually operates internally, why it’s so hard to make change in the government, how to scam the US government, how to solve the government contract problem, how the IT in the government got so dysfunctional and how we might get out of this, what the IRS actually does and if tax collection is actually viable to help the debt problem, and much more…

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Becoming Chief Information Officer of the Treasury Department

(6:22) The Politics of Working in Politics

(11:19) What It’s Really Like Working for the US Government

(25:05) How Do You Change the System?

(37:46) What Has Sam Sacrificed for the Government?

(43:51) The Procurement Process is Broken

(53:47) How Much Money Does the Government Really Spend?

(01:01:28) Why is Finding Engineers Proving Difficult?

(01:10:56) Are Young People Favoured for Government Jobs?

(01:15:54) US Media is Fuelling Federal Mistrust

(01:25:55) DOGE is More Than a Meme

(01:30:04) How Does DOGE Save Money?

(01:38:05) Why Spending Cuts are So Important

(01:43:02) Modernisation Isn’t the Answer

(01:48:55) Is Data Security at Risk?

(01:55:09) The Reduction in Force Process is Brutal

(02:00:58) What Sam Would Go Back and Change About DOGE

(02:10:06) What Does the IRS Actually Do?

(02:16:32) How are Tax Policies Really Enforced?

(02:25:52) People are at the Core of DOGE

(02:35:26) How Long Will It Take to Fix IT Systems?

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Dr Paul Turke is a pediatrician, evolutionary anthropologist, and an author.

How did humans raise kids 1,000 years ago? Today’s parenting is all routines, data-driven insights and what the latest research says. But what can ancient wisdom teach us about parenting, and where might it call our modern methods into question?

Expect to learn how child rearing might look different if parents were educated in evolutionary theory, what the evolutionary role of grandparents are, and why it matters for raising kids today, Where babies would have slept ancestrally, why toddlers wake up at night, throw food, or act out and why might those be smart behaviors, what parents should know about “normal” child development from an evolutionary view, what we can we learn from cultures that co-sleep, breastfeed longer, and parent together and much more…

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