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April 17, 2025 The Psychology Of What Women Want - Rob Henderson - #929
Rob Henderson holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
Who holds the power in modern dating? With growing gender divides and political polarization, it’s no wonder dating feels harder than ever. So, how did we get here, and what’s the way forward?
Expect to learn why political division between the sexes has grown so wide, if this is a reaction to the growing sex ratio imbalance of socioeconomically successful women compared to men, why so many men are dealing with ED and if men are to blame for women not being able to orgasm, the traits that predicts relationship satisfaction, what psychology teach us about how to choose a good partner and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Has Political Division Become A Sexual Fetish?
(03:44) Is There A Hypocrisy Issue In Attracting Women?
(08:02) Do Men Portray Themselves In A Certain Way To Gain Attention?
(13:41) Is Women Earning More Than Men Affecting Relationships?
(22:59) Are Men At Fault For Not Sexually Performing?
(29:22) The Subsequent Fall Out From Netflix's Adolescence
(38:28) Did Adolescence Accurately Get The Message Right?
(52:26) How Psychology Can Help Us Choose The Right Partner
(01:08:04) Indicators Of Potential Mistreatment In A Relationship
(01:18:54) Why Clarity And Inquisitiveness Can Be Key To A Healthy Relationship
(01:29:58) Where To Find Rob
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1 hr 34 min
April 14, 2025 Why Has The World Gone Insane? - Douglas Murray - #928
Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator.
Some see The West in decline, others believe we're entering a bold, uncharted era of opportunity. So how do we preserve the foundations of the West while also protecting the cultural values that make it worth saving?
Expect to learn what Douglas thinks of Trump's first few months in office, Douglas’ advice for the democratic party if they want to win in the upcoming elections, why the Trump-Zelensky meeting was disappointing, if the West is still trying to ‘erase itself’ according to Douglas or if we have moved past that, what the current state of the UK is like, lessons for the broader world from Ukraine and the middle east, why Douglas sued The Guardian and the fallout of that and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Current State Of Trump's Effort In Office
(09:30) Should The Democratic Party Have People The Public Want?
(19:54) Will Life In The UK Get Better?
(34:51) Is It Unhealthy To Keep Up With The News?
(47:37) What Wartime Does To People
(57:38) Behind The Title Of Douglas' Latest Book
(01:04:56) The Global Rise In Conspiracy Theories
(01:13:22) Who Is To Blame?
(01:20:26) Lessons From Conflicts For The Wider World
(01:31:59) How Douglas Has Avoided Becoming Pessimistic
(01:50:25) Things People Misunderstand About Douglas
(01:53:30) Douglas' Upcoming Work Projects
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 57 min
April 12, 2025 Unpacking The Mystery Of Consciousness - Annaka Harris - #927
Annaka Harris is an author, editor, and speaker focused on neuroscience and consciousness.
What does it mean to be conscious? What is consciousness? These questions have puzzled humanity for millennia. Despite our greatest scientific breakthroughs and philosophical efforts, are we any closer to understanding the origins and true nature of consciousness?
Expect to learn the most unsettling idea about consciousness that keeps Annaka up at night, if consciousness is behind our eyes, if love is a 3-dimensional construct, if consciousness is just a malfunction of the brain, rather than an essential feature, if AI is conscious or not, if neuroscience has been useful in unraveling the deep questions of consciousness, the illusions that dominate our brains, If we are living in a world where 99% of people are philosophical zombies and we just don’t know and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Most Unsettling Idea About Consciousness
(06:04) How Unintuitive Is Consciousness?
(09:31) What Does It Mean To Live In The Present Moment?
(19:14) Various Ranges Of Consciousness
(23:47) Theories Of Consciousness
(30:36) Is Consciousness Overrated?
(33:00) How Likely Will AI Unveil Insights About Consciousness?
(35:59) How Do You Experience Magnetic North?
(42:42) Studies Behind Behaviours In Plants
(47:26) Current Stance Annaka Is At About Consciousness
(53:53) Does Quantum Physics Have Any Relation To Consciousness?
(01:00:21) The Future Of Consciousness Research
(01:04:07) Where To Find Annaka
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1 hr 8 min
April 10, 2025 How To Find The Love Of Your Life - Ty Tashiro - #926
Ty Tashiro is a psychologist, author, and relationship expert.
Searching for love can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to find the right person. So what traits should we actually seek out, or avoid, and how can we give ourselves the best chance of finding our person?
Expect to learn why happily ever after is so hard to find, why people have difficulty envisioning their romantic future, why we only get 3 wishes for our partner, the biggest mistakes people make when choosing a long-term partner, why some people are drawn to relationships that are really tough, if it is possible to optimise your chance of finding the right partner by increasing your odds of timing and randomness and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Is It Hard To Find A Happily Ever After?
(03:09) Are We Designed To Be Monogamous?
(08:57) Why Do We Find Difficulty In Visioning A Romantic Future?
(16:24) Differentiating Passionate Love And Companionate Love
(24:19) How To Know If You're In Love
(33:03) What To Look For In A Partner
(43:23) Traits We Should Avoid For A Relationship
(57:06) Green And Red Flags To Be Aware Of
(01:08:13) Does Compatibility In Personality Matter?
(01:14:35) Reasons Why People Are Drawn To Challenging Relationships
(01:32:48) Is There Such A Thing As Optimising Serendipity In Love?
(01:48:20) Where To Find Ty
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 53 min
April 07, 2025 23 Lessons For Being Kinder To Yourself - Joe Hudson - #925
Joe Hudson is a coach, entrepreneur and a podcast host.
Before you try to change the world, make sure your own “bed is made”. It's often the most crucial first step in any personal growth journey. But how do we navigate the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that inevitably arise as we work to become better versions of ourselves?
Expect to learn why it might be a problem to become too self-reliant, what people get wrong with obsessing over productivity as they grow in their careers, how can we deal with painful emotions more effectively, how to move past resentment and feel less defensive, if it is possible to be world-class and enjoy the process at the same time and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Achievements Joe Is Working Towards
(08:04) Identifying The Negative Voices In Our Head
(11:38) Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Self Reliance?
(16:26) Do We Seek Validation In The Wrong Places?
(24:40) Where Does Passive Aggression Come From?
(29:38) Why Do People Get Defensive?
(35:44) How To Overcome Defensiveness
(39:49) Why Fear Creates Binary Thinking
(44:41) Adapting A More Optimistic Outlook On Change
(47:22) Why We Need To Stop Chasing Perfection
(52:58) Becoming Comfortable With Vulnerability
(56:37) Prioritising Our Own Needs
(01:06:21) How We Can Show Up More Bravely With Ourselves
(01:14:47) Preventing Resentment In A Relationship
(01:19:18) What Does It Mean To Open Your Heart?
(01:23:28) Defining Feeling Oppressed
(01:26:49) Are Compliments Ego Destroying?
(01:32:55) What It Means To Dissolve The Sense Of Self
(01:38:38) Why Exhaustion Causes Negative Self Talk
(01:44:20) Gaining Enjoyment From Efficiency
(01:55:00) Why Not Feeling Accepted Prevents Us From Being Ourselves
(02:02:07) Fundamental Value Of Unconditional Love
(02:07:02) Why We Can't Avoid Agitation
(02:13:01) Where Does Confidence Come From?
(02:22:55) Where To Find Joe
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
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2 hr 24 min
April 05, 2025 What Netflix’s “Adolescence” Got Wrong - William Costello - #924
William Costello is a psychology researcher and Ph.D. student specialising in evolutionary psychology.
With the recent release of “Adolescence” on Netflix, it has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. But what are the real dangers of incel-related violence, and how can we begin to confront them?
Expect to learn what Netflix’s “Adolescence” got wrong in their adaptation, if incels are a bigger danger to themselves or others, why there is not more incel violence, what The Low Mate Value Theory of Misogyny is, what the reaction to “Adolescence” has been from various factions of the internet, if fear, shame, and shock actually can change behaviour, and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Is Netflix's "Adolescence" A Bit Too Real?
(11:36) Was Jamie A Good Avatar For An Incel?
(22:24) Aspects The Show Got Wrong
(33:01) What Contribution Does The Show Make To Male Sedation Hypothesis?
(40:13) What Has Been The Reaction From The Incel Community?
(46:05) Were Any Interesting Points Made About Masculinity?
(56:17) Why The Incel Community Attracts Attention
(59:36) Is This Turning Into A Moral Panic?
(01:04:27) Defining Masculinity
(01:19:13) Achieving Positive Masculinity In A Modern World
(01:25:04) Why The Terms Manosphere And Incels Are Being Demeaned
(01:36:16) Where To Find William
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
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1 hr 37 min
April 03, 2025 Why Evolution Favours Beauty Over Survival - Matt Ridley - #923
Matt Ridley is a science writer, journalist, and author.
Evolution is a strange theory. If survival is all that matters, why do we find things beautiful? Why does beauty exist at all? And if aesthetics are so important, how do some species thrive without it?
Expect to learn what Darwin’s strangest ideas were, the fundamental mystery of sexual selection, why females choose certain males based on beauty and performance rather than obvious survival traits, if females actually have as much agency in mate selection as we assume, or if other forces dictate choice, the alternative explanations for beauty and why aesthetics are so important and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Darwin's Sexual Selection Theory
(03:58) What Is The Fundamental Mystery When It Comes To Sexual Selection?
(16:16) Why Were Birds Useful For This Study?
(19:42) Do Females Choose Males Based On Beauty Rather Than Survival Skills?
(22:24) Is Maximised Survival Seen As Sexiness?
(27:11) Conventional Explanation For The Great Snipe
(31:59) What Is The Lek Paradox?
(34:47) Why Sexual Selection Could Be A Maladaptive Force
(40:14) How Extreme Can These Traits Become?
(44:58) Tiny Traits That We Could Overlook As Sexual Selection
(47:37) Could Sexual Selection Have Shaped The Human Mind?
(54:21) How Does This All Fit Together?
(59:17) Parallels Between Bird Mating Behaviours And Human Romantic Displays
(01:06:06) What We Should Learn About Biases In Interpreting Our Nature
(01:09:53) Where To Find Matt
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberma
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1 hr 15 min
March 31, 2025 44 Harsh Truths About Human Nature - Naval Ravikant - #922
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of AngelList.
What does it mean to win at the game of life? Is it tons of wealth, pure happiness, infinite time, or a loving family? Today we explore the timeless question of what it means to truly live well.
Expect to learn the true price of success, whether sacrificing your happiness is worth it, what advice Naval would give to his younger self, what the true source of unhappiness is for most people, how to overcome low self-esteem, what Naval would add to his ‘How To Get Rich’ thread, how to become comfortable being unapologetically selfish, what Naval sees as the next big trends in science and technology, his take on the escalating culture wars, how to get comfortable with death and overcoming grief, the best and worst ways to spend your wealth and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Is Success Worth It?
(07:43) Ways To Shortcut Our Desire
(10:47) Is Changing Our Opinions Hypocritical?
(14:35) How To Become Less Distracted By Status Games
(21:02) Ways To Raise Your Self-Esteem
(29:46) Why Pride Is The Most Expensive Trait
(32:19) Identifying Our Happiness
(44:22) The Key To Being Your Authentic Self
(49:08) Objectively Viewing Our Own Mind
(01:00:40) How Can We Avoid Cynicism And Pessimism Within Ourselves?
(01:07:20) What Is Happiness?
(01:21:24) Learning How To Deal With Anxiety
(01:28:07) Optimising Our Quality Of Life
(01:32:36) Why We Can't Change Other People
(01:45:22) Why We Shouldn't Take Ourselves Too Seriously
(01:52:38) How Being Observant Of Yourself Allows Change
(02:00:23) Why Did Naval Come On This Podcast?
(02:09:31) The Best And Worst Places To Spend Wealth
(02:18:03) Philosophical Beliefs
(02:23:55) Recent Insights Into Naval's Opinions
(02:30:50) Are People Choosing To Have Less Kids?
(02:37:40) Trusting Our Instincts Throughout Parenthood
(02:50:26) What Does The Future Of The Culture Wars Look Like?
(02:59:01) What Is Currently Ignored By The Media But Will Be Studied By Historians?
(03:11:49) Is There An Advantage To Starting Out As A Loser?
(03:15:20) Naval's Foreseeable Plans
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How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
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3 hr 17 min
March 29, 2025 How To Defeat Your Social Media Addiction - Catherine Price - #921
Catherine Price is a journalist, science writer, and author of How to Break Up With Your Phone.
How much are our phones affecting our brains? Our attention spans seem to be getting shorter, and many of us feel more forgetful. So how much of this can we blame on our phones and what can we do to fix it?
Expect to learn how many hours a day people spend on their phone, what phones do to our attention span, if Tik tok memory brain is real, the real impact this kind of cellphone usage is doing to our brains and how it changes your focus and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) The Hours We Spend Daily On Our Phones
(04:31) Effective Ways We Can Reduce Time On Our Phones
(09:06) Why Phones Can Cause A Decrease In Our Attention Spans
(16:17) Do Dopamine Detoxes Work?
(26:34) What Are Phones Doing To Our Memory?
(30:34) How Screentime Can Effect Our Perception Of Time
(38:30) The Impact Phone's Have On Our Happiness, Health And Relationships
(44:50) Predictions For How AI Is Going To Change Each Aspect Of Our Life
(56:22) Fundamental Changes That Are Happening Due To Our Use Of Screens
(01:06:28) Highest Impact Habits To Help With Phone Use
(01:13:13) Where To Find Catherine
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠
How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠
The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberma
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1 hr 18 min
March 27, 2025 Why Do We Date People That Need Fixing? - Dr John Delony - #920
Dr. John Delony is a mental health expert, author, YouTuber and speaker.
What does it mean to be a good partner? We all want fulfilling relationships, but building one involves a careful balance of give and take. How do you show up as a supportive partner and not just for your significant other, but also for yourself?
Expect to learn why we date people we feel we need to fix, why it’s so hard to leave relationships even if we don’t have our needs met, advice for how to move on from breakups easier, how to gain control of your mind, how to deal with stressful situations better, how to be a better partner to your significant other and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Different Levels Of Compassion
(08:47) Is It Possible To Have Friendships With Those We Work With?
(14:34) Do People Love You For Who You Are Or What You Do?
(23:39) Advice On How To Support Men
(28:30) Why Do We Tend To Be Critical Of Others?
(31:52) Why Do We Feel The Need To Fix Those We Date?
(42:58) Our Constant Search To Have Our Needs Fulfilled
(46:12) Do We Find Fulfilment In Our Job?
(52:35) Why Do We Stay In Relationships That Aren't Fulfilling?
(58:30) Building Up Courage To Walk Away From A Relationship
(01:09:54) How To Be More Intouch With Our Emotions
(01:16:36) Learning How To Move On From A Relationship
(01:22:26) Differentiating Grief And Depression
(01:31:30) Where To Start With Processing Trauma
(01:45:07) Chris' Interest In Evolutionary Psychology
(01:51:52) Dealing With The Weights We Carry
(02:02:04) Where To Find John
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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…