Modern Wisdom

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May 18 Birth Rate Debate: “40% Of Girls Will Never Be Mothers” - #1099
In this birth rate debate, we explore:
- The cataclysmic impacts of the current birth rates for future generations.
- Why so many young women are opting out of motherhood.
- What can be done to fix declining birth rates globally.
- and much more...

Guests:
- Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.
- Simone Collins is an author and pronatalist advocate focused on fertility and demographic decline.
- Stephen J. Shaw is a data scientist and filmmaker.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Why We Should Be Worried About Birth Rate Decline
(5:20) The Shocking Reality of Falling Fertility
(8:12) What Happens If the Population Shrinks?
(17:40) Is Low Fertility a Threat to the Economy?
(25:39) Why Are Birth Rate Debates So Controversial?
(38:46) Is Having Kids Too Expensive Now?
(51:45) Why People Are Delaying Parenthood
(58:41) Would Marrying Younger Fix the Problem?
(01:01:45) Do Kids Actually Make You Happier?
(01:12:14) Does Age Predict Fertility Levels?
(01:18:34) The Hidden Risks of Selection Pressure
(01:27:52) How Does Education Impact Birth Rates?
(01:35:05) Do Men Want Families More Than Women Now?
(01:38:59) Are We Choosing Travel Over Children?
(01:45:06) Do You Lose Yourself When You Have Kids?
(02:07:20) Should Mothers Get Free Education?
(02:10:20) Are Women Being Blamed for Declining Birth Rates?
(02:20:51) Why Is Everyone So Offended?
(02:29:51) Should Fathers Be Doing More at Home?
(02:39:41) Birth Rates vs Climate Change: What Matters More?
(02:46:29) Should Governments Pay People to Have Kids?
(02:57:48) Are Families Getting Smaller?
(03:07:50) Are Tax Policies Punishing the Child-Free?
(03:12:51) Is Education the Answer?
(03:19:36) The Most Shocking Birth Rate Facts
(03:26:47) Does Contraception Actually Affect Birth Rates?
(03:34:46) Will This Change Your Mind?
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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3 hr 44 min
May 16 The Health Crisis Of Office Jobs - Bob King - #1098
Bob King is the founder and CEO of Humanscale.
Is your desk job aging your body faster than you realize? Sitting may be part of getting work done, but the way most of us do it can wreck our posture, stiffen our joints, and create problems that show up years later. So what can you do at work every day to protect your future self?
Expect to learn why bad design might be the cause of your back problems, why sitting is so damaging to your health, what a healthy designed desk set-up looks like, if posture advice is mostly nonsense, how much physical discomfort degrades cognitive performance and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Bad Posture: Discipline or Design Problem?
(0:39) What’s Really Causing Your Back Pain?
(7:41) Is Sitting the New Smoking?
(9:48) The Secret to Designing a Healthier Workspace
(16:28) Is the Freedom Chair Named After Obama?
(18:44) Why Movement is a Non-Negotiable
(22:06) How Your Environment Controls Your Habits
(30:11) Is Screen Time Ruining Your Health?
(43:46) Sunlight vs Blue Light: What’s Worse?
(45:10) Do Men and Women Need Different Work Setups?
(51:45) Can Saddle Stools Fix Your Posture?
(52:50) What an Optimal Workday Actually Looks Like
(55:25) The Hidden Danger of Off-Gassing
(01:05:53) Where to Find Bob
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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1 hr 7 min
May 14 "They Wanted A Bad Guy, So I Became One" - Ryan Garcia - #1097
Ryan Garcia is a professional boxer and a WBC interim lightweight champion.
What’s it like being the bad boy of boxing? Most people know Ryan Garcia from the chaos of his social media — the outbursts, controversies, and viral moments. But behind the headlines is still an elite fighter operating at the very top of the sport. So who is Ryan Garcia away from the internet? What’s it like living under that level of pressure, fame, and scrutiny whilst trying to remain a world champion?
Expect to learn how Ryan grew up and why he started boxing from a very young age, the most memorable moments of Ryan’s career, when Ryan figured out his life trajectory had gone too far the wrong way, if anger really helps you as a boxer, Ryan’s thoughts on Jake Paul, Conor Benn, McGregor and others, if Ryan has fears about future CTE issues and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Do Boxers Actually Think in the Ring?
(0:48) Can Ryan Remember His Fights?
(4:10) The Sacrifices You Have to Make to Be the Best
(7:44) Why Ryan Started Boxing
(10:47) The Biggest Lessons From Ryan’s Career
(12:17) When Ryan Realised He Was Crashing Out
(18:57) The Story Behind the Bohemian Grove Vision
(21:53) What Really Happens at Bohemian Grove?
(26:22) Does Anger Make You a Better Fighter?
(30:23) Will Ryan Fight Conor Benn?
(32:32) Is the Zuffa Deal Good For Boxing?
(38:11) The Main Reason Fights Don’t Happen
(40:24) How the Ali Act is Changing Boxing
(41:20) Is Jake Paul a Legitimate Boxer?
(47:39) Are Mayweather and Pacquiao Past It?
(51:00) How Ryan Changed His Attitude Towards Money
(55:34) Why It’s So Important to Have a Good Team Around You
(01:00:41) Could Conor McGregor Make a Comeback?
(01:05:37) Is Ryan Worried About the Long-Term Impacts of Boxing?
(01:09:35) How Boxers Stay Ready for Anything
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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1 hr 19 min
May 11 21 Harsh Truths About Why You’re Still Lost - Mark Manson - #1096
Mark Manson is a writer, entrepreneur, and a New York Times best-selling author.
Mark is one of my favorite thinkers. His blog, books, and X account are packed with timeless lessons I come back to again and again. Today, we get to go through some of his best lessons on life, love, and everything that makes us human.
Expect to learn why it's important to do hard things, why it’s important to live your happiest life, why choosing a partner is also choosing their average Tuesday, why learning is the smart man’s procrastination, why you need to stop caving to the needs of others, 10 years of therapy in 1 minute, questions to ask yourself before you die and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Why We Should Be Comfortable With Uncertainty
(7:59) Is Friction the Key to Growth?
(20:55) The Truth Behind Choosing a Partner
(30:14) Why Self-Optimisation Isn’t For Everyone
(39:18) Life Doesn’t Hand Out Pity Passes
(54:48) Choose Someone Who Chooses You
(01:10:57) Is Learning Just a Form of Procrastination?
(01:21:01) Should We Prioritise Starting a Family?
(01:24:57) Why Neediness is Pushes People Away
(01:32:53) Does Hate Make People Dig Their Heels in?
(01:44:14) Why Everything Worth Having Requires Sacrifice
(01:50:13) 10 Years of Therapy Summarised into 1 Minute
(02:10:42) How to Make Your Life Count
(02:14:21) Stop Waiting For Permission
(02:21:41) Find Out More About Mark
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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2 hr 23 min
May 09 How TikTok Hijacked The Future Of Music - Nik Nocturnal - #1095
Nik Nocturnal is a musician, YouTuber, and content creator.
What is happening in modern metal music? The days of thrash and hair metal dominating culture are long gone, and something entirely new has taken their place. So what defines modern metal, why does it sound so different, and how has the internet changed the music industry forever?
Expect to learn how big of an impact TikTok plays in shaping the way modern metal songs are written, which songs are the most influential songs in modern metal, what Nik thinks of AI-generated music, the most overused trends in metal right now, the tension between making art and making “content” in music, the worst thing about being a YouTube musician and much more…
Sponsors:
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Timestamps:
(0:00) How is TikTok Reshaping Metal Music?
(8:24) Is Metal Music Better Than Ever?
(17:36) Are We Living in a Golden Age of Metal?
(25:39) How Pop Culture Is Reviving Metal
(28:28) The Best Metal Songs for Nostalgia
(34:55) Is Originality Dead in Music?
(41:29) Is There Beef in the Metal Genre?
(47:02) Who is Slipknot’s New Drummer?
(50:22) How Long Have Kilswitch Engage Been Around?
(51:05) Why is Metal Becoming Self-Aware?
(54:04) How Hit Songs Are Really Made
(58:52) Are Bands Being Engineered for Virality?
(01:06:49) The Building Blocks of Nik’s Fast Songwriting
(01:16:52) The Hidden Costs of Taking a Break
(01:27:06) Why Creators Burn Out So Fast
(01:35:51) The Power of the “F*ck You” Pivot
(01:40:34) Are Streaming Platforms Exploiting Artists?
(01:53:44) How Song DNA is Improving Credit
(01:56:16) What’s Next For the Alt Music Scene?
(02:08:59) Metal Bands You Shouldn’t Miss
(02:16:23) Where to Find Nik
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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2 hr 19 min
May 07 DEBATE: Why Do Gen Z Women Hate Men So Much? - #1094
In this evolutionary psychology debate, we explore:
- Why women feel much more negatively towards young men than young men feel about them.
- Why men are more often demonised and women are seen as victims.
- How differing political views are quietly becoming one of the biggest relationship dealbreakers for young people.
- and much more...
Guests
- Freya India is a writer and journalist focused on female mental health and modern culture.
- William Costello is a psychology researcher and Ph.D. student specialising in evolutionary psychology.
- Dr. Tania Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of New Mexico.
Sponsors:
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Why Are Modern Women So Angry?
(8:50) Do Most Women Lean to the Left?
(15:37) The Rise of Male Looksmaxxing
(21:10) Why Men and Women Have Different Preferences
(32:38) ADoes Insecurity Make Us More Extroverted?
(35:33) How Women Adapted So Well to the Modern Workplace
(38:36) Are Male Mental Health Incentives Actually Pushing Against Opening Up?
(53:26) The Hidden Rise of Benevolent Sexism
(59:33) Do Women Find Aggression Attractive?
(01:07:44) What Sex Dolls Reveal About Male Desire
(01:14:10) Who Resents the Opposite Sex More?
(01:19:15) Do Men Get the Ick Too?
(01:21:58) Why Privileged Women Feel More Pessimisti
(01:25:15) Can Men Be Victims Too?
(01:28:20) Why Attractiveness Is the Ignored Privilege
(01:32:59) Should You Be Friends Before Dating?
(01:39:11) Is Effortless Beauty More Attractive?
(01:45:04) Where to Find Everyone
Extra Stuff:
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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1 hr 47 min
May 04 How To Have The Hardest Conversations Of Your Life - Jefferson Fisher - #1093
Jefferson Fisher is a trial attorney, legal educator, and content creator.
Why are the conversations that matter most the hardest to have? When something meaningful needs to be said, we often avoid it, only making things worse. So how do you structure a difficult conversation the right way, and connect with someone not just logically, but emotionally?
Expect to learn why we fear conflict in communication and why it’s so scary but necessary to navigate, how to deal with conflict more effectively, the best ways to respond to an insult, why being right feels so good, what’s realistic and true about working out if someone’s lying to you, how to properly connect in any communication and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Why Communication Feels Harder Than Ever
(0:41) Is Conflict Really Something to Fear?
(1:45) Why Are We So Quick to Lose Control?
(2:56) What Actually Triggers Us?
(7:57) We Need to Learn How to Hold Space For Others
(14:59) The Best Ways to Regulate Any Conversation
(17:34) Simple Tricks to Stay Calm in Difficult Conversations
(25:22) What Is Your Anger Really Hiding?
(31:39) Are You Making This Mistake During Conflict?
(33:24) Why Setting Boundaries Feels So Difficult
(36:56) How Do You Handle Passive Aggression?
(39:55) Does Childhood Shape Passive Aggressive Behaviour?
(42:20) The Best Way to Deliver Bad News
(52:28) Are You Carrying Other People’s Emotions?
(56:45) The Shame of Small Fears
(01:06:02) How to Avoid Frustration When You’re Being Misunderstood
(01:09:15) How Much Does a Divorce Raise Your Heart Rate?
(01:13:50) Is Silence the Best Response to Insult?
(01:26:32) Why Do We Hide Behind “Just Joking”?
(01:28:51) Do Certain Phrases Make You Sound Weak?
(01:31:15) Where Does Self-Assurance Come From?
(01:36:09) What Makes Someone Sound Truly Composed?
(01:38:17) Can You Be Assertive Without Being an A**hole?
(01:41:33) Why We Need to Be Intentional With Our Words
(01:47:04) Is Being Right Overrated?
(01:52:29) Why We’re Obsessed With Winning Arguments
(01:53:06) The Biggest Clues Someone is Lying to You
(01:56:42) The Best Way to Repair After Conflict
(01:59:33) Why Tough Times Build Stronger Relationships
(02:01:08) What Really Makes a Great Partner?
(02:02:56) Lessons From a Trial Lawyer
(02:06:47) The One Rule Behind Great Communication
(02:10:02) Find Out More About Jefferson
Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠⁠
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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-Huberman⁠⁠
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2 hr 11 min
May 02 Why You’re Obsessed, Anxious, And Still Single - Mercedes Coffman - #1092
Mercedes Coffman is a writer, researcher, and cultural commentator.
What’s happening with modern dating? People who are genuinely ready for a relationship feel frustrated, even punished by a shallow dating pool, yet others seem to find real love every day. So what’s actually broken, and what can be fixed?
Expect to learn why avoidant culture is changing relationship expectations, if modern dating is punishing emotionally available people, why dating fatigue is kicking in, if someone is actually too busy for you or if they just say they are, the most common ways people unknowingly sabotage their own relationships, why you can just “fix her” and much more…
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Timestamps:
(0:00) How Avoidant Culture is Rewriting Relationships
(1:55) Does Modern Dating Punish Emotionally Availability?
(4:20) What Makes Emotionally Available People Vulnerable?
(8:51) How to Spot Emotional Availability
(12:00) What Does a Perfect Match Really Look Like?
(13:33) What Blocks True Alignment?
(16:39) Are We Too Obsessed With Love?
(25:28) Why Discernment is the Ultimate Relationship Skill
(34:23) How Do Rom-Coms Distort Our Love Lives
(37:02) Romantasy: Escapism or Soft-Core Porn?
(39:55) Does Desire Outpace Emotional Capacity?
(42:53) Why We Self-Sabotage in Relationships
(45:10) The Best Way to Build Emotional Capacity
(46:16) Does Trauma Drive Relationship Self-Sabotage?
(49:32) We Need to Start With Self-Acceptance
(01:04:07) Why We Crave Chaos and Stability
(01:07:34) Love Bombing: The Most Dangerous Red Flag
(01:14:15) Who Falls Hardest Into Limerence?
(01:17:35) Why Inconsistent Praise Hooks You In
(01:25:37) The Wrong People Are the Hardest to Get Over
(01:27:30) Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
(01:28:53) How to Comfortably Hold Your Boundaries
(01:30:33) Where to Find Mercedes
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1 hr 32 min
April 30 The Uber Eats to OnlyFans Pipeline - Rabbit Hole #2 - #1091
In the second edition of this new experimental episode format, we explore:
- If Kratom is more addictive than heroin
- What the latest and greatest life hacks are
- Who actually is the highest-earning athlete in history
- and much more…
Guests:
- Gary Faust is a comedian and writer.
- Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor.
- George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur.
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Peanuts in Coke… Is This a Good Idea?
(2:19) The Most Ridiculous Paycheck in Sports History
(5:53) Is the Mainstream Media Overhyped?
(13:45) UK vs the Roman Empire: Who’s Actually Better?
(16:31) Would Claude Beat Grok in a Fight?
(17:38) Is the LGBTQ+ Acronym Getting Out of Hand?
(23:42) Why No One Takes Mental Health Seriously Anymore
(27:26) Is Kratom More Addictive Than Heroin?
(38:19) What Can DNA Testing Reveal About You?
(46:09) Do You Remember Every Porn Video You’ve Ever Watched?
(49:18) The Ultimate Trick to Boost Uber Eats Tips
(51:48) The Peak Bachelor Pad Setup
(53:38) Are Norwegian Prisoners Living Better Than Us?
(55:44) The Analyst Who Sounded the Alarm on Hormuz
(01:00:20) Are Gay Relationships a CIA Strategy?
(01:05:14) Is Flighty the Greatest Life Hack?
(01:08:08) Can We Trust Studies Anymore?
(01:12:17) Is California Trying to Bury Fraud?
(01:18:04) Do Your Game Choices Define You?
(01:23:13) Are Likes and Views Changing How We Consume Content?
(01:34:19) Does Everyone in the UK Know the King?
(01:40:05) Could a Dinner Have Stopped WWII?
(01:41:55) FTX’s Painful Anthropic Fumble
(01:47:53) Does Momentum Suffocate Talent?
(01:52:28) What If Ja Rule Co-Founded Apple?
(01:53:19) How Supernormal Stimuli Hijack Your Brain
(01:59:23) The Burning Monk and the Extremes of the Human Mind
(02:03:29) Why Everyone’s Dooming About AI
(02:06:18) Could AI Replace Doctors?
(02:11:19) The Craziest One-Day Price Move
(02:13:07) Is AI Learning From Indian Factories?
(02:17:12) Wait… His Dad’s in the Rock Hall of Fame?!
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#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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2 hr 19 min
April 27 The Extreme Crisis of Young Women - Freya India - #1090
Freya India is a writer and journalist focused on female mental health and modern culture.
What’s happening with modern women? By almost every measure, life has improved; more freedom, opportunity, and independence than ever before. So why are many women reporting lower levels of happiness? What’s driving this paradox, and what would actually fix it?
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Timestamps:
(0:00) The One-Star Controversy Around Freya’s Book
(0:56) How Freya Entered the Debate on Women and Girls
(2:01) Why Women’s Advocates Are Under Fire
(8:30) What Do Women Want in 2026?
(10:48) Are Women Getting What They Want But Not What They Need?
(12:23) Settle Down or Stay Single: The Modern Dilemma
(15:22) Should Social Media Be Banned for Young People?
(17:56) Do Young Women Really Want a Child-Free Life?
(28:30) Are Young Women Turning Against Capitalism?
(30:04) The Harmful Narratives Shaping Modern Sex
(33:37) Are Young Women Porn-Brained?
(38:13) Is It Healthy to Share Everything Online?
(44:26) Is Suicide Rising Among Young Women?
(46:40) Is Social Media Radicalising Young Women?
(50:30) Why 2020 Changed Everything for Women
(53:43) The Rise of Appearance Anxiety Among Women
(59:37) Is “Self-Love” Just Another Marketing Strategy?
(01:03:18) How Filters Distort Our Self-Image
(01:05:47) Have We All Regressed to Mean Teenagers?
(01:10:33) Are Influencers Just Modern-Day Salespeople?
(01:14:15) Is the Internet Teaching Women to Hate Men?
(01:17:40) How Social Media Is Straining Relationships
(01:23:27) Are Women Actually Empathetic to Global Conflicts?
(01:27:17) The Real Reception of Freya’s Book
(01:30:16) Is Divorce Being Glamourised?
(01:35:39) Are Progressive Ideals Internally Contradictory?
(01:41:02) The Harshest Critiques of Freya’s Work
(01:42:45) We Need to Bind Over Love, Not Hatred
(01:46:03) Do Tax Systems Discourage Motherhood?
(01:51:11) Have Women’s Preferences Fundamentally Shifted?
(01:52:42) How Do We Know When the Left Has Gone Too Far?
(01:54:49) Find Out More About Freya
Extra Stuff:
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#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠
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1 hr 56 min

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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…