Modern Wisdom

By Chris WilliamsonSociety & Culture Health & Fitness

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February 08, 2021 Making Sense Of 2021's Madness - Carl Benjamin - #280
Carl Benjamin is the YouTuber formerly known as Sargon Of Akkad, a political commentator and host of The Lotus Eaters Podcast.
It feels like a decade of history has happened already in 2021, so I invited Carl on to try and make sense of the madness.
Expect to learn Carl's opinion on Steven Crowder suing Facebook, what a future with WallStreetBets in will look like, whether there is a common thread between JK Rowling and Jordan Peterson, whether American national pride is dwindling and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:24) Lotus Eaters & Safe Spaces
(06:18) Steven Crowder Suing Facebook
(17:41) Decolonising Mars
(20:48) Carl’s Thoughts on WallStreetBets
(30:12) The Power of the Individual
(34:11) Is J. K. Rowling Too Big to Be Cancelled?
(42:03) Carl’s Views on Donald Trump
(50:33) Is the American Republic Dying?
(1:02:19) Where to Find Carl
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1 hr 7 min
February 06, 2021 How Not To Start An Online Business - #279
Jonny joins me (without Yusef) to discuss the wild west of creating money on the internet.
Given the living hell that real businesses have been through with Covid, many budding entrepreneurs are trying to get some of that sweet, sweet internet money.
Expect to learn, the biggest tips Jonny has learned over 10 years of working on the internet, the fundamentals of creating an online business, why traffic & conversions are life, the most common problems everyone makes and much more...
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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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1 hr 19 min
February 04, 2021 The Psychology Of Narcissism - Professor W Keith Campbell - #278
W Keith Campbell is Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia's Franklin College and an author.
Expect to learn what The Dark Triad is, how narcissists and psychopaths are linked, what social media's influence has been on narcissism, why you might want to increase narcissistic tendencies and much more...
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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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1 hr 15 min
February 01, 2021 Connecting The Dots Of Chaos - Michael Malice - #277
Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster.
The first few weeks of 2021 have been madness. Michael joins me today to connect the dots of chaos and give us an insight into why the world is slowly turning upside down.
Expect to learn what a modern anarchist's perspective is on politics, what Michael thinks about the WallStreetBets and Gamespot debacle, what his predictions for a Biden presidency are, why the Capitol Hill Siege will never be forgotten and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:54) Michael’s Political Principles
(04:11) Transitioning into Anarchy
(09:28) Are Antifa Anarchists?
(13:43) Reacting to the Capitol Riots
(23:41) Increasing Political Division
(26:00) The Anarchy of WallStreetBets
(35:28) Impact of Undermined Elites
(39:09) Meaning in an Anarchist Society
(46:45) Media & Culture Without Trump
(59:35) Michael’s Views on New York
(1:02:44) How to Become a Better Troll
(1:08:39) Michael’s New Book
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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

Get in touch.
Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...
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1 hr 11 min
January 30, 2021 The Psychedelic Origins Of Western Civilisation - Brian Muraresku - #276
Brian Muraresku is a lawyer and an author.
The Mysteries of the ancient world are just getting stranger and stranger. Did Plato, Marcus Aurelius and thousands more attend a secret psychedelic ceremony which formed the basis for the Christian Sacrament?
Expect to learn why an annual parade finished with a secret ceremony in ancient Greece, why the Christians may have wanted to keep this secret, what it was like to research in the Vatican secret archives, the implications if all this is true and much more...
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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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Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...
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56 min
January 28, 2021 Unmasking Antifa: Inside America's Anarchy - Andy Ngo - #275
Andy Ngo is a journalist and an author.
Andy has been on the front lines to observe some of the most radical, intense rioting in America, including the barricading of cities downtown, shootings, calls to defund the police and attacks on federal buildings.
Expect to learn what it was like going undercover with Antifa in Seattle's CHAZ, how it feels to live in Portland where Antifa are most prevalent, whether Andy thinks the Capitol Hill Riots would have happened if Trump had won and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:22) Who Are Antifa?
(07:49) Antifa’s Reaction to Biden
(15:49) Intellectualising Violence
(18:57) Who Is Antifa’s Leader?
(21:31) The CHAZ Garden
(23:39) Reaction if Trump Had Won
(26:21) Antifa Riots vs Capitol Riots
(34:41) Going Undercover in CHAZ
(43:42) Preying on the Young & Vulnerable
(49:49) Relationship Between Antifa & BLM
(54:50) What’s Next?
(59:09) Antifa’s Clever Name
(1:01:38) Where to Find Andy
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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

Get in touch.
Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...
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1 hr 3 min
January 25, 2021 Stoicism: How To Think Like A Roman Emperor - Donald Robertson - #274
Donald Robertson is a Psychotherapist and an author.
People are getting tattoos of Marcus Aurelius, copies of his Meditations sold out at the beginning of the pandemic and yet he was just some bloke two thousand years ago. What made him so special and what is there to learn from his life?
Expect to learn how stoicism and cognitive behavioural therapy are intrinsically linked, why an existential crisis can be useful, how Marcus Aurelius dealt with his anger, why Donald thinks we lost the wisdom of ancient Greece and much more...
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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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1 hr 33 min
January 23, 2021 Alexei Navalny: Putin's Enemy Explained - John Sweeney - #273
John Sweeney is an investigative journalist and a writer.
There is a fascinating and incredibly dangerous poker game going on in Russia at the moment. The establishment versus the newcomer.
Expect to learn why Navalny is galvanising such support, how he survived poisoning with novichok, how he convinced one of his own assassins to admit to trying to kill him and why he once nearly became a pirate...
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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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1 hr 13 min
January 21, 2021 What Is Consciousness? - Philip Goff - #272
Philip Goff is a Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and an author.
Consciousness is the most evident of all phenomenons. It's the one thing we can actually be sure of, and yet we have a very limited understanding of what it is and why it's here.
Expect to learn the main philosophical positions on consciousness, why Philip thinks the old proposals are insufficient to explain our awareness, what time racism means, why Deepak Chopra just won't me alone and much more...
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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

Get in touch.
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1 hr 10 min
January 18, 2021 Building A New Mindset On Success - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - #271
Dr Rangan Chatterjee is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster.
How can we create the life where we don't just look fulfilled but genuinely are fulfilled? What does it mean to truly be successful? What use is fame if you don't like the person you see in the mirror?
Expect to learn Rangan's most important daily routines, his biggest insights about personal development over the last year, what he thinks about Cosmopolitan's new campaign, how Tiger Woods' story is a warning to us all and much more...
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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

Get in touch.
Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...
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1 hr 32 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…