Modern Wisdom
Episodes
#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and an author. Time is something we all wish we had more of and tons of productivity gurus have proposed strategies to...
#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California and an author. Programming machines to do what we want them to is a ...
#363 - Naama Kates - Investigating The Incel Community
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Naama Kates is a writer, producer and creator of the Incel Podcast. The world of involuntary celibates continues to be thrust into the public limeligh...
#362 - James Smith - Dating, Finances & Happiness
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Smith is a PT and not a life coach. It's a weird time to be alive. The rules are completely out of the window for dating, finding a balance betw...
#361 - Darren Grimes - What The Right Is Getting Wrong
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Grimes is a political commentator and a YouTuber. Conservatism might be the least sexy political viewpoint there is. The righthand side of the ...
#360 - Incels, Afghanistan & Apple's Privacy Blunder
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny & Yusef join me today as we discuss recent news stories including why breastfeeding now needs recategorising to be more inclusive, how being inj...
#359 - Stephen Davis - The Secrets Of British Airways Flight 149
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Davis is an investigative reporter and an author. On August 1st 1990, a British Airways flight departed London for Kuwait, on board were nearl...
#358 - Dr Samantha Boardman - Positive Psychology's Lessons For Coping With Stress
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist and an author. Divorces, bankruptcies and moving house are major stresses. But what about the micro-stressors w...
#357 - Christopher Mason - A 500-Year Plan To Reach Other Worlds
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Mason is a Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, founding Directors of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction and an author....
#356 - Yeonmi Park - What It's Truly Like Living In North Korea
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, an author and a YouTuber. North Korea is the most shrouded, dictatorial and walled-off nation on earth. The on...
#355 - Andrew Gold - Exorcisms, Rockstar Priests & Dangerous Taboos
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Gold is a documentary maker and podcaster. In the depths of the Buenos Aires suburbs is a priest who is warding off vampires, levitating follow...
#354 - Rich Diviney - Perform Like A Navy Seal
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Diviney is a retired Navy SEAL Commander and an author. The Navy Seals are one of the most hardened military groups in the world. During 13 tours...
#353 - Robert Plomin - How Do Genes Influence Our Behaviour?
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Plomin, is a psychologist, geneticist and an author. Separating the influence of nature and nurture is something everyone considers. Robert is ...
#352 - Ben Aldridge - How To Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Aldridge is an author, musician and teacher. After finding himself increasingly anxious and suffering regular panic attacks, Ben purposefully spen...
#351 - Stephen McGinty - The World's Deepest Submarine Rescue
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen McGinty is an author, journalist and documentary producer. In 1973, two British men, Roger Chapman & Roger Mallinson were 1500ft below the sur...
#350 - James Nestor - Change Your Breath, Change Your Life
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Nestor is a journalist and an author. We get more energy from our breath than we do from food or hydration or sleep. And yet most people have ne...
#349 - Rupert Spira - Enlightenment, Happiness & Non-Duality
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rupert Spira a teacher of the Non-Dualism Direct Path, an author and a potter. Non-dualism is a state of consciousness that many contemplative practit...
#348 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project and works in preventing global catastrophic risk. Having accurate sensemaking ...
#347 - Danny Trejo - The Most Killed Man In Hollywood
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Trejo is an actor and restaurateur. Danny is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood history. He's just written a new memoir about his l...
#346 - Rob Reid - How To Avoid Destroying Humanity
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Reid is an entrepreneur, podcaster and an author. The last 15 months have been a terrifying taster of just what a global crisis is like, except it...
#345 - Ryan Long - Annihilating The Culture
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Long is a comedian, director and podcaster. What do Whiteclaw, Elon Musk, Andrew Cuomo's daughter's sexuality, Juule, OnlyFans, Dan Bilzarian, Jo...
#344 - Luke Burgis - Mimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Burgis is an entrepreneur and author. We feel like we are in charge of our wants. Like we're the creator of our desires. But Rene Girard's theory...
#343 - Dr David Sinclair - Defeating Ageing & Living Longer
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr David Sinclair is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and co-Director of the Paul Glenn Centre for the Biological M...
#342 - Jim Poole - The Neuroscience Of Stress
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Poole is the President and CEO of Solace Lifesciences. The last year has been one of the most stressful in memory, add on top our always-on techno...
#341 - Life Hacks 205
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode. Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, str...
#340 - Mark Manson - 11 Uncomfortable Truths About Life
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Manson is an author and blogger. Mark is the king of telling people things they don't want to hear, but need to hear. I couldn't bring him on wit...
#339 - Jeremy McDermott - Hunting An Invisible Drug Lord
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy McDermott is an investigative reporter and the Director of Insight Crime. Modern drug lords in South America learned that anonymity is a better...
#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology, Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Wright is President of the Nonzero Foundation, an author and Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New Yo...
#337 - 200k Q&A - Jordan Peterson, Bitcoin & Harsh Truths
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I hit 200k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate I asked for questions on Instagram and YouTube. Yet again I was blown away by how interesting, challe...
#336 - Richard Lang - What It Feels Like To Have No Head
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Lang is the Co-ordinator of the Shollond Trust, a UK charity focussed on sharing the Headless Way. If you see a person from 6 feet away, they'...
#335 - Nicole Arbour - Dating, Haters & Mental Health
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Arbour is a comedian and YouTuber. Nicole has been through her fair share of controversy, so what insights has she gained from a decade of publ...
#334 - Shane Parrish - Mental Models, Good Decisions & Better Content
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Parrish is the Founder of Farnam Street, an ex-Canadian Intelligence Agency Operative and an author. Farnam Street is one of the best blogs on t...
#333 - Chris Walsh - How Does The Cannabis Industry Work?
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Walsh is the CEO and President of Marijuana Business Daily and an industry trend analyst. People are claiming that cannabis will be the next gol...
#332 - Julia Galef - Learn To Improve Your Decision Making
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Galef is the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, a podcaster and an author. Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cumming...
#331 - Michael Knowles - The Problem With Political Correctness
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Knowles is a political commentator, podcaster, and an author. Ostensibly, political correctness is the right thing to do if you're a responsi...
#330 - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - What Will The Future Look Like?
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Jones are futurists, trend analysts and authors. The future is supposed to be ours to choose, but who is educated enough to...
#329 - Michael Malice - Is Anarchy The Answer?
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster. No matter your perspective, politics isn't working very well at the moment. The world ...
#328 - Jack Butcher - Visualising Value & Constant Creativity
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Butcher is a designer, entrepreneur and the founder of Visualize Value. Jack has gone from being a normal agency designer to becoming the one-man...
#327 - Peter Crone - Defeat Your Limiting Beliefs
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Crone is a performance coach to athletes, professionals and celebrities. The beliefs and subconscious narratives we hold shape our behaviour, he...
#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jim O'Shaughnessy is an investor and the founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management. Time, space and geography ...
#325 - Lauren Johnson - The Mindset Secrets Of Elite Athletes
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Johnson is the New York Yankees ex-Performance Psychologist and a mental toughness expert. We all have a lot to learn from people who are perfo...
#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author. During any discussion about fossil ...
#323 - Michio Kaku - Black Holes, Big Bangs & Quantum Theory
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michio Kaku is the Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York, a futurist and an author. What happened before the big bang? Is t...
#322 - Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Surviving 14 Years In Guantanamo Bay
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the subject of the film The Mauritanian and has been called "the most tortured man in Guantanamo Bay". Mohamedou lived for 14 ...
#321 - Dr Alexander Lee - The Story Behind Machiavelli's Philosophy
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Lee is a renaissance historian at the University of Warwick and an author. Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most famous political philosoph...
#320 - Robb Wolf - Eat, Sleep & Train Like Your Ancestors
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and one of the world’s leading experts in Paleolithic Nutrition and Ancestral Health. The world which our ...
#319 - David Buss - The Hidden Psychology Of Sexual Conflict
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Buss is one of the founders of the field of Evolutionary Psychology, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas and an author. The topic...
#318 - Steven Laureys - The Neuroscience Of Meditation
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Laureys is a neurologist, Professor of Neurology & Director at Coma Science Group and an author. Meditation and mindfulness practise has gained...
#317 - Cal Newport - How To Master Your Email Overload
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and an author. Email has changed the way we collaborate and work. F...
#316 - Steven Dudley - MS-13: America's Most Notorious Gang
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Dudley is the Director of InSight Crime, a crime & public security reporter and an author. MS-13 are one of the best known gangs in the world. ...
#315 - Melody Wilding - Succeed If You're Empathetic & Driven
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melody Wilding is an executive coach and an author. Being a driven but sensitive individual is a fairly interesting blend. You have all the desire for...
#314 - Greg McKeown - How To Make Life Effortless
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and an author. Is the toughest path always the right one? Is the more important a t...
#313 - Cancel Culture, Sobriety & Identity Change
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally recorded on Sean Spooner's podcast Life and Lessons. I enjoyed this discussion so much, I figured I'd put it on Modern Wis...
#312 - Gabrielle Bluestone - The World's Biggest Scammers
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Bluestone is the Executive Producer of the FYRE Documentary, an author & journalist. From failed festivals to fake blood tests, the grifters...
#311 - Life Hacks 204
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode. Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, str...
#310 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist an author. Humans are not transparent to ourselves. We are complex creatures who operate on ancient programming. ...
#309 - The Fitness Chef - The Biggest Myths About Fat Loss
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme Tomlinson is an evidence based diet coach and an author. Let's face it, pretty much everyone is fat right now. If lockdown has left us with any...
#308 - Brian Greene - The Mind-bending Physics Of Eternity
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, an author and the Director of Columbia University’s Centre for Theoretical Physics. Nothing ...
#307 - Dr Jordan B. Peterson - Take Control Of Your Life
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and an author. The last year has been incred...
#306 - Thomas Moynihan - A History Of Existential Risk
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Moynihan is a historian and an author. Humans may have only had the ability to destroy ourselves for the last hundred years or so, but thinkers...
#305 - Steven Kotler - A Complete Recipe For Peak Performance
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Kotler is a peak performance expert, entrepreneur and an author. The mystery of achieving peak performance is what many people are striving tow...
#304 - Victor Wooten - The Spirit Of Music
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Wooten is one of the greatest bass players of all time and a 5-times Grammy Award Winner. After a career of writing, teaching and performing at...
#303 - Chrissie Mayr - All The Big Mistakes Women Make
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chrissie Mayr is a comedian and a podcaster. A lot of success in life can be achieved by simply avoiding failure. I wanted to bring Chrissie on to dis...
#302 - Ryan Bush - A Guide To Mental Self-Mastery
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Bush is systems designer and an author. Redesigning your mind is hard because there are a lot of influences at play. A very comprehensive approac...
#301 - Steven Bartlett - Lessons In Creating A Successful Life
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Bartlett is the Founder of Social Chain, an entrepreneur and an author. Building a business, buying fast cars and becoming a millionaire is the...
#300 - Greg Everett - How To Truly Build Toughness
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Everett is a weightlifting coach and an author. We're in the middle of a toughness revolution. From David Goggins motivational videos to cold sho...
#299 - Chris Baber - How To Cook Amazing Fitness Food, For Idiots
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Baber is a Chef and a Marks & Spencer food ambassador. The cells in our body are made up of what we put in our mouth. Although we all cook for o...
#298 - Polina Pompliano - David Goggins & Elon Musk's Performance Secrets
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Polina Pompliano is a writer, author & founder of The Profile. Polina spends her time assessing the world's highest performing & most interesting indi...
#297 - Brian Christian - The Alignment Problem: AI's Scary Challenge
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Christian is a programmer, researcher and an author. You have a computer system, you want it to do X, you give it a set of examples and you say ...
#296 - Kalle Sauerland - The Life Of A Global Boxing Promoter
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kalle Sauerland is one of the most successful promoters in world boxing, Co-Founder of Sauerland Events and Co-Founder of the World Boxing Super Serie...
#295 - Ben Bergeron - Creating A Life Of Excellence
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Bergeron is a CrossFit Coach and the Owner of CrossFit New England. As far as we know, we only get one shot at life, so we'd better make it count....
#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto. There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism a...
#293 - Adam Alter - The Psychology Of Phone & Tech Addiction
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Alter is a Professor of Marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business and an author. Most adults report that they are within an arm...
#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Henderson is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and a US Air Force Veteran. Signalling is something everyone is doing all of the time....
#291 - John Danaher - What Happens If Robots Automate The World?
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Danaher is an author and a lecturer at the National University of Ireland. Having a job is valorised in modern society. But if our jobs are taken...
#290 - Dr Diana Fleischman - How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Diana Fleischman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and an author. When we get sick with a virus ...
#289 - 100k Q&A - Sam Harris, Brian Rose & Podcast Tips
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We hit 100k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate I asked for questions on Instagram and Twitter. I was going to just make a short YouTube-only video ...
#288 - Diane Rehm - Do We Have The Right To Die If We're Terminally Ill?
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Rehm is a former radio presenter, producer and an author. Talking about the end of life is uncomfortable, but watching someone you love be force...
#287 - Sven Nyholm - Are Sex Robots And Self-Driving Cars Ethical?
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sven Nyholm is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Utrecht University. Robots are all around us. They perform actions, make decisions, ...
#286 - Dr Zach Bush MD - Why We Shouldn't Aim For A New Normal
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Zach Bush MD is a physician and educator specialising in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care. The last 12 months have been a challeng...
#285 - The Freemans - How To Have Better Arguments With Your Partner
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron and Jocelyn Freeman are relationship coaches and authors. Success in relationships can be as much to do with dealing with disagreements as findi...
#284 - Hamilton Morris - Creating The Future Of Psychedelics
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hamilton Morris is a journalist, documentary producer and a chemist. Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is one of the most interesting documentaries around chemi...
#283 - Andrew Doyle - Free Speech And Why It Matters
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, a comedian and a writer. Free speech is one of the core tenants of a modern liberal society, and yet we are seeing re...
#282 - Dylan Werner - How To Breathe Like A Yogi
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Werner is a yoga teacher and an author. Breathing is one of the few ways we can directly interact with how our physiology is operating, and yet ...
#281 - Life Hacks 203
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode. Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, str...
#280 - Carl Benjamin - Making Sense Of 2021's Madness
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#279 - How Not To Start An Online Business
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 throug...
#278 - Professor W Keith Campbell - The Psychology Of Narcissism
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#277 - Michael Malice - Connecting The Dots Of Chaos
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Malice is an author, political commentator & podcaster. The first few weeks of 2021 have been madness. Michael joins me today to connect the d...
#276 - Brian Muraresku - The Psychedelic Origins Of Western Civilisation
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
#275 - Andy Ngo - Unmasking Antifa: Inside America's Anarchy
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
#274 - Donald Robertson - Stoicism: How To Think Like A Roman Emperor
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Robertson is a Psychotherapist and an author. People are getting tattoos of Marcus Aurelius, copies of his Meditations sold out at the beginnin...
#273 - John Sweeney - Alexei Navalny: Putin's Enemy Explained
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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....
#272 - Philip Goff - What Is Consciousness?
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#271 - Dr Rangan Chatterjee - Building A New Mindset On Success
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#270 - Dr Stu McGill - Protecting Spinal Health When Working From Home
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo and a world expert in back pain. In the new WFH world, many people are changin...
#269 - Richard Meadows - Optionality: How To Make Your Own Luck In Life
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Meadows is a journalist and author. Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. How to organise our lives to be efficient but have options, ...
#268 - Brian D. Earp - The Ethics Of Using Drugs To Fall In & Out Of Love
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian D. Earp is a Research Fellow at Oxford, philosopher and writer. Love is a feeling many of us yearn to feel, but the medical developments of the ...
#267 - Jordan Shallow - Protecting Your Body & Mind From Your Personality
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Shallow is a Chiropractor, Strength & Conditioning Coach and Powerlifter. Given that we should hopefully be returning to normality this year, I...
#266 - Noreena Hertz - Is There A Loneliness Epidemic?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Noreena Hertz is an author and economist. Even before social distancing was a word, loneliness was a huge crisis. More people than ever before feel de...