Modern Wisdom

#387 - Paige Harden - Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery?

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas and an author. The goal of socia...

#386 - Daniel Sloss - How To Stop Hating Your Love Life

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Sloss is a comedian, podcaster & now an author. Everyone you hate is going to die. But so is everyone you love. And so are you. Before that hap...

#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology

16 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter exploring human nature, cognitive biases, ...

#384 - Zack Telander - The Female Orgasm, CrossFit & Vasectomies

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber. ZT joins me to talk about the world's most pressing issues like whether men should be forced to get...

#383 - Robert Greene - 12 Laws Of Power & Human Nature

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Greene is an author and historian. Many people want and need power in life, but almost none of us admit it. Robert's new book compiles 366 of h...

#382 - Charles Eisenstein - Why Is The Climate Debate Such A Mess?

09 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker and author specialising in the ecology movement. The climate debate is chaos. Activists and skeptics can't talk...

#381 - General Stanley McChrystal - Military Strategies For Dealing With Risk

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of the US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, a CEO a...

#380 - Dan Jones - Is Genghis Khan Harder Than Jocko Willink?

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Jones is a historian, TV presenter and an author. Dan took a break from walking about great British castles to write a book about the 1000 years o...

#379 - Rupert Sheldrake - Does Nature Have A Hidden Memory?

02 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rupert Sheldrake PhD is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of Morphic Resonance. Morphic Resonance is the idea of mysterious telepat...

#378 - Ryan Holiday - Finding Courage & Overcoming Fear

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Holiday is a podcaster, marketer and an author. Ryan's next series of books are on the four cardinal virtues of the Stoics with courage being the...

#377 - Brad Stulberg - 6 Principles To Stop Feeling So Frantic

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Stulberg is an expert in peak performance, a coach and an author. The pressure we put on ourselves to achieve can be intense. But what is the poi...

#376 - Beau Lotto - The Neuroscience Of Awe, Distraction and Anxiety

25 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beau Lotto is is a professor of Neuroscience at the University of London and an author. Beau is the founder of the Lab Of Misfits which he describes a...

#375 - Aubrey Marcus - Succeeding In Life, Business & Marriage

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Aubrey Marcus is a podcaster, author and founder. Aubrey just sold his company Onnit to Unilever for a huge undisclosed amount and he just got married...

#374 - Will Storr - How To Play The Status Game

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will Storr is an award winning author and journalist. Status is the original human currency. Prestige, renown, respect and admiration are all sought a...

#373 - Patrick Moore - Greenpeace's Ex-President - Is Climate Change A Hoax?

18 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Moore is the Co-Founder & Ex-President of Greenpeace and an author. Climate change has been at the forefront of political, cultural and social...

#372 - Zack Telander - Elon Musk, Texas & Men Leaving College

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber. ZT joins me to talk about the world's most pressing issues like why Elon Musk's silence is violence...

#371 - Ollie Marchon - Identity Change & Personal Growth

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ollie Marchon is a coach, Nike Master Trainer and business owner. The last year has caused everyone to ask some big questions about life direction. Ch...

#370 - James Bloodworth - Understanding The Modern Dating Economy

11 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Bloodworth is a journalist, podcaster and an author. The modern dating market is a mess. From polyamory to OnlyFans, Tinder to Trad Wives. No on...

#369 - Mark Williams-Thomas - The Story Of Exposing Jimmy Savile

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Williams-Thomas is an investigative journalist, an author and former police detective. True crime documentaries are everywhere, and you've probab...

#368 - Unjaded Jade - How To Study For Any Exam

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jade Bowler is a YouTuber and an author. It's weird that we spend the first 18 years of our lives desperately trying to study and revise for exams, bu...

#367 - Dr Dan Engle - How MDMA Is Transforming Mental Health

04 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dan Engle is an MD, the Founder and Medical Director of Kuya Institute for Transformational Medicine and an author. For the last 50 years, MDMA ha...

#366 - Dr Clay Routledge - A Psychologist's Tips To Find Meaning

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Clay Routledge is a Professor of Management at North Dakota State University and an author. How to find meaning in life is a question that's been g...

#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...