Modern Wisdom
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 Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.
4/1,146 episodes analyzed 9 hours of audio 13 books mentioned
Most mentioned books
- 1 Command in the AirGiulio Douhet · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 De revolutionibus orbium coelestiumNicolaus Copernicus · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 East of EdenJohn Steinbeck · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Finnegans WakeJames Joyce · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have ToDavid Sinclair · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Nuclear War: A ScenarioAnnie Jacobsen · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent PopulismRobert Pape · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 StonerJohn Williams · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Command in the AirGiulio Douhet · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 De revolutionibus orbium coelestiumNicolaus Copernicus · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 East of EdenJohn Steinbeck · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Finnegans WakeJames Joyce · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have ToDavid Sinclair · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Nuclear War: A ScenarioAnnie Jacobsen · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent PopulismRobert Pape · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 StonerJohn Williams · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Command in the AirGiulio Douhet · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 De revolutionibus orbium coelestiumNicolaus Copernicus · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 East of EdenJohn Steinbeck · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Finnegans WakeJames Joyce · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have ToDavid Sinclair · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Nuclear War: A ScenarioAnnie Jacobsen · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent PopulismRobert Pape · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 StonerJohn Williams · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt · 1× across 1 episode
- 10 The BibleVarious Authors - Compiled by Mark T · 1× across 1 episode
- 11 The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1× across 1 episode
- 12 The Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell · 1× across 1 episode
- 13 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt · 1× across 1 episode
“This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150
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Raccoon Wars, NFL Scammers & Past Crimes - Matt McCusker #1149
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Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148
0:00 / 170:43
Coherence: The Secret Drug That Your Body Produces to Fight Stress and Disease
Alan Watkins
there's a book called uh coherence and uh in the latter pages of that book it was one of the first books i've ever read on resonance breathing ▶ tap to play from here
Prescription for a Healthy Home
Unknown
it was called prescription for a healthy home and it's like everything ▶ tap to play from here
Why You Feel Everything So Deeply (and how to survive it) - Dr Sasha Hamdani - #1147
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Too Sensitive
Dr. Sasha Hamdani
and the new book too sensitive which is out um august twenty fifth ▶ tap to play from here
Couples Therapist: “The One Rule Every Relationship Must Live By” - Stan Tatkin -#1146
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How To Build A Business That Runs Without You - Codie Sanchez - #1145
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WW3 Debate: “We’re On the Brink of Global Collapse” - #1144
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Our Own Worst Enemies: America in the Age of Violent Populism
Robert Pape
a book called our own worst enemies america in the age of violent populism ▶ tap to play from here
Command in the Air
Giulio Douhet
he wrote a book command in the air mostly has to do with air power ▶ tap to play from here
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
it's money it's apac this is in the israel wabi john meersheimer and steve waltz book ▶ tap to play from here
Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 - #1143
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Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
finnegan's wake is a book that i've read around a lot i haven't read finnegan's wake but i read about it a lot ▶ tap to play from here
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
joseph campbell you've heard of joseph campbell the hero has a thousand faces ▶ tap to play from here
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
hunter s thompson like he rewrote the great gatsby just just to know what it felt like to write a good book ▶ tap to play from here
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
if you read east of eden by steinbeck is the last sort of big book i read ▶ tap to play from here
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen
had annie jacobson on the show who wrote nuclear war a countdown scenario ▶ tap to play from here
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
the point that he makes in that book is not just ban social media it's ban social media and let kids play outside ▶ tap to play from here
Stoner
John Williams
a guy called william stoner who lives on a farm with his parents ▶ tap to play from here
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Nicolaus Copernicus
he had this great work de la ruchonabus ▶ tap to play from here
Female Psychopath Explains How She Manipulates Men - Kanika Batra - #1142
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
so i started feeling the urge to read the bible again and i purposely did not become christian so i read the bible properly like i through context and everything ▶ tap to play from here
“Age Reversal Is Coming.” Inside The First Human Trials - Dr David Sinclair - #1141
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Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
David Sinclair
so in in my book lifespan it's a little dated now but you might remember i chose a c d as the analogy ▶ tap to play from here
Ex-Gang Member: What Makes A Violent Man Change? - Johnny Chang - #1140
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu
he's like you should read this and he brought me i remember it was like the art of war um with um general san tzu and he's like these are your people bro you should read this ▶ tap to play from here
The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
a true muslim reads the bible too ▶ tap to play from here
Jocko Willink, Matt McCusker & Jeff Dye - Mostly Wise #3 - #1139
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Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
that guy john krackauer who had the whole in a thin air thing he wrote that book being like nobody should do this ▶ tap to play from here
The Next 100 Years
George Friedman
i read a book called uh the next hundred years i don't know if i talked about this before by george friedman ▶ tap to play from here
Way of the Warrior Kid
Jocko Willink
way of the warrior kid yeah it comes out november twenty fifth ▶ tap to play from here
AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138
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Harvard Professor: “I Tried Every Diet. This Is By Far The Worst.” - Daniel Lieberman - #1137
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Michael Moss
a book by by a guy named michael moss called salt sugar fat which is really worth reading where he's an investigative journalist ▶ tap to play from here
The Story of the Human Body
Daniel Lieberman
thirteen years ago i wrote a book called the story of the human body and it and the in the end of that book ▶ tap to play from here
Fed Up
Daniel Lieberman
and and readable and with the information that i think all of us uh need and it's filled with references ▶ tap to play from here
Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 - #1136
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You’re Not Depressed, You’re Living The Wrong Life - Jimmy Carr - #1135
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Die with Zero
Bill Perkins
and the same reason that bill perkins suggests giving your kids their inheritance when they're thirty because if that that book die with zero is so brilliant ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
is it carman um uh thinking fast and slow canima cannum ▶ tap to play from here
Q&A: Becoming A Dad, Health Update & Favourite Peptides - #1134
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The Odyssey
Homer
the episode with alex petkas like two two and a half hours about the odyssey is straight fire ▶ tap to play from here
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
i read the obstacle is the way by ryan holiday ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Resilience
Ross Edgley
i read the art of resilience by russ edgely ▶ tap to play from here
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
started reading red rising after seeing recommendations from multiple sources yours included ▶ tap to play from here
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
dungeon crawler carl is very different to red rising but as compelling ▶ tap to play from here
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
maybe david deutsch guy that wrote beginning of infinity ▶ tap to play from here
Atomic Habits
James Clear
if you read james clear's atomic habits and you take his habit process ▶ tap to play from here
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby Ord
another one that everyone should read is the precipice by toby aud ▶ tap to play from here
The Biggest Myths About Dating (debunked) - #1133
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss
reading the game by niels strauss and doing pickup artist three ▶ tap to play from here
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
mcfadden's the person that did the housemaid right of which sidney sweeney just starred in ▶ tap to play from here
Trouble: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Rob Henderson
the paperback of my first book trouble the memoir of foster care family and social class ▶ tap to play from here
A Billion Years of Sex Differences
Steve Stewart-Williams
my new book a billion years of sex differences ▶ tap to play from here
The Ape That Understood the Universe
Steve Stewart-Williams
my previous book the ape that understood the universe ▶ tap to play from here
Skid Row To Appalachia: The Forgotten People Of Rural America - Peter Santenello - #1132
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Ex-Military Hacker: The Secret World Of Government Surveillance - Bill Thompson - #1131
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Cruel Constable
Tim Weiner
there was um a book i brought the author on i w i wasn't ever able to actually release the episode but i brought an author on who had written a book that was about all of the intelligence failures of america doch and uh it was like a popular history book but it came up to pretty recent pretty and when they did the osama bin laden raid they found the book on his bedside table ▶ tap to play from here
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