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Why Our Obsession With Productivity Is All Wrong - Oliver Burkeman - #772
18 april 2024 · 1 uur 9 min
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist, a writer for The Guardian and an author. Lees meer
We often find ourselves caught in a productivity spiral, feeling as though we aren’t accomplishing enough and scalding ourselves when we fall short of impossibly high bars. What drives this constant pursuit of perfection? Is it truly beneficial to continuously seek efficiency?
Expect to learn why so many of us have a ruthless obsession with being productive, the problem with trying to optimise efficiency as much as possible, why control is such a point of tension in our lives, what the relationship is between productivity and emotions, whether there is power in embracing your limitations instead of trying to fix them, why it’s so hard to cut ourselves some slack, how we can make writing less hard and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Modern Mental Health Crisis
(05:21) Are Therapists the Problem?
(08:53) Do We Just Need to Connect to Our Feelings More?
(14:39) Does Therapy Make Mental Health Worse?
(22:17) Gen-Z Are Learning to Be Avoidant
(27:31) Finding a Sweet Spot With Therapy
(33:27) The Paradox in Depression Treatment
(37:47) Therapy Culture Vs Bad Therapy
(43:19) Are Smartphones & Climate Change to Blame?
(51:23) The Impact of Single-Parent Households
(55:04) Schools Making Parents Into Enemies
(01:01:28) Overuse of the Word ‘Trauma’
(01:05:57) Is Mindfulness a Better Way?
(01:14:34) Kids Are Too Over-Medicated
(01:19:31) A Better Way Forward
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Scientifically Proven Ways To Build Muscle & Boost Longevity - Dr Peter Attia - #771
15 april 2024 · 3 uur 29 min
Dr Peter Attia is a physician, longevity expert, podcaster and an author. Lees meer
There is essentially an unlimited amount of health advice available on the internet. Working out what is legit science and what is broscience is difficult, but thankfully decades of experience means Peter can help cut through the noise about what is actually most effective to improve your fitness and longevity.
Expect to learn why a simple hospital visit can cost $6000 in America, how to improve your cognition, the best supplements everyone should be taking, whether there is any safe dose of melatonin to take, why so many young men are now on TRT, how worried we should be about processed foods, suncream, alcohol and all of your other favourite vices, how we can better deal with mental decline as we age, how to improve your self-talk and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The American Health System is Broken
(05:47) How to Improve Mental Cognition
(14:40) Using Supplements to Overcome Jet Lag
(20:56) Reducing Cognitive Decline
(25:06) British Perceptions of Alcohol
(28:36) Don’t Ignore Your Emotional Health
(35:59) Getting Rid of Negative Self-Talk
(50:10) Peter’s Intensive Therapy Experiences
(58:59) How to Pull Yourself Out of a Bad Mood
(01:05:54) Peter’s Opinion on TRT
(01:18:14) How to Naturally Improve Testosterone
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Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Detached? - David Brooks - #770
13 april 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and an author. Lees meer
We’re often told to control our emotions, but is that actually what we want? Or do we want to be confident enough to feel them fully? Instead of becoming too detached, how can we reconnect with our feelings and actually embrace our experience and connections?
Expect to learn why men have been conditioned to be so emotionally cut-off, why being stoic or aloof is perceived to be attractive, why so many people are repressed, how to accurately see people and make them feel comfortable, how to open up without triggering your fear, how to improve the energy you enter a room with and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) We Are Ignoring Our Emotions
(05:34) Emotions Allow Us to Experience Life
(11:09) The Vulnerability of Being Open
(16:16) How to Balance Rationality & Emotion
(21:11) Society’s Lack of Earnestness
(24:17) Reacting to Sean Strickland & Theo Von
(27:40) Seeing Each Other More Deeply
(33:48) How to Be Comfortable With Feelings
(41:42) The Powerful Use of Silence
(44:44) How to Notice People Who Are Down
(49:06) The Bravery of Being Open
(52:26) How to End a Conversation Better
(57:43) Questions to Make a Conversation Deeper
(01:00:59) Where to Find David BrooksExtra Stuff:
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Why Are Men’s Testosterone Levels Plummeting? - Dr Shanna Swan - #769
11 april 2024 · 1 uur 23 min
Dr. Shanna Swan is a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist and an author. Lees meer
Many of us have heard about about harmful chemicals in plastics, food and water that can mess with our hormones. But just how much truth is in this? How much of our health is disrupted by our modern environment?
Expect to learn what is happening to male and female reproductive health, how important testosterone is for everyone, the problems with male fertility rates and sperm count, the chemicals that are most impacting reproductive health, what men can do to improve and increase their sperm count, how to limit your exposure to bad chemicals and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What’s Happening to Men’s Testosterone Levels?
(03:40) How Important is Testosterone?
(09:45) Why This Negatively Affects Both Partners
(17:03) Link Between Testosterone & Sperm Count
(19:04) Statistics on Sperm Count Over Time
(24:09) The Social Impact of Lower Fertility
(33:58) Using Chemicals to Alter Hormones
(42:35) How a Mother’s Food Impacts Her Baby
(48:28) Lifestyle Changes to Avoid Toxicity
(57:15) Effectiveness of Reverse Osmosis Filters
(1:00:19) How Bad Chemicals Impact Behaviour
(1:10:35) Men & Women’s Reproductive Success As They Age
(1:13:28) Future of Fertility in Humanity
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How To Control Your Emotions & Become Mentally Strong - Dr K HealthyGamer - #768
8 april 2024 · 2 uur 8 min
Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Lees meer
Humans face a predicament that has never been seen before, a massive overload of stimulation. The effect of constant exposure to social media, video games, and porn is not good, but thankfully Dr K has developed a ton of powerful ways to finally take back control of your attention.
Expect to learn what social media is doing to our brains, how much we can attribute the mental health crisis to screens, why anxiety and depression are so prevalent, how to let emotions into your life more, why therapy so often sucks for men, why high profile YouTubers are quitting, how to separate your self worth from your accomplishments and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What is Technology Doing To Our Brains?
(07:28) How to Deal With Shame
(14:56) The Terrifying Survival Feature of Trauma
(18:40) Why Anxiety is So Prevalent Today
(27:27) How to Deal Better With Emotions
(33:40) Opening Up About Your Feelings
(37:38) Can You Have Too Much Self-Awareness?
(45:28) The Antidote to a Distracted Mind
(50:57) Learning About Your Own Thoughts
(55:28) How to Do Well in Therapy
(1:02:41) Why Therapy Sucks for Men
(1:15:42) How Important is Talking for Men?
(1:20:32) A Better Movement for Masculinity
(1:25:56) Why YouTubers Are Quitting
(1:41:31) Stop Moving the Goalposts
(1:54:54) What Does it Mean to Dissolve Ego?
(2:05:38) Where to Find Dr KExtra Stuff:
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Is It Time For Gay Pride To Go Away? - Josh Szeps - #767
6 april 2024 · 1 uur 56 min
Josh Szeps is a journalist and the host of "Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps". Lees meer
What are the things you can't criticise? What about Gay Pride in Australia? What if you're a gay man? What about criticising the cringe of the anti-woke Right? Everyone is getting the heat today, including Josh's ex-employer the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Expect to learn what the difference is between getting cancelled by the left and right, why we feel the need to forensically pick through public figures' lives, why so many people believe the world is ruined, the problem with the anti-anti woke, what JK Rowling has been up to, what happened to the indigenous Australian people apology trend and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) We Need to Move on From the Culture War
(04:58) Why the Trans Debate is So Captivating
(11:47) Josh’s Journey Through Mainstream Media
(19:30) The Landscape of Social Justice in Australia
(25:23) What Do Gay People Think About Pride?
(30:59) Why Josh Had to Leave Broadcasting
(34:37) Is the Media Trying to Make Everyone Trans?
(37:58) The Culture Wars in Australia
(41:17) Why the UK & Australia Love Order
(46:58) Well-Meaning Disagreements on the Internet
(56:43) Why the Equality Movement is Patronising
(1:00:45) The Problem With the Anti-Woke Right
(1:07:47) Getting Live Shows Cancelled
(1:13:10) Why Taboo Opinions Are Labelled as Hate
(1:17:43) The Difficulty of Unreliable Allies
(1:28:19) Should People Pick Their Battles?
(1:35:08) Is There Hope for the Next 5 Years?
(1:40:12) The Untold Danger of Your Phone
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The Hidden Dangers Of Social Media On Mental Health - Jonathan Haidt - #766
4 april 2024 · 1 uur 29 min
Jonathan Haidt is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, social psychologist, and an author. Lees meer
The kids are not alright. Mental health is plummeting while anxiety and depression is on the rise. Just what are the contributing elements? Is it social media? Helicopter parenting? 24 hour news? Or something else?
Expect to learn why every generation complains about the next one, what is so important about the development of kids between 8 and 12 years old, what the biggest problem is with test scores in primary school children, the real harm of technology on kids, why words like ‘trigger’ and ‘fragility’ are such a problem, if there is a way to do identity politics well and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Uniqueness of the New Generation
(01:10) What Does a Good Childhood Look Like?
(07:06) Changes in Parenting Styles
(10:59) Lack of Discipline in Modern Parenting
(15:16) The Importance of Risk in Play
(20:47) Is the Education System Ruining Kids?
(27:16) The Problem With Ideological Academia
(30:45) Latest Data on Social Media’s Impact
(38:47) Primary Harms of Technology on Kids
(46:12) Is Social Media Use Addiction or Compulsion?
(49:48) How Boys & Girls Use Technology Differently
(56:46) The Male Sedation Hypothesis
(1:02:37) Are Gen-Z Bothered About Status?
(1:12:34) Latest Data on Female Mental Health
(1:17:31) Why is Anxiety the Most Prevalent Feeling?
(1:21:11) How We Solve the Teen Mental Health Crisis
(1:28:04) Where to F… -
Why Is Love So Hard To Find In The Modern World? - Matthew Hussey - #765
1 april 2024 · 1 uur 59 min
Matthew Hussey is the world’s #1 dating coach, a YouTuber, public speaker and an author. Lees meer
Navigating modern love can feel like solving an impossible puzzle, but in truth, there are specific skills and tips that can elevate your romantic life. Matthew has spent 15 years coaching millions of men and women through their relationship struggles, and today we get his best insights.
Expect to learn if dating coaches are actually any easier to date, whether love should feel easy or if we need to become stronger, how you can realise the behaviours that are making you miserable, why being single is so hard for many people, the biggest problem with avoiders, how to get better at having a hard conversation and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Are Dating Coaches Hard to Date?
(06:13) How We Use Dating to Make Us Feel Better
(10:21) Flipping Between Comforting & Inspiring Relationships
(20:03) How We Condition Ourselves to Feel Love & Peace
(30:01) Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Through Working Hard
(36:23) Why the Internet Isn’t Talking About Love Anymore
(48:28) Being Comfortable With Healthy Love
(52:28) Feeling Guilty About Having Needs
(1:01:37) How to Become Better at Hard Conversations
(1:08:35) The Downsides of Being a Fixer
(1:18:18) How to Communicate When You’re in the Wrong
(1:28:07) Why Men Bottle Up Their Trauma
(1:48:50) Working Hard to Rewire Your Thinking
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The Delicate Art Of Mastering Work-Life Balance - Cal Newport - #764
30 maart 2024 · 1 uur 50 min
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author. Lees meer
If you’ve ever felt that you’re not as productive as you could be, you’re not alone. But what if the goal isn't to be more productive, but to let go of the goals that aren't serving you? What if the power of saying no to more things is the most important skill you can develop?
Expect to learn what our current problem with being productive is, why pseudo-productivity is a catastrophe, the advantages to what Cal calls Slow Productivity, how to better organise your communication, the best strategies for implementing a productivity schedule, how to stop saying yes all the time and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Our Current Definition of Productivity
(03:08) The Evolution of Productivity Advice
(12:58) Most People’s Relationship With Productivity
(20:31) Typical Days of Historical Figures
(26:19) How to Work at a Natural Pace
(37:00) Dealing With the Increased Workload of Success
(43:41) The Insane Output of Brandon Sanderson
(50:16) Creating a Productive Work Environment at Home
(53:29) Getting Better At Saying No
(1:02:55) The Benefit of Quotas & Templates
(1:10:10) Being Busy Vs Producing Success
(1:20:40) How to Optimise for Quality
(1:25:59) Slowing Down the Rate of Communication
(1:31:23) The Price You Need to Pay for Slow Productivity
(1:36:29) Steps to Begin Unwinding Bad Work Habits
(1:43:58) The Importance of Writing
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Bringing An End To Race Politics - Coleman Hughes - #763
28 maart 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
Coleman Hughes is a writer, an author and a podcaster. Lees meer
The state of race relations in America seemed to be improving for decades, then crashed and burned over the last 5 years. What's going on? Why is everyone so obsessed with race again and how can we move beyond race politics?
Expect to learn why anti-racism is just neo-racism, the difference between being colourblind and actually being racist, why your social class is more important than your ethnicity, whether MeToo hurt women more than helping them, if there is a realistic case for DEI, whether any race-based policies have ever worked and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The State of Race in America
(04:29) Is This Not a Class Issue?
(07:47) America’s Reaction to George Floyd
(12:18) The Irony of Defunding the Police
(19:57) Racism, Anti-Racism & Neo-Racism
(30:18) Why Else Have Races Become More Divided?
(33:27) Are People Treating Each Other Worse?
(45:38) The Ineffectiveness of Affirmative Action
(52:47) How People Respond to Coleman’s Work
(56:23) The Inertia of Changing Perspectives
(1:02:02) Rising Trends of Revising American History
(1:11:10) How Do We Move Forward?
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Secret Hollywood Rituals, Shane Gillis & Toxic Masculinity - Mark Normand - #762
25 maart 2024 · 1 uur 59 min
Mark Normand is a podcaster, actor and a comedian. Lees meer
Is Hollywood a secret cabal of child-eating sorcerers? It might be. Mark has spent enough time in its orbit to know. And if nothing else he can riff on some good theories for 2 hours with me.
Expect to learn what Mark thinks of the downfall of NYC and Bail reform, why the resurgence of Shane Gillis on SNL might not be the death rattle for woke culture, how Mark remains positive in the middle of negativity, if he's worried about being deplatformed, his thoughts on what is considered offensive in Hollywood, the one word you can never say to an American and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Black History Month Vs Women’s History Month
(04:17) Finding Mormon Loopholes in Utah
(09:40) Google’s Painfully Woke AI Bot
(12:09) The Current State of New York
(19:11) Is Hollywood Just a Propaganda Machine?
(24:40) Shane Gillis’s SNL Appearance
(32:11) How to Emotionally Detach From Current Affairs
(37:03) Who is Paying on Dates in Today’s Society?
(41:06) How Effective is Deplatforming?
(55:22) The Irony of Luxury Beliefs
(1:02:54) Rise of the Male ‘Baby Girl’ Trend
(1:08:00) The Modern American Sports Landscape
(1:19:01) Ernest Shackleton’s Job Advert
(1:22:16) The Greatest Spurious Correlations
(1:29:53) How Sleep Impacts Swearing & Humour
(1:42:53) The Underwhelming VR Revolution
(1:45:50) Revisiting the Will Smith/Chris Rock Slap
(1:51:17) The Worst Addiction
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What Are The Biggest Regrets Of The Super Rich? - Noah Kagan - #761
23 maart 2024 · 1 uur 47 min
Noah Kagan is an entrepreneur, founder of AppSumo and a YouTuber. Lees meer
Does money make you happy? What about a lot of money? Like billions of dollars a lot of money. Noah has spent years around some of the richest people in the world and deconstructed some of their biggest regrets, thinking patterns and hacks for success.
Expect to learn the most common traits of super-rich people, the advice Noah wished people would stop talking about, why having a day job can be riskier than starting your own business, how much money Noah spent on coaches, his best tips on how to overcome self-doubt and much more…
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(00:00) When Chris Emailed Noah in 2019
(08:42) The Pitfalls of Leverage
(11:34) Common Traits of Very Wealthy People
(16:40) Finding a Specific Niche to Focus on
(19:57) Taking a Less Aggressive Strategy in Business
(25:53) Is Wealth Worth it?
(30:38) The Biggest Regrets of Rich People
(35:24) How to Enjoy the Journey of Success More
(46:07) Having Faith in Your Mission
(51:52) When Can Success Be Enough?
(1:02:01) Noah’s Experience With Coaches
(1:10:20) Believing That Your Situation is Unique
(1:19:56) How We Shift Our Own Narratives
(1:24:26) Why Money Isn’t a Good Enough Goal
(1:27:28) The Greater Risk of Inaction
(1:36:58) Being Comfortable With Asking & Rejection
(1:43:29) Where to Find NoahExtra Stuff:
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Why Does No One Care About Men’s Mental Health? - George TheTinMen - #760
21 maart 2024 · 1 uur 54 min
George TheTinMen is a content creator, a writer and a pro-men’s advocate. Lees meer
Men's mental health is in the toilet. 80% of 18-24 year old suicides are men and 15% of men say they have 0 close friends to call on in an emergency. So why does it seem like the world doesn't care and just thinks that men are still the benefactors of a patriarchy they no longer feel a part of?
Expect to learn why Drake's dick pic leak was such an important cultural moment, whether Billie Eilish is right that men don't receive criticism for their bodies, the reaction online to a new study saying that men need 2 guys' nights per week, what Are We Dating The Same Guy is, whether men have reproductive rights and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) New Study About Guy Nights
(06:00) What Do Women Think Guys Are Doing Together?
(11:35) Explaining ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ Facebook Groups
(16:30) The Path to Becoming a Female Incel
(20:19) Women Bragging About Abusing Men
(29:09) The Advantage Women Have Over Men
(33:13) Hollywood’s Damaging Portrayal of Women
(37:40) The Strange Laws Around Female Sexual Assault
(47:20) What Are We Misunderstanding About Domestic Violence?
(55:10) Do Men Have Reproductive Rights?
(1:01:54) Responding to Billie Eilish’s Comments About Men
(1:07:34) Men Are Facing Higher Discrimination Than Women
(1:16:38) Placing Female Victimhood on a Pedestal
(1:20:00) What the Right is Telling Men
(1:28:20) Sexual Assault in Male Prisons
(1:32:46) The Disposability of Men
(1:39:48) The Current State of Men’s Advocacy
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The Hidden Secrets Threatening National Security - Mike Baker - #759
18 maart 2024 · 2 uur 43 min
Mike Baker is a former CIA officer and security expert, Co-Founder of global investigation company Portman Square Group and a podcaster. Lees meer
We're told that the world is on the brink of a large scale war. That our domestic systems are fragile, and the people in charge are incompetent. After decades in the CIA, Mike should be able to tell us how much truth there is here.
Expect to learn the truth behind the AT&T outage, the problems with Google’s newest AI system, what most people do not understand about the CIA, how history is being rewritten right in front of our eyes, what the future of warfare will look like, why the American border continues to be a huge problem, Mike’s prediction on what will happen in the 2024 election and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Was the AT&T Outage a Cyberattack?
(05:19) The Google Gemini AI Disaster
(18:45) Is Google Erasing & Rewriting History?
(30:19) The Decline of Authentic Content
(33:51) What We Learned From Tucker’s Putin Interview
(38:11) Is Navalny’s Death Significant?
(52:30) Will Putin Rebuild the Soviet Union?
(58:14) The End of Manned Warfare
(1:08:27) Increased Scrutiny of Collateral Damage in Warfare
(1:14:45) The Purpling of the Armed Forces
(1:19:20) Will China’s Plans Be Ruined By a Low Birth Rate?
(1:31:02) America’s Fentanyl Crisis
(1:44:32) Why Americans Love Veterans But Dislike the CIA
(1:57:23) What Mike Learned From Churchill
(2:07:40) Fascinating Stories From Hitler’s Physician
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How To Hack Your Psychology And Become More Resilient - Dr Orion Taraban - #758
16 maart 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
Dr. Orion Taraban is a psychologist specialising in men’s mental health and a YouTuber. Lees meer
Everyone wants to become more resilient. To be less perturbed and at the mercy of life, fears, emotions, everything. Thankfully there are strategies we can use to improve all of these and after decades studying the human mind, Orion has accumulated a lot.
Expect to learn if there is ever an external solution to an internal problem, what an emotional gym is, what most people get wrong about how most relationships work, how to hack your motivation, what we can learn from a writer whose servant locked him in his bedroom every night, how we can encourage others to take action in their lives, and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Importance of Setting End Times
(04:04) Creating a Negative Outcome to Motivate You
(12:33) Mbappe’s Pursuit of the Simple Life
(19:33) How to Find What You Actually Want
(23:01) The Power of Being Intentional
(25:31) Achieving Success in the Wrong Thing
(30:51) Why You Shouldn’t Idolise Your Heroes
(33:40) The Person You Become While You Pursue a Goal
(38:23) Taking Back Control of Your Life
(40:24) Should People Spend Their 20s Grinding?
(48:16) Ascending Out of Inceldom
(1:00:01) Effectiveness & Challenges of Therapy for Men
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A Divorce Lawyer’s Perspective On Love & Marriage - James Sexton - #757
14 maart 2024 · 1 uur 14 min
James Sexton is a divorce attorney and author, known for his expertise in family law. Lees meer
There are speakers, leaders, and coaches that offer guidance on living and maintaining happy relationships. However, it’s rare to find those who advocate for the opposite perspective. Is there ever a time where a different approach, of divorce, or avoiding marriage entirely, is actually the right decision.
Expect to learn why so many marriages are failing today, whether prenups actually work, if it's men or women who struggle the most after a divorce, what the most common disagreements are during divorce proceedings, whether marriage is still a useful institution, the best predictors of a declining relationship and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Why Are So Many Marriages Failing?
(06:31) Most Common Reasons for Divorce
(13:17) Should Couples Stay Together for the Kids?
(21:44) Are Prenups Worth it?
(32:13) How People Have a More Difficult Divorce Than Needed
(39:35) James’s Most Outrageous Cases
(47:21) Protecting a Positive View on Romance
(50:55) Defending Someone You Morally Disagree With
(56:37) The Problems in American Divorce Law
(1:03:03) Dramatised Court Scenarios Vs Reality
(1:08:49) James’s Issue with the Manosphere
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Have We Reached Peak Stupidity? - Destiny - #756
11 maart 2024 · 2 uur 8 min
Destiny is a streamer and a YouTuber. Lees meer
It's hard to work out what's happening in the world. It's difficult to determine if what you see or hear or read is truthful or trolling or a psyop. So are people actually becoming dumber or is it a normal response to a confusing time?
Expect to learn what the future of media might look like, why being tribal is so dangerous, whether we have passed peak wokeness, Destiny’s thoughts on the 2024 election, if the red pill movement is dead or not, what Destiny thinks about his most recent ADHD diagnosis, his reaction to the internet chiming in on his divorce and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Destiny’s Experience on Piers Morgan
(01:24) What is the Future of Mainstream Media?
(10:40) The Death of Sub-Groups
(15:53) Reflecting on the Bud Light Scandal
(25:57) Are We More Bothered About Ridiculing Than Finding Truth?
(36:05) What is the Point of Debating?
(41:15) Have We Passed Peak Woke?
(49:54) Reacting to Google’s Gemini AI Disaster
(1:00:05) Is the Left More Unified Than the Right?
(1:04:36) What Destiny Thinks of Alex Jones
(1:07:15) The Downfall of the Red Pill Movement
(1:12:52) Impact of Destiny’s ADHD Diagnosis
(1:21:25) The Public Criticism of Destiny’s Relationship
(1:25:44) Explaining Destiny’s Beef with Vaush
(1:27:46) The Downsides of Being a Streamer
(1:34:10) Pros & Cons of Going to College
(1:38:41) Predicting the US Election
(1:48:30) Society is Searching for Authenticity
(1:53:42) Content Reflects What People Click On
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What Happened To The Education System? - Dr Phil - #755
9 maart 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
Dr. Phil McGraw is a television personality, author, psychologist, and podcaster. Lees meer
School is supposed to prepare young people for the big wide world. Not just with knowledge but also with life skills. Given that youth mental health is at an all time low while reading and maths abilities are hugely behind, what is actually happening inside modern schools?
Expect to learn why the education system is so broken, who is designing the downfall of society, the problem with inclusive language, what role the algorithm has on our worldview, why there is an attack on family values, Dr Phil's principles to take back control and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What’s Happening in Mainstream Academia?
(06:03) The Unintended Consequences of Technology
(13:33) Young People Are Becoming Less Patriotic
(17:55) Why Glorifying Victimhood is So Dangerous
(26:34) The Problem With Inclusive Language
(33:47) How Much of These Issues Are Coordinated?
(42:31) Are People Less Open-Minded Today?
(50:12) The Current Attack on the Family Unit
(56:19) Principles for Becoming More Resilient
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Deconstructing The Female Mental Health Crisis - Freya India - #754
7 maart 2024 · 1 uur 35 min
Freya India is a writer and journalist focussed on female mental health and modern culture. Lees meer
Gen Z girls are not doing ok. No matter how badly you think men have it right now (and they do), girls are doing no better. From therapy culture to advertising your anti-depressant use on Instagram, it's no surprise they're struggling and confused.
Expect to learn just how bad the state of teenage girls mental health is right now, how companies are targeting and monetising this crisis, the glamorisation of taking medication, how selfie editing has been seen as a powerful act of self-expression, what Snapchat Dysmorphia is, why girls are so risk-averse in dating and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Why Are So Many Girls Drawn To Therapy Culture?
(03:54) Is Therapy Culture Worse For Women?
(08:00) Religious Stats On The Younger Generation
(11:58) Is Therapy Culture Less Pro Social?
(18:53) Problems Of Excessive Self Focus
(24:10) Do We Let Our Characteristic Traits Define Us?
(36:43) Does Therapy Culture Convince Us We Have A Disorder?
(40:27) Why People Are So Addicted To Social Media
(46:47) Boyfriends Of Instagram Trend
(52:38) Is Social Media Used To Fill A Void?
(1:00:51) The Dependency Paradox
(1:05:59) The Affect Childhood Has On Our Adult Life
(1:10:26) Has Feminism Influenced A Change In Parenting?
(1:18:54) Traits That Are Now Regarded As Boss Girl Power
(1:22:38) Today's Generational Divide
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What Went Wrong With America? - Tim Kennedy - #753
4 maart 2024 · 2 uur 49 min
Tim Kennedy is a Special Forces master sergeant, former professional UFC fighter, and an author. Lees meer
There's a lot of doomerism in the world. Assumptions that things are terrible and they're never going to get better. I don't agree, and neither does Tim.
Expect to learn how we can fix the American military’s recruitment problem, Tim’s first hand experience of what’s really going on at the southern border, the wild stories of unknown military heroes that we should know more about, how Tim plans to fix the current education system, the state of veteran mental health, the best preparation routine every tourist needs to know before travelling abroad and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) 77% of Young People Are Unfit for the Military
(06:02) The Important Role of Wise Grandparents
(09:22) Young People’s Views on Conscription
(17:08) The Armed Forces Needs New Messaging
(21:20) Is Too Much Freedom Making Us Weak?
(27:08) Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
(31:25) The State of the US/Mexico Border
(41:30) Strategies for Solving the Immigration Crisis
(47:53) The Reality of Being in an Armed Conflict
(59:29) Men Who Couldn’t Bring Themselves to Shoot in War
(1:04:07) A Soldier Tim Wishes Everyone Knew About
(1:13:43) When Tim Ran Out of Ammo in a Gun Fight
(1:16:24) How Do You Rest During a 5-Day Conflict?
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1.75M Q&A - Growing Pains, Social Anxiety & Dating Problems - #752
2 maart 2024 · 1 uur 34 min
I hit 1.75 million Subscribers on YouTube!! Lees meer
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there’s some great questions in here about my thoughts on James Smith's recent video about modern podcasting, why women are so afraid of men now and how to deal with social anxiety.
Expect to learn whether I think Coffeezilla is right that people should only speak on their expertise, my ultimate goal with the podcast, how to balance high standards with gratitude, the plans for Neutonic, what my pickleball rating is, whether I'll start changing the show's content when I have a family and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Chris’s First Job & Missing the UK
(03:43) James Smith’s Analysis of Modern Podcasts
(14:42) Pickleball Ambitions & Remaining Grateful
(20:58) Future Plans for Neutonic
(22:02) How Success Impacts Relationships
(24:46) Greatest Midwit Memes of Recent Times
(26:58) Ads on Modern Wisdom
(29:23) If Chris Could Only Keep 10 Exercises
(30:55) Most Impactful Life Lessons
(33:47) The Risk of Becoming a Meme
(36:22) Building an Undeniable Stack of Evidence
(38:44) Isolation of Living in Front of a Screen
(43:16) If Chris Had Kids Would Modern Wisdom Become More Dad-Centric?
(47:13) A Fight Between Squirrels & Beavers
(49:43) Chris’s Back Issues & Stem Cell Treatment
(53:11) What Chris is Proud of & Ashamed of
(57:07) The Mindset of Training Like an Athlete
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What Does Science Say Makes Someone Attractive? - Macken Murphy - #751
29 februari 2024 · 2 uur 3 min
Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University, a writer and a podcaster. Lees meer
No one has ever said they want to be less attractive. But what does attractive actually mean? What do humans like to look at in other humans, and why? Thankfully science has some insights to help you understand why you like what you like.
Expect to learn the role of symmetry in attraction, why the most average faces are actually the most attractive ones, how important muscles, waist-to-hip ratio, tattoos, beards, eye colour, height and voice are, how to work out what is a stated and what is a revealed preference and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What Actually Makes an Attractive Face?
(05:30) Why Masculine Faces Can Cause Concern for Women
(13:56) The Different Signals of Make-Up & Tan
(18:17) What Makes an Eye Attractive?
(20:20) Why We Are So Drawn to Faces
(26:28) Do Women Like Muscular Men?
(31:34) Do Men Like Heavier Women?
(42:11) Men’s Tastes Are Shaped by Social Ecology
(46:10) Is There a Generally Attractive Waist to Hip Ratio?
(54:27) What Role Does Height Play in Attraction?
(1:02:12) What Happens When the Female is the Breadwinner
(1:12:14) Worst Mating & Dating Myths
(1:16:00) Are Women Really More Picky Than Men?
(1:26:00) Discriminating Based on Hair Colour
(1:30:59) Do Men Want Wider Age Gaps as They Age?
(1:35:16) How Attractive Are Tattoos?
(1:41:20) What You Need to Know About Stated v Revealed Preferences
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The Most Important Daily Habits For Health & Longevity - Dr Rhonda Patrick - #750
26 februari 2024 · 2 uur 58 min
Dr Rhonda Patrick is an biomedical scientist, researcher and a podcaster. Lees meer
Determining the best actions to take for enhancing our health and extending our lives has grown more challenging. There are an unlimited number of wellness approaches at our disposal, thankfully Dr Patrick has dedicated her professional life to identifying the most evidence-based strategies for improving our health and longevity.
Expect to learn if low omega 3s are worse for you than smoking cigarettes, what Rhonda's thoughts are on vaping and nicotine, the best foods to boost your metabolism, the once a week workout that can de-age your heart by 20 years, how to get the benefits of heat exposure if you don't have a sauna, the terrifying health risks of being too sedentary and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Are Low Omega-3s Worse Than Smoking?
(07:31) How to Know What Omega-3 Supplements to Use
(12:53) The UK Are Banning Disposable Vapes
(20:19) Discussing Forms of Intermittent Fasting
(27:24) How to Incorporate Time-Restricted Eating Into Daily Life
(42:07) How Important Are Leafy Greens?
(48:11) The Biggest Movers for Cognitive Function
(1:00:27) What Actually is Brain Fog?
(1:14:08) The Keys to Improving Your Mood
(1:32:32) An Ideal Cold & Heat Exposure Routine
(1:49:18) The Physiological Response to Cold Exposure
(2:08:25) How to Design an Exercise Routine
(2:23:22) The Protocols to Improve VO2 Max
(2:30:55) The Risks of Staying Sedentary
(2:34:29) Walking After a Meal
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The Hidden Statistics That Control The NBA - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz - #749
24 februari 2024 · 1 uur 4 min
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist, economist and author. Lees meer
Basketball is one of the most popular sports on the planet. Seth has used advanced AI to statistically analyse everything about the players, their backgrounds, hand-span, height, first names and more to uncover some of the wildest trends in the game.
Expect to learn what percentage of American men over 7 feet tall are in the NBA, why there is a huge outlier of the most common name of all NBA players, who the best height-adjusted player of all time is, just how important genetics are in basketball, whether the Draft is effective and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Are Low Omega-3s Worse Than Smoking?
(07:31) How to Know What Omega-3 Supplements to Use
(12:53) The UK Are Banning Disposable Vapes
(20:19) Discussing Forms of Intermittent Fasting
(27:24) How to Incorporate Time-Restricted Eating Into Daily Life
(42:07) How Important Are Leafy Greens?
(48:11) The Biggest Movers for Cognitive Function
(1:00:27) What Actually is Brain Fog?
(1:14:08) The Keys to Improving Your Mood
(1:32:32) An Ideal Cold & Heat Exposure Routine
(1:49:18) The Physiological Response to Cold Exposure
(2:08:25) How to Design an Exercise Routine
(2:23:22) The Protocols to Improve VO2 Max
(2:30:55) The Risks of Staying Sedentary
(2:34:29) Walking After a Meal
(2:40:34) At What Age Do You Stop Gaining Muscle Mass?
(2:51:09) Refining the Story You Tell Yourself
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How Privileged Thinking Drives Our Entire Culture - Rob Henderson - #748
22 februari 2024 · 1 uur 48 min
Rob Henderson is a PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge, a US Air Force Veteran and an author. Lees meer
The people who make the rules are not the ones impacted by the rules. Luxury beliefs are ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class, while often inflicting costs on the lower classes. And they're everywhere.
Expect to learn Rob's opinion on the recent catastrophes in American higher education, why luxury beliefs have become more common than ever before, what Rob learned during his journey through all class levels, what it's like to truly be in poverty, Rob's advice for how people can become better readers and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Yale & Harvard Fallout
(06:35) The Hierarchy of the Harvard Extension School
(14:23) How Rob Explains Luxury Beliefs
(20:58) Why Defunding the Police is a Luxury Belief
(29:49) The Luxury Belief of Getting Rid of Chivalry
(38:10) Why You Shouldn’t Make Yourself a Victim
(43:50) Why Rob Succeeded Despite a Hard Upbringing
(51:37) What It’s Really Like to Grow Up in Poverty
(1:03:23) Did Rob’s Quality of Life Change With More Money?
(1:12:03) The Skill of Giving & Receiving Compliments
(1:17:05) Alexander DatePsych on Twitter
(1:21:06) What Surprised Rob When Studying at Yale
(1:33:56) Having Agency in Spite of External Limitations
(1:36:43) The Best Way to Read
(1:45:18) How to Recall What You Read
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The Collapse Of Harvard, Truth & Independent Thought (4K) - Eric Weinstein - #747
19 februari 2024 · 3 uur 1 min
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster. Lees meer
It's a rough time to be a human. The massive increase in information we have access to has made understanding the world harder, not easier. Whether it's higher education, culture, physics, or pretty much anything else, life can be very confusing.
Expect to learn what Eric thinks about the most recent furore coming out of Harvard, why the world of physics has made no progress in decades, why Jeffrey Epstein was interested in Stephen Hawking, how much truth there is in the recent flurry of stories about inter-dimensional extraterrestrials, Eric's predictions for the 2024 election and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Downfall of Harvard
(11:02) Is This the End of DEI?
(22:14) Are Legacy Admissions a Bad Thing?
(29:58) Why Stephen Hawking is in the Epstein Documents
(38:45) The Problem With String Theory
(52:45) When Will it Be Time to Put String Theory Down?
(56:00) The Current State of Aliens & UFOs
(1:05:00) Technology Required for Aliens to Come to Earth
(1:18:29) Why Can’t We Say Certain Things?
(1:23:59) Eric’s Predictions for the 2024 Election
(1:35:55) Wanting Fame is Like Wanting to Be on the Titanic
(1:53:16) Society’s Nostalgia for a Unifying Narrative
(1:59:57) Is There Power in Prayer?
(2:15:14) Why Teenage Boys Are Becoming More Right-Wing
(2:30:20) The Rising Trend of Toxic Compassion
(2:38:10) The Letter Churchill Received From His Father
(2:44:40) Why the UK Makes Eric Angry
(2:55:37) What’s Next for EricExtra Stuff:
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12 Unexpected Laws Of Human Psychology - Morgan Housel - #746
17 februari 2024 · 1 uur 48 min
Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund, an investor and an author. Lees meer
The world continues to change, but the hairless apes that inhabit it stay the same. So there must be some laws of human psychology which remain true, no matter what time and place you're in, and today we get to go through some of the most fascinating ones.
Expect to learn what reasonable optimism looks like, the difference between overnight tragedies and long term miracles, what we can learn by the divorces of the richest men on the planet, how people become victims of perfection, why most competitive advantages eventually die and much more...
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(00:00) What is Rational Optimism?
(01:15) The Benefits of Stress for Innovation
(11:04) Good News Takes a Lot of Time
(14:51) Why Is Bad News More Memorable?
(21:25) Progress Requires Pessimism & Optimism
(28:55) Hiring the Greatest Leaders
(35:30) What Do You Think is Productive But Isn’t?
(41:58) Good Things Are Supposed to Be Hard
(51:56) Most Competitive Advantages Die Out
(59:21) Never Discount the Potential of New Technology
(1:04:12) Why Success Looks Easier than it is
(1:10:57) Incentives Are the Most Powerful Force in the World
(1:16:20) Nothing is More Persuasive than What You Personally Experience
(1:20:02) The Tension of a Long-Term Mindset
(1:31:07) Why Humans Are Seduced by Complexity
(1:34:32) Who Would You Be if You Were Born to Different Parents?
(1:40:23) Why the Richest People in the World Are Divorced
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Is Marriage Actually Worth It? - Brad Wilcox - #745
15 februari 2024 · 1 uur 16 min
Brad Wilcox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the National Marriage Project. Lees meer
Many online discussions are casting doubt on the role of marriage. Is it actually a bad deal for men and women? Is it dangerous for people to get into? What does the evidence actually suggest, especially in the face of widespread skepticism about the institution of marriage?
Expect to learn if marriage is a terrible deal for men in the modern era, the correlation between your marital status and financial status, what happens to men and women’s bodies after they get married, why you shouldn’t be scared as a man or woman if you want to get married, the most shocking statistics Brad has come across on marriage and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Is Marriage a Bad Deal for Men & Women?
(04:29) Causes of Society’s Lack of Marriage
(07:40) What Normal People Are Saying About Marriage
(12:07) Is Marriage a Bad Deal Financially?
(18:48) Does the Happiness of Marriage Outweigh the Sacrifices?
(30:42) The Mimetic Nature of Marriage
(38:48) The Role of Desiring Children in Marriage
(43:23) Being Raised by Married Parents
(46:31) How Political Affiliations Impact Marriage
(55:19) Are Soulmates a Real Thing?
(1:01:44) The Importance of Male Income in Marriage
(1:04:02) Brad’s Advice to His Sons
(1:09:59) Is the Manosphere Getting Anything Right?
(1:12:14) Dating & Marriage Advice for Women
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Exercise Scientist’s Masterclass On Building Muscle - Dr Mike Israetel - #744
12 februari 2024 · 2 uur
Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization. Lees meer
If you've ever wondered "is this exercise actually working" then you are not alone. However there are now scientifically proven optimal methods for building muscle in the most efficient way possible. And today we get to learn from the best teacher on the planet.
Expect to learn the biggest mistakes people make when building muscle, how much stimulation is required to build mass, Mike's top 10 exercises, the best rep ranges, sets, rest periods and timing between workouts all backed by science, how much you should lift for your bodyweight to know if you’re strong, how to maintain motivation in the gym and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:57) Biggest Mistakes of Training for Muscle Growth
(03:47) Which Exercises You Need to Do
(10:03) The Stimulus to Fatigue Ratio
(13:04) If Mike Could Only Keep 10 Exercises
(21:02) Worst Stimulus to Fatigue Exercises
(25:27) The Importance of Good Technique
(34:30) Using Tempo in Training
(43:23) Pausing During Reps
(46:38) The Ideal Way to Warmup
(52:45) How to Know How Heavy You Should Lift
(57:19) Should You Train to Failure?
(1:06:16) How Long You Should Rest Between Sets
(1:12:35) How Impactful is Session Length?
(1:16:25) The Optimal Frequency of Training
(1:20:54) Weight Progression Over Time
(1:31:26) The Science of Training Splits
(1:39:07) Advice to People Not Seeing Progress
(1:45:15) Is Motivation Scienti… -
Why Does Everyone Believe The World Is Doomed? - Hannah Ritchie - #743
10 februari 2024 · 1 uur
Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist, senior researcher at the University of Oxford and Deputy Editor at Our World In Data. Lees meer
Climate alarmism dominates headlines, painting a grim picture of impending global catastrophe. But what if the actual data reveals a less worrying situation, one where we don't all end up in a fiery inferno?
Expect to learn why everyone thinks the world is doomed due to climate change and what we can do about it, why people are more pessimistic about the world than the data suggests, what the actual research shows about climate change, whether concerns about ocean plastics are being over exaggerated, if we're in a mass extinction event, Hannah’s thoughts on population degrowth and much more....
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Do People Think the World is Doomed?
(05:12) The Problem With Doomsday Climate Narratives
(09:13) Most Exaggerated Climate Change Concerns
(16:33) The Emissions Progress in the UK
(18:38) Degrowth & Depopulation as Solutions
(24:34) The Impact of Data in Persuasion
(29:40) Why is Deforestation Happening?
(34:27) Are We Living in an Era of Mass Extinction?
(41:45) The Issue of Ocean Plastics
(47:58) A More Sensible Approach to the Climate Issue
(52:45) China’s Role in Climate Change
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17 Shocking Lessons About Human Psychology - Gurwinder Bhogal - #742
8 februari 2024 · 1 uur 53 min
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Lees meer
Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.
Expect to learn whether cynical people are actually smarter, why people tend to find uncertain outcomes so intolerable, why people would rather lie than say what they really think, whether people would rather be hated than unknown, why appearing to do good has become more important than actually doing good and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Are Cynical People Actually Smarter?
(09:08) Trust in the Information Era
(19:04) Why People Hate Uncertainty
(32:36) The Truth About Censorship
(42:18) People Would Rather Be Hated Than Unknown
(50:02) Society’s Trend of Toxic Compassion
(58:31) Don’t Base Decisions on Emotion
(1:03:30) The Dynamic of Lazy Internet Insults
(1:10:05) Being Intentional About Content Consumption
(1:20:54) Convincing Ourselves of Our Own Beliefs
(1:25:46) Why You Shouldn’t Neglect Reading
(1:35:22) The Most Ignorant People
(1:40:42) Is the News Just Entertainment?
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How To Unlock Your Mind & Master Your Life - Dr Joe Dispenza - #741
5 februari 2024 · 2 uur 47 min
Dr. Joe Dispenza is a researcher and an author specialising in neuroscience and known for his work on neuroplasticity and epigenetics. Lees meer
If your thoughts can make you sick, the obvious question is whether your thoughts can make you well. Just how instrumental are the things we think to the way our mind and body operate, and how much is this crossing over from experimental subculture to legitimate science?
Expect to learn how to make genuine change in your life, why we get addicted to thinking negative thoughts, the wild new studies showing the effects of Dr Joe's work, how to get more comfortable facing the unknown, the many ways our memories lie to us, how to stop being a victim of life, the most powerful techniques you can use to self-regulate and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What Joe Does
(03:43) Why is it So Hard to Make Changes in Our Lives?
(09:40) Creating Deep & Sustainable Changes
(14:24) Becoming Comfortable With the Unknown
(20:28) Are We Addicted to Our Own Thoughts?
(33:10) Dealing With Miraculous Stories of Success
(39:48) Most Common Criticisms of Joe’s Work
(44:10) Long-Term Impact on Joe’s Clients
(54:55) Real-Time Experiences of Clients
(57:25) Why Fear is So Pervasive
(1:00:11) How to Fear Less
(1:08:35) Responding to Theo Von & Sean Strickland
(1:11:54) Learning to Reconnect With Your Feelings
(1:18:58) What People Get Wrong About Gratitude
(1:27:34) The Important Role of Hard Work
(1:35:08) Joe’s Message to Left-Brain People
(1:45:38) Tactics for Self-Regulation
(1:55:39) How Important is Belief for Behaviour?
(2:01:44) The Sneaky Ways Stress Ente… -
How To Travel The World And Pay No Tax - Nomad Capitalist - #740
3 februari 2024 · 1 uur 38 min
Andrew Henderson is the founder of Nomad Capitalist, a global citizenship expert and financial consultant known for helping people with offshore strategies. Lees meer
Should you stay in the country you were born in? Is that the best, happiest place for you to be? What if there was a different option? Well, that's Andrew's entire philosophy - to go where you're treated best.
Expect to learn the best travel hacks to save on taxes, what it actually means to have dual citizenship, why America ranks so low as from a tax and financial standpoint, what you should if you don’t want to renounce your citizenship but do want more international flexibility, the best visas to get that are easy to acquire and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What Nomad Capitalist Does
(03:28) Overcoming Cultural Displacement
(07:56) The Different Elements of Long-Term Travelling
(11:11) Owning a Passport Vs Being a Nonresident
(15:02) Is it Good Financially to Be a US Citizen?
(29:06) How to Travel to Pay Less Tax
(43:18) Owning a Business in Dubai
(50:03) The Intense Paperwork of Travelling
(57:26) Most Simple Places to Consider
(1:05:25) Dealing With Education for Children
(1:10:58) Travelling Abroad to Give Birth
(1:14:58) Places Better for Tourism Than Residency
(1:18:24) The Rise of Nomad Preppers
(1:24:01) The Best Currency
(1:31:25) Responding to the Passport Bro Meme
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The Lifetime Problem With Being A “Nice Guy” - Dr Robert Glover - #739
1 februari 2024 · 1 uur 48 min
Dr Robert Glover is a therapist, coach and an author. Lees meer
Being nice is something many of us aspire to become. After all, who doesn't want to be nice? Well Nice Guy Syndrome has been ruining the lives of many men for decades, so perhaps we should aspire to be something else.
Expect to learn what is actually wrong with being a nice guy, why men become so afraid of putting their needs first, how to stop people pleasing, why nice guys end up resentful and bitter, whether nice guys attract or repel women and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What’s Wrong With Being a Nice Guy?
(05:54) The Origin of Nice Guys
(15:06) Using Aggression as a Masculine Tool
(22:15) Are Nice Guys More Orderly?
(28:06) Why Nice Guys Keep Things Hidden
(38:54) The Solution is Not to Be a Bad Guy
(45:02) Alain de Botton on Nice Guys
(48:37) Why Women Aren’t Complaining About Nice Guys
(58:38) What Nice Guys Need to Know About Female Attraction
(1:05:23) The Role of Emotional Tension
(1:13:54) The Importance of Playfulness
(1:25:42) How to Rehabilitate a Nice Guy
(1:30:50) Your Most Formative Sexual Experience
(1:39:59) Best Practices to Help Nice Guys
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21 Brutally Honest Lessons About Life - Alex Hormozi - #738
29 januari 2024 · 3 uur 15 min
Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author. Lees meer
Alex’s Twitter continually has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Yet again this is so, so good.
Expect to learn why being called a control freak isn’t an insult, how to stop making the same mistakes over and over again, why being at the top will always require you becoming uncomfortable, Alex’s guide to surviving cancellation, how to get more comfortable telling the truth, why it's good to remember that all your critics are going to die and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Control Freak Or High Standards?
(14:48) How People Get Older Without Getting Better
(22:00) Don’t Be Worried About People Who Imitate Your Work
(26:58) The Cost of Being Exceptional
(42:39) Differences Between Fame & Respect
(50:12) The Key to Authenticity
(59:50) The Power of Imperfect Action
(1:09:23) Be Careful to Not Over-Optimise
(1:18:29) How to React When You’re Insulted
(1:31:09) Can People Actually Get Cancelled?
(1:38:41) The Price of Strong Character
(1:43:32) How to Know When to Quit
(1:50:48) Everything Worth Doing is Hard
(2:06:46) Don’t Expect People to Root for You
(2:16:25) How to Find Your Passion
(2:36:19) Admit You Suck, Then Improve
(2:43:41) Be in a Good Mood for No Reason
(3:00:19) It’s Normal to Not Know What You’re Doing
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Debunking The Internet’s Biggest Health Myths - Dr Karan Rajan - #737
27 januari 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
Dr. Karan Rajan is a surgeon, clinical lecturer at The University of Sunderland and an author Lees meer
A lot of health advice can be extremely difficult to verify. Does this actually make me healthier? Is it grounded in science, or whimsy? Thankfully there are actual doctors we can ask who can determine science fiction from medical fact.
Expect to learn why you shouldn’t hold in your farts, what Dr Karan wishes more people understood more about digestion, why the best probiotics aren't always found in the supplement section, what a day in the life of a surgeon is like, why IBS is on the rise, whether you can actually die from a broken heart and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Never Hold in a Fart
(04:10) What People Need to Know About Digestion
(10:34) A Day in the Life of a Surgeon
(15:46) Does Your Gut Control Your Mood?
(22:59) Debunking Sleep Myths
(31:50) How to Preserve & Improve Hearing
(34:40) Should You Pluck Your Nose Hairs?
(37:21) How to Deal With Pain Better
(42:45) Optimising for Eye Health
(48:23) The Best Tactics for Slowing Neurodegenerative Diseases
(54:48) Recognising Chronic Stress in Yourself
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How To Fix Your Negative Inner Thoughts - Dr Paul Conti - #736
25 januari 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
Dr. Paul Conti is a Stanford and Harvard trained psychiatrist and author specialising in unconscious trauma. Lees meer
If our mind was an iceberg, our conscious thoughts are the tip, and the huge mass below the surface are our unconscious thoughts. Dr Conti's research works on bringing the, forgotten, traumatic, painful and unseen into the light so you can heal and improve.
Expect to learn what people mean when they refer to the unconscious mind, what Paul wished people understood about how trauma works, whether ancestral trauma is something that can actually be passed down through genetics, what happens to your brain and body after experiencing trauma, what we can learn from the little voices in our head and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) What Actually is the Unconscious Mind?
(09:27) How to Bring the Unconscious Into Consciousness
(11:06) What Everyone Needs to Know About Trauma
(14:43) The Function of Shame & Guilt
(21:40) Different Categories of Trauma
(28:43) Doctors Need to Take Depression Seriously
(33:25) Can Emergency Workers Experience Vicarious Trauma?
(37:45) How Trauma Impacts the Brain & Body
(42:24) Correcting Our Inner Voices
(54:51) Is Ancestral Trauma Real?
(1:00:38) How to Increase Mental Resilience
(1:03:59) Practical Tips to Eradicate Unconscious Trauma
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Hidden Psychology Of The World’s Best Advertising - Rory Sutherland - #735
22 januari 2024 · 2 uur 12 min
Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. Lees meer
The advertising industry creates a unique intersection between psychology and creativity. By looking at what works in the world of ad campaigns, we can learn even more about the human mind and Rory might have the best insight on the planet for this.
Expect to learn how dating apps can improve by being more like property websites, why women actually wear engagement rings, Rory’s thoughts on Jordan Peterson, how you can become more creative every day, what Rory thinks of Twitters changing their name to X, how hotel rooms have residual sexism baked into the design, why rational people ruin creativity and much more...
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(00:00) Comparison is the Enemy of Happiness
(03:27) Choice Architecture in Online Dating
(23:18) The Philosophy of Comedy
(30:57) The Biggest Problem With the Purity Spiral
(43:45) What Happened to the Welsh Identity?
(47:36) Why We Buy Engagement Rings
(51:38) How to Think Like Darwin
(59:45) The Convenience of Tribal Thinking
(1:08:27) Is David Ogilvy a Genius?
(1:21:49) Should HS2 Be Abandoned?
(1:30:20) Rory’s Advice to Cultivate Creativity
(1:35:11) Why Rory Didn’t Move to America
(1:41:58) Rebranding Twitter to X
(1:53:25) Being an Air-Fryer Pioneer
(1:56:03) Rory’s Opinion of Jordan Peterson
(1:58:50) Rory’s Current Obsessions
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Just How Broken Is American Politics? - Dean Phillips - #734
20 januari 2024 · 1 uur
Dean Phillips is a member of the U.S House of Representatives, presidential candidate and former owner of Talenti Gelato and Belvedere Vodka. Lees meer
Whether it's stories in the press or scenes in House Of Cards, no one seems to have much faith in the American political system at the moment. Dean has had a front row seat to this world for a long time and is now running for president, so he should be able to give some insight on just how bad it's become.
Expect to learn whether congress or the business world has more backstabbing in it, the perverse incentives of donors and funding, Dean’s background building Belvedere Vodka, whether politicians are smarter than the average person, what Dean’s prediction for 2024 are and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Did Dean Found Belvedere Vodka?
(08:34) The Experiencing of Negotiating With Unilever
(12:14) Is Politics or Business More Cutthroat?
(17:36) Do Congressmen Actually Do Any Work?
(23:44) Quitting Dean’s Job & Running for President
(29:36) The Rise of RFK Jr
(32:20) How Easy Is it to Work Across the Aisle?
(40:55) Why Is it So Hard to Call Out Leftist Extreme Groups?
(50:37) What the Democratic Party is Getting WrongExtra Stuff:
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Is Cancel Culture Actually Getting Worse? - Rikki Schlott - #733
18 januari 2024 · 1 uur
Rikki Schlott is a journalist, columnist, free speech activist, and author. Lees meer
Saying "you can't say anything any more" is the internet's tagline. Cancel culture has been the hot topic over the last few years. But why has it taken over the discourse so much and just how much truth is there that it's getting worse than ever before?
Expect to learn what Rikki uncovered from a mass analysis of Twitter bans, whether the rates of people being cancelled are increasing, if the cancellers actually enjoy the cancelling of people, what drove the increase in cancellations, if free speech is really dead in America, whether apologising works and much more....
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Have Calls for Cancellation Increased?
(06:34) Stats About Self-Censorship in Academia
(10:50) The Motivations Behind Cancelers
(14:17) Researching Mass Twitter Bans
(18:16) Cancellation Enforcement Mechanisms
(24:51) The Subjects You Can’t Touch on Campuses
(34:40) Free Speech Law Vs Free Speech Culture
(40:03) Is Cancellation Just Accountability?
(47:29) Predicting the Future of Cancel Culture
(52:36) Potential Solutions for Cancel Culture
(57:29) Advice to People Threatened With Cancellation
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Why You Shouldn’t Share Your Private Life Online - Mary Harrington - #732
15 januari 2024 · 1 uur 19 min
Mary Harrington is writer, columnist and author. Lees meer
Everyone has the temptation to share their life on the internet, but where does the line of sharing stop and oversharing begin? How has our performance for the crowd crept into our morals and changed the way we see the role of privacy around our personal lives?
Expect to learn what Digital Modesty is, why liberals would more likely date an Only Fans worker than an OnlyFans subscriber, if there is a crisis with both masculinity and femininity in our culture, Mary’s thoughts on the surrogacy industry, why women need to develop a strategy for not getting what they want and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Idea of Digital Modesty
(06:14) How Phones Have Created a Surveillance Society
(11:59) The Danger of Political Opinion on Social Media
(18:31) Why the Left Wouldn’t Date OnlyFans Subscribers
(21:17) The Message Behind the Barbie Movie
(24:30) Is Our Culture Anti-Family?
(29:33) The Crisis of Masculinity & Femininity
(40:28) Why The Trad Wife Movement Won’t Work
(47:39) How Divorce is a PsyOp
(52:33) Mary’s Thoughts on Surrogacy
(59:13) The Problem With Matt Walsh & the Right
(1:11:57) The Ambivalent Role of Right-Wing Women
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Banned On Instagram, Britney Spears & Alex Jones - Danny Polishchuk - #731
13 januari 2024 · 1 uur 28 min
Danny Polishchuk is a writer, YouTuber, comedian and a podcaster. Lees meer
I was on tour in NYC so stopped in to see one half of The Boyscast and work out why hundreds of thousands of people were drunk and dressed as santa.
Expect to learn why Instagram banned Danny from their platform, what's happening with Britney Spears & Taylor Swift lately, whether Danny thinks getting a vasectomy to save the climate is a good idea, if we have gone too far with being too protective from germs and pathogens, what the future of comedy looks like and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Explaining Santa-Con
(01:30) Why Danny Got Deleted From Instagram
(08:24) Travelling Life of a Comedian
(11:56) The Britney Spears Saga
(14:49) Never Make Fun of Taylor Swift
(20:37) Getting a Vasectomy for the Climate
(28:04) Residual Trauma from Covid
(31:14) Cultural Differences in Asia
(34:30) The Most Popular Drug in Mexico
(40:46) Kim Jong Un Crying at Birth Rates
(50:58) PornHub Trying to Turn Kids Trans
(58:01) Rising Trend of Antisemitism
(1:00:02) Alex Jones’ Naked Biden Revelations
(1:06:25) Danny’s Opinion of Matt Rife
(1:13:35) The Future of Comedy
(1:16:56) Comedy Central’s Decline
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The Harsh Reality Of Trying To Improve - Mike Thurston - #730
11 januari 2024 · 1 uur 17 min
Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model. Lees meer
Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. And yet in 2024 many of the problems we encountered back then have gotten even worse. Why is a lack of confidence, overly comparative mindsets and body dysmorphia so persistent and how do we go about fixing it?
Expect to learn why male body dysmorphia is on track to overtake female body dysmorphia, what Mike's relationship with social media looks like right now, where you actually gain confidence from, whether being super highly followed on the internet makes you more or less self-assured, how your priorities should change as you get older, Mike’s thoughts on Sam Sulek and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) The Rise of Male Body Dysmorphia
(5:39) Relationship With Social Media
(12:45) What Motivated Mike’s Decision to Train?
(19:45) Where Confidence Should Come From
(30:12) Chris’s First Live Tour
(38:09) Does Everyone Need Therapy?
(42:21) Mike’s Opinion of Sam Sulek
(50:47) The Price of Increasing Ambition
(1:04:29) Trajectory is Better Than Position
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Are People Becoming Less Moral? - Alex O'Connor - #729
8 januari 2024 · 1 uur 39 min
Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Lees meer
Grappling with difficult moral questions is a part of human life, but in the age of Wikipedia and ChatGPT, are we now outsourcing our morality? Are people becoming less moral over time?
Expect to learn why Peter Hitchens really does not like Alex, whether ChatGPT can be convinced of the existence of God, what the non-identity problem is, if Nihilism will make a comeback, the impact of the debate around free will, how much we can trust the historical accuracy of the bible and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:18) The Peter Hitchens Incident
(08:11) Alex’s Experience Debating Ben Shapiro
(17:00) Has Philosophy Revealed Anything Impactful Recently?
(29:40) What Everyone Needs to Know About Ethics
(38:07) Making Nihilism Great Again
(47:38) Why People Hate Talking About Free Will
(54:34) The Sexy Paradox
(1:07:49) The Fine-Tuned Universe Argument
(1:12:36) Was Jesus’ Resurrection Historically Accurate?
(1:20:07) Why Philosophers Go Mad
(1:26:50) Is Society Experiencing Mass Cope?
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Is Social Status Determined By Your Genetics? - Gregory Clark - #728
6 januari 2024 · 1 uur 27 min
Gregory Clark is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, researcher and an author. Lees meer
Everyone has a dream of making a better life for their family. But fascinating new research suggests that your social status is heavily predetermined by your genetics, and that your descendants escaping the position they've always been in is very unlikely.
Expect to learn if social status is actually heritable, how much genetics really plays a role in social hierarchy, how researchers can tell where the next 10 generations of children will fall on the social ladder, how higher and lower social status can impact the birthrate, why more attractive people have more social status, the difficulties of publishing research like this and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Studying Social Status Inheritance
(10:56) How Gregory Defines Social Status
(18:16) Why Ideologues Hate Social Status Inheritance
(25:20) The Role of Marriage in Status
(32:31) How a Man’s Father May Be Considered By a Mate
(43:06) Do People Who Ascended Eventually Regress?
(49:08) Implications of Genetic Social Status
(53:59) How Declining Birth Rates Impacts Social Hierarchies
(1:04:29) Importance of Attractiveness to Social Mobility
(1:07:22) When Gregory Got Cancelled
(1:17:01) Do Our Successes Actually Belong To Us?
(1:23:58) Integrating Genetic Knowledge Into Our Lives
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Do You Actually Need Passion To Be Successful? - James Smith - #727
4 januari 2024 · 1 uur 46 min
James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach. Lees meer
I just finished a full month of live shows with James. We didn't kill each other but did learn a lot, so today we're reflecting on a month on the road while digging into some of James' biggest realisations of finally becoming an adult.
Expect to learn what my first ever live tour experience was like, how to increase your luck in life, what James’ thoughts are on the Male Sedation Hypothesis, how to find true success, why you need to start celebrating your wins, what the future of the fitness industry looks like and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Touring Together
(10:38) All Wins Feel the Same
(17:53) The Risks of Doing Something You Love
(25:31) How Much of Success is Down to Work?
(31:20) What’s Obvious to You Isn’t to Everyone Else
(36:52) Dealing With a Multiplicity of Options
(46:31) Poor Excuses For Not Having Children
(53:19) The Male Sedation Hypothesis
(1:00:40) Are We Ruled By Midwits?
(1:11:39) What James Has Learned About Success
(1:24:54) The Future of the Fitness Industry
(1:41:43) Where to Find JamesExtra Stuff:
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How To Hack Your Sleep With These Habits - Shawn Stevenson - #726
1 januari 2024 · 1 uur 49 min
Shawn Stevenson is an American nutritionist, bestselling author, and podcaster. Lees meer
You spend more time asleep than any other activity, and yet no one teaches you how to do it properly. Thankfully there are some simple routines, hacks, foods and habits you can implement to improve your sleep and longevity immediately.
Expect to learn if poor circadian rhythm is responsible for the modern mental health crisis, the most important habits to improve your sleep routine, how to get the best sleep of your life, the number one determining factor of how to live longer, how to fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer, the best foods for sleep, the healthiest ways you should be storing your food and much more…
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Are Sleep Issues Causing the Mental Health Crisis?
(07:40) What is Causing Mass Sleep Problems?
(18:14) Cultural Shifts That Have Impacted Sleep
(26:51) How to Properly Get Ready for Bed
(37:47) The Ideal Gap Between Food & Sleep
(44:04) Balancing Good Sleep & Enjoyable Evenings
(50:56) Are Storybooks & Podcasts Good for Sleep?
(55:27) Dealing With Taking Ages to Get to Sleep
(1:05:25) Top Superfoods for Sleep
(1:09:16) Issues With the Health of General Americans
(1:18:46) Is it Harder to Not Be Fat Today?
(1:26:02) Healthier Ways to Store Food Prep
(1:32:31) Only Taking Health Advice From Big Platforms
(1:36:38) Making Health Normal Again
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The Problem With Taking Therapy Advice From Instagram - Seerut Chawla - #725
30 december 2023 · 1 uur 15 min
Seerut Chawla is a licensed psychotherapist and founder of The Trenches, an organisation focusing on mental health and social media dynamics. Lees meer
There is a trend of online influencers who can identify your trauma and diagnose your attachment problems over social media. Is this an important new frontier for discussing mental health? Or cod-psychology over the internet.
Expect to learn the biggest problems with coddling how it enables victimhood, the difference between pain and trauma, why being triggered is your responsibility, what everyone gets wrong about self worth, why we spend so much time obsessing over emotion in the West, the biggest problems with self-healing and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) Seerut’s Issue With Coddling
(03:27) Negatives of an Overprotective Society
(10:00) What We Get Wrong About Victimhood
(17:30) Lowering the Bar of What is Unacceptable
(26:19) Obsessing Over Our Own Emotions
(31:30) How Therapy Has Changed Our Culture
(40:14) Are People Actually Discussing Real Mental Health?
(46:00) Best Things to Rely On to Improve Mood
(54:21) Why the West is Self-Obsessed
(58:38) How People Misunderstand Self-Worth
(1:02:53) Looking to Sam Harris as an Example
(1:11:50) Where to Find SeerutExtra Stuff:
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1.5M Q&A - Joe Dispenza, Daily Routine & Online Negativity - #724
28 december 2023 · 1 uur 29 min
I hit 1.5 million Subscribers on YouTube!! Lees meer
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there’s some great questions in here about whether I'll bring Dr Joe Dispenza on the show, if you can grow a podcast without going on Love Island and how I deal with negativity online.
Expect to learn what my plans are for the show in 2024, what I'll change for my next live shows, why we didn't do anything for 1m subscribers, why we choose to title episodes the way we do, if success has changed my self image, why I party vape, how many subscribers are because of my jawline and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:23) Negativity on the Internet
(02:37) Chris’s Book
(03:15) Time Management
(05:06) Next Live Shows
(06:22) 1 Million Subscribers
(07:33) Party Boy Chris
(08:57) Appreciating the Hard Times
(10:33) Lex Fridman
(11:24) Better Titles
(15:15) Daily Routine
(17:14) Bring Me The Horizon
(17:48) Deleting Comments
(20:26) Monk Mode
(23:09) Hosting People From Other Fields
(24:29) How Success Impacts Self Worth
(26:29) Disagreeing With Guests
(28:02) Drifting to the Political Right
(30:10) Chris’s New Drink
(32:09) Party Vaping
(33:05) Tim Dillon
(33:33) OnlyFans
(33:43) Depression
(34:48) What’s Next?
(37:58) New Year’s Resolutions
(38:14) Is Chris a CIA Plant?
(38:41) Running Nightclubs as an Only Child
(41:33) Fame Because of Chris’s Jawline
(43:01) Putting Nikes in the Washing Machine
(43:27) 1 Million to 1.5 Million
(43:40) Dating Advice
(45:33) Who Has the Most Insane Work Ethic?
(46:05) Neutonic
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Modern Wisdom Christmas Special - Reflecting On The Wildest Year - #723
23 december 2023 · 2 uur 5 min
2023 has been crazy. I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle with Jonny, Yusef & George to catch up on their favourite lessons from the past 12 months plus their best new hacks and plans for 2024. Lees meer
Expect to learn why you need two duvets to improve your sleep when sharing a bed, the new productivity system that everyone now uses except me, what you can learn about using a fitness tracker without actually buying one, which app Yusef uses over 400 times a day, why all 5 of my top songs this year were from the same artist and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:19) Jonny’s Morning Protein Drink
(06:26) Pyrex Storage for Berries
(08:42) Text Your Friends
(13:48) Double Duvets
(19:49) The Origin of Life Hacks
(21:10) Importance of Sleep
(26:58) Business as a Vehicle for Self-Improvement
(32:07) Seeing Content as a Diet
(40:54) Progressing From Being a Midwit
(49:32) TickTick To-Do Lists
(56:36) Alfred Computer Software
(1:00:36) Hold Luggage is a PsyOp
(1:06:31) Track Your Mental Health
(1:11:31) 10-Year Checkpoints
(1:18:24) The Benefits of Therapy & Journalling
(1:25:29) These Are the Golden Years
(1:30:22) Asking What’s Not Going to Change?
(1:32:59) The Opal App
(1:35:35) Setting Multiple Alarms in the Day
(1:38:04) Sleep Token
(1:39:45) Using ChatGPT for Niche Knowledge
(1:44:18) Create Your Minimum To-Do List
(1:48:35) Fail Fast When Learning New Things
(1:52:54) The New Kindle Scribe
(1:55:33) Happiness Depends on Expectations
(1:59:26) Apple Alarm Tones
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