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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.

Why Men & Women Are Giving Up On Each Other - Daniel Cox - #1166
Oct 2026
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Forgotten War Heroes Who Changed The World - The Fat Electrician - #1165
Oct 2026 · 4 books
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The Forgotten Highlander
Alistair Urquhart
Alistair Urkart ... The forgotten Highlander. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah. So um that was one of the first stories that got me into this ▶ tap to play from here
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Damien Lewis
i mean the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare was a little bit of a shame uh the movie yeah the book because i was such a fan of the book first ▶ tap to play from here
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Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
Edward Slingerland
an interesting story from edward slingerland as well he wrote this book the the history of alcohol ▶ tap to play from here
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Heroes Erased: Book One: The Flight of Richard Bong
Nick Flood
heroes erased book one the flight of richard bong that's what i'm up to next brave books ▶ tap to play from here
Father Of Quantum Computing: How To Think Like A Genius - David Deutsch - #1164
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
say in in my book uh we're all at the beginning of infinity ▶ tap to play from here
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Hamlet
William Shakespeare
not only does he die but everybody dies like in hamlet ▶ tap to play from here
9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
i don't know if you what is that book catch twenty two or is that that great scene where the guys in the the they get he gets invited to this like great gatsby party type of thing ▶ tap to play from here
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
he gets invited to this like great gatsby party type of thing ▶ tap to play from here
Why Life Feels So Dull All The Time (and how to fix it) - Robert Greene - #1162
Oct 2026 · 9 books
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The 50th Law
Robert Greene and 50 Cent
i made the tenth chapter of the fiftieth look fifty cent book about the sublime about how he had nearly died from the gunshot wounds ▶ tap to play from here
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Mastery
Robert Greene
and then i from fifty cent book it was a chapter about mastery so i turned that into the book mastery ▶ tap to play from here
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My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor
and so she wrote a book about that called my stroke of insight ▶ tap to play from here
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
have you ever read his dark materials by philip pullman ▶ tap to play from here
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The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman
it had the subtle knife in it the golden compass oh so it's it must be thirty years old ▶ tap to play from here
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The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
it had the subtle knife in it the golden compass ▶ tap to play from here
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The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida
i spoke to david dader you know way of the superior man author so uh illustrious longtime author ▶ tap to play from here
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
i wrote the forty eight laws of power when i was thirty nine essentially and i'd been um pretty much a loser up until then ▶ tap to play from here
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The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
i wrote a book on on human nature laws of human nature it's about five hundred and sixty pages kind of dense no imagery it's kind of look at first glance it looks incredibly intimidating ▶ tap to play from here
The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161
Oct 2026 · 4 books
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Twelve Levers
Spencer Greenberg and Jeremy Stevenson
that's the name of our buck twelve lovers ▶ tap to play from here
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
i'm obsessed this uh i'm wearing my new dungeon crawler carl t shirt today ▶ tap to play from here
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
i suppose this is probably one of the advantages of a book like let's say atomic habits or tiny habits b j fogg ▶ tap to play from here
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Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
BJ Fogg
i suppose this is probably one of the advantages of a book like let's say atomic habits or tiny habits b j fogg ▶ tap to play from here
CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” - John Kiriakou - #1160
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Inside the Company: CIA Diary
Philip Agee
he wrote a book called inside the company in which he document in an appendix the names of every undercover cia officer that he ever met ▶ tap to play from here
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The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
John Lisle
i have had do you know john lyle familiar with him he wrote the dirty tricks department ▶ tap to play from here
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The CIA Insider's Guide to Lying and Lie Detection
John Kiriakou
i wrote a book called the cia insider's guide to ling and lie detection ▶ tap to play from here
4 Men Share How They Hit Rock Bottom (and got out) - Dr K, Joe Hudson & Connor Beaton - #1159
Oct 2026 · 5 books
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
i read the alchemist by paolo coelho so i was in a fucking like psychedelic fugue state for the entirety of the time that i was on ▶ tap to play from here
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
there's a bible which is like what jesus taught ▶ tap to play from here
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The Bhagavad Gita
Vyasa
there's a krish there's the bhagavad gita which is what krishna taught ▶ tap to play from here
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The Quran
Muhammad
there's the quran which is what mohammed taught ▶ tap to play from here
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Men's Work
Connor Beaton
my book is called men's work ▶ tap to play from here
Willpower Expert: The Secret To Effortless Discipline - Angela Duckworth - #1158
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
mean that's the message of grit um and you know the reason i i embarked on this in the first place is that i knew that i had achieved what i had achieved through effort and not through natural talent ▶ tap to play from here
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The Person and the Situation
Lee Ross and Richard E. Nisbett
the book is called the person of the situation and it is not a bestseller it is written by two academics who never went on podcasts right they are dickness bitt and lee ross ▶ tap to play from here
How To Go Hard, Even When You Don’t Want To - Sam Sulek - #1157
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
to those who have nothing more will be taken to those who have everything more will be given ▶ tap to play from here
James Sexton, Rick Glassman, Matt McCusker - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
read way too much like how you went friends and influenced people ▶ tap to play from here
How To Make Your Creativity Beat The Algorithm (w/Live Performance) - Dylan Gossett - #1155
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber
there's a book called the emyth revisited by uh i think it's michael gerber it's like just a business book ▶ tap to play from here
Democrats vs Republicans: Who Is Actually More Violent? - Robert Pape #1154
Sep 2026
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The New Way For Ordinary People To Build Wealth - Tony Robbins - #1153
Sep 2026 · 5 books
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Cover of Money: Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
Money: Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
Tony Robbins
and so i wrote this book money master of the game i want to write a book that my billionaire clients would be blown away by ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook
Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook
Tony Robbins
and while i didn't know covid was coming anyone can anticipate the changes in the market and so i wrote unshakable because i wanted people not to lose when the markets change ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom
The Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom
Tony Robbins and Christopher Zook
and i have what now what i would tell you is the holy grail of investing which is the title of our book ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
Bill Perkins
bill perkins wrote a book about this die with zero which which is fucking fantastic ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love
Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love
Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, and Robert Hariri
someone was reading one of my books and he said you know he always left what do you think of the book oh it was my my energy book right about your body and it's unbelievable and the stem cells and all these things ▶ tap to play from here
Why Sydney Sweeney Has Two Big Targets On Her Chest - William Costello - #1152
Sep 2026
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The Brutal Reality For Most Men Today (& how to fix it) - Dr K HealthyGamer - #1151
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
Alok Kanojia
this is something that when i um the first book that i wrote is how to raise a healthy gamer and i i taught this to parents ▶ tap to play from here
“This Is The Culmination Of Everything I Know” - Dr Andrew Huberman #1150
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Drownproof
Andy Stumpf
andy has a number of tools that are that are really useful but you know he has this philosophy that he shares which is throughout your day when given the option between the easier thing and the harder thing do the harder thing that there's tremendous value in that it's the make your bed thing it's the replace the toilet paper roll is the example he gives in his book drownproof which is an awesome book ▶ tap to play from here
Raccoon Wars, NFL Scammers & Past Crimes - Matt McCusker #1149
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Dad Brain: The Science of Parental Mental Health
Dr. Anna Machin
i asked a a literally an expert who wrote a book called dad brain ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
i read um it's called a swim in a pond in the rain and it's basically nine short stories russian short stories and after every page the guy that actually wrote the book explains how to read it yeah who was that by uh saunders maybe i forget it's kind ▶ tap to play from here
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Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton
he has this book i'm reading right now called orthodoxy ▶ tap to play from here
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
have you read the alchemist ▶ tap to play from here
Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of Coherence: The Secret Drug That Your Body Produces to Fight Stress and Disease
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
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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
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Too Sensitive
Too Sensitive
Dr. Sasha Hamdani
and the new book too sensitive which is out um august twenty fifth ▶ tap to play from here
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