Modern Wisdom - Chris Williamson

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The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan - #108 Oct 03, 2019

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Peter Frankopan is a Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Director at the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research and an author.

In the west we tend to have a view that our own political, economical and cultural situations are the most important on the planet. We tend to believe that we are principally shaping the direction the world heads in.

Today Peter offers an alternative view which identifies the rapid rate of change seen in Asia over the last few years which could change not only the financial and commercial but the cultural focus of the globe.

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How To Think Politically - Graeme Garrard - #107 Sep 30, 2019

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Graeme Garrard is a Teacher at Cardiff University & Harvard Summer School and an author.

Why do we need politics? And who are the individuals that have most shaped the world of political thought? Today we get to find out about some of the most influential thinkers in history from Marx to Plato, Nietzsche to Machiavelli and Plato to Locke.

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Should I Work For Myself? - Business Principles 102 - #106 Sep 26, 2019

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Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me for another Business Principles episode.

Today we're talking about one of the questions we're most commonly asked - should you take the plunge into self employment. Being your own boss sounds fantastic, but what's the reality of your income being completely in your own hands?

Expect to learn our favourite mental exercise for working out the true salary of your job, why Jonny & Yusef left high paying graduate jobs to pursue their passions, what sort of personality types are not built for self-employment and whether we believe everyone can find a job they enjoy.

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What Is An Ethical Hacker? - Thomas Johnson - #105 Sep 23, 2019

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Thomas Johnson is an ethical hacker and social engineer.

Hacking is often thought of as a dark art. Dark basements and illegal activities. But there's an entire other world of hackers who are using their skills to subvert security systems both online and offline for good.

Expect to learn just how Tom hacks both people and computers to break into secure buildings, how safe your information is online, what tools Tom uses to bypass the systems that are meant to keep him out and his best advice for staying secure online.

Also get ready for him to hack into a university's CCTV system only using Google while we are recording.

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How To Control Your Attention And Become Indistractable - Nir Eyal - #104 Sep 19, 2019

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Nir Eyal is an author, business owner and Teacher at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design.

What would life be like if we didn't get distracted? What if we always followed through with the things we said we were going to do? That's the purpose of today's discussion.

Expect to learn how internal and external triggers can combine to form a breeding ground for poor productivity, and how making time for traction is just as important as avoiding distraction when getting things done.

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Veganism, Atheism and Morality - Cosmic Skeptic - #103 Sep 16, 2019

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Alex O'Connor aka Cosmic Skeptic is a YouTuber and Student at Oxford University.

How many people go vegan due to a philosophical debate? And how many actively try to get the fans of their YouTube Channel to talk them out of it? Alex is one person on that list.

Expect to learn the one philosophical question which Alex has trouble justifying, Alex's reasons for going vegan, whether he thinks that a less religious society has problems with morality and how religions relate to social cohesion.

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How To Be A Dictator - Frank Dikotter - #102 Sep 12, 2019

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Frank Dikotter is a historian and author.

The 20th Century was characterised by an attempt on the one hand to build up civil society and have cheques & balances, and on the other hand an attempt to concentrate power into the hand of a single dictator.

Expect to learn what the characteristics of a dictator are, why the 20th century created a perfect petri dish for this proliferation, how a dictator coerces his people into supporting him and how dictators deal with the paradox of hiding their goals of tyranny in a democratic society.

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What Is Life Like As A Pornstar? - Sienna Day - #101 Sep 09, 2019

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Sienna Day is a pornstar.

Kind of like chicken nuggets, everyone is familiar with porn but few of us understand how it's made. Today we get to find out.

Expect to learn how you get started in the porn industry, what it's like on set, how you prep for anal, what is the optimal strategy for elongating your career, how to monetise a feature on Brazzers or FakeTaxi into a decentralised membership site, what 30 days of back-to-back DP feels like, and much more.

This warning should be obvious but I'll put it just in case... This episode contains adult themes which some viewers may find offensive.

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Episode 100 Special Edition Q&A - #100 Sep 05, 2019

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Jonny & Yusef join me for a special edition Q&A to celebrate 100 episodes of Modern Wisdom.

Expect to learn... everything that the internet wanted to know. Plus enjoy an exclusive clip from the Pilot Episode of Modern Wisdom back in 2017.

Thank you to everyone who tunes in, your continued support is hugely appreciated. Big love x

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Productivity Without Limits - Chris Sparks - #099 Sep 02, 2019

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Chris Sparks is a productivity coach, founder of The Forcing Function and a Former Top 20 Worldwide Online Poker Player.

What happens when a world famous productivity coach compiles the most effective tasks he's discovered for developing personal productivity into an E-Book? Well today we're going to go through the best of what he's uncovered.

Expect to learn how to set more effective goals and stick to them, how to build better habits, maximise time, attention & energy, avoid procrastination and accelerate your learning. Get your notepad out.

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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠

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