China's Plan For Global Domination - Jamie Metzl - #407
Jamie Metzl is a futurist, geopolitical expert and Founder and Chair of the global social movement OneSharedWorld. The war between East and West is unfolding in front of our eyes. From Chinese land g...
6 Des 20211h 16min
The Man Who Ran 15,000 Miles Across America - Rob Pope - #406
Rob Pope is an ultra endurance runner and an author. For 20 years, Forrest Gump's famous route across America 5 times has stood as pure fiction. Not only had no one completed it, but many runners cla...
4 Des 20211h 35min
How To Survive Thanksgiving & LGBT Politics - Scott Capurro - #405
Scott Capurro is a comedian, writer and an actor. I needed some advice for how to survive my first thanksgiving in America and also to try and make sense of what I've been seeing since I've been out ...
2 Des 20211h 4min
13 More Harsh Psychology Truths - Adam Lane Smith - #404
Adam Lane Smith is a psychotherapist and an author. Adam wrote one of the best threads on Twitter which I've seen this year, our first episode on this ended up being an absolute favourite so here we ...
29 Nov 20211h 21min
Why Is Climate Science So Disputed? - Richard Betts - #403
Richard Betts MBE is Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the MET Office, the lead author on several reports from the IPCC and a Professor at the University of Exeter. There are few areas of...
27 Nov 202159min
Why Pain & Suffering Are Necessary For A Good Life - Paul Bloom - #402
Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and an author. People do strange things to feel pleasure. Eating spicy food, ha...
25 Nov 20211h 17min
The Psychology Of Transport, Google Maps & Bear Attacks - Rory Sutherland - #401
Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. Transportation is getting quicker. As we reach close to terminal velocity for getting from A to B, behavioural scientists sho...
22 Nov 20211h 30min
Special: 19 Lessons From 400 Episodes - #400
To celebrate 400 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last 3 and a half years. Expect to learn why perfectionism is procrastination masqu...
20 Nov 20211h 8min
