Something Scary Is Happening In Biolabs - Annie Jacobsen - #1127

Polyvagal Theory: Why You Feel So Anxious All The Time - Dr Stephen Porges - #1128

Dr Stephen Porges is a neuroscientist & psychologist. Why does your nervous system always feel on edge? When everything feels like a threat, your body may be stuck in survival mode. So what keeps your nervous system on high alert, and how can you finally teach it to feel safe again? Expect to learn why your nervous system is in a state of fight or flight all of the time, what the Polyvagal Theory is and how to attain a calmer state of mind, why dogs calm humans so effectively, what the biggest myth about anxiety is and the role of metabolic support for the nervous system, how the gut, inflammation and chronic stress play in nervous system regulation and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠⁠⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠⁠⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at ⁠⁠https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom⁠⁠ [https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom] Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at ⁠https://ag1.info/modernwisdom⁠ [https://ag1.info/modernwisdom] Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at ⁠⁠https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom⁠⁠ [https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom] Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at ⁠https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom] Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠⁠⁠https://chatgpt.com⁠ [https://https//chatgpt.com] Timestamps: (0:00) What is Polyvagal Theory? (5:54) Why It’s So Important to Focus On How We Feel (12:04) How the Nervous System Adapted Over Time (18:08) Is Safety Our #1 Goal? (19:59) What Feeling “Safe” Really Means (21:28) The Most Powerful Signals of Safety (23:31) Can You Ever Truly Feel Safe? (25:21) Why Safety Feels Different for Everyone (30:05) What Stephen’s Work Means to Chris (39:20) What Causes Nervous System Dysregulation? (44:00) Are Humans on the Same Frequency As Animals? (50:49 Don’t Hack Your Nervous System, Challenge It (54:05 Does Resonance Breathing Actually Work? (57:15) How Does the Safe and Sound Protocol Work? (59:43) What Your Body Language Reveals About You (01:04:11) The Biggest Myth About Anxiety (01:05:06) What Unlocks Your Full Capacity? (01:10:28) Low vs High Tolerance: Understanding Your Nervous System (01:12:31) How to Build a Sense of Safety (01:16:59) How Important is Metabolic Support? (01:19:49) What Causes Shifts Between Shutdown and Overdrive? (01:23:07) Why Tinnitus Can Signal Nervous System Issues (01:27:21) The Link Between the Vagus Nerve and the Gut (01:29:47) Are Male and Female Nervous Systems Different? (01:34:44) Why We Need More Humility and Compassion (01:41:13) Do Stellate Ganglion Blocks Actually Work? (01:44:50) The Strongest Criticisms of Polyvagal Theory (01:49:54) Can Your Nervous System Be “Too Safe”? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/books] Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom] Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins] #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson] #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman] - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx] Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx] YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast] Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/contact] - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Something Scary Is Happening In Biolabs - Annie Jacobsen - #1127

Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author. For decades, nuclear war has been humanity’s greatest existential fear. But the next global catastrophe may not arrive with a mushroom cloud—it could begin inside a laboratory. What would a biological attack actually look like, how quickly would it spread, and could humanity survive it? Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom [https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom] Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom [https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom] Get 10% discount on all Gymshark products at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom [https://gym.sh/modernwisdom] (use code MODERNWISDOM10) Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom [https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom] Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com [https://⁠https://chatgpt.com] Timestamps: (00:00) Nuclear vs Biological War: Which Is Worse? (01:08) Why No One Is Talking About Bioweapons (04:23) Is Genetic Engineering a Good Thing? (07:14) What COVID Really Taught Us (13:25) Who Created the First Biological Weapon? (21:25) What Makes the Perfect Biological Weapon? (26:44) The Soviet Bioweapons Ambition (27:50) How the Soviet Program Was Exposed (34:38) How Many Bioweapons Are Man-Made? (37:30) The Biggest Mistakes in Bioweapons History (45:04) What Happens in the First 24 Hours of a Leak? (56:02) Bacteria vs Virus: Which Is More Dangerous? (57:19) Does Dose Responsiveness Determine Survival? (59:21) Are Incubation Time and Lethality Correlated? (01:02:19) How the Soviets Created a Euphoric Plague (01:08:39) Six Days: From Outbreak to Anarchy (01:23:37) How Close COVID Came to Social Breakdown (01:36:24) Where to Find Annie Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/books] Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom] Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins] #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson] #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman] - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx] Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx] YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast] Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/contact] - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

14 Patterns Behind the World’s Greatest Minds - David Senra - #1126

David Senra is the host of Founders podcast and an investor. What separates successful founders from everyone else? Luck and timing matter, but they’re not the whole story. The best founders share repeatable patterns in how they think, work, and handle pressure. You can’t control the hand you’re dealt, but you sure can control how you play it. Expect to learn the work habits behind the genius of Rick Rubin, the 3 different types of founders with 3 specific traits who find unparalleled success, the simple advice most founders abide by when building their ideas into companies, why making mistakes is actually a badge of honour, how to have an obscene level of focus and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom [https://ag1.info/modernwisdom] Get up to 20% off Timeline powered by Mitopure (now at a lower price) at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom [https://timeline.com/modernwisdom] Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom [https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom] Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom [https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom] Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com [https://⁠https://chatgpt.com] Timestamps: (00:00) The Mindset Behind “Lazy Workaholics” (04:26) Why You Have to Bet on Yourself to Find Success (13:42) Feed Your Mind or Fall Behind (24:19) The Power of One Simple Idea (30:51) Failure Is a Privilege of Progress (37:30) Why Listening Is the Real Advantage (41:14) Don’t Solve Problems, Avoid Them (47:37) Why You Should Create for Yourself First (50:08) Be Ruthless With Your Life (56:49) Are Entrepreneurs Bad at Relationships? (01:12:15) The One Biography Every Ambitious Person Should Read (01:19:13) Is Respect the End Goal? (01:27:11) Don’t Let Others Define Your Success (01:30:56) Where to Find David Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/books] Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom] Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins] #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson] #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman] - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx] Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx] YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast] Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/contact] - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The True Story Of The Odyssey (and why it matters) - Alex Petkas - #1125

Alex Petkas is a historian, writer, and podcaster. What’s the real story behind The Odyssey? As the ancient epic returns to the big screen, a historian reveals the original tale, the world that shaped it, and the timeless lessons hidden within it. Expect to learn why The Odyssey is such an important story, what type of person and writer Homer was, who the important women of The Odyssey were and which ones were benevolent, heroic, or dangerous, why revenge and justice are the key underlying themes in the story, what a real historian thinks of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Get up to $350 off the Eight Sleep Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom [https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom] Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom [https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom] Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom [https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom] Get 15% off your first order of my favourite Non-Alcoholic Brew at https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom [https://athleticbrewing.com/modernwisdom] Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com [https://chatgpt.com] Timestamps: (00:00) Why The Odyssey Still Matters Today (06:19) What Happens in The Odyssey? (09:41) Did Homer Write The Iliad First? (15:20) How Much of The Odyssey Is Just Retelling? (16:31) Why Is Penelope the Ultimate Prize? (21:43) Telemachus’ Quest to Live Up to His Father (36:19) How Order Can Slip into Anarchy (37:21) Why Odysseus Walked Away From a Goddess (54:13) The Power of Cunning (01:01:09) How Odysseus Outsmarted the Cyclops (01:07:35) The One Mistake That Cursed Odysseus (01:09:23) Is Family the True Heart of The Odyssey? (01:24:57) How Odysseus Finally Returns Home (01:27:48) The Reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus (01:29:57) The Fall of the Suitors (01:42:12) Is Penelope the Real Hero of the Story? (01:46:25) Why Divine Favour Changes Everything (01:49:02) The Hidden Role of Oral Storytelling (01:53:24) Why Nolan’s Films Divide Audiences (01:57:52) Is Emily Wilson’s Translation Accurate? (02:01:26) Has the Classic Hero Disappeared? (02:11:09) Why We Need to Beware Modern Sirens (02:19:48) Where to Find Alex Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/books] Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom] Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins] #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson] #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman] - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx] Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx] YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast] Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/contact] - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Most Important Questions Of Our Time - George Mack - #1124

George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur. What are the most important questions of our time? Some search for the meaning of life. Others wonder how to leverage California’s gay subsidy. Both are equally valid, but one is definitely more interesting. So what are today’s biggest questions, and do any of the answers actually matter? Expect to learn if AI-generated stories can win awards, what qualifies for California’s gay certification program, who the chicken farmer who fooled Hitler was, why men aren’t great at receiving and expressing their emotions, why George is obsessed with Gymshark’s finances, the best lessons Chris and George have learned from this past year and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/deals] Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom [https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom] Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom [https://shopify.com/modernwisdom] Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom [https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom] Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom [https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom] Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com [https://⁠https://chatgpt.com] Timestamps: (00:00) Who Is Cristiano Ronaldo Named After? (03:13) Is This the Worst Walkout Song? (07:41) Should AI Be Winning Writing Awards? (12:46) Beckham vs Pitt: Who Do Women Prefer? (17:43) Do Trends in the East Always Translate to the West? (27:24) The Truth Behind California’s “Gay Certification” (32:02) How a Chicken Farmer Defeated Hitler (38:52) Is This the Greatest Civilian Hero Story? (45:37) Why We Experience Survivor’s Guilt (55:53) Are Men Homophobic or Femmephobic? (01:04:05) Why Cash Flow Cycles Matter More Than You Think (01:09:27) The Life Lessons You Come Back to Most (01:22:08) Where to Find George Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/books] Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ [https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom] Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins] #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson] #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ [https://lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman] - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx] Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ [https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx] YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast] Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ [https://chriswillx.com/contact] - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]