#837 - Rory Stewart - The Truth Behind The Fall Of The UK

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Rory Stewart is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and former diplomat and politician. From riots to stabbings, useless politicians to corrupt businesses, all wrapped in terrible weather and high taxes, the UK is not having a great time right now. Perhaps Rory can help explain what is going wrong. Expect to learn what Afghanistan is like under new Taliban control, what the real problems in the UK are, why politicians are so reliably stupid, whether immigration really is breaking Britain just how bad extreme poverty is around the world, the latest updates with the Royal family and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get $150 discount on Plunge’s amazing sauna or cold plunge at https://plunge.com (use code MW150) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Watch Rory's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0HOe7gf7I Support Rory's effort to end extreme poverty: https://givedirectly.org/tedtalk Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Rory Stewart. He's a British academic, writer, podcaster, and a former politician.
0:09.6	From riots to stabbings, useless politicians to corrupt businesses, all wrapped in terrible weather
0:15.7	and high taxes, the UK is not having a great time right now.
0:19.9	Perhaps Rory can help to explain just what's going wrong.
0:23.2	Expect to learn what Afghanistan is like under the new Taliban control,
0:27.1	what the real problems in the UK are, why politicians are so reliably stupid
0:32.4	whether immigration really is breaking Britain, just how bad
0:35.9	extreme poverty is around the world, the latest updates with the royal family, and much more.
0:43.1	For those of you who are not in the UK, Rory happens to be the host of three of the top ten
0:48.8	podcasts on Apple Podcasts at the moment.
0:51.4	The guy is absolutely prolific and very everywhere and has a unique
0:55.9	perspective he knows what government is like from the inside he's able to explain and
1:00.7	understand why it's so reliably inefficient and why politicians are
1:06.0	such unimpressive people. He's really great and there is tons to take away from
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