Studio Launch Party - Indian Fetishes, Betting on Wars & Tom Cruise - #1078

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Welcome to the new Studio! To celebrate, I put together a new episode style. In this launch episode, we explore: The world’s worst phone call of all time If the act of self-improvement is problematic Tom Cruise stops by the new set and much more… Guests: Michael Smoak is a podcast host, entrepreneur, and investor. Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor. George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur. Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠⁠ Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at ⁠https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom⁠ Function is now just $365, plus get $25 off at ⁠https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom⁠ Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at ⁠https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom⁠ Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at ⁠https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at https://chatgpt.com Timestamps: (0:00) How Nikocado Trolled the Internet (1:51) The Worst Phone Call of All Time (9:04) How Sylvester Stallone Brute Forced Success (11:57) Are GLP-1s Killing Romance? (18:56) Did Novak Djokovic Take Discipline Too Far? (22:23) The Self-Help Trap (25:31) We’re Just Betting On Everything Now (36:29) The World’s Best Tom Cruise Impersonator (42:50) India’s Biggest Fetish (46:36) Why Insecurity Is Actually An Advantage (49:45) Gossip Is More Useful Than You Think (52:47) The Most Important 2 Seconds of Your Life (01:06:16) Have Adults Forgotten How To Play? (01:10:38) When People Take Stoicism Too Far (01:16:48) The Most Uncomfortable Mukbang Ever (01:25:01) 2 Beers, 2 Cigs, 2 Rubik’s Cubes World Record (01:31:10) Florida Man Does It Again (01:35:02) Ice Packs In The Sauna Extra Stuff: 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: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - 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 people, big news. I'm on tour in Australia, but I couldn't wait to share the brand new studio and a brand new episode style with you. There's no rules, no structure. It's just me hanging out and I'm bringing some friends with me. Enjoy the episode.
0:26.1	See ya.
0:28.0	What's that thing?
0:28.6	There's a thing that people have where they hate the sound of like,
0:31.6	Misophonia.
0:32.7	I have it real bad.
0:34.2	No way.
0:34.8	Dude, if I hear you eat cereal next to me, I'll try to break your neck.
0:38.4	It's the worst. Don't all women have this? Excuse me? Or everyone?
0:42.9	Every woman I've ever dated. Come the fuck again? I saw this video of some guy that's got one of those
0:50.1	big tubes and it makes a. So that kills you.
0:55.4	But it's worse, dude, like, like when people do the muckbongs with their microphones, oh,
1:01.0	the visceral rage.
1:02.5	Like I, you know, they're eating into a fucking JBL microphone.
1:06.6	Who is the fucking guy that sly up to everyone?
1:08.3	That's crazy.
1:09.3	Who is the king muckbanger that sighed up to everyone?
1:11.6	Oh, Nicado avocado.
1:12.8	Yes, thank you.
1:13.6	Did he die?
1:14.4	No, he lost like 200 pounds. He lost all of the weight. Oh, really? Yeah, he's like the inverse Joey Chestnut. Yeah. Well, he ballooned. Yeah. And then and then did it. Wow. But he got like peak fat and then had peak views on that one video of like,
1:27.2	yeah.
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