Why Has The World Gone Insane? - Douglas Murray - #928

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Douglas Murray is a journalist, author and associate editor of The Spectator. Some see The West in decline, others believe we're entering a bold, uncharted era of opportunity. So how do we preserve the foundations of the West while also protecting the cultural values that make it worth saving? Expect to learn what Douglas thinks of Trump's first few months in office, Douglas’ advice for the democratic party if they want to win in the upcoming elections, why the Trump-Zelensky meeting was disappointing, if the West is still trying to ‘erase itself’ according to Douglas or if we have moved past that, what the current state of the UK is like, lessons for the broader world from Ukraine and the middle east, why Douglas sued The Guardian and the fallout of that and much more… Timestamps: (00:00) Current State Of Trump's Effort In Office (09:30) Should The Democratic Party Have People The Public Want? (19:54) Will Life In The UK Get Better? (34:51) Is It Unhealthy To Keep Up With The News? (47:37) What Wartime Does To People (57:38) Behind The Title Of Douglas' Latest Book (01:04:56) The Global Rise In Conspiracy Theories (01:13:22) Who Is To Blame? (01:20:26) Lessons From Conflicts For The Wider World (01:31:59) How Douglas Has Avoided Becoming Pessimistic (01:50:25) Things People Misunderstand About Douglas (01:53:30) Douglas' Upcoming Work Projects Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom 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: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberma - 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	Douglas Murray, welcome the show.
0:01.9	Very good to be back with you in your native Austin.
0:04.3	Ah, yes, you're here for 24 hours.
0:07.1	Salubrious.
0:08.4	Wonderful.
0:09.5	Watching your success with great admiration.
0:12.4	Thank you.
0:13.0	And great pride as well in a way.
0:14.5	I don't know why I feel pride, but I just...
0:16.1	You definitely contributed to it.
0:17.6	I think I managed to get you to take a dice roll many, many years ago,
0:22.2	five years ago, six years ago. That's right. I think I was doing the matters of crowds and you were in
0:26.2	your place in Newcastle with a mould on the ceiling. Wasn't mold. It was because I had, as I explained
0:32.6	for a long time, it's because I had a Yankee candle addiction, which also actually is something to be
0:38.2	embarrassed about, not quite as bad as mold. And I had to get it repainted. After our
0:43.5	episode, the internet shamed me so much that I had to get the ceiling of my old bedroom repainted.
0:50.6	And now you're here in Austin. Look at me now. It's great to see you. You too.
0:54.9	Trump's been in office for 78 days.
0:58.0	What do you make of his efforts so far?
1:03.1	Mixed, I think, as with anyone.
1:06.9	He got the very, very large and considerable mandate, won the popular vote, made it pretty impossible for people to criticize him from the election onwards.
1:21.3	The first couple of months has been very little, I think, pushback or rallying around against him. Then inevitably, there are
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