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The Problem With...

Why I’m Bringing Back My Podcast…

The Problem With...

James Smith

Society & Culture

4.99.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The Problem With… isn’t here to give easy answers - it’s here to ask the uncomfortable questions behind today’s biggest trends and taboos. Each week, host James Smith digs into what’s really going on - from AI to wellness culture - through unfiltered chats with experts and insiders to uncover the truth behind the noise. New episodes every Tuesday 6PM BST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the problem with, the podcast that asks the uncomfortable questions about the things that we think we understand.

0:06.0

But maybe we don't.

0:08.0

We are going through massive transformation and change.

0:11.0

If a tsunami was about to hit the shore, you don't have time off.

0:14.0

You get to higher ground as you possibly can. Every step counts.

0:17.0

Each week, we lift the curtain on the hot topics, the polarizing movements and the quietly disrupted forces shaping our world. More and more, these systems don't require a human in the loop anymore to tell them what to do. They figure it out themselves. And so if this keeps continuing, we have less and less understanding and control of what is happening in society. And more and more of the decisions are going to be made by things that are are not humans until one day, potentially, there will be no more decisions being made by humans.

0:41.3

From artificial intelligence to wellness culture or even influencer economics, all the way to

0:46.6

modern masculinity, are they misunderstood, misrepresented, or are there darker truths we've chosen to ignore?

0:51.8

My mission is not for every woman to be taking testosterone.

0:55.0

It's like to them what they do.

0:56.3

But I've just been misinterpreted by the establishment.

0:59.7

I can just see on social media, people call me a social media influencer.

1:03.4

Hang on, I'm a doctor.

1:05.0

We've made incredible material progress as human beings while our numbers have gone up.

1:09.6

And I think the idea that we have to take our numbers down to save ourselves and to save the planet is completely delusioned. All the signs are there that she's an escort, but they're like, no, no, no, she's a good girl. She's not like that. Because the problem with men is when they choose a woman, they're attracted to a woman, they just see her as a good woman. They want to believe she's not fromimiscuous. They want to believe that. Hosted by me, James Smith,

1:28.7

The Sunday Times once called me

1:29.8

the world's most sought-after personal trainer.

1:32.0

But since then, I've turned into the curious contrarian.

1:34.7

The problem with is a place for nuance over noise,

1:37.2

through conversations with experts, insiders,

1:39.4

and authoritative voices.

1:41.0

We break down the complex ideas

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