Episodes featuring Chris Williamson
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Chris Williamson talks with Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, who tried many popular diets for his book Fed Up. He argues single-fix diets oversimplify, and that traditional whole-food diets like the...
Chris Williamson examines the Hugging Face AI attack as a sign that unaligned AI systems can develop deceptive behaviors on their own, and debates whether that or today's fraud and deepfakes is the bigger threat.
Chris Williamson sits down with Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker, and Duncan Trussell to discuss addiction recovery, the laptop story, and how disinformation was used to influence the 2020 election.
Chris Williamson and Hunter Biden discuss the White House cocaine incident in a comedy and satire format, with some conversation about recovery and sobriety.
Chris Williamson breaks down why Blue Zones research is scientifically unreliable, and why no single diet can honestly be called optimal for everyone.
Comedian Jimmy Carr joins Chris Williamson to talk anxiety, flow, loneliness and why he thinks we are at the start of a revolution, plus his fixes for the UK and his new book on writing jokes.
Chris Williamson answers audience questions on relationships, self-improvement fatigue, meditation, health struggles, and personal growth, offering practical and philosophical advice.
Chris Williamson and Jimmy Carr discuss how active minds create anxiety when fed unsolvable problems, and how to redirect that mental energy toward challenges you can actually act on.
Chris Williamson, Steve Stewart-Williams, Macken Murphy, and Rob Henderson discuss the science of sexual attraction and mating preferences, using behavioral data and evolutionary psychology to challenge common dating...
Chris Williamson pushes back on the anti-optimization trend, arguing the right question is not what works but what works for you right now, based on where you are in life.
Chris Williamson challenges the idea that a small group of men monopolize dating, showing that sexual behavior patterns have stayed stable since 2000 and the 'Chad' myth is largely a perception problem.
Peter Santenello joins Chris Williamson to discuss six years traveling America's backroads, revealing how isolation, not division, is the country's real problem.
Chris Williamson argues that monogamous marriage acted as affirmative action for men by spreading sexual access more evenly, and examines how that system has broken down in modern dating.
Chris Williamson talks with ex-military hacker Bill Thompson about how governments spy on phones and people, from the Patriot Act and FISA to recruiting insiders, wasteful defense budgets, AI hacking and his hunting app.
Chris Williamson shares lessons from documenting Amish and Hasidic Jewish communities, exploring how their deliberate disconnection from technology can benefit modern professionals.
Chris Williamson and Jett Franzen discuss how high achievers often use success to mask emotional wounds, and why chasing external goals rarely delivers lasting satisfaction.
Chris Williamson explains why obsession is different from discipline and motivation, and why ambitious people should lean into it rather than suppress it.
Neuroscientist Darby Saxbe joins Chris Williamson to discuss how hands-on fatherhood changes the brain, affects hormones, and shapes mental health outcomes for both parents.
Dr. Stephen Porges joins Chris Williamson to explain Polyvagal Theory and why chronic anxiety stems from a nervous system stuck in defense mode, plus practical ways to fix it.
Chris Williamson looks at paternal perinatal depression, which affects around 10% of new fathers, and why it stays stigmatized, unscreened, and largely untreated.