600k Q&A - Masculinity Crisis, Overrated Thinkers & Lex Fridman - #574
I hit 600k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about whether...
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Summary
I hit 600k Subscribers on YouTube!!
To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about whether Lex Fridman is coming on the podcast, who the most overrated thinker is and my plans for 2023.
Expect to learn what my thoughts are on masculinity being in a crisis, my best advice for men in their 20's, whether it's possible to have a well meaning conversation about the Left without calling everyone woke, where I buy my t-shirts from, who I want to bring on the show in 2023, my biggest tips for starting a YouTube channel, why it's a good thing that Newton didn't have Twitter and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:02) Chris’s Spotify Listenership
(02:03) Returning to College Later in Life
(03:05) Changing Opinion on Birth Control
(04:56) Recommended Books
(05:20) Micro-dosing Mushrooms in Vegas
(06:12) ‘Does Bruno Mars Is Gay?’
(06:24) Writing a Book
(08:26) Hitting 600K Subs
(09:41) Back Troubles
(10:47) January Special Guest
(12:24) Chris’s Uni Accommodation
(13:02) Foregoing Relationships for Self-Improvement
(15:00) Who in Self-Help is Overrated?
(15:58) 2 Million Subscribers?
(16:29) Chris’s Relationship with Alcohol
(18:03) Are We in a Masculinity Crisis?
(22:00) Why Chris Cut His Afro
(22:59) Obsession with Evolutionary Psychology
(25:11) Advice for a Party-Hard Guy
(27:58) Spaghetti Fingers or Lasagne Feet?
(28:59) Sam Harris
(29:57) Stupid Guests
(31:00) Would Chris Be Successful if He Was Ugly?
(33:55) A Dream Guest for 2023
(35:56) F***, Marry, Kill: Rogan, Schulz, Peterson
(37:00) Justin Timberlake Hair
(37:15) Influence of Andrew Huberman
(38:36) Abstaining from Alcohol
(38:52) Is Athletic Greens Worth the Hype?
(39:25) How Careful is Chris About Guest Selection?
(41:54) Most Under-appreciated Modern Thinker
(42:53) How to Find Good Friends
(45:29) Chris’s Involvement in the Nightclub Business
(46:36) Will Chris Host Rogan?
(47:00) Greatest Achievement
(48:14) Tips for Starting a Channel
(50:47) Difference Between the Radical & Sensible Left
(53:57) Origin of Bro Science
(55:15) Being Surrounded by Negative People