200 Epsiodes! What a journey. In this special episode, Joe & Lewis sit down to discuss the lessons, ideas and reflections that they have had from interviewing some of the most fascinating people alive. In this episode, you'll hear the plans for the show in the future, dream guests, mistakes that they have made along the way and whether they would do it all over again. If you would prefer to watch this in video format on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact If you have enjoyed our c...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 21 min
[02:21] What Makes A Life Worth Living? - Douglas Murray [06:14] What 3.5 Million Year Old Footprints Can Teach Us About Family & Love - Neil Oliver [14:50] How To Deal With Loneliness - Robert Greene [18:42] The Difference Between Sadness & Depression - Tal Ben Shahar [24:20] How To Live Longer - Dr Michael Gregger [28:20] How To Deal With Fear - Cristina Zenato [34:55] The Real Life Lord Of The Flies - Rutger Bregman [39:45] Do The Work - Darin Olien [47:39] No Such Thing As Dying Youn...
Jun 21, 2021•53 min
Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Whiteshift, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth, The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America and other books. He is co-editor, among others, of Political Demography and Whither the Child: causes and consequences of low fertility , and editor of Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities . An editor of the journal Nations & Nationalism, he has written for New York Times, Times of ...
Jun 18, 2021•52 min
Aaron Marino is a youtuber and entrepreneur. Since 2006, Aaron has helped millions of men from around the world realize their true potential and feel great about themselves. He has made it his life's mission to reach as many men as possible in an attempt to develop a community of happy, healthy, well-adjusted and confident men. Some people say you can't learn confidence, but Aaron knows for a fact that you can. More on Aaron: https://aaronmarino.com/ More on Us: https://freedompact.co.uk/newslet...
Jun 14, 2021•46 min
#196: Marisa Peer - Award Winning Therapist's Advice For People That Don't Feel Enough by Freedom Pact Podcast
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Fraser Wilson is an Australian fitness Youtuber with over 142 million video views, 1 million subscribers and 2 million social media followers, where he is producing informative and impactful content that helps millions of people achieve their health & fitness goals. At just 24 years old, Fraser has turned his passion in to a career and is truly living a life of purpose. In this episode, we discuss Fraser's journey, and Fraser gives his advice on how you can transform your life in to one of p...
Jun 07, 2021•37 min
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal—she has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has won numerous national tea...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min
"The odds were stacked against us, but they were just odds..." Brian Wood MC, former Colour Sergeant, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. Brian Wood was awarded the Military Cross, one of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry in combat, by Her Majesty The Queen II, following his courageous leadership under enemy fire in Iraq. In the heat of a lethal close quarters battle, fighting outnumbered, he seized the initiative, taking a split-second decision to lead his men into the teeth of enemy fire ...
May 31, 2021•49 min
Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. Niall's latest book is called 'Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe'. Topics Discussed: - Niall's reaction to Dominic Cummings latest press conference - The UK's response to Covid-19 - Which ...
May 28, 2021•53 min
Journalists have bestowed on Peter Singer the tag of “world’s most influential living philosopher.” Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues in favour of veganism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", in which he arg...
May 24, 2021•54 min
Professor Anthony Grayling (@https://twitter.com/acgrayling?s=20) is Master of the New College of the Humanities, and a Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and is a frequent media contributor. Topics discussed: - Anthony's new book: The Frontiers of Knowledge - The Paradox of knowledge that we're facing - The case for a multi-disciplined approach to coll...
May 21, 2021•57 min
Darin Olien is co-host with Zac Efron on the widely popular Netflix docu-series “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” and host of the #1 Health & Wellness podcast "The Darin Olien Show." Darin is also a highly recognized exotic superfoods hunter, supplement formulator, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, “SuperLife: The five fixes that will keep you healthy, fit and eternally awesome." He has traveled the planet discovering new and underutilized exotic foods and medicinal plants. In ...
May 17, 2021•47 min
Dr Robert Cialdini is known as the foundational expert in the science of influence. Robert is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, with over five-million copies sold in 44 different languages. He is the president and CEO of INFLUENCE AT WORK. Dr. Cialdini received his PhD from University of North Carolina and post-doctoral training from Columbia University. Dr. Cialdini was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018 and the National Academy...
May 14, 2021•50 min
Bryan Callen is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster. He has appeared in such TV and films as The Goldbergs, Hangover 1 & 2, Joker & More. A veteran Headliner, Callen performs in theatres and comedy venues across the world, but most often can be seen at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Callen is known for being the co-host of the top-rated iTunes podcasts The Fighter & The Kid, as well at Ten Minute Podcast. Bryan is also a regular on The Joe Rogan Experience and Fight Companio...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Chloé Simone Valdary is an American writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning in schools and diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies. Chloe has lectured in universities across America, including Harvard and Georgetown. Her work has been covered in Psychology Today Magazine and her writings have appeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Topics discussed: - Chloe's thoughts on Robert Greene - Where is the ...
May 07, 2021•51 min
Calvin Robinson is a political commentator, adviser, educator & columnist at The Telegraph, The Daily Mail & More. In this podcast, Calvin speaks on questions such as: - Is the UK really a racist nation? - What did we learn from the UK Race Report? - Why should we 'defund the BBC?' - Did the left treat Prince Phillip's death in a 'kind' manner? - What did we learn from Piers Morgan's GMB exit? - How can we deal with political burnout? - & Much More To find more from Calvin, visit his...
May 03, 2021•46 min
David Fuller ( @Rebel Wisdom ) is a journalist and filmmaker who previously worked for Channel 4 as a news reporter. David’s documentaries and news work into a variety of topics including Syrian refugees and psychedelics have previously been nominated for several tv awards. In more contemporary media, you may recognise David as the host of the very popular Rebel Wisdom channel which has more than 200,000 Youtube subscribers. Links: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews) https:...
Apr 30, 2021•46 min
Dave Hollis is the CEO of the Hollis Company, a company that exists to help people build better lives. Dave was previously president of distribution for the Walt Disney Studios until he left to apply his experiences to the expansion of the Hollis Company. Dave is a member of the Motion Picture Academy and has been an advisor or board member of technology incubator Fandango Labs, philanthropy start-up Givsum, film charity Will Rogers Pioneers Foundation, Pepperdine's Institute for Entertainment, ...
Apr 26, 2021•52 min
Dr John Vervaeke ( @John Vervaeke ) is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John released a 50-part YouTube series entitled ‘’Awakening from the meaning crisis’’. Topics discussed: - What is the meaning crisis that we currently face? - What are the symptoms of the meaning crisis? - Are individual's higher on Maslow's pyramid more prone to meaning crises? - Links between secularism and a crisis of meani...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Born country boy and farmer, with a longing for God – John Butler has led an extraordinarily interesting but largely unknown life, recorded only in notes, diaries letters etc which, for many years lay, half forgotten in the cupboard - until he published his first books, ‘Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment’ in 2008 at the age of 71, and ‘Mystic Approaches’ in 2012. Unexpectedly, in 2017, he was interviewed on Conscious TV which, to his surprise, was well received. Encouraged to make further videos a...
Apr 19, 2021•35 min
#180: Jonathan Pageau - Grand Narratives, Heaven and Hell, Evolution, Meaning and More by Freedom Pact Podcast
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 12 min
After obtaining a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, Andrew Steele decided that ageing was the most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. He worked at the Francis Crick Institute, using machine leaning to decode our DNA and predict heart attacks using patient's medical records . He is now a full-time science writer and presenter based in London. For more on Andrew & his book 'Ageless' visit: https://andrewsteele.co.uk/ To get the...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 3 min
David Heinemeier-Hansson, commonly known as DHH. David is the creator of Ruby on Rails, a best-selling author, co-founder and CTO at Basecamp and Hey, two software companies that our audience may remember from our chat with Jason a few months back. David was awarded the hacker of the year award in 2005, and interestingly was also named the ALMS rookie of the year award for his pursuit in race car driving. Topics Discussed: - Self Learning - Big Tech - Do we Need a Digital Bill of Rights? - Culti...
Apr 09, 2021•59 min
Neil Oliver is a British television presenter, freelance archaeologist, conservationist, and author. He is best known as a presenter of several BBC historical and archaeological documentary series, including A History of Scotland, Vikings, and Coast. Today on the show, we discuss: - The Bristol 'Kill The Bill' Protests - Cancel Culture - The Scottish Government 'Hate Crime Bill' - Piers Morgan - Jordan Peterson & much more Watch the podcasts on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/freedompact Mo...
Apr 05, 2021•54 min
Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In this episode, Robert joins the Freedom Pact podcast to discuss the events of the last year and what we've learned about the human condition. Topics Discussed: - Why Robert meditates on his own mortality - How to deal with Existential thoughts - The collapse of grand narratives - The rise of secularism - The meaning crisis - Robert's adv...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min
“It’s cancer.” Dr Philippa Kaye was 39 years old when she heard those dreaded words. The diagnosis of bowel cancer would change her life and mean crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient. She soon discovered that her years of training and experience had not prepared her for the realities of actually living with cancer. Phillipa's Links: https://www.drphilippakaye.com/ https://twitter.com/drphilippakaye Our Links: Join Our Newsletter: http://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Watch us...
Mar 29, 2021•37 min
Dr Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as an author of both fiction and nonfiction. A year-long journey by renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, and his wife, esteemed feminist writer Marilyn Yalom, after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret. With the wisdom of those who have thought deeply, and the familiar warmth of teenage sweethearts who've grown up together, t...
Mar 26, 2021•54 min
Dr Lindsay Browning is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist and sleep expert. As well as being a mother of two, she has a Doctorate (DPhil) from the University of Oxford, where she investigated the relationship between worry and insomnia. She founded Trouble Sleeping, her specialist sleep clinic, in 2006. As we break down the content in her new book, you can expect to: • Understand the difference between 'good' and 'bad' sleep. • Cope better with temporary sleeplessness. • Begin to unlearn u...
Mar 22, 2021•49 min
#172: Zev Weinstein - Generation Z, Philosophy During Difficult times, Self-learning & Language by Freedom Pact Podcast
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Alex J. O’Connor is founder of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel, podcast and blog, platforms dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format. He is currently reading for a degree in philosophy and theology at St John’s College, Oxford University. Join Our Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter: http://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Freedom Pact Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact Find Alex on every platform by searching "CosmicSkeptic"
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 4 min
