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#159 Chris Williamson - The Price of Modern Wisdom

Oct 16, 2026 · 1h 32m

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Chris Williamson is a podcaster and the host of Modern Wisdom. This conversation has been years in the making for me. I started listening to Chris in 2019, aged 21, trying to figure out who I was and what I wanted from life. His voice has been with me through so much of that journey. To sit opposite him in Edinburgh, hosting a podcast of my own, was a moment I’ll never forget. Chris spends much of his life asking the questions. This time, he lets us into his own story: the sensitive boy growing up in Stockton-on-Tees, the need to feel useful to feel loved, and the private uncertainty behind a very public success. It’s a side of him we rarely get to spend this much time with. Expect to learn…