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...
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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
56:20 Do You Need a Platform to Start a Podcast?
58:25 Is Chris Still Hungry?
1:00:41 Marriage & Children
1:01:30 Continuing to Find New Content
1:03:08 Popularity of Dating Shows
1:05:11 Matthew Walker
1:06:11 Was Jocko Difficult to Deal With?
1:07:33 Favourite Evolutionary Psychology Books
1:08:15 Is it Safe to Workout Commando?
1:08:24 Avoiding YouTube Censorship
1:09:12 Chris’s Background Lights
1:09:39 Number 1 Life Hack
1:09:53 Best Advice for Guys in Their 20’s
1:10:22 Adapting YouTube Styles for 2023
1:11:43 Having Direct Conversations in the Manosphere
1:13:09 Avoiding Controversy
1:14:14 Collaborating with Lex Fridman
1:14:48 Does Chris Meditate?
1:15:34 Where Does Chris Buy His T-Shirts?
1:16:08 Becoming a Better Mother
1:16:33 How to Settle Down Young
1:17:35 Favourite UK City
1:17:40 Is Chris on TRT?
1:17:49 Opinion on Andrew Tate
1:18:02 Trimming Pubes
1:18:18 What Chris Thinks of WEF & Jews
1:18:47 Did Historical Figures Benefit from Not Having the Internet?
1:19:41 Seeking Progression
1:20:50 What Trait Should Bring a Higher Status?
1:21:56 End of Year Review
1:22:36 Michael Malice
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Chris Williamson Tackles Masculinity, Sobriety, Woke Politics, and Purpose
A.In this 600k-subscriber Q&A, Chris Williamson fields wide-ranging questions on self-improvement, masculinity, relationships, career, and the state of online culture. He shares personal experiences with alcohol, nightlife, back pain, and building his YouTube channel, while offering concrete advice on discipline, monk mode, and finding purpose. Chris also critiques concepts like toxic masculinity, the modern manosphere, and performative ‘woke’ politics, arguing for a more holistic, collaborative vision between men and women. Throughout, he reflects on his rapid audience growth, future plans (books, big guests like Goggins and Rogan), and the psychological costs and benefits of evolutionary psychology.
🧠 IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideas
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Treat sobriety as a temporary experiment tied to clear goals.
Chris advises at least six months of not drinking, combined with specific objectives (fitness, skills, writing) to fill the freed-up time; alcohol is the gateway to most other destructive behaviors, so removing it simplifies change.
2
Monk mode only works if you fill the vacuum intentionally.
He endorses periods of celibacy and reduced socializing to build yourself, but warns that if you don’t replace dating, partying, and drugs with purposeful work, the empty space will be filled by low-effort distractions.
3
Change your environment—especially friends—if you want to change habits.
For people stuck in cycles of partying and drugs, Williamson repeatedly emphasizes upgrading your friend group and social environment, since temptation and norms are largely transmitted through peers.
4
Redefine masculinity around courage, competence, protection, and provision—not domination.
He argues there is a crisis of masculinity driven partly by the sloppy use of ‘toxic masculinity’; the solution is a ‘third-wave’ or holistic masculinity that is proud of classical virtues while remaining collaborative with women.
5
Distinguish genuine activism from status-seeking ‘wokeness.’
In his view, the key question is whether someone has deeply researched an issue and acts from sincere concern, or is using fashionable causes as a low-effort way to gain moral status and clout online.
💬 WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotes
Monk mode's great unless you don't fill the space with something productive, because something will fill the space.
— Chris Williamson
Giving up alcohol will give you the biggest competitive advantage over pretty much everybody else that you can think of.
— Chris Williamson
It’s like being gaslit out of your own gender role.
— Chris Williamson (on modern criticisms of masculinity)
The manosphere… needs to be more collaborative. It needs to be more mindful. It needs to be more holistic. It needs to be more positive.
— Chris Williamson
My plan is to fist‑fuck 2023… I wouldn’t bet against me this year.
— Chris Williamson
Sobriety, alcohol use, and lifestyle change in your 20sMonk mode, discipline, and building purpose as a young manCrisis of masculinity, toxic masculinity, and the manosphereWoke politics, ‘woke’ vs genuine activism, and online culture warsCareer building on YouTube and podcasting strategyEvolutionary psychology, mating market, and birth control concernsPersonal growth, self-worth, and handling fame and opportunity
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