Chris Williamson
person on 7 shows · 14 statements across 2 episodes · said 32 times in 21 episodes since 2021
My First Million 9 
BigDeal 8 
TBPN 8 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 4 
Sourcery 2 
20VC 1 
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My First Million 9BigDeal 8TBPN 8the Startup Ideas Podcast 4Sourcery 220VC 1
2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
2025 9 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- Warren Buffet & Charlie Munger's Greatest Lessons · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- Divorce Expert: The Early Signs of Infidelity | James Sexton
- Negotiation Expert: Stop Arguing, Start Winning | Kwame Christian
- Scott Galloway on Billionaire Happiness, Money & Self-Worth | Why We Should Drink More & Not WFH · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder
- Manipulation Expert: Success Isn’t Luck, It’s Rigged | Robert Greene
- DJI Suspicions, Stargate Turmoil, OpenAI Operator, F40 for the Mind
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 19 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
- FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
- From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s Insane Story
- What They Don’t Tell You About Money and Marriage (feat. Bill Perkins)
- The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet
- How To Find MILLION DOLLAR Business Ideas That WORK | Noah Kagan
- How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
- Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
- Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
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14 statements about Chris Williamson, every show
Williamson: Modern Wisdom reached 900 episodes and over one billion downloads
“I would be able to have these sorts of conversations, they felt really nourishing to me, and, ah, 900 episodes, and a billion and a bit downloads.”
Williamson employs four dedicated YouTube catalog strategists
“I have two full-time front catalogue strategists and two back catalogue strategists as well for YouTube.”
Williamson: Modern Wisdom produced first five-camera LED video wall podcast
“We did the first ever five-camera podcast on, ah, LED video wall, the same technology that was used for the Mandalorian, and as we were talking live, the video, ah, controller changed the scenes based on what we talked about.”
Williamson: Modern Wisdom high-end episode costs approach $30,000 to $40,000
“It's not far off that. We can get it down by squeezing here and there.”
Williamson: High production value makes podcast guests lock in
“When the guest turns up and they're like, wow, we're in a, you know, 25,000 square foot warehouse in the middle of LA, and there's a team of 15 people here, and there's huge lights, and there's guys holding dollies, Like, they lock in. You know, they're really…”
Williamson: Modern Wisdom newsletter has 300K subs, 50% open rate
“Newsletter drops on my newsletter, which has got 300,000 subs and a 50% open rate”
Chris Williamson rejects building a podcast studio to manage creators
“If you want to do that, then fine, but I have no desire to start managing a ton of other content creators.”
Williamson treats Modern Wisdom as a lifestyle business with capped upside
“So it's very much a lifestyle business. And I understand that that's going to cap the upside.”
Chris Williamson: Top creative talent will not work under media networks
“Anybody who is sufficiently talented for you to think that they're an A grade player, Is probably not going to want to sit underneath anybody else, and if someone isn't that good, you're kind of just filling the air with something that maybe isn't going to cat…”
Chris Williamson: Substack will continue to gain media market share
“I would continue to bet on Substack.”
Williamson earned more on Spotify than YouTube AdSense in early 2025
“We were a part of the partner program For January and February, and we made more money from them with only 10% of our catalog uploaded than the entirety of our YouTube AdSense.”
Chris Williamson: Success in CPG comes from reformulating existing consumer products
“One of the easiest hacks that What you can do if you want to be successful in CPG is take something that people are already consuming, source it better, improve the formulation, and then put it back out, right?”
Williamson: Reddit succeeds by serving people lacking local niche discussion communities
“Reddit is a website filled with people who couldn't find others to have that discussion with in their hometown.”