The Chris Endrey Podcast
by Chris Endrey
A podcast exploring life, creativity, and the forces shaping our world. Hosted by Chris Endrey, an entertainer and deep thinker who goes beyond surface-level conversations to explore everything from culture, creativity, geopolitics, global affairs, history and the arts. Expect right-brained explorations that re-frame the big questions and offer a new perspective on living. If you love learning, laughing, and questioning the way things are - this is the place for you. New episodes weekly!All possible thanks to Chris’s patrons, join them: https://patreon.com/Endrey
Episodes
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54 - Christrodamus: Revisiting My Predictions
Hi friends! After a little break to adjust my lovely daughter into childcare, I am revisiting some of the predictions I made across the course of the show. War, AI, societal collapse, and other such relaxing topics to ease you into your daily commute. Good to be here. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction...
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53 - Making Friends in Lonely Times
A number of metrics clearly show that we're in a world that feels lonelier, which has come with all sorts of costs. In this patron-requested episode, I share some of own perspective on the loneliness pandemic and how to make friends as an adult. CHAPTERS 0:00 — Introduction: Why Making Friends as...
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52 - GAMBLOR: The Growing War On Agency
There's been a fair bit of gambling discourse around lately and it's really stood out how much of the conversation is framed by a world that no longer exists. Here I'm hoping to move beyond “gambling is good/bad” and instead ask: how much responsibility should fall on individuals when modern tech...
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51 - We've Lost So Much!
For a number of reasons, lately I've been curious about how much we are constantly losing and how much thought we give to that great seeping of everything through the hourglass. I don't think of myself as particularly sentimental, but I am continuously drawn to the idea of how we carry our most...
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50 - Smart People Are Dumb Too
In this episode, Chris explores the complex nature of intelligence, its limitations, and the importance of humility and systemic checks in decision making. He discusses how even the smartest individuals can be profoundly wrong and why diverse perspectives are crucial for navigating an uncertain...
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49 - Are We Ready For AI?
What do we do when we don't have to do anything? It's not impossible that almost all of the work that we do will be automated in the coming decade. Despite this not being news to any of us, I don't get the impression that we're having the conversations about what that will mean with the…
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48 - Try Something New As An Adult (Club)
A poll of patrons for this week's episode had two clear winners: 'We are getting dumber' and 'Try something new as an adult club'. Let's get briefly concerned about the first before shattering it in our own lives and kick this club off! Whether it's a dream of writing and recording a song or an...
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47 - Prime Minister Hanson?
For the first time ever, successive polls in Australia place One Nation as the nation's top political party and Pauline Hanson as people's preferred Prime Minister. For a country that has been characteristically dominated by two parties for many decades, this is surely big news. So, what's…
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46 - The Key Lessons I Wish I Knew at 22
Life isn't easy. Except when it is. I was recently surprised to be asked what advice I'd give myself at 22 and didn't have a quick answer on hand. I guess that makes sense, because it's not simple. I kept turning back to the question through the week and torrenting ideas in my mind. Goodness -...
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45 - The Decline of Europe
With all the attention on the flailings of America, it can be easy to miss that Europe has its own huge headwinds to manage. War; demographic collapse; economic stagnation; and decades without strategic or technological sovereignty, at a time where both are growing in importance. How did this...
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44 - Mid/Whole Life Crisis
The idea of a midlife crisis is a little old hat these days. Especially when there's so much room for crisis across everything lately. Despite this, Chris finds utility in scratching at the ideas behind a midlife crisis, and exploring how we can find status anxiety and pain-dividends coming from...
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43 - Killing Without Accountability
The AI revolution is here! Fortunately, it's easier than ever for me to generate chapter markings my episodes. Unfortunately, leading militaries of the world have systematised killing in a way that is increasingly indistinct from dystopian science fiction. In a time where so much attention is…
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42 - Australian Censorship
In a recent episode on civilisational-level lies, I mentioned that we incorrectly assume that we have freedom of speech in Australia. Mere weeks later, and there are a handful of absurd enforcements of new laws that scrape out the truth of how increasingly vulnerable that freedom is. There is a...
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41 - Navigating Chaos: Finding Joy When Everything Feels Broken
I imagine that at some point I will get tired of saying that the world is changing at an exponential rate. But that point will have to wait, because this episode takes the observable chaos of the zeitgeist - the Epstein files, Venezuelan kidnapping, war in Iran, the AI takover, energy crises…
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40 - Values vs. Behaviour: The Path to Ruin
We are all riddled with contradiction. Whether in our view of ourselves or the world - life and society seems to be an ongoing process of navigating, failing, correcting and re-asserting flawed understandings of reality. It's an inevitable and important part of navigating a world in which we…
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39 - Missing News: Trump, Authoritarianism and Risking Apocalypse
With the world fixated on a horrifying war in the Persian Gulf, it's understandable that there is little attention to go around. What do we do when some of the most impactful things occurring in our time collide? You guessed it - we tune into Chris Endrey's podcast, The Chris Endrey Podcast!…
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38 - Catastrophe!
The USA and Israel have interrupted their negotiations with the Iranians to rain bombs across the country, killing the country's leadership and inflicting the inevitable horrors of 'collateral damage'. Refusing to play along, the Iranian regime has not collapsed, and is retaliating by firing...
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37 - The Insanity of Knowing
A quirk of our species seems to be that when we encounter new information that sufficiently challenges our perception of the world - we reject it. And yet, our collective perception of how the world works is constantly being rewritten. This often comes at great cost to those who come bearing...
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36 - Understanding Epstein in Context
The Epstein scandal is so large that it can feel impossible to grapple with. Is it about sexual abuse? Political corruption? Transhumanism? Satanism? International finance? Geopolitics? Spy games? All of the above? You can see the full range of responses. Ignorance, indifference, outrage,...
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35 - Epstein Files: A Snapshot of Decay
The latest release of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein has further revealed a world of crime and influence that has sparked incredibly fierce outrage and investigation in some quarters. But in others, conspicuous silence. As the world pores over more than 3 million documents, a picture is slowly...
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34 - Hating Novak | Loving Novak
Chapters 00:00 Djokovic: An Outlier in Australian Sports Culture 11:31 The Journey from War Zone to Tennis Champion 12:46 The Role of Mentorship in Djokovic's Success 14:43 The Complexity of Djokovic's Public Perception 19:18 Cognitive Biases and Their Impact on Djokovic's Image 21:43 The Halo...
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33 - Pep Talk!
There are a lot of reasons that this year has already been a mess so let's instead feed off of Chris' natural optimism and explore some ways to have more of the things we want in life. A little pep talk to encourage us to find the utility, virtue, pathways and entitlement to build in the good...
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32 - A Venezuelan Gambit
America is back baby! And what better way to prove it than by sailing over a few countries and arresting a foreign President and his wife for holding illegal firearms and running a drug cartel - aka, residing in the self-declared American sphere of influence and being a little too slow to hand…
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31 - Okay, I'll Fix Democracy
Do we live in democracies? Sort of. We don't seem to be very good at solving some very big problems - and I'm not convinced that this is because most people don't want them solved. Is there something in the design of our societies that fails to reckon with the real powers we have to forge the...
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30 - Eurovision Drama!: Disunity's Reflection
As a song competition, Eurovision is inevitably dramatic. And, despite its stated rules, inevitably political. Russia and Belarus are out. Israel is in (for now). Canada might be too? A bloc of countries are threatening to boycott should Israel participate next year. But they're being met by a...
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29 - Unknowable Elements of Success
Pretending to have a good recipe for success is, impressively, a great recipe for success. But there isn't a domain of human endeavour where you can do everything right and avoid failure. And we are all familiar with the many of us who manage to do any number of things wrong and still succeed....
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28 - The Invisible Trades We All Make That None Of Us Would Choose pt.2
Aliens observing life on earth would be right to be shocked at a fair number of our behaviours that don't really seem to best serve any of us. A follow up from episode 20, we are again interrogating areas of our everyday shared reality that have snuck up on us and seem entrenched but really...
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27 - Moral Warfare!
It feels good to lay the blame - and it could be ruining us. Our species evolved in a context where quick decisions that are right most of the time are far more valuable than slower decisions that are right all of the time. But what was a critical need for survival then, can be in many ways a a...
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26 - The Freedom Paradox: In Praise of Constraints
It's happened so quickly that it can be hard to remember sometimes just how powerful we've become. We can conjure in an instant information, work or connections that would have taken hours, weeks or even months just a few decades ago. This gives us new freedom to manipulate the world and our…
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25 - Lessons from Parenthood
On Christmas Day a few years ago I became a father for the first time and it truly was the greatest gift imaginable. We were lucky enough to have another baby since then, and I spend a significant part of every single day in awe of how great it all is. But it's possible that that's just the...
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24 - Surprisingly Horrible Things The US Has Done pt. 1: Eugenics
In this episode, Chris Endrey delves into one of the lesser-discussed chapters of American history - the eugenics movement across the first half of the 20th century. He discusses the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, the role of prominent institutions in promoting eugenics, and the many forced...
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23 - The Dangerously Routine Traps of Statistics
The authority that we give to people wielding data is frightening and routinely disastrous. In this episode, Chris explores the common traps and pitfalls associated with leaning too heavily upon statistics, emphasising the importance of understanding correlation versus causation, the misuse of...
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22 - Status Anxiety + Elite Overproduction
What happens when there more people than seats at the table? Peter Turchin predicted an increase in political instability for this decade due, in part, to a phenomenon he describes as 'elite overproduction'. Having touched upon this topic last week in exploring the context of the assassination of...
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21 - The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
What's in a murder? Chris Endrey explores Charlie Kirk's assassination and its stark social response. In particular, what it says about societal instability, the role of violence, and the impact of political assassinations in contemporary society. He explores the work of historical mathematicians...
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20 - The Invisible Trades We All Make That None Of Us Would Choose
If our ancestors could visit us and see how we live, what would shock them about modern life? We have incredible power and wealth, but there are trades that we have unconsciously made as a collective on the road to these. Chris asks, if viewed from a distance, would we make these trades again? It...
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19 - Australia Is Still A Colony
Is Australia still a colony? It might sound like a trivial question, but a quick scratch of the surface suggests there's a lot more to it than mere semantics. Chris delves into the complexities of Australia's colonial legacy, the impact of foreign ownership on national sovereignty, and a cultural...
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18 - Culture Lag
The world changes so quickly these days that it usually takes us a moment to catch up. This dynamism means that operating with old assumptions can be risky, but also offers big arbitrage benefits for those who are quick to acknowledge and understand the shifts. It's hard to believe, but in many...
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17 - A Lost War
'The First Casualty of War Is Truth'. In the fog of lies that surround the wars of our time, are there critical lessons that we are failing to learn? As the Ukraine-Russia war rolls through its fourth year, its accompanying destruction and misery continue apace. With the biggest players of the...
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16 - The Coming Zillionaires
If you're concerned about the wealth and power of 'the 1%' now, it's possible that in just five years you will be nostalgic for the relative equality of 2025. This episode explores the themes of the coming hyper-wealth concentration driven by a new round of tech oligarchy, and its implications…
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15 - What's In A Lie? Or: How to Ruin Your Life
How different would our lives be if we were able to be honest with each other about all things at all times? Chris explores some of the common lies we tell and the consequences they can have on our lives, relationships, and society. By touring through some anecdotes and classic examples, we see…
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14 - Runaway Brainrot! Is Our Addiction To Content Ruining Everything?
Join Chris Endrey for a deep dive into the phenomenon of "brain rot," Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year, exploring how our obsession with phones, infinite scrolling, and short-form content is reshaping our brains, attention spans, lives and maybe civilisation. Backed by studies from Stanford…
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13 - Think Smarter, Live Better: Economics & Tools for Sharper Decisions
In this episode, Chris fulfils a listener request (sort of) by diving into various economic concepts and their implications on personal decision-making and societal structures. Sexy! He discusses the sunk cost fallacy, the principles of tariffs, the idea of creative destruction, and the…
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12 - Israel vs Iran
Israel has struck Iran with a wave of assassinations and missiles and Iran has responded by launching barrages of missiles upon Israeli cities. What exactly is happening and where is the conflict likely to go? Will the US become involved? How will Russia and China respond, and how close are we to...
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11 - Canberra Wins, Eurovision Loses and Australia's Simmering Corruption
Two Truths And A Lie: - Canberra is the best city in the world - Eurovision 2025 occurred without controversy - Australian politics is great Looking back, maybe it's all lies. Get comfortable for a Hot and Powerful™ around the grounds review of the last week. 00:00 Welcome! 01:15 Canberra: The…
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10 - Dr Jamie Freestone: Is Science in Crisis?
What if we never have another scientific breakthrough again? It's a dramatic question designed to keep you reading and not at all likely - but it does get to the sexy heart of the unsexy question for this week's episode - are we going about science the wrong way? The tools we use, the incentive...
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9 - The Power of Changing Your Mind
What are you wrong about? With so much of the world unknown and perhaps unknowable, pretending to understand too much inevitably leads to a brittle collapse when we eventually find out that we have been wrong all along. In this episode, Chris explores our reticence to change our minds and…
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8 - Is This Democracy? Unpacking Australia's Dull Election
In this episode of The Chris Endrey Podcast, we dig into the world of Australian democracy during a curiously lacklustre election season. Why does our political discourse feel so bland when there’s so much at stake? The never-ending housing crisis, rising global conflict, and dynamic tech...
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7 - Dr Georgie Harriss: Writing, Trauma & Creative Freedom
Can creative writing be pleasurable without being redemptive? This week's episode is a conversation with writer and academic Dr Georgie Harriss, who has somehow gone from receiving rubbish from the set of Real Housewives of Melbourne to writing comedy scripts, plays, and researching trauma and...
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6 - Kojo Ansah: Finding Freedom in the Studio
No Pressure, Just Play Today, Chris interviews Kojo Ansah, an Australian music producer also known as hip hop artist, 'Citizen Kay'. He is a two-time ARIA nominee and currently makes and produces music for other artists out of his own studio in Canberra, Lake City Studios. This episode is a great...
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5 - What Are We Building Here?
In this solo episode, Chris outlines the world he's trying to frame here by exploring the themes and ideas that he keeps coming back to in life. From a desire to platform unheard voices, uncovering the silent evidence that is so often ignored by popular public discourse, and a deep interest in...
About this show
A podcast exploring life, creativity, and the forces shaping our world. Hosted by Chris Endrey, an entertainer and deep thinker who goes beyond surface-level conversations to explore everything from culture, creativity, geopolitics, global affairs, history and the arts. Expect right-brained explorations that re-frame the big questions and offer a new perspective on living. If you love learning, laughing, and questioning the way things are - this is the place for you. New episodes weekly!All possible thanks to Chris’s patrons, join them: https://patreon.com/Endrey
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