
Freedom Pact
What do Nobel Prize Winners, CEOs of billion-dollar companies, FBI Hostage negotiators, Adult Actresses, academics from leading institutions, astronauts, rockstars, world-poker champions, members of the SAS, best-selling authors, and Disney stars have in common? They have all been guests on the Freedom Pact Podcast. By subscribing, you will hear eclectic conversations about topics relating to the nature of the world, and how to thrive within it.
Join hosts of the Freedom Pact Podcast Joseph & Lewis as they speak to the most fascinating people alive.
Latest episodes

Jan 29, 2021 • 56min
#158: Dr Uma Naidoo - Harvard Psychiatrist On Using Your Diet To Fight Depression, Anxiety & PTSD
Dr Uma Naidoo is a Harvard Nutritional Psychiatrist, Professional Chef and best-selling author.
Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry.
Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.
She was considered Harvard’s Mood-Food expert, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.
In today's conversation we discuss:
- Uma's South Asian background and how it impacted how she approaches medicine
- The best advice she's ever received
- How the foods that you eat affects your brain and mood
- The diet followed by the longest living people
- Uma's thoughts on the carnivore diet
- The best foods for mental health
- The foods to avoid in your diet & much more
Links:
http://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter
https://www.instagram.com/freedompact/
https://twitter.com/DrUmaNaidoo?s=20
https://umanaidoomd.com
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Jan 25, 2021 • 44min
#157: Bret Weinstein - Achieving Unity: Trump's Exit, Biden Presidency, Big Tech & More
Bret Weinstein is an American biologist and evolutionary theorist who came to national attention during the 2017 Evergreen State College protests. He is considered a member of the informal group of personalities known as the Intellectual Dark Web.
In this episode we discuss:
- Donald Trump & His Whitehouse Exit
- President Biden & His Future In Office
- Capitol Riots & How They Will Effect The Political Landscape For Years To Come
& Much More
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Jan 22, 2021 • 1h 1min
#156: Shawn Stevenson - How To Reboot Your Metabolism & Upgrade Your Brain
Shawn Stevenson is a Podcaster, Science Educator & Best-selling author. Shawn is the author of the international best-selling book Sleep Smarter and creator of one the #1 health and fitness podcast - The Model Health Show.
Shawn is the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organisations worldwide. Shawn's latest book is Eat Smarter.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why our brains become inflamed
- How to prevent cognitive diseases like Alzheimers
- The best foods to eat for brain health
- Why weight loss is more confusing than we first thought
- How to lose weight effectively
- Supplements
- How food impacts relationships
- Much more
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https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews)
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact
https://themodelhealthshow.com
http://eatsmarterbook.com

Jan 18, 2021 • 48min
#155: The Happy Pear - The Plant Based Approach To A Healthier Body & A Happier Mind
The Happy Pear started out back in 2004 with Steve, Dave, a tiny shop and a dream of helping people to eat healthier food, and live happier lives.
Fast forward 15 years, The Happy Pear now consists of 4 cafes, 40 products, 6 online courses, 4 cookbooks, a farm, a roastery, hundreds of amazing employees and a community of over 1 million people living healthier.
All that said, the mission is still the same, to help everyone to get healthier and be happier.
Links:
http://freedompact.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/freedompact
https://thehappypear.ie/

Jan 15, 2021 • 47min
#154: Hal Elrod - Success Coach Reveals How To Create A Miracle Morning Routine
Hal Elrod is an American author, keynote speaker and success coach. He is the author of the bestselling book The Miracle Morning, The Miracle Equation, founder of the Miracle Morning book series and the host of the Achieve Your Goal podcast.
In this episode, we discuss the 6 Habits to creating a morning routine that is used by leading CEO's, movie stars and other high performers.
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews)
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact
https://halelrod.com

Jan 11, 2021 • 58min
#153: Georges St-Pierre - The Journey To Becoming The Greatest Of All Time
Georges "Rush" St-Pierre, also known as “GSP,” is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and former UFC world champion.
Georges retired from the sport on December 13, 2013, holding the UFC record for most wins in title bouts and then returned to the octagon after a four-year layoff, on November 4, 2017 at UFC 217 in New York City (Madison Square Garden), where he defeated Michael Bisping by submission in the third round to win the UFC Middleweight Championship title, becoming the fourth fighter in the history of the organization to be a multi-division champion.
Today on the show, Georges and I discuss:
- His battle with insomnia and how he overcame it
- His everyday health habits
- The mindset behind becoming the best in the world
- The one fight that he learned the most from
- Calls to come out of retirement & fight Khabib
- Coming face to face with his childhood bully
- & More
Links:
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https://www.youtube.com/freedompact

Jan 8, 2021 • 58min
#152: Greg Lukianoff - How Good Intentions & Bad Ideas Are Setting Up A Generation For Failure
Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate, Freedom From Speech, and FIRE’s Guide to Free Speech on Campus. Most recently, he co-authored The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure with Jonathan Haidt.
In todays episode we discuss How good intentions have gone bad and how we’re setting up a generation for failure. We discuss dealing with depression, anti-fragility and much more.
I hope you enjoy this thought-provoking episode with Greg Lukianoff.
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews)
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact
https://www.thefire.org/resources/fire-staff-speakers/greg-lukianoff/

Jan 4, 2021 • 48min
#151: Jason Bell - Why True Focus In The Skill You Need To Develop in 2021 To Achieve Your Goals
Jason Bell is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and New York Giants. Jason is now a presenter of the NFL Coverage in the UK, featuring regularly on The NFL Show on BBC 1, and has become a fan favourite in the UK for his coverage of the Super bowl on BBC.
In this episode, Jason discusses why true focus is so important for achieving your goals, and how it helped him in his career. He also explains the main differences in mentality that separate the elite from the rest, and how you can develop those traits and more.
Also, we discuss the importance on living a life that makes you truly happy, and why a positive attitude will make all the difference to everything you do.
We hope you enjoy this episode with the infectiously positive, Jason Bell.
Links:
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact
https://twitter.com/JasonBell33

Jan 1, 2021 • 58min
#150: Dr Chatterjee - Health Expert Shares His Secrets For Losing Weight & Feeling Great
Today on the show, we are joined by @DrChatterjee.
Dr Chatterjee is on a mission to help 100 million people feel fantastic by restoring them to optimal health.
Multiple times New York Times best-selling author, medical doctor, podcast host of the Feel better Live More show and his latest book is called Feel Great, Lose Weight.
In this episode we discuss principles for effective weight loss, what foods to eat and what foods to avoid, why diets don’t work, why the food system is stacked against us and much more.
I hope you enjoy this episode with the superb, Dr Chatterjee.
Links:
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews)
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact
https://drchatterjee.com/feel-great-lose-weight/

Dec 21, 2020 • 44min
#149: Christmas Special - Reflections, The Future, Gratitude
Lewis & Joe sit down for a chat to reflect back on a crazy 2020.
To everybody that has supported us from the bottom of our heart we say thank you, and stay tuned.
Have a Merry Christmas! Stay safe and we'll see you on 1/1/21.
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreedomPact (video interviews)
https://freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter)
https://instagram.com/freedompact