Peter Burton is a California-based Christian singer-songwriter and worship pastor at Bayside Church in Sacramento who turned his private battle with anxiety and panic into chart-topping music. Signed to Integrity Music in early 2025 and managed by Matthew West's Story House Collective, he debuted with 'Where Would I Be' - a song born from his mental health journey - which hit #1 on Billboard Christian AC and #1 on Mediabase Christian AC. Named the only Christian artist on Pandora's Artists to Watch 2026 (The Pandora Ten, #4 overall), he achieved a +1,980% increase in Pandora spins since April 2025, with over 19.9 million total U.S. streams and 659,000 Spotify monthly listeners.
Matt Ragland is a creator-economy builder, founder of HeyCreator, and host of The HeyCreator Show podcast. He went from camp counselor to ConvertKit employee #5, to full-time creator, building a 100,000+ audience across YouTube, newsletters, and social media. Through HeyCreator and Good People Digital, he helps creators turn their expertise into sustainable businesses via courses, communities, and newsletters. Known for radical transparency, outdoor adventures, and a systems-first approach to creative work.
On the milestone 1,000th episode of Modern Wisdom, host Chris Williamson sits down with actor and author Matthew McConaughey for a wide-ranging philosophical conversation filmed against the virtual backdrop of the Interstellar corn fields in Alberta, Canada. The two explore belief, faith, forgiveness, masculinity, the difference between a nice guy and a good man, the Icarus myth in reverse, and McConaughey's new book 'Points of Prayers.' McConaughey champions the idea of modeling the rise not the result, argues that peace requires rage to reach, and redefines vulnerability as saying your truth in spite of the consequences, especially when they're scary.