Pastor Joel Webbon is the Founder and CEO of Right Response Ministries, and the author of the new book “Fight By Flight.”

He's a FIGHTER, with a capital F. So, he's not everyone's cup of tea.

But last I checked, it isn't teatime. In the wise words of Pastor James White, today the enemies of Christendom want two things: your bloodstream and your offspring.

Maybe it's time to fight blade to blade. Scalpel to Sword of the Spirit. The Word of the State vs. the Word of God.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Whether "We lose down here
• The Only Promise of Postmillennialism
• Why God Isn't Arbitrary
• Hypocrisy, Authenticity, and Authority
• Healthy Self-Doubt and Healthy Confidence
• The Plague of Guilty Christian Men
• His New Book “Fight by Flight.”

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Dr. Jared Longshore is the associate pastor at Christ Church in Moscow Idaho, a fellow of Theology at New St. Andrews College, and the author of “The Case for the Christian Family.”

I owe him a debt of gratitude. Because his new book is the introduction to the heart of paedo-baptism that I needed.

As I break from generations of Spencer family tradition, I'm asking how the story of redemptive history relates to me, to my kids, to their kids, and to households, communities, churches, and the nation.

"The Case for the Christian Family" helped me see that vision.

Jared and I discussed:

• Christians and Covenant Thinking
• The Power of American Revivalism
• Baptist Individualism and Its Origins
• The Corporate Identity of the Christian
• Bringing Up Children in the Lord
• Ice Cream, Nets & Fishes, and Circles of Light

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Eric Conn is the host of The Hard Men Podcast, and the Kings Hall, and the CEO of New Christendom Press.

Recently he’s become a Twitter bomb thrower, launching scorching tweets that have gone nuclear viral for their controversial takes.

They reveal what gods cannot be questioned these days: The right for women to do, say, and wear whatever they want.

That’s why I wanted to have Eric on, because he speaks up about the idolatry of the feminine, professing the simple truth that women sin.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Women's Sexual Power
• Men and Women Discipled By Pornography
• Why Pastors Are Men
• Courage In Cultural Insanity
• Christian Cultural and Political Theology
• Why Courage is Contagious
• The Generational Church Divide
• Holding Women Accountable for their Sins

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Matt Reynolds is the founder and owner of Barbell Logic, an online strength-training coaching program and content empire.

Matt doesn't posture, boast, or bluster. He's a down-to-earth man who's lived his struggles and transcended them in Christ.

That’s why he's the first guest of Reformation May: to set the stage, chart the course, show the way for my audience to begin taking their strength and fitness seriously.

Topics discussed:

• Denominationalism in the Church
• Why Twitter Isn't A Real Place
• Aesthetics vs. Performance Improvement
• Delayed Gratification and Involuntary Hardship
• Postmillennialism and Purchasing Decisions
• Women and Barbell Training.

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Feminism succeeded in making men and women forget how to talk to each other, and instead taught us to talk past each other.

This process has been evolving since World War 2, when some of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers went to work in the factories, and decided (wrongly) that they don’t need men. That’s a lie from the pits of hell.

Women do need men, and the longer they pretend they don’t, the worse it’ll be for them. But men and women are being reborn in Christ, together, and learning how to speak to one another again.

This conversation between me and Anneliese from Feminine not Feminist is an example.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The CS Lewis “Space Trilogy”
• Alison Armstrong’s “The Queen’s Code”
• Mom Culture and Resentment
• Was Eve Controlling Adam?
• Feminism and Black Lives Matter
• The Power of Women’s Smile
• Men, Women, and Forgiveness

Thanks to The Bottle & Bean in Chandler, Arizona.

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My guest this week is Chase aka SovereignBrah. You might not know his name, but you'll almost certainly recognize his face.

Last year he was anon, until he appeared on the Whatever podcast, where he spoke truth to a panel of girls about their life choices and went mega viral.

That led him onto Tim Pool's show, and on that show, Chase took a big risk, one of the biggest risks of all: preaching the Gospel to Tim and his audience of millions. That clip exploded.

For all the godly men wondering, "Who would I be if it were my turn on the stage?" I pray Chase provides you an example of who I think we'd all like to be, and work to become.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Chase's background and ride to stardom
• God humbling the proud
• Physical strength and spiritual strength
• The Alpha Male vs. Incel False Dichotomy
• Righteous Ambition and Spiritual Warfare
• Our testimonies, and Chase's story of his transformation in Christ

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"They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll" - Good Fight Ministries

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Arthur Dayne hosts the podcast and Instagram page, Blood and Rain, and leads the Anti-Fragile Fitness online community.

He's also a stage-trained actor, brooding and thoughtful writer, and an aspiring pro fighter whose physique looks like a dump truck with fists.

In 2020 he felt the call to speak up on masculinity, fitness, philosophy, geopolitics, art, culture, literature, the SF-Oakland Bay Area, and, of course, fighting.

He's since become a mentor and role model in his own right, leading the men of Anti-Fragile Fitness, forward into war. Cultural war, political war, religious war, a war on weakness, gravity, and the other man in the ring.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The History of American Leadership Prior to WW1
• Arthur's Personal Vision of Leadership
• The Origins of Anti-Fragile Fitness
• The Dynamics of Elite Theory
• F Scott Fitzgerald and the American downfall
• War

CONNECT WITH ARTHUR

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"The Proverbs 31 Woman"

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**WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE AND POLITICAL SATIRE**

Cool Hand James is one of my favorite comedy creators on YouTube.

He has a bloodhound's sense for grifters, and a laser-sharp targeting system on their scams. Plus a gravelly voice, a thick British accent, deadpan delivery, and a devil-may-care attitude for calling out creatures of the online ecosystem that monetize attention through manipulation.

Yes, I laughed, a lot. But James also got me thinking about how easy it is to take people seriously online who shouldn't be taken seriously at all.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His background, and how he became a comedic commentator
• The definition of grifting, and some examples like Tim Pool, Jack Murphy, Matt Walsh, and others
• The differences between American and UK politics
• Ukraine, Germany, and the EU
• Why he's a fan of trans women and not the 19th Amendment
• The story of how he got banned from YouTube for cyberbullying the president of the United States, Joe Biden. 

CONNECT WITH COOL HAND JAMES

https://www.youtube.com/@coolhandjames

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Saturday, April 15 3-6pm at the Bottle & Bean in Chandler, AZ

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An overview of the massive success I had in the month of March (thank you!), plus a breakdown of my recent men's retreat, and a preview of upcoming events and episodes of the podcast.

MEETUP WITH ANNELIESE / FEMININE NOT FEMINIST

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Jim Clair is a writer.

That's it.

He got his start in Direct Response copywriting, from which he's retired. Now he reads, thinks, writes, and works to surface the deceptions, flawed beliefs, and lies of the worlds through which he's traveled, on his way to a better, fuller life.

He also bullies sciolists, talks better reading, and limns success Polytheism. And if you don't know what those things mean, you're about to find out.

In our conversation, Jim and I discussed:

• Edward Gibbon's Classic "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
• Why Reading is an Intimate Conversation
• Jim's Powerful Journey of Transformation
• Calling out Gurus and Success Polytheists
• The Limitations of ChatGPT vs. Human Writing
• The Process of Learning and Unlearning
• Men Cultivating Taste and Character

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"The War of the World" - Niall Ferguson "Classical English Style" - Ward Farnsworth "How To Read A Book" - Mortimer Adler "The Pleasures of Reading In An Age of Distraction" - Alan Jacobs "The Big Sleep" - Raymond Chandler "The Boron Letters" - Gary Halbert "Reflections on the Revolution in France" - Edmund Burke

CONNECT WITH JIM

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Spencer Smith is the director and creator of the outstanding Third Adam series of documentaries, as well as a preacher, evangelist, husband, and father of four.

Better than anyone I've seen, Spencer Smith has documented the existence of the so-called Divine Feminine and its efforts to infiltrate American culture and the American Evangelical Church.

This is one of those things you have to see for yourself to understand. And once you do, you'll see it everywhere. And the spiritual warfare that we're living through will finally make sense.

In our conversation, we discussed:

The Third Adam Series and Its Origins; Spencer's Testimony; Spencer’s Overseas Missionary Work in Africa; Syncretism vs. Fundamentalism; The Divine Feminine's influence on the Church; Mystery Babylon and the False Holy Spirit; Why Santa Claus is a Calvinist.

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Third Adam Documentaries (Playlist)

CONNECT WITH SPENCER SMITH

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An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity.

Featuring: Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile

Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom

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Lawson Speaks Truth is a fiery and inspiring creator and community leader guiding men in biblical masculinity, fatherhood, and courtship.

His content is challenging in a way that calls men to a higher standard.

But he doesn't just call men to that higher standard, he works hard to embody it himself.

He lives like his beliefs are true. His faith touches the ground, and roots itself firmly in the Earth, even against the opposition of an institution.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Homebirth vs. Hospital Birth
• Men Being Emasculated By the System
• How To Lead Your Wife In Crisis
• Hardening Yourself Against the World
• Faithfulness in the Small Things
• Denominationalism, Sectarianism, and Eschatology
• The Two Sides of Christ and God.

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"The Business of Being Born" "Medical Mafia" book

CONNECT WITH LAWSON

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An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity.

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Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile

Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST

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Tomer Strolight is the editor in chief of Swan Bitcoin.

We’re living in an era where war has been declared on money. Not on physical bills or bank accounts, but on money’s value through inflation.

But there’s a weapon we can use in this war to protect the value of our hard-earned wealth: Bitcoin.

There’s another aspect of it, as well. Bitcoin creates spiritual transformations in the men who understand it.

A brighter world begins to take shape in our imaginations.

And Tomer is one of the men who’s best at envisioning it. In our conversation we discussed:

• The Government vs. The Laws of the Universe
• Disposability and Inflation
• How Money Doesn't Need Government
• Bitcoin and Honor
• Pure Money and Peaceful Trade
• Why Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Peace
• Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome
• Bitcoin as Truth Machine. 

PREVIOUS BITCOIN PODCASTS

LaserHODL - January 2022 The Bitcoin Coach - January 2022 Aleks Svetski - August 2022

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"Bitcoin is Generational Wealth"

"The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto" by Tomer Strolight

"Why Bitcoin?" by Tomer Strolight

"Bitcoiners Are Not Toxic" by Tomer Strolight

CONNECT WITH TOMER

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DIGITAL CONFERENCE SERIES

An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity.

Featuring:

Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile

Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST

Tickets: https://renofmen.com/conference

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RENAISSANCE MEN'S RETREAT

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RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP

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Lewis Ungit is the author of the outstanding book:

“The Return of the Dragon: The Shocking Way Drugs and Religion Shape People and Societies.”

I have extensive experience with “plant medicines” like ayahuasca and huachuma, which Christ saved me from.

But had I known the truth of how these drugs were used in the societies that they originate from, I would have thought twice.

Because when he says the SHOCKING way drugs and religion shape people and societies, he means it.

In our conversation we discussed: Lewis' story and the background of the book; The case for and against psychedelics; Why Transhumanism is Worse than Atheism; The Biblical Warnings of Pharmakeia; Angels vs. Demons in the Bible; The So-Called "Wisdom" of Spiritsl; Finding Forgiveness in Christ. 

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Graham Hancock - "Supernatural" Yuval Noah Harari - Homo Deus Seraphim Rose - "The Soul After Death" Brian Muraresku - "Immortality Key"

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An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity.

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Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile

Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST

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RENAISSANCE MEN'S RETREAT

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RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP

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"Exiting the New Age" Seminar

Monday Feb. 27 - 5:30pm PST on Zoom

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Gabe Finochio is a Christian educator, content creator, musician, and meme magician.

You might follow him and his creations on Instagram as Woke Jesus Christ, Silly Graham Ministries or TheosU Memes (RIP).

If you do, you'll know he's helped create a Christian meme language all his own.

But not long into this discussion I realized that behind his "serrated edge," he also has a rich perspective on theology, morality, politics, culture, sovereignty, the decline of the United States, and more.

Which is probably where memes really come from: a grasp of the issues that runs so deep, it can be expressed in a single image and just a few words.

Viewed that way, memes really are magic.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The McDonalds of Evangelism
• Cooking the Evangelical Books
• Puffer Fish Churches
• Ecumenism vs. Sectarianism
• Left vs. Right, and Up vs. Down
• The Rights of God Over the State
• Satire as Sneak Attack. 

CONNECT WITH GABE

https://theosu.ca

https://instagram.com/wokejesuschrist

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"EXITING THE NEW AGE" SEMINAR

Monday, February 27 - 5:30pm PST on Zoom

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RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP

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“Will’s Notes” are short, shareable essays about various topics related to masculinity, femininity, politics, religion, the Renaissance, and more. 

In this episode...

I explain the concept of a “Cult of Personality” as it applies to the men’s movement, plus how to identify them, and why they’re so dangerous.

"EXITING THE NEW AGE" SEMINAR

Monday, February 27 - 5:30pm PST on Zoom

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~ My 100th Episode! ~

My guest this week is George Thomas, but you may know him better by his pen name, Quintus Curtius.

He's an attorney, MIT graduate, former marine officer, author, and the translator of the timeless work of philosophy, Cicero's "On Duties."  

Cicero wrote "On Duties" to his son, passing along fatherly wisdom to aid the boy in his education.

And the gift that Quintus Curtius has given all of us, as men and women, is to reach back across more than 2000 years, just before the Christian era, to find a snapshot of a moment between father and son that I think that many of us today, are longing for.

In our conversation, George and I discussed:

• His Own Background and Life Path
• The Origins and Structure of "On Duties"
• Philosophy and Time Travel
• The Value of Anger
• Men's Obligation to Pursue Virtue
• Religion vs. Philosophy
• An Appreciation of Fine Firearms

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/z3pSspEVuYA

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"The Mutilation of Responsibility" Essay https://qcurtius.com/2023/01/21/the-mutilation-of-responsibility/

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RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP

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Mike Pantile is a husband, father, personal trainer, and Instagram content creator with a flaming sword of righteous and inspiring words.

He cuts up Manosphere sacred cows like pickup, promiscuity, and "red pill" ideologies like they're nothing.

His battle isn't against other men, though, but against the bad ideas he'd internalized and that almost took him, his marriage, and his entire life down.

So to see him crusading for the power of truth to redeem both men and women is testimony that I'm excited to share.

In our conversation, Mike and I discussed:

• Mike’s Journey of Transformation
• Red Pill Men Misusing Their Gifts
• The Art of Apology
• Manosphere Caricatures and Characters
• Fetishizing The So-Called Sigma Male
• Mike's Redemption of the Pantile Family Name

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Transforming the Inner Man" - John & Paula Sandford "The Power of One More" - Ed Mylett https://instagram.com/thewisdomofkings https://instagram.com/masculinerevival https://instagram.com/dadwork.curt https://instagram.com/shastorra https://instagram.com/auth.masculinity https://instagram.com/blood_and_rain https://instagram.com/thesaxoncross https://instagram.com/jeremiah_hendry

CONNECT WITH MIKE

https://instagram.com/mikepantile

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Gabe Rench is a husband, father of three, and serial entrepreneur.

But you may know him better as the Waterboy, co-founder of the Fight Laugh Feast Network and co-host of the popular Christian news and commentary podcast Cross Politic.

A lot of men say things like "This is the hill I'm willing to die on." But do you know which hill you're willing to build on?

Because if you ask me, it's time we start listening to the wisdom of men like Gabe, and get to work building.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The Three Waves of Podcasts
• Generational Wealth and Entrepreneurship
• How to Structure Your Christian Business
• Christians Selling Businesses to Pagans
• What Charismatics Get Right
• The Influence of Gnosticism on the Church... and much more

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

https://www.dimepayments.com/ "Anti-Fragile" book Gabe Rench arrested at psalm sing Doug Wilson - State of the Church 2023

CONNECT WITH GABE

https://dropwave.io/ https://crosspolitic.com/ https://pengomedia.com/ https://gaberench.com/

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Ross Hillier is a strength and fitness coach, host of the Nomad Strength podcast, husband, father of two, and brother in Christ.

The tagline on his website reads, "building men into leaders through strength and fitness."

Sometimes it seems in the Christian world that these ideas make men uncomfortable.

To that I say, good. Because how can Christian men expect to take dominion over an entire nation if they can't do it over their own bodies?

In our conversation, Ross and I discussed:

• His transition to parenthood
• The amazing capability of children
• Why men need community and brotherhood
• Minimalism and achievement in fitness
• The Dangers of Celebrity, as faced by the Liver King
• Fitness As a Process and Journey.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/eSKv0x73XhY

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Land of the Spotted Eagle Nate Spearing - County Before Country talk

CONNECT WITH ROSS

https://nomad-strength.com https://Instagram.com/coachrosshillier Podcast: https://www.nomad-strength.com/pod

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Nate Spearing is a husband and father of 5, a former Army Ranger and elite special forces operator, general contractor, triple entrepreneur, podcast host, public speaker, brother in Christ, a friend.

Put it all together, and he's the first man I've ever met who rises to the high standards of the renowned science fiction author Robert Heinlein (Starship Troopers) who said,

“Specialization is for insects.”

In our conversation, Nate and I discussed:

• Christian Women, the Internet, and Modesty
• Dishonorable Christian Men
• Apologies and Forgiveness
• Being Loved By Our Wives
• The Power of Postmillennialism
• Treasuring your Christian heritage

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Ignore Everybody" - Hugh MacLeod Reformed Basics Playlist Nate @ County Before Country Doug Wilson - "How To Save the World In 11 Simple Steps"

CONNECT WITH NATE

www.Spearing.co www.Instagram.com/TheSpearing  www.Twitter.com/TheSpearing https://www.spearing.co/content_type/podcasts/life-on-target

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In this episode, I read my 2020 essay "To Lose the World and Gain My Soul", which inspired the Renaissance of Men.

Read the Essay:

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Evan Amato is the founder of Rewire the West, a website and YouTube channel that helps men and women rediscover beauty, truth, and virtue in today's Western culture.

The key word is RE-discover, as in it's already there.

The West has a centuries-long tradition of the arts that we can turn to, if only we know where to turn.

And that's Evan's goal: to create resources that point us in the right direction and kick us in the behind to send us on our way.

He and I produced a series of videos together about men's isolation, which is why I'm grateful to host Evan on my podcast today.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The origins of Rewire the West
• The mixed blessings of global travel
• France as the best and worst country
• How art is for the people
• The Lord of the Rings and religion
• An examination of classical music you won't want to miss... plus homework!

Thanks to Paul Robson from Maniphesto for the introduction

https://maniphesto.com/

WATCH EPISODE 5!

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Much Ado About Nothing" Trailer Karajan - "Dvorak Symphony 9" - Berliner Philharmoniker

!!! HOMEWORK !!!

Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata" Wagner - "Lohengrin" - Prelude To Act 1

CONNECT WITH REWIRE THE WEST

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Will Knowland is a husband, father of 7, and educator.

You might have seen his Knowland Knows videos on YouTube, his articles on Substack, or scorching tweets where he takes down degeneracy, promiscuity, the Manosphere and more.

He was an educator at the prestigious UK boarding school Eton, which has produced 20 UK prime ministers. But he was sacked, or "fired" for producing a video called "The Patriarchy Paradox" which undermines all the core arguments of feminism.

That didn't stop him, though. In fact, it helped him reach a worldwide audience excited to hear what he had to say.

In our conversation, we discussed:

• His background at Eton and the story of how he was fired
• The loss of fathers, and the rise of gangs
• Promiscuity and Weaponized Chastity
• Taking apart Nietzsche
• The benefits of barbell training
• The idolatry of the body.

Thanks to Alexandra Powell for the introduction.

https://twitter.com/TheAlexaPowell

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"The Patriarchy Paradox" J.D. Unwin - "Sex and Culture" George Gilder - "Men and Marriage"

CONNECT WITH WILL KNOWLAND

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Pastor Doug Wilson is the author, elder, preacher, teacher, and recalcitrant troublemaker from Moscow, Idaho.

And Christiana Hale is the author of “Deeper Heaven: A Reader’s Guide to the CS Lewis Ransom Trilogy.”

They were both my teachers in helping me understand a trilogy of books that have impacted my faith more deeply than I could have imagined.

Because in this 80-year old series, CS Lewis aims to reinspire the modern imagination about the spiritual and material shape of the cosmos… before the “scientifically-driven” view takes things too far.

And I believe these books are relevant for Christians today to help them see, fight, and win the cosmological war that’s taking place within the religious war raging all around us.

In this episode we discussed:

• The plot of the Ransom Trilogy
• Our favorite moments from the books
• Ransom’s character development
• CS Lewis’ vision of the cosmos
• Masculinity and Femininity as forces
• Pastor Doug’s favorite novel of all time

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE

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LEARN ABOUT "THE RANSOM TRILOGY"

Doug Wilson - The Lewis Lectures Christiana Hale - "Deeper Heaven" on Roman Roads Press

CONNECT WITH DOUG WILSON AND CHRISTIANA HALE

Christiana Hale on Facebook Doug Wilson - Blog and Mablog

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Alison Armstrong is a speaker, thought leader, friend, and bestselling author of The Keys to the Kingdom, and The Queen's Code.

In 2018, as I was discovering that the men's movement was much bigger than I realized, reading Tomassi and Donovan, and listening to Michler and Peterson, I also discovered Alison's books.

I saw myself reflected in them to a degree that I still find striking.

Now, almost 9 years after publishing the Queen's Code in print, she's finally released it in audiobook version, read in her voice. And not a moment too soon.

Because The Great Reconciliation is happening, and the Queen's Code audiobook is here to help us all hear and most importantly FEEL the way we could be, as women and as men, together.

In our conversation we discussed:

- Alison's journey to write and record the Queen's Code - The difference between needing vs. being needy - How Alison used to treat men at parties - The importance of discovering our ultimatums; - Why we should all go a bit easier on "nice guys” - My own important learnings from Alison about the Great Reconciliation - Finally, stories about her relationship with the man in her life, Dan

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE

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CONNECT WITH ALISON ARMSTRONG

http://alisonarmstrong.com 

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Jeremy Stalnecker is a former Marine infantry officer and an Iraq War Veteran who earned a Navy Commendation Medal with V for Combat Valor.

He's also a former pastor, and the CEO and Co-Founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, a Christian organization supporting veterans and first responders, helping them adjust to civilian life and deal with PTSD from a biblical perspective.

He knows how capital T trauma, of the sort even civilians can't imagine, doesn't need to define us, as men.

We can't let trauma limit what God wants us to do in our lives.

Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of masculinity, driven by raw and honest self expression, help hurting men move forward.

In our conversation Jeremy and I discussed:

- The mission of Mighty Oaks - Trauma and its definitions and impact - The lack of healing in men's Christian groups - Men's isolation and suicide - The power of God and forgiveness - The Mighty Oaks women's program and its challenges - Christ as the example of masculinity - Jeremy's own story of achievement, fall, and redemption

CONNECT WITH JEREMY STALNECKER

http://mightyoaksprograms.org  http://Jeremystalnecker.com  March or Die Podcast - Spotify / Apple / Youtube Situation Report Podcast - Spotify / Apple https://www.instagram.com/jeremystalnecker/ https://twitter.com/jstalnecker

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"The Truth about PTSD" book "It Happens In The Dark" - blog article Voddie Baucham - "Why I choose to believe the Bible" A Weekend to Remember Women's Legacy Program

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Episode 3 of my three-part series, Live at ReformCon 2022.

Pastor Toby Sumpter and the Reverend Dr. Joe Boot are two men who need no introduction. I admire them both for being two of the boldest men to carry and plant the flag of Christ in culture, and for their moral, intellectual, and even spiritual courage.

Toby Sumpter hails from Moscow, Idaho, where he's a pastor, author, husband, father, blogger, and co-host of the popular podcast Cross Politic, hosts of the Fight Laugh Feast conference.  

Pastor Toby and I discussed:

- The politics of 6-day creation - The secular American religion - Calvinism's influence on the American revolution - Christians building more than culture - The troubling eugenics of Dave Rubin's  announcement - Christians duped with the offer of power

https://crosspolitic.com/ https://flfnetwork.com/ https://www.tobyjsumpter.com/ https://www.kingscrossmoscow.com/

Dr. Joe Boot is the founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity, and the founding pastor of the Westminster Chapel in Toronto. He's the author of several books, including the classic Mission of God, and has worked in the fields of Christian apologetics, worldview education and church leadership for over twenty years on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dr. Boot and I discussed:

- Aristotle’s impact on Christianity through Thomas Aquinas; - Nature and Grace as artificial distinctions; - how inflating Church and State paradoxically leads to secularization; - the meaning of Christ's Lordship over all spheres of life; -the Eschatology of Hope for Law, Politics, Medicine, and even Sports.

Thank you to both my honored guests for their precious time during a busy weekend.

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Episode 2 of my three-part series, Live At ReformCon 2022

Jeremiah Roberts and Andrew Soncrant are the hosts of the hit international podcast Cultish.

The show explores what they call "The Kingdom of the Cults", or the broad array of religions and practices around the world that mimic the behavior of a cult.

They’ve covered Mormonism, astrology, tarot, faith healing, Reiki, polygamy, flat earth, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Enneagram, and even right wing politics and many sects of so-called Christianity.

I also did three episodes with Cultish recently about Burning Man, and ayahasuca.

It's vital that Christians have fluency with these beliefs and grasp how to refute them from a Christian perspective, which is why the ministry of Cultish is so important. 

In this conversation the three of us discussed: - My history in the New Age - The deception of yoga - Returning to biblical masculinity and femininity - The power of not having the last word - Topics that I might tackle in future appearances on Cultish - Jeremiah's insights into how to minister to New Age followers - Which book of the Bible is the first book of Apologetics - Amazing apologetic discourses from Andrew.

WILL SPENCER ON CULTISH

Episode 1 - How I Met Jesus at Burning Man, Part 1 Episode 2 - How I Met Jesus at Burning Man, Part 2 Episode 3 - Aaron Rodgers, Ayahuasca, and the Divine Feminine

CONNECT WITH CULTISH

https://thecultishshow.com https://www.instagram.com/thecultishshow/

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This past week, I hosted a podcast booth at ReformCon in Mesa, Arizona, a two-day conference put on by Apologia Church about reclaiming culture for Christ.

The point of the conference is that it's not enough to be adept theologically. We must apply that theological rigor to the culture and institutions that surround us.

At the conference, I conducted five sit-down interviews, to be released over three episodes.

In this episode I interview:

Pastor David Reece from Armored Republic. In the interview we discuss:

– His new A3 product – The challenges and blessings of running a Christian business – How Christian businesses and small towns aren't utopia – The duty we all have to obey God and resist tyranny

https://www.ar500armor.com/

Criminal defense attorney Davis Younts. In the interview we discuss:

– His work with his organization Stand With Warriors – How the COVID vaccine has been treated differently by the military – The overreach of the Executive Branch – Need for strong men inside and outside the military to stand up to all of it.

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Dale Partridge is the Pastor of Reformation Fellowship in Sedona, AZ. 

He heads up an impressive content creation network on the web, social media, and in print that evangelizes Reformed theology in a crisp, clear, and aesthetic way.

Dale understands that perhaps one of the most important wars that any of us fight today is the war for attention. So what differentiates his content is not just theological rigor, but economy of exposition.

In our conversation we discussed

- His book "the Manliness of Christ" and the effeminacy of the American Christian church - How America has lost God's grace - The courage, commitment, and intensity, of Jesus - Christian Community building in Northern Arizona - His anti-porn program Stand in Victory, and much more

CONNECT WITH DALE

Real Christianity Podcast http://ReLearn.org/man http://MailTheGospel.org Twitter: @dalepartridge Instagram: @relearnhq

REWIRE THE WEST + CULTISH + REFORMCON

Rewire the West Playlist Cultish – Episode 3 ReformCon.org

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William Butler (WB) Yeats (1865-1939) is an acclaimed Irish poet and the winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.

He said, "The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write." That statement takes shape in this, one of the last poems in his life.

In this episode, I explore Yeats complicated and checkered past, and show the kind of fruit borne in the lives of those who practice mystical and occult arts.

And I highlight the differences between the results of a life lived for self, and that lived for something far beyond the self. 

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"A Dialogue of Self and Soul" by WB Yeats Historical Notes on the Jacob Biscuit Factory Bust of Major John MacBride

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Ryan King, known better on Instagram as TheWisdomOfKings is a husband, father, entrepreneur, content creator, and friend.

In a short time he's come into a small community, and become the friend, brother, father figure, and role model many of us didn't know we needed.

His growth hasn't been meteoric, more like a diesel truck. Because his writing is real, authentic, and grounded. It's not based on theory, but experience.

His words say, "All those things you guys talk about, I've done."

Having flown to Arkansas to meet him, his wife, and his sons, I can tell you, he is every bit the man he says he is.

In our social media-driven age when everyone is tempted to exaggerate here or embellish there, a genuine man is a rare commodity, indeed.

In our more than 4-hour conversation, Ryan and I discussed:

• Becoming a successful content creator
• The philosophy of his content
• Homeschooling before it was cool
• The weakness of fathers who say “Because I said so”
• The need for Christians with a spine
• Getting past bullying
• The feeling of leaving it all on the field.

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND CLIPS ON YOUTUBE

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Blood and Rain Zenoviel MasculineRevival John Waltz - Discovering Masculinity Podcast "Wooden On Leadership" by John Wooden "Leading With Heart" by Coach K "MVP - Merging Vets and Players" Trailer "The Work" documentary trailer "The Red Pill" FULL DOCUMENTARY "Bullies and Saints" by John Dickson

CONNECT WITH RYAN

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Rewire the West Playlist Cultish - Episode 1  and Episode 2 ReformCon.org

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Dr. Ben Merkle is the President of New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho.

If we’re going to fight the culture war at the highest level, we need higher education.

Following decades of the Marxist “Long March Through the Institutions,” America has an uphill battle to reclaim our colleges and universities.

But in Idaho a small school named New St. Andrews (NSA) is leading the charge against our broken higher education system. And the leader of New St. Andrews is Dr. Ben Merkle.

NSA’s website reads, “Graduating leaders who shape culture living faithfully under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.” As you'll hear, everything New St. Andrews does is in service of this simple mission, which has taken shape under Ben's leadership. And not a moment too soon.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The origins of New St. Andrews in the vision of Pastor Doug Wilson
• "The COVID Moment”
• Ben’s path to leadership
• The NSA curriculum and mode of student life
• The Biden loan forgiveness program
• Postmillennialism and institutions
• Why Women should go to college
• Ben’s vision for the future of NSA

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND CLIPS ON YOUTUBE

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Big Ed" Ad The Lost Tools of Learning "Eve In Exile" Book and Documentary

REWIRE THE WEST + CULTISH + REFORMCON

Rewire the West Playlist Cultish - Episode 1 ReformCon.org

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If you feel a call unheeded in your life, I understand. I was once the same. I would have waited forever for life to come to me, but instead I made the choice to live.

I made that choice in the company of men.

I'm starting a new online men's group, "The Forum." And I have spaces opening in my Men's Renaissance coaching program.

THERE IS MORE IN YOU.

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2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE

Rob, Katie, Barb, and Andrea might be names you don’t immediately recognize.

But if you listen to this podcast, the contribution they made to my life should be familiar: they introduced me to Christ at Burning Man, and baptized me 5 years later, almost to the day.

They ran a ministry at that New Age, pagan, hedonistic festival, for over a decade, reaching out to some of the most lost and rebellious seekers.

But even those men and women were in need of a Father’s blessing.

They just didn’t know it.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The genesis of Spirit Dream, and its rapid growth
• Fitting in with the unique festival culture
• Lessons learned and dangers confronted, and why they stopped going
• Behind the scenes of the camp protocols
• The co-existing spiritual kingdoms
• Their perspective on meeting me and watching my transformation
• And finally, at the very end, a small sign that God may be bigger than previously thought

This episode is a dream come true for me, in part because these were the first four people I ever told about my vision for the Renaissance of Men.

I pray that I can be a living example of the fruit of their ministry.

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

https://streamsministries.com/

https://www.ihopkc.org/

Why I Go To Burning Man

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I'm starting a new online men's group, "The Forum." And I have spaces opening in my Men's Renaissance coaching program.

THERE IS MORE IN YOU.

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WATCH MY NEW VIDEO SERIES HERE:

Episode 1 - The Male Crisis of Isolation

Episode 2 - Masculinity and Art

Please like, subscribe, and share.

A new Poetry for Men episode is taking more time than expected. So this week I fill in with announcements about the upcoming 2-year anniversary of my podcast and information about my new video series with the YouTube channel Rewire the West.

Listen all the way through for a very special announcement about a popular returning guest!

Full episodes return next week.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Listen to Howard Harper-Barnes on Spotify

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Paul Robson is the Co-Founder and Leader of the European men’s work organization Maniphesto, which hosts a podcast, men’s coaching, and men’s events.

I’ve spoken with him twice on his podcast, and I got the sense that beneath our American vs. European cultural differences, we’d find common ground.

Because as I’ve discovered, Americans and Europeans are mirror images of each other.

American externalize what is internal to Europeans, and vice versa.

In that, we have a great deal to share with each other, and also a great deal to learn.

In our conversation Paul and I discussed:

• His story from Burning Man and New Age practice to Jordan Peterson and Christianity
• Mastering your attention
• The difference between efficiency and happiness
• The modern separation between the head and the body
• The path of the monk vs. the path of marriage
• The core of reality being driven by story
• And finally, how the story of Christ IS the cosmic story for all.

As I think you'll hear, through the art of speaking and listening, we as men can find the healing, transformative, and mutually-binding truths we're searching for.

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Army of Lovers - "I'm Crucified"

Pop is Porn - ReWire the West

Deeper Heaven - Christiana Hale

Maniphesto Daily Journaling Practice

Finding Your Ur-Father

Justin Martyr Letter to Emperor

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If you feel a call unheeded in your life, I understand. I was once the same. I would have waited forever for life to come to me, but instead I made the choice to live.

I made that choice in the company of men.

I'm starting a new online men's group, "The Forum." And I have spaces opening in my Men's Renaissance coaching program.

THERE IS MORE IN YOU.

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For a man, there's no blessing greater than that of a friend.

Yes of course, a wife, children, a home, and a successful career are important. But the value of friendship to men can't be overstated.

Which is why, for all its flaws, the men's movement has had one unmistakably positive impact: to wake men up to the necessity of brotherhood.

Which is why I'm grateful for this podcast series with my friend, Jonathan West.

This guy means a lot to me, and to say more about that would only take away from the importance of that sentiment.

As I've grown in my faith, Jonathan has become a father and small business owner, and the race war in America has died down, at least for now, we've started talking about a broader range of topics, not just race.

So we decided to change the title to reflect that change: Grace and The Renaissance.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Ancient aliens and Angelology
• The red pill and materialism
• Post-Mil vs. Pre-Mil Philosophy
• What it means to have an unaskable questions
• God as the great author
• The founding of his new small business, Suburban Farm Guy

WATCH THIS EPISODE AND CLIPS ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/51z2HpcqTMw

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRenaissanceOfMen

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

The Book of Enoch Blurry Creatures Michael Heiser "Supernatural" Denton Ministries series on Ecclesiastes Jeff Durbin - Wisdom From Above, Part 2 Earn Your Leisure podcast  Being Husband Podcast, with Anthony O'Neal

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Anneliese is a wife, mother, podcast host, and the brilliant voice behind one of the most confident and outspoken Christian values-based accounts I follow, Feminine Not Feminist.

Her Instagram page has grown to more than 140,000 followers in just two years.

Her success proves that feminism is failing, and that women are ready for a new way forward, The Great Reconciliation.

But that doesn't mean the hurdles to get there are over. Because everything in our culture incentivizes women to disrespect and disregard men.

This is how feminism exploits an aspect of women's psyches that was first described, as far as I know, in a really good book.

Which is why Anneliese’s content and this podcast should challenge every woman listening to take a hard look at herself and her own soul.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The history of Feminine Not Feminist
• Some of her early challenges with marriage
• How she found peace with being a woman
• The deep roots of bitterness
• The CS Lewis “Space Trilogy”
• The human longing to be understood
• And finally, how to change your husband ;)

WATCH THIS EPISODE AND CLIPS ON YOUTUBE

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1 Peter 3

"The Abusive Wife"

@MasculineRevival on Instagram

@__dearsister__ on Instagram

The CS Lewis "Space Trilogy"

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David Engelhardt is a father, attorney, Turning Point USA board member, and the author of the new book "Good Kills: God, Good, and the Sword."

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He's also the pastor of Kings’ Church in New York City, and if you can think of a tougher American city to be a pastor in, during a more challenging decade, I'd love to hear it.

That experience has forged him into one of the boldest, most outspoken preachers I've been blessed to encounter.

The word that comes to mind is "bellicose", which the Oxford Dictionary defines as "demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight."

And I hope you'd agree that we need much more of that fighting spirit in Christendom, for the times that are up ahead.

In our conversation we discussed:

• An historical survey of fatherlessness
• The horror of the destruction of the patriarchy
• Why a man needs to tend his garden
• Women, modesty and sensuality
• The definition of a fool
• Denominational battles within the church
• And finally, the book of revelation and how it applies to postmillennialism.

As you’ll hear, Pastor David is a true fighter. And if you are too, or if you want to be, have I got the pastor for you.

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Dino, aka The Art of Purpose, is famous as the millionaire educator who’s turning Twitter into his personal art gallery. But he’s much more than that.

He’s also a husband, a new father, a former public school teacher, and a man who’s made success on Twitter possible for hundreds of students, including me.

In fact, the most important decision I ever made with regard to my relationship with social media was signing up for his programs.

Because social media is a big like a tidal wave that’s swamped the land masses of our lives.

Most people are living in the flood. But Dino can teach you how to swim.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Dino’s background in the arts and music
• How anxiety is THE weapon used against society today
• The limitations of reactionary red pill culture
• Why listening to classical music is like time traveling
• Why Alex Jones is a psyop
• How you get to play the game you decide to create
• The differences between Instagram and Twitter, and his guidance on how to be successful on both platforms.

You know how they say, “If the product is free, you’re the product?”

It turns out two can play at that game.

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"The Century of the Self" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w Shostakovich Concerto No. 2, 2nd Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyGBKlxWQB8 FM84 "Atlas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSGnNMnvM6M Gunship YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/GUNSHIPMUSIC

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Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) is the author of the classic “The Prophet” and is bestselling American poet of the 20th century.

He’s honored in Arabic literature as one of the greats of their Romantic era. However, in America his critical reception has been much more mixed.

While the public loves his work, critics celebrate him far less than his contemporaries, such as Robert Frost.

But no one cares what elitist critics think. Beauty is a right, like air, water, and freedom of speech. Our tastes matter.

In this poem of paradoxes, Gibran discovers the joy in defeat, the flaws of victory, and his own potential for triumph, hiding in the unlikeliest of places.

May his masculine vision of the noble pursuit of purpose inspire us all.

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Aleks Svetski is the co-author of the UnCommunist Manifesto, as well as the Founder of the Bitcoin Times and the mobile Bitcoin app Amber.

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Aleks has become well-known in the Bitcoin space for his outspoken, direct, and aggressive defense of Bitcoin, making him a so-called "toxic maximalist.”

Because he understands how important Bitcoin is from a MORAL perspective.

And his new book "The UnCommunist Manifesto" is a rallying war cry for men and women to build a society on the back of a currency that cultivates us towards the good.

Yes, Number Go Up is good. But Responsibility Go Up is better. And Communism Go Down might be the best.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His hard-knock upbringing and "Steve Jobs" moment
• How Bitcoin is both an attractor and accelerant for personal growth
• Time preference and morality
• How savings is the cornerstone of civilization
• Bitcoin's new RGU technology
• Bushido, the Way of the Warrior
• His new book, The UnCommunist Manifesto.

What if we stopped saying, "Money is the root of all evil." What if we could say in our hearts, "Money made us good."

That's the case that Aleks makes, so hope you'll hear him out.

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Corona Didn't Cause It" https://svetski.medium.com/corona-didnt-cause-it-7893f0ce32af

https://twitter.com/travsteward

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Ken Curry is a marriage and family therapist in Colorado, as well as a men’s group leader, husband, father, grandfather, and author.

I also consider him an elder who’s made meaning out of his life experiences, turned victories and defeats to wisdom, and allowed struggle to teach him the meaning of joy.

Ken is also a Christian, a devout believer who incorporates faith into his broad and deep perspective, or perhaps his perspective is built around it.

Which makes him rare in the men's movement, Christianity, and as an American man of his generation.

If you've listened to my podcast before you might imagine I had high expectations for this episode. They were all exceeded, and you'll hear it.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Masculine Presence and Voice
• Becoming an internally referenced man
• Sin, Justice, Grace, Mercy, Redemption, and Reconciliation
• The definition of hell
• The difference between what moves in us, and what is unmoved
• The distorted message of Original Sin.

Some men will feel blessed by this conversation. Others will be challenged. A few might even be upset.

And to that I say, good. Because this is not your standard Manosphere dialogue.

But I believe this is where we're going, and more importantly this is where we need to go.

WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/wPPO2EdXD_k

MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

Ken Curry 21 Convention Speech - https://youtu.be/pu5QS7gztfh Dr. Shawn T Smith on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ironshrink "Healing the Shame That Binds You" by John Bradshaw - https://amzn.to/3Ji1gtx Spencer Smith - "The Divine Feminine" - https://youtu.be/8XoSWb9esXQ

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If you feel a call unheeded in your life, I understand. I was once the same. I would have waited forever for life to come to me, but instead I made the choice to live.

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Jon Du Toit is a husband, father, and musician in the new band Electrum Fire.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "EXIT BABYLON" HERE:

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But you may know Jon better from his work as a filmmaker.

He was the co-director of the Mike Cernovich documentary "Hoaxed" and has worked on projects with Stefan Molyneux, Lauren Southern, and InfoWars.

Jon is also Canadian. He saw dark clouds gathering for his country in 2020 and had to flee with his wife, children, and parents to Mexico, on the Yucatan peninsula.

Imagine what that might do to you as a man, having to leave your home country and almost everything you knew and loved.

Would you be able to adapt? Could you even make something beautiful out of it?

Jon had to answer these questions for himself. May we all learn something from his example.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His history as a filmmaker
• Networking and professionalism at the highest levels of world achievement, including with Jordan Peterson and more
• Firearms idolatry, or how some men make their guns into gods
• The limited usefulness of the Manosphere, and what might be coming next
• His new musical project Electrum Fire
• His experience moving to Mexico with his family, and his journey as a husband, father, and artist to rebuild.

I hope you'll join me in honoring Jon for his bravery and decisiveness in this conflict, and his courage to transform it into art

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Toby Sumpter is a pastor, author, blogger, YouTube star, husband and father, and he articulates the why of beauty, strength, marriage and children, better than anyone I've heard.

Because what are beauty, strength, marriage, and children for? Have you ever thought about it?

I'd understand if not. We often have a sense that these things are intrinsically valuable, in themselves and for the purposes they serve.

But what is that purpose?

When I first encountered this question, the answer felt just out of reach. Then when I got it everything made sense, and I felt I could plant my feet in the blessing of Toby's answer.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His history and background
• The origin of the term “nuclear family"
• The most valuable thing in the cosmos
• The miraculous formula for joy
• Real manliness in the home
• What it means to choose the right sacrifice.

Pastor Toby has a knack of cutting to the heart of the matter about Christianity and culture, in a direct and inspiring way.

And in this episode, the last 30 minutes of this interview might be the most important 30 minutes of my podcast so far.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/J3F7Ftj5MMM

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Eric Carroll is a husband, father, and host of the Dad Talk Today podcast.

He’s also a leading national advocate to end dad deprivation and parental alienation, a consequence of the national divorce industry which is worth tens of billions of dollars annually.

This massive field is incentivized to wreck the American family through the American father.

And Eric’s outspoken approach, Southern drawl, and down-home attitude has helped become a well-recognized personality and advocate for fathers within national political circles in just three years, with hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and beyond.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The political response (or non-response) to parental alienation of dads
• The double standard of men's and women's emotions
• Men's need for self-care, and what that looks like
• The external and internal politics of the men's movement
• Eric's personal story, and how he started DadTalkToday
• And finally, his documentary about John Mast, who was murdered during a custody exchange, an all-too-common occurrence.

The war on masculinity now exists in the political realm, with real levers of power being brought to bear upon the American family, through the American man. These aren't easy or comfortable subjects to look at, but they are important ones.

And Eric Carroll is a man of profound courage and commitment for continuing to be a voice for dads.

WATCH THIS INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/Tucf6op0wc8

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MY 50TH INTERVIEW

Douglas Gillette is the co-author of “King, Warrior, Magician, Lover”, an immortal classic of the men’s movement.

He’s also a husband, father, college professor, Jungian analyst, and poet.

I hear his book mentioned weekly because it helps men see their inherent goodness and nobility, in an era dedicated to shaming men for often exaggerated crimes of wickedness.

The mode of thinking it inspired also showed me that I could take core aspects of me and round them out in the hopes of someday becoming a King.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How men's work began with the warrior energy and lost contact with it
• Sensitive subjects the men's movement avoids
• The importance of men separating from the mother, and how to do it without losing touch with the feminine
• The power and strength in true humility
• Christianity's answer to the origin of human suffering
• And finally, some reflections as Douglas looks back on his life, as an elder.

To make a contribution like Douglas has to three generations of men requires authentic care, and genuine love for the masculine experience coupled with profound philosophical and spiritual insight.

I hope you’ll see, as I do, that is who Doug is.

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MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST

"Iron John" - by Robert Bly "Fire in the Belly" - by Sam Keen "Women Who Run With the Wolves" - by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes "A Gathering of Men" with Robert Bly and Bill Moyers

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Jon Rennie is a former US Navy submarine officer, as well as a business leader, podcast host, and author.

We met on Twitter, where I saw his book “All In the Same Boat” about his time aboard the USS Tennessee and what it taught him about life and business.

I rarely read business books, but I thought I’d give his a try.

As a lover of sailing, his sea stories stirred my heart, and I thought my audience might enjoy them too.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His background, and some formative moments aboard the Tennessee
• How he raised his boys to become successful men
• The three acts of his life: from Naval officer, to business leader, to author
• The process of writing his trilogy of books about submarine and business life
• What it was like serving during the Cold War
• The accuracies and inaccuracies of the hit submarine films The Hunt for Red October, and Crimson Tide

Jon and I had one of my most fun conversations yet. He went on his own Hero’s Journey beneath the waves and brought back wisdom for all of us.

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"The Hunt for Red October" trailer "Crimson Tide" trailer

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Paul Risse is a husband, father, community leader, and author of the new book “The Psychedelic Christian.”

I’m new at being a Christian, but I’ve had positive experiences with ayahuasca, sound healing, psychotherapy, and more.

If my stories sound far out, Paul’s experiences are otherworldly:

Lucid dreaming, meditation, gnosticism, Hinduism, raw food veganism, microdosing, psychedelics from every letter of the alphabet, a year of living without electricity, and more.

In Paul's new book, he outlines how his former life led him unexpectedly to Christ.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Paul's amazing life story
• How some Christian denominations create dangerous environments for believers
• Christianity, psychedelics, and sexuality
• How we're losing ancestral wisdom to modernity
• How I found Christ, or Christ found me, at Burning Man
• And finally how Christianity is welcoming travelers bearing stories of journeys in the spirit realms.

These are controversial topics to discuss. To navigate them requires a man of wisdom, integrity, love for humanity, and reverence for God.

As I hope you'll see, these all describe my friend Paul to a T.

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Pastor Doug Wilson is a husband, father, grandfather, author, Youtube star and the leader of the Christ Kirk Christian community in Moscow, Idaho.

He's also a man unafraid to speak the truth in a quiet but firm, compassionate but direct voice, sprinkled with a genuine sense of grandfatherly humor, and the occasional dad joke.

But at the same time, I've discovered he causes friction within the Christian community, apparently for saying things that we all mutter under our breath or say aloud over cigars and whiskey. But he's much more cheerful about them.

In our conversation Pastor Doug and I discussed:

• The lessons he learned from his father
• Constructive vs. destructive dominance
• How men's sexual cycles need to follow women's sexual cycles for society to flourish
• How outlawed Christian communities are coming back into fashion
• How the famine of fatherhood ties into America's current land migration
• Advice for new and longtime Christians
• And finally, a brilliant perspective on Postmillennialism

My favorite part of this conversation is just how many quotable quotes Pastor Doug drops throughout the interview, in his how inimitable style.

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*** IMPORTANT NOTE ***

This is a satirical April Fool's Day episode and not an actual interview.

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This week, I'm hosting a very special episode. A Spring Spectacular round table discussion with three of the most influential and controversial men today:

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump

The famous lecturer, psychologist, and author, Dr. Jordan Peterson

and...

The infamous radio host Alex Jones.

By now you must be feeling like I did. "What? How? Why?" I've come to see that these are questions that no man can answer. I'll let our conversation speak for itself.

But I will say we talked before and after the recording, and I learned a lot from all of them.

And we'll save that for a future episode.

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CR Wiley is a husband, father, podcast host, pastor of a church outside of Portland, Oregon, and the author of the book “The Household and the War for the Cosmos.”

For me his book was the crystal around which 20 years of thinking about masculinity instantly solidified.

What most men of the Renaissance want is a plot of land, a wife to share our lives with, noble work, children, a God to worship, and to be left alone. It turns out there's a word for that. It's called a household.

And not only does a household have significance for us as men, it has significance for God as well.

• The core themes of his book, namely piety, the household, and the cosmos
• How the household can rebuild society
• Advice for men on how to rebuild their household
• Advice for women on how to awaken the building spirit in their men
• And finally, his writing process, and his most recent book, "In the House of Tom Bombadil" about the character in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Many men today aspire to self-sufficiency, which is a noble goal. But Pastor Wiley's restoration of the word household gives the dream of self-sufficiency a purpose, giving us something good, beautiful, and true to fight for. 

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Curt Storring is a husband, father, men's coach, writer, and host of the Dad.Work podcast.

He writes, “Hi, my name is Curt Storring, and I’m a recovering shitty father. The first few years of fatherhood were hard for me. I was so overwhelmed, angry, and lonely, that it caused chaos in every other part of my life"

"My suffering was so great that I finally had to face the problem head-on and do something about it, or risk losing everything. My marriage, my family, my business… In fact, it got so bad that I began to wonder whether my life was even worth living.”

I don't usually use a man's own words to describe him, but I felt Curt's testimony would hit home for men who know those feelings well.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Curt's moving transformation story from shitty father to men's leader
• The notion of life artistry
• The many blessings of failure
• How fitness is a spiritual journey and the death spiral of obesity
• And finally, the balance between men bonding through action vs. through dialogue.

Curt is a great example of the promise that it holds for men courageous enough to discover this special kind of strength.

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Website: https://dad.work/ Podcast: iTunes — Spotify Instagram: @dadworkcurt Facebook: Dad.Work

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CB Robertson is an author, husband, father, and autodidactic philosopher. If you don't immediately recognize his name, you might recognize his Instagram handle: Caffeine and Philosophy.

If I'm one type of man, who allows life to interrupt his philosophical pursuits, CB is the other type of man for whom philosophy IS life, or at least a big part of it.

I always admired his clarity of thought even if I was a bit intimidated.

But if I know my audience, you guys like lengthy, in-depth episodes to chew on, and I knew that CB would fit the bill.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Why Homer matters, and how the stories of Achilles, Odysseus, and Hector have meaning for us today
• Plato's Republic, and why it's easy to miss the subtle message that Plato is trying to communicate
• The transcendent hero vs. the family man, and maybe why the distinction isn't so clear
• Masculine speech, and its direct and indirect forms
• And finally, how shared suffering between men binds us together in our minds, and hearts, as well.

CB graciously agreed to come on the podcast just a few short days after we started talking, which was inside my usual research window. But in this case, we decided to wing it. And I have a feeling you're going to like the results.

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Suzanne Venker is an author and marriage coach who walked onto the battlefield of the sexual holy war in 2012.

She's written books, appeared on radio shows, and developed a coaching practice to bring couples closer together by helping both women AND men women extract the feminist programming embedded in our psyches.

She’s on the front lines in a way that I think few are, seeing the ways that feminism warps, distorts, and even shatters women's hopes for a happy family life.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The journey she took to talking about women and men professionally
• The feminist mind, and if it can be deprogrammed, or better yet, when
• The fascinating story of how her stock brother mother helped teach her vital lessons about femininity
• Why she's taking a break from podcasting and writing, and what she's got planned next
• A discussion of sex before marriage, and when and why it should should occur, from a secular perspective

Suzanne and I have a lot of fun talking. I have enormous respect for her speaking truth quietly and clearly. And I also honor her courage to be disliked.

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Carlos Fenmann, aka The Bitcoin Coach, is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and Bitcoin educator. 

He’s the man who “orange pilled” ME in summer 2020, and my world was never the same. 

Carlos graciously agreed to come on the podcast to fill in some of your Bitcoin knowledge gaps and perhaps even some of mine too, following my discussion with LaserHodl.

In our conversation we discussed: 

- The process of Bitcoin mining and what a blockchain is - How Bitcoin differs from crypto, including the alt-coin Ethereum - How Bitcoin isn't a perfect system, but a resilient system - The anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, and...  - Carlos' own Bitcoin Coaching services, and how he can get you AND your family up to speed to protect your hard-earned generational wealth. 

As you might imagine, Bitcoin is a lifelong pursuit. At the end of 2 hours, we're not going to get you to LaserHodl level. 

But my hope is, after this conversation you'll understand why the only wrong amount of Bitcoin to own, is zero.

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LaserHodl is a husband, former software engineer, fantastically deep and broad thinker, Bitcoin citizen, and Sovereign Hopeful.

Many in the past couple years have attempted to explain what's going on in our world, but when I heard LaserHodl recently I said, I think this man has got it.

His thesis is that what we're experiencing has to do with money, how it's created, why that system is failing, and what might happen next. And buried within that picture is the answer for what we, as men, can do about it.

The answer is Bitcoin.

In our conversation, we discussed just one thing: Why Bitcoin is immediately, urgently relevant to you as a man.

That subject is so broad and far-reaching, it took us almost 5 hours to cover it in total.

We moved from Malthusian fear spells to global finance, geopolitics and get on zero, our personal histories and far beyond into the Christian religion, our shared faith. 

And Bitcoin touches on it all.

And in that, I encourage you to listen carefully to our discussion. It's vitally important that we all get this as men.

Because if we succeed in transforming money, there's nothing we can't do.

NOTE: For those unfamiliar with Bitcoin, and how it works, fear not. Shortly after this podcast is released I'll be doing a companion episode about the how and what of Bitcoin with Carlos Fenmann, the Bitcoin Coach.

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The Fizeek Father is a father, art director, and Instagram content creator who's blazed a bright and influential trail through the men's space in just a short couple of months.

His clean designs, clear ideas, and sense of humor have brought a sense of levity to a field, which can often be full of serious ideas.

He's been on his own journey of transformation, from skinny fat bugman of trash world into Primal Handsome Nationalist of Gastonian Proportions.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Who he was, the mistakes he made in his marriage, and why, and who he became as a result
• Red pill truths, and which ones were hardest for each of us to swallow
• His son and their relationship today, as the boy begins to grow into a man
• The influence of the author Bronze Age Pervert on his writing, and the benefits and drawbacks of anonymity vs. being a creator with a real face and a name
• And finally the power of humor in his writing, and how he harnesses it to make a creative impact in the saturated men's space.

My friends and I have shared so much of Fizeek King's content since his splash debut in November that I decided I had to find out who he was, including his story and philosophy, and I wasn't disappointed.

And I'd like to thank all of you for giving me the freedom to interview not just worldwide thought leaders, but newer creators making waves and making a difference for all of us.

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With my podcast I wanted to create great conversations of shared meaning with men that I admire, who are making a difference as men.

By those three standards, I feel confident saying that this third episode of Race and the Renaissance with my friend Jonathan West might be my best episode of all time.

After four conversations so far, we’ve built rapport, a flow, and trust to talk about subjects I don't hear anyone else discussing in the men's space.

But with 2022 approaching, we need to.

In this conversation Jonathan and I discussed:

• The Travis Scott Astroworld debacle and what it says about rap music today
• My experiences living in Ujamaa, the black theme dorm at Stanford
• The need to eliminate victim consciousness in the men's movement
• The 90’s movie “Boyz N Tha Hood and what it says about ghetto culture and its place within the black community
• And finally, the need for black people to reclaim their culture from the corporations packaging and selling it to them.

It’s not all heaviness, though. Like a proper barbershop experience, there's heartfelt laughter and real comedy between us too, which is my favorite part.

And in that I think we get a glimpse into what a real conversation looks like between men.

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Arthur Kwon Lee is an internationally acclaimed fine artist who's exhibited in galleries and collections around the world and been named artist of the year by prestigious institutions.

He received early lessons of masculinity from his “rooftop Korean” pastor father that fed into his classically inspired paintings. But when Arthur took his perspectives off the canvas and onto social media, he discovered the hatred that our culture has for masculinity, as well as for boundaries, discipline, and order — all essential characteristics of great art.

That sent Arthur on a journey that's taken him from cancellation by the art scene into the Manosphere, where he’s made more than a just name for himself, but a home.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His origins in the gallery world and how he developed his style
• How masculinity generates respect of boundaries
• How the arts world is just an arm of the state
• Why more wealthy conservatives aren't funding engines of cultural production
• An announcement of his upcoming year-long sabbatical
• And finally a visual analysis of several of Arthur paintings through various stages of his career

It's been deeply inspiring to me to see the timeless values of religion, art, and personal style making their way further into the Renaissance. This is truly becoming a remarkable movement, one which every day I'm becoming prouder to be a part of.

Because aesthetics lift us up to the divine, and bring the divine down to Earth, which is everything I'm about, as I hope you can see, and which Arthur captures so vividly in his paintings.

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“The Agony and the Ecstacy” – view here

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“All and Everything” “Apex I” “Colossal Youth” “Kingdom Come”

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King David is the world’s only Quit Porn Strategist, for a society that sorely needs it.

He’s a young man with a big dream: to burn down the $97 billion worldwide porn industry, one man at a time.

His story with porn dates to his teenage years and before. And though he's out of his teens now, every year more young men are still discovering the world of porn. David wants to help them find the exit.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How he was full-on cancelled in 2020, and how that led to his personal transformation
• The question of whether it's possible to be mad at God
• The nature of inner gifts
• The importance of not making your struggle your identity
• And what it means to taste the hedonic treadmill

These are not easy conversations, nor are they meant to be. But we as men must have the courage to bring these conversations into the light.

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Ryan Michler is the host and founder of the Order of Man podcast and movement, and one of my greatest teachers in the Renaissance of Men.

From him I’ve learned about podcasting, consistency, and high achievement. But I’ve also found that he’s one of the deepest and most nuanced thinkers and doers about masculinity, from the jiu jitsu mats to canoe building, fatherhood and hunting.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The importance of failure, and how nobody cares about you
• A perspective on real hardship, and how not to take the luxury we live in for granted
• How to enjoy the process over the goal
• Relating to your emotions as a man, through actions instead of talking
• The poverty of the zero f's mentality
• Capitalism, and the subjective value of goods
• Ryan's take on toxic masculinity
• And finally the difference between man, masculinity, and manliness

Let’s not take for granted how incredible this moment is, that we get to learn about masculinity from men whose names will stand the test of time.

I’ve learned so much from Ryan, and will continue to. I know other men have as well.

And soon I think America will too.

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Dr Warren Farrell is a political scientist, educator, and bestselling author of The Myth of Male Power and The Boy Crisis.

He defected from the heights of the feminist movement, the National Organization for Women in the 1970's, and at great personal cost he set out an adventure to share the truths that he knew about men, women, and families.

The Financial Times of London named him one of the world's top 100 thought leaders. His books are published in more than 50 countries and 19 languages. He's taught at the university level in five disciplines, and been interviewed multiple times by Oprah, Larry King, and most recently Dr. Jordan Peterson.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His early days as a a feminist
• How he develops his signature sound bites
• A devastating challenge to the idea of "male privilege”
• Couples communication
• And how father involvement helps children, and especially boys, live longer

Despite his monumental contributions, some men I meet don't know of Warren or his work.  I think in some ways this is indicative of us losing touch with our roots.

But we all need to know where we come from. And it's possible none of us would be here without Warren

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President Anthony “Dream” Johnson is the Host and Founder of the 21Convention and 21Studios.

Fifteen years ago at age 18 he started a meetup group, that became a conference, then a convention, then three conventions—some around the world—and now a summit.

Along the way he had the idea of filming the men who spoke at his events and releasing their talks free to the world. With that decision he surfaced the work of men that had given their lives to exploring vital aspects of masculinity.

He calls what he's built a watering hole. I think it's more like a fountain.

And in exchange for the gifts he’s given masculinity, femininity, and families, Anthony's taken something for himself: a tongue-in-cheek expression and reliable test of whether or not someone has a sense of humor, the title "President of the Manosphere."

I've always loved it. I think it suits him and his brash, outspoken style.

In our conversation we discussed,

• The difference between drama and conflict following the debacle with YouTubers Fresh & Fit
• Masculine honor individually and collectively
• How easy it is to lose sight of the history that men in the Manosphere have together
• Feminism, and the three genders that women see
• Anthony's achievements with 21
• And finally, a discussion of the philosophy of Objectivism

It's my hope in listening you'll get a perspective on the Manosphere, on leadership, and on what it truly takes for a man to build and defend something of enduring value.

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TJ Reeves is a neuroscientist, athlete, psychedelic adventurer, and the founder of a startup called Acts Decentralized Real Estate.

His company aims to help large communities of people source, purchase, and develop packages of land, so that can begin moving off-grid and establish sovereignty.

Even the name Acts is inspired by the biblical book of Acts, about a community coming together around a shared spiritual pursuit. So naturally TJ and I had a lot to talk about.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The dialogue between sovereignty, and arrete, or spiritual excellence
• His self-initiation through psychedelics, and how they helped him escape from the mental prison of higher education
• The ACTS business model, how it works, and what it provides
• The reality of the transhumanist agenda, which he contributed to, and which you must be made aware of
• His discovery of the manosphere, and his personal interaction with none other than the good doctor himself, Dr. Jordan Peterson 

Now, I don’t have a crystal ball, but it seems to me that TJ has found a need in a market. Will he succeed? The answer might be up to me and you.

But after talking with him for several hours, I think his pitch is worth a listen.

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BizBuySell.com Google Trends "buy land" Decentraland LandElevated.com Land rush scene from "Far and Away" BibleStudyTools.com Berean Study Bible

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Alison Armstrong is an internationally acclaimed educator and expert on understanding men, women, and relationships. She’s also the bestselling author of “The Queen’s Code.”

Yes, the Renaissance of Men podcast is about men and masculinity, but in her book, Alison writes, “To know men is to love them.” To me, that earns her a seat at the table.

Because Alison has spent 30 years — yes, three decades — studying men, and has devoted her life to explaining men to women. Her goal is to improve human relationships so we can begin building heaven on Earth.

This ties into my goal to help create The Great Reconciliation, which marks the coming together of men and women in a space of mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation.

Because men and women are meant for each other.

 “The Queen's Code” paints a picture of what reconciliation might look like, not in some grand vision, but in the homes and everyday lives of eight characters. It is a book of wonders, full of sincere appreciation and honoring of men.

And my hope with this podcast is that you'll see, as I do, that in our world of shattered trust between men and women, Alison, the book's author, is worthy of your trust.

Give Alison just 17 minutes and I think she’ll earn your trust, like she has mine.

In our conversation we discussed:

• Dependence, independence, and interdependence between men and women
• Ultimatums, and what they mean to women vs. men
• What women's independence is for, and how they can think about giving it up, and what they'll get in return
• The difference between "non-starters" in new relationships vs. "not-forevers" in existing relationships
• And finally, The Language of Heroes, which is a method for women to communicate their needs to men in a way which “speaks to the heart, soul and spirit of a man. It calls to him, rouses him, honors him."

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And that, ultimately, is why I'm hosting a woman on the Renaissance of Men.

Because alongside Jack Donovan, Tanner Guzy, Warren Farrell, Ryan Michler, Robert Bly, Anthony Johnson, Douglas Gillette, David Deida, Elliot Hulse, Jordan Peterson, and so many of my greatest teachers about men and masculinity, there's one who's spoken from a perspective that none of them can.

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Follow Alison Armstrong on Instagram and Twitter

Watch Alison’s videos on YouTube

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View a list of her bestselling products

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Celebrated British author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is the author of one of the best-known and most beloved poems in the world, “If.”

Kipling writes in plain language, about situations and scenarios that we can recognize, even if they aren't familiar to us from our everyday experience.

He explains how being a Man is a result of decisive action, not simply being, while laying out a sort of “North Star” for excellence to guide us in how we conduct our lives.

I couldn’t think of a better work to re-start my Poetry for Men series, after a long hiatus.

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LINKS

Read Rudyard Kipling's "If" on PoetryFoundation (link)

Will Spencer reads “If” on Vimeo (link)

Pearl Jam – "Alive" (link)

Rudyard Kipling on Wikipedia (link)

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Jeff Liboiron is a martial artist, voice over performer, fiction and non-fiction author, and most recently, poet.

It was his poetry that brought him to my attention. His writing is vivid, brutal, and real. It revels in graphic violence, blades and flowing blood, dark skies, screams, and steel. And the celebration of a crumbling empire's final, fatal collapse... and the dangerous world its corpse will leave behind.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How being born without half a leg influences his approach to fighting and martial arts
• The notion of a behavioral delivery system for how to communicate that you're a dangerous person before you have to demonstrate it
• The limitations of most martial arts trainings in term of real-world applicability
• The story of his books, including a description of his novel Onwards, a post-apocalyptic story of grief and revenge

Indeed, as I hope you’ll see, Jeff is very much a warrior poet.

LINKS

Follow Jeff on Instagram - @muchmoremayhem

The first poem of his I read - [011] "Pragmatic Men"

Visit Jeff's website - MuchMoreMayhem.com

"Onwards" The Novel, by Jeff Liboiron

"War" by Jack London (short story)

"Sanction The Book" by Roman McClay

Richard Dimitri - A study of violence

Lee Morrison - Urban Combatives (YouTube)

Geoff Thompson on London Real

"Heart of Darkness" - by Joseph Conrad

"King of Dogs" - by Andrew Edwards

MT White is the author of the essential new fiction book CONTENT. It's a thrilling story that many of you may be able to relate to, about a young man living overseas who finds his way into an online community where all is not what it seems.

It's an examination about what happens when you take appealing, but bad ideas to the extreme, how we all get lost in our screens, kick around more dangerous ideas than we're willing to own up to, and what the consequences of that might be in our connected age.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The origins of CONTENT, where the main character Jason came from, and how the story took shape
• His personal journey as a writer, and how interests in previous eras of his life fused together into his newest work
• The difference between art and entertainment, enchantment and spectacle, as demonstrated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• And the essential, and often forgotten role the arts have to play in bringing us together, along with other questions of philosophy

It seems in many ways that men these days compete to see how many books they can read, sometimes up to 50 a year. I've read my fair share, that's for sure.

But CONTENT? That one will stay with me. Once you listen to MT White, I think you'll understand why.

LINKS

Purchase CONTENT on Amazon

Follow MT White on Twitter

Follow Punch Riot on Twitter

PunchRiot.com

Tom Wolfe – “The Bonfire of the Vanities”

Nikolai Chernyshevsky – “What Is To Be Done?”

Eric Weber – “How To Pick Up Girls?”

Underworld – “Born Slippy”

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When I started this conversation series with my friend Jonathan West of the Being Husband Podcast, I went in without expectations. I just knew that much like men and women, black people and white people have lived together in America for a long time.

But also like men and women, it seems like black people and white people don't know much about each other.

Once Jonathan and I started talking as men, as friends, and as equals from our respective backgrounds, I wondered what I would learn from him, him from me, and us together?

Just like every time I go into something without expectations, the results have been amazing.

In this podcast we discussed:

• The success of YouTube star Kevin Samuels and how black women's attitude of "I don't need no man" is damaging the black community
• The spiritual war within the black community, and the ways that community is exploited and oppressed, possibly as part of a darker agenda
• How the social experiment of feminism doubly impacted the black family, just as they were coming up in the 1960's
• And finally, Malcolm X's philosophy of considered vs. treated equal, and how that plays into what Jonathan is going to teach his son about sovereignty and identity

All of this is edgy territory, probably for both of us. But stepping bravely into the unknown is what adventurers have done throughout all of time.

And since we live in an era where the surface of the Earth has been almost totally explored, I believe the next frontier of exploration is in the boundary spaces between cultures living together on our shrinking planet.

I'm grateful to be adventuring with Jonathan, together.

LINKS

Follow Jonathan West on Instagram

Listen to the Being Husband Podcast on Apple Podcasts

Kevin Samuels on YouTube

“PowerNomics” by Claude Anderson

Boy in the dojo YouTube video

“Good Times” scene

“What Is A Man” by Walter Newell

Darwin, “On the Origin of Species” full title

“Sovereignty” by Ryan Michler

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Matt Beaudreau is an entrepreneur, public speaker, consultant, educator, podcast host, and founder of Acton Academy Placer and Apogee Training in Northern California.

Acton Academy is a charter school based on Socratic dialogue that emphasizes real world results and outcomes over test scores.  And Apogee Training is an online mentorship program to help boys become good at being men, led by some of the finest examples of masculinity today, like Ryan Michler and Jack Donovan.

In 2020 the joke became “hope is a four-letter word.” But hearing Matt talk about the results that kids achieve in his programs, it’s hard not to feel a twinge of that old familiar feeling.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His background, and how a long journey through higher education and public school as both an administrator and educator led him to discover Acton and make it his mission
• The hidden past and likely future of education, so parents can be prepared for what's to come by knowing what was written decades ago
• Matt's origin story, family values, and relationship to his Christian faith, and how they all inspire and inform his life and work
• And finally, some truly mind-blowing stories about what students in his programs accomplish

To that final point I need to emphasize: it's not easy to blow my mind, to rewire my paradigms about what's possible.

In some ways as kids I think we all suffered under the tyranny of reduced expectations. We can't change that fact now. What happens when we crank up the expectations for our kids?

What Matt has to say about that will blow your mind too.

LINKS

Follow Matt on Instagram and Twitter

Acton Placer

Apogee Training

Essential 11 Podcast on iTunes and Spotify

"Captain Fantastic" Trailer

John Taylor Gatto

"Simply Christian" by NT Wright

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David Whitehead is a martial arts instructor, dojo owner, podcaster, researcher, TV personality, husband, father, and dedicated questioner of everything, including things that are dangerous to question. He's built his life and a universe of content around those questions and the often troubling answers he's found.

But unlike most who question the nature of politics, government, organized religion, and global industry, he’s taken the essential step into action.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His background in martial arts, and how being a warrior in the dojo inspires his warriorship everywhere else in life
• The vital differences between grappling and striking, the advantages of each, and which he prefers today
• The nature of the global criminal enterprises, what they want, and what they seem to believe about individuality and the human race
• The asymmetric warfare being waged against humanity, and how it shows up today in what he calls "The cult of the medics"
• And finally, how looking for a group to blame about the state of the world is a fruitless exercise, because ultimately the responsibility falls to us

It's not David's questions or even the answers and that moved me to invite him on my podcast. It's what he does with them.

He's made himself smarter, stronger, fitter, and more capable And in so doing showed that truth, the real truth, doesn't make us weaker. It makes us better.

Once again in life, we can be victims, or warriors.

LINKS

Follow David on Twitter, Instagram, and Telegram

Visit his homepage at dwtruthwarrior.com and unslaved.com

Listen to David's podcast on Podbean and Apple Podcasts

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Read an excerpt of “Listen Little Man” by Wilhelm Reich or buy on Amazon

“Equilibrium” (2002) trailer

“The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G. Edward Griffin

Smedley Butler, "War is a Racket"

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KJ Keightley is a husband, father, homesteader, farmer, firearms absolutist, outdoorsman, Gaia sandals ambassador, and a helluva guy.

We met recently in a chatroom full of barbarians and fell into each other's orbit. Like all good friends we recognized something in each other. In him I saw true spirit, expertise, and an attitude towards life and masculinity that I could relate to, and respect.

But living in lockdown life, it can be difficult sometimes to get to know the men that we've recently become closest to. We can't just have a beer or go fishing like we used to. We have to do the thing that men aren't always best at: talk.

Only in doing that can we turn our acquaintances in to friends, friends into brothers, and brothers into the foundations of a new civilization.

In our conversation on this podcast we discussed:

• His background and upbringing, and how he went from a near-dropout drug dealer to the family man he is today
• The killer story of his high school graduation, and what it says about his get-it-done attitude and rebel spirit
• His approach to personal sovereignty and preparedness, and how that translates across the full spectrum of his life to farming, solar power, and firearms
• Our mutual stance against mask world and encroaching bureaucratic and medical tyranny (come and take it)
• And finally, the story about how he died. Twice. And came back. And what it means to him to live with that knowledge every day.

Fair warning, we were drinking whiskey during this episode. So it's probably best to think of it less like a podcast, and more like two men sitting on a back porch under the stars, having a chat.

So get ready for three full-send hours I think you're gonna love. Because ladies and gentlemen, KJ says words.

LINKS

Follow KJ on Instagram @kjkeightley

Gaia Sandals – Ambassador Page

RedBubble Masks

Mike Glover

Shawn Ryan

Slayde Raider

Forward Observations

GBRS

Core Vision Training

Achilles Tactics

Bull Creek Strategic

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Bronson Lee Norton is a musician, podcaster, bowhunter, and bodybuilder, and in 2015 he heard a woman's cries for help coming from a nearby house he happened to be walking past, on a route he didn't usually take.

Then, like a real capital-M man he went charging in through that door and changed three lives, including his own.

But rather than allowing that event to define him, he used it to redefine himself, thereby turning one of the worst events into his life into a doorway through which some of the best things entered.

In our conversation we discussed

• His epic story, the notoriety he earned, what he did with it, and what he didn't do.
• The importance of doing things that make you like yourself
• The uniqueness of this era of men, how we each get the chance to learn from the best fathers around the world, when our fathers only had their own,
• What's missing from modern music, and how many bands, including his, are exploring the boundaries between sound and worldbuilding
• And finally, our perspectives on Jack Donovan's aesthetic and philosophical universe, and the impact that it has on the Renaissance of Men

All these topics I've listed are truly just scratching the surface in what might be my favorite conversation of all the ones I've had thus far.

I think you'll hear it, as two men get to know each other, discovered their shared philosophy around self-creation, and thereby build a connection.

LINKS

Follow Bronson Lee Norton on Instagram and Twitter

Bronson’s Bands:

Seer

Boreal Hymn

Eyes Without A Face

Listen to the Barbaric Wisdom Podcast: Spotify | Apple | YouTube

Jack Donovan - @starttheworld

Estas Tonne – Song of the Golden Dragon, Internal Flight

Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert

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Billy Red Horse, aka the Gentleman Mystic, is a writer, teacher, Zen master, and to me a shining guide to what it means to be a well-mannered man and classic Southern Gentleman.

He writes, "Awakening is the goal. Refinement, manners and the experience of Beauty are the Path. Transcendence in this Lifetime IS possible."

And as a valued elder in this growing Renaissance of men, his words carry special weight.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How tribes of men are forming to respond to the reckoning building in our culture
• The story of his top protege, and how the student and master have been each other's best instructors
• Environmentalism vs. conservationism
• The transformative power of craftsmanship, and what your belongings and clothes say about you
• The difference between fiction, fantasy, and magic and how they can intersect in a space as small as a butterfly

For all you men seriously considering what it means to be a man, long into a fulfilling life, listen up.

Grandfather has some stories.

LINKS

Follow The Gentleman Mystic on Twitter

Visit TheGentlemanMystic.com

Soto Zen

Alexander Cortes

Jay Campbell

Chuck Whitworth

Liminal Order

Fraternity of Excellence

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, and also the world’s greatest dramatist. While he’s better known for his plays than his poetry, no survey of English literature would be complete without him.

This week, I break my rules to read one of the most important passages in the entire English language: Hamlet’s Soliloquy, which has not only a great deal to teach us about being a man, but about being human as well.

I also explore Shakespeare’s mysterious background, plus the uncertain origins of his most famous play, and the cultural, literary, and artistic impacts of both.

This episode has been a monumental and transformative effort for me, fitting for my tenth episode of Poetry for Men. Thank you so much for continuing with me on this journey.

LINKS

Hamlet’s Soliloquy

William Shakespeare on Wikipedia

Homer’s “The Illiad”

“The Epic of Gilgamesh”

Filippo Brunelleschi

Paulo Coehlo “The Alchemist”

Harold Bloom “The Best Poems of the English Language”

Harold Bloom on Charlie Rose

Bardcode: The Sonnets

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Rainman is the founder and voice of the growing 263 Collective Podcast. He’s an ROTC instructor, former cyclist, and fitness and firearms enthusiast.

He understands intuitively and from his upbringing the need to set up people around you to succeed. Now he lives that principle in his life

In other words, he cares. And a man who cares is the sort of man I’m proud to know, and that this world and moment needs.

In our conversation we discussed:

• His background in the ROTC and the extreme lengths he goes to to make sure that his "kiddos" (or cadets) succeed
• The value of mentorship, both giving and receiving
• The origins and intentions of the 263 Collective Podcast and Instagram account, and the growing community around it
• The reasons behind the mystery of the meaning of "263" and what it means to you, vs. what it means to him as the founder.
• And finally, how a concussion in a wrestling match led to one of the most important moments of his life, in the arena

As you'll hear my guest today is a man of principle, community, integrity, and most importantly, he's a man for others. I believe we all have something to learn from his example.

LINKS

Listen to the 263 Collective Podcast (Apple) (Spotify)

Follow the 263 Collective on Instagram

Listen to the 263 Episode “Bubbles” (Apple) (Spotify)

Listen to the 263 Episode “Angel Cortes” (Apple) (Spotify)

Matthew McConaughey, “Greenlights”

Lance Armstrong, “It’s Not About the Bike”

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Danny Miranda is the host of the popular Danny Miranda Podcast, where he interviews some of the world's top performers on behalf of those pursuing their highest version.

He's talked to men whose names you might know, like Ed Latimore, Sol Brah, and Johnny Noble. He's spoken with Gary Vee, Zuby, and Dan Go, as well as Manny from WellBuiltStyle, Jack Butcher, Tej Dosa, and dozens of others.

He’s got a lot going for him: stellar guests, momentum, a sharp mind, and killer friends.

But it’s his positivity that really stands out.  He has a radiant and infectious joy that’s a rare blessing in anyone, and that truly makes a difference in a world that seems saturated by negativity, even if you don’t watch the news.

We met on Twitter, in a spontaneous encounter where I made a podcast joke that he responded to. Minutes later we were in the DMs, scheduling this podcast. You can hear the whole story in our conversation, during which we also discussed:

• The story behind starting his popular podcast and how he got into it, by desiring to share his positive energy with the world... for free
• The importance of mindset and how to cultivate your attention towards the best and most positive things in your day
• The practice of self-love, why perfectionism is boring, and how consistency is key
• About his vision for the Danny Miranda Podcast and its connection to a famous sports stadium
• And finally, the story behind how he did 75Hard with copywriting and social media superstar Tej Dosa, a program which played a major role in my story, as well.

And by the end of our conversation together, which is to date his longest, I think you can hear my smile, as it got to me, and stuck around. Finally I have something to thank Twitter for.

LINKS

Listen to the Danny Miranda Podcast on Spotify and Apple

Visit DannyMiranda.com

PostSecret.com

Tej Dosa on Twitter

75Hard

Andy Frisella

“Chasing Excellence” by Ben Bergeron

“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman

‘Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It” by Kamal Ravikant

Josh Waitzkin

Zac Small on Twitter

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Bible lecture Part 1 on YouTube

“Conscious Living” by Gay Hendricks

“Greenlights” by Matthew McConaughey

DannyMiranda.com/notes

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The three most taboo topics in America today are weight, money, and race. Tragically, these are the same topics that are tearing the country apart.

As solar men we know that what hides in shadows must be dragged into the light, or else it festers and multiplies. But that takes a sort of courage that it seems few people embody. With livelihoods and reputations on the line it's not hard to understand why.

Which is why I'm grateful for my friend Jonathan West, host of the Being Husband podcast. In our first conversation we both left with the sense that we had much more to discuss than our short window of time allowed. 

So we've started this podcast series, called Race and the Renaissance, to get into some of those topics, and model conversations that the rest of you will hopefully initiate in your own lives.

We discussed: 

• The ills and dangers of PC culture, for dialogue, thought, and our divine image
• What it means to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and render unto God what is God's
• Jonathan's grandfather, Frank Dozier, who built a house in Tennessee during the segregation era.
• Jonathan's experience hunting for the first time, and how it impacted his life, and his marriage.
• And finally, trigger warning, we dunk HARD on cats

I know we're treading on treacherous ground, talking about religion, race, health, and more.

But we must start having these conversations somehow, speaking truths and testing them against each other in a space of mutual respect, friendship, and most importantly, BROTHERHOOD.

So before you jump in, know that this is a "full-send" conversation. That's what we agreed to beforehand. Some of it is jesting hot takes, some of it is sincere. But that's what happens when brothers get together, and hash it out.

LINKS

Follow BeingHusband Podcast on Instagram

Listen to BeingHusband Podcast on Apple

Follow Michael Foster on Twitter

Agadmator's Chess Channel - Bobby Fischer Playlist

"Coming to America" trailer

Thomas Sowell - "Black Rednecks and White Liberals"

Ivan Illych -  "The Limits to Medicine"

James Joyce - "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"

KJ Keightley on Instagram

Thumos Wolf on Instagram

Alexander Cortes (AJAC) on Instagram

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Blood and Rain aka Arthur Dayne is one of the most exciting content creators in the Renaissance of Men right now. He’s passionate, thumotic, and disciplined. But most of all one gets the sense that behind his mask of anonymity he truly lives the life he talks about and walks his talk. 

He's a Muay Thai kickboxer, high-octane bartender, actor, writer, poet, Orthodox Christian, and the host of a growing podcast and Instagram account of the same name. He’s also one of the brightest stars in the new constellation of solar men who comprise the leading edge of this movement. Forty years of men rediscovering, reclaiming, and renewing masculinity are culminating in a new generation of men spontaneously figuring it out for themselves

These men aren't interested in promoting egos but exploring aesthetics. Not in showing their faces but sharing their words. And not in making income, but propagating ideas.

It’s humbling to witness and be a part of. Having Arthur on was a thrilling step towards surfacing this side of the movement for more searching men.

In our conversation we discussed

• The origins of the name "Blood and Rain" in a poem that he wrote that went on to change his life
• The stifling culture of the Bay Area, and how it produces empty suits and hollow men
• Power vs. Force, or Influence vs. Manipulation and how they can be used to bring new men into the Renaissance
• A brilliant discussion of how Politics is downstream from Culture, but Culture is downstream from Consciousness
• And finally, an amazing story about how a repaired refrigerator in Cuba contributed to Arthur's very existence

I love exploring the various streams that flow together to create the personalities that make up this sphere. Each of us has a unique story of how we became the men we are, and who we're working to be. 

So you can imagine I was eager to talk to Arthur, and discover a bit about the man behind the warrior and the road he’s walked as we all arrive to the start of the best party ever, right on time.

LINKS

Follow Blood and Rain on Instagram

Listen to the Blood and Rain Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

More links for Blood and Rain on his LinkTree

Read about the Morphogenetic Field and the 100th Monkey Effect

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Dr. Robert Glover is the author of the famous and highly acclaimed canonical work of the Renaissance, “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” It’s the book that virtually every man in this movement agrees is a classic and is rightfully called the “gateway drug to the red pill.”

It’s also a harsh but loving mirror which shows men why their beliefs about the world are wrong, why their actions in their lives don’t produce the results they want, and why there’s a deep pool of rage buried within them that often comes out sideways.

Though Dr. Glover has a doctorate, his book has its power not because he's a scientist or scholar, but because it's drawn from his own journey from being a nice guy, to becoming an authentic, integrated man.

But because Dr. Glover does have a doctorate, there's a thoroughness to it, as well, dealing with how being a nice guy affects men's quality of life, in everything from work to sex to intimate relationships, friendships and more.

And naturally no podcast about this worldwide movement of men would be complete without speaking to a man who drafted a canonical work of it.

In our extended conversation we discussed:

• How men today are seeking tribes, and where they look: including the pickup community, martial arts, churches, men's groups, and more
• The danger of purity tests and fundamentalism in the men's movement, because it creates unnecessary divisions between brothers
• How the distractions in our environment rob us of our connection to our inner emotional state, and why we need to take time for ourselves
• How women aren't the source of the love we need, and can't ever make us feel complete
• And finally, an incredible discussion about the higher and lower natures of the masculine and feminine, and how that relates to the famous Serenity prayer, a lesson that I'll never forget

Even if you've never been a nice guy, Dr. Glover's book and ongoing work still provide valuable guidance about understanding oneself, standing up and speaking up, in a world where men are increasingly shamed into silence.

It's refreshing to hear a man speak his truth quietly, clearly, and confidently. And I hope in his wisdom all the men listening, of any age and background, will come together in a spirit of brotherhood, unity, and strength.

LINKS:

Visit Dr. Glover’s website (link)

Follow Dr. Glover on Twitter (link) and YouTube (link)

Buy “No More Mr. Nice Guy” on Amazon (link)

John Wineland (link)

David Deida (link)

Mankind Project (link)

David DeAngelo (link)

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Pastor Michael Foster is a man’s man in a church that’s been defined by women for decades.

He’s been blazing a white streak through the Internet, with a podcast that's exploding in popularity as his message lands with men looking for a preacher who connects with their gut, and not just the head or heart.

You can hear it in his voice: clear, direct, unapologetic. He looks you in the eye and invites you into the arena with him to do battle with him against the ideas about Jesus Christ, the Bible, and Christians that have polluted these sacred waters for centuries, especially in Protestantism.

As you might imagine, pastors like him are rare. But as you'll hear Michael wasn't born or raised a Godly man. God did however, raise him up, to make part of the team, just in time for a very special moment in the history of the world.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How he went from being an atheist and a near-high school dropout to a Christian and a pastor
• Jordan Peterson, his relationship to Christianity, and how "12 Rules for Life" compares and contrasts with "Bronze Age Mindset"
• The words Justified, Convicted, and Propitiation, and how they illustrate God's lawful nature and Jesus' role in liberating us from the natural consequences of our actions
• Masculinity in film, including some favorite examples over the past several decades
• The best books about masculinity and Christianity

I've been looking forward to this episode for months. I was baptized in September, and as yet I haven't found anything in the religion that conflicts with authentic, traditional masculinity.

But I can't make the case as well as a man who's lived, breathed, and preached it.

I think this might be testimony you've been waiting for. And know that where Michael comes from, this is just the beginning.

Follow Michael Foster on Twitter (link)

Listen to the It’s Good To Be A Man Podcast on Apple (link) and Stitcher (link)

Visit ItsGoodToBeAMan.com (link)

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson – “12 Rules for Life (link)

Bronze Age Pervert – “Bronze Age Mindset” (link)

John Eldredge – “Wild At Heart” (link)

William Mouser – “The Story of Sex in Scripture” (link)

Werner Neuer – “Men and Women in Christian Perspective” (link)

Stephen B. Clark – “Man and Woman in Christ” (link)

John R. W. Stott – “Basic Christianity" (link)

Steven Ozment – “When Fathers Ruled” (link)

Matthew Henry Concise Commentary on the Bible (link)

Gareth Crossley – “The Old Testament Explained and Applied” (link)

Trailer for “Collision” film (link)

Richard Cooper at 21Convention – “Be Better” (link)

Trailer for “1917” (link)

Trailer for “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” (link)

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Jack Donovan is a man who needs no introduction.

He’s the author of the bestselling book “The Way of Men”, one of the canonical works of the Renaissance. It’s the origin of the Four Tactical Virtues — Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor — plus the vital distinction between being “a good man” and “good at being a man.”

His follow-up books “Becoming A Barbarian” and “A More Complete Beast” expanded those themes into a larger sociological context, helping men understand the necessity of tribe and mindset.

Now, he’s completed his groundbreaking fourth book “Fire In the Dark”, which helps connect authentic male spirituality to masculine themes in myths and legends from all time. It is a powerful work, and one that I believe men of any faith can see themselves and their beliefs reflected in.

In our conversation we discussed:

• How surprised he is to be the guy who wrote "The Way of Men" and who writes about the things he does
• How masculinity is dying and why it’s worth saving
• How he saw the gender and culture war coming back in art school in the 90's
• The impossibility of being everything for everyone, and how "doing what you're told" and following the agenda is unsustainable
• The way that art has turned against men, and how we can begin producing art that speaks to us once again

Like many men, I’m grateful for for Jack’s continuing and towering contributions to the philosophy, writing, and aesthetics that drive us all.

I couldn’t imagine Providence giving me a better guest for the 20th episode of my podcast.

To buy Jack Donovan's books on Amazon, click here

To read "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge, click here

To visit James Lindsay's website New Discourses, click here

To watch the "Cremaster Cycle" by Matthew Barney, click here

To read "The Futurist Manifesto", click here

To learn more about Sabin Howard, click here

To read "The Wanting Seed" click here

To learn more about John Lovell's Warrior Poet Society, click here

To read Jack Donovan's "No Man's Land", click here

Follow Jack Donovan on YouTube and Instagram

To visit Jack Donovan's website, click here

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John Donne (1572-1631) was the foremost of the metaphysical poets and is one of the most famous and well-regarded poets of the English language.

This week, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I read his timeless classic “The Ecstasy”, in which he recounts his profound metaphysical visions while lying beside a riverbank with his beloved.

In my analysis I share who I think his beloved might be, and how this poem ties to the tragic story of his life.

This is a poem I have a personal history with and is definitely one for the lovers.

It’s also an ambitious piece and is an episode I’m very proud of. I sincerely hope you enjoy.

To read “The Ecstasy” online, click here

To learn more about John Donne, click here

To learn about Christian Wiman, click here

To order Christian Wiman’s book “The Long Home”, click here

To order the current edition of The Norton Anthology of Poetry, click here

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Jonathan West hosts the popular  podcast Being HUSBAND and runs the Instagram account of the same name. He’s a spiritually-facing man who grew up in the faith and earned a degree in theology, with a preacher for a father.

His podcast also helps men become better husbands and leaders in their homes and communities. So naturally we became fast friends.

In our conversation we discussed:

• The origins of the Being HUSBAND podcast in a dream Jonathan had
• How he maintains a strong and healthy marriage with his wife, aka "Smoke Show", and some advice for other men looking to get married to a woman who respects them
• The nature of the social justice movement, its viral ideology, and what we can do about it
• Jesus' nature as a man, and how we don't often think of him that way
• And finally, the impact of the Gnostic Heresy on Christianity, and why it might be the crime committed against masculinity within the Christian faith

One of the most exciting things about this Renaissance is the number of men who have walked such unique roads of life, but who are now finding their way together.

This conversation between me and Jonathan just one example of something that's probably happened in your life. If not, I hope it happens soon.

To follow Being Husband on Instagram, click here

Listen to Being Husband on Apple — Spotify — Google

To support Being HUSBAND on Patreon, click here

To join the Alexander Cortes Inner Circle, click here

To read my blog post “To Lose the World and Gain My Soul”, click here

To visit “The Library” on the Renaissance of Men website, click here

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Ben Howes runs the popular Instagram account Oaks and Oaths, and the podcast of the same name. Though born a Christian, his disillusionment with the faith and its faithful led him to abandon that path and discover Norse and Germanic Paganism. Now he leads and instructs others down that ancient road.

Due to time constraints we had a shorter conversation than my recent episodes, but we think it’s just the first of many. We discussed: 

• Self-actualization, aesthetics, and masculinity.
• Why men need to reject consumerism.
• The pagan notion of "frith", and how it plays into the larger functional worldview of paganism.
• How hierarchy gives men a goal to strive for, a ladder to climb, and something to aspire towards.
• How a trip to Peru and an experience with psychedelics led him to discover the faith of paganism.

I originally reached out to Ben because I feel that it’s time that, despite their historical differences, Christians and Pagans (and all spiritually-facing men) need to learn to come together it the face of a third thing, an anti-spirit that’s flooding across the globe.

It’s time to start building bridges, and I think we made a good start of it.

To follow Oaks and Oaths, click here

Listen to the Oaks and Oaths podcast on Apple — Spotify — Google

To read Neil Gaiman’s “Norse Mythology” click here

To read Brett McKay’s “Muscular Christianity” click here

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Brendan Schmidt runs the popular Instagram account MasculineRevival, on which he pairs a rich aesthetic and movingly honest words about masculinity, as he discovers for himself what it means to be a man.

He’s also someone I share a lot in common with. We “speak the same language,” having been on similar journeys through the New Age and men’s inner healing world and arriving at a rediscovery of traditionalism.

Over the course of our two-and-a-half hour conversation we discussed:

• The difference between functional and fulfilling Relationships 
• Cultivating traditional values in the dating world
• The narcissism of the New Age religion
• Men's work, why it's important, and why it's not "gay" to feel genuine love for other men
• And finally, his moving story of being abandoned in childhood by his father, when and how they met, and what happened after

This is one of the most important conversations I've had so far. I think many men will see themselves reflected in Brendan's story, and hear familiar themes in the discussion that we share.

And for those men who don't recognize themselves in us, who perhaps come from different backgrounds, I hope you'll see more clearly some of the burdens carried by your brothers and the journeys that we've walked to stand beside you in this Renaissance of Men, and Masculine Revival.

To follow MasculineRevival on Instagram, click here

To follow his girlfriend EmbracingFemininity on Instagram, click here

To watch the documentary "The Work", click here

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Andrew Marvell was an English Restoration poet who lived and wrote during his nation’s civil wars, and in its transition from monarchy to the beginnings of republicanism.

He was a well-traveled, well-spoken, hard-partying bachelor.

In his masterwork “To His Coy Mistress” he paints a vivid picture of a familiar and amorous scenario most men will be familiar with.

But he presents his own unique spin on it, in a moving and timeless encouragement to seize the day.

To read "To His Coy Mistress" click here

To learn more about Andrew Marvell, click here

To watch "Baby It's Cold Outside" click here

To hear "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" click here

To read AD Hope's "His Coy Mistress To Mr. Marvell" click here

To order "The Best Poems of the English Language" click here

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John Sonmez, founder of Bulldog Mindset, is a men’s coach, entrepreneur, published author, public speaker, and ultra-marathon runner.

We met at the 21Convention in Orlando, Florida, this past October. He’s the sort of high-energy, fit, and positive guy who makes that event so special.

And while you wouldn’t know it to look at him today, he’s also a man who’s been on a remarkable journey of transformation from fat to fit, scared to brave, and sad to Chad.

He’s built businesses, retired young, and traveled the world. And he’s still not done, which is a feeling I can relate to.

Together, we also had what I think might have been one of the most important conversations I've yet hosted on my podcast.

We discussed:

• John's transformation journey to become the man he is
• The need to cultivate courage in cold-approaching women
• How to confront our fears to live a little bit closer to freedom.
• Some of the key books of the Renaissance of Men, including works by David Deida and Jack Donovan

But then we got into a conversation about anger. It wasn't a conceptual conversation either.

We talked about what place it has, if any, in the lives of men as it relates to our evolving and devolving environment today — a world of fear, controversy, division, and this creeping sense that something isn't right.

The result was like two men rolling jiu-jitsu with our life philosophies.

Getting a conversation like this on tape is a bit like catching lightning in a bottle. I felt exhilarated afterwards and more alive.

Because that's what it means to be men today: to have our ideas and believe in them passionately, and then mutually put them to the test for the purpose of making us both better.

To visit John and Bulldog Mindset, click the following links:

YouTube — Instagram — Twitter — Website

To purchase Jack Donovan, “The Way of Men” click here

To purchase David Deida, “The Way of the Superior Man”, click here

To purchase Robert Glover, “No More Mr. Nice Guy” click here

To learn more about the 21Convention, click here

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Derek Arellano is a former first-place pro bodybuilder and US Army veteran, and now is a professional trainer who’s passionate about the body, movement, and creating transformation in his clients.

Derek and I also live in the same city. And the more time we’ve spent together, the more I’ve seen how much of value he has to share.

He’s found his way into the Renaissance of Men, as well, and is discovering how all the streams of his life are feeding into a singular expression of who he is, and what he can create in his life and in the lives of men.

In our three-hour conversation we discuss:

• The world of pro bodybuilding, how he got into it, what he got from it, and how he got out of it
• The world of personal training and the effort required to create transformation in people
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu and his love for competition
• His family background, and how it helped set him up for a life of success
• What it means to LARP, or live-action-role play your personal development (to borrow a phrase from Tanner Guzy)
• How fitness ties into spirituality
• The meaning behind the hashtag "post physique", why it works in communities of men today, and where it falls short.

As you can tell, Derek and I enjoy talking about these topics and we hope that you enjoy our conversation — or at least that it’s better than dragging your dick across glass.

Thanks to Rob at The Grounded Athlete, for bringing us together.

To follow Derek on Instagram, click here

To visit Derek’s website Volition Training, click here

To follow The Grounded Athlete on Instagram, click here

To follow the Holistic Psychologist on Instagram, click here

To read “Conscious Coaching” by Brett Bartholomew, click here

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This week I interview clinical psychologist, coach, and author Shawn T. Smith, Psy.D.  

Shawn is an outspoken critic of the “woke”  ideology spreading through the field of clinical psychology, and speaks up courageously against the American Psychological Association, the governing body propagating it.

Because psychology and psychotherapy is one of my core interests, I felt having Shawn on the podcast was essential. I wanted to get his wisdom and insight into this rapidly changing field, and how men can best take advantage of its gifts, while protecting themselves from its growing anti-masculine dangers.

In our conversation we discuss:

• The manosphere, or as I call it "The Renaissance of Men", and how Shawn found his way into the rich world of male personal development 

• The power of shame, and how it can help us in our social interactions, and hurt us when it goes too far

• The difference between being men living in service to an ideal, versus men living in servitude

• The dangerous ideology spreading through the APA and how it could be leading to an unchecked disaster down the line

• His background growing up with a father who owned a truck stop bar, and how his childhood observations of human interactions helped propel him towards a career psychology

I try to conduct my podcasts in an interview style, where I do minimal talking and lots of listening. But this turned out to be the most conversational podcast yet. And that makes sense, because Shawn is a listener too.

So I hope you enjoy this episode with two men finding their way around some of their favorite and most familiar subjects.

To watch Shawn’s popular 21Convention Speech, "How To Keep The Wrong Women Out of Your Life", click here

To visit Shawn’s YouTube channel, where he discusses the APA, click here

To purchase Shawn's book "The Tactical Guide to Women", click here

To follow Shawn on Twitter, click here

To visit Shawn’s website, click here

To read Robert Bly’s classic “Iron John”, click here

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This week I read "The Collar” by the English poet George Herbert, who lived during the 1600’s.

This poem depicts one man’s struggle with his chosen calling of the priesthood versus his burning desire for freedom and adventure.

I also discuss the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the flows of history that connect Herbert with our modern age.

This poem is proof that we’re not disconnected from history, and that the more things change, the more some things stay the same.

To read "The Collar", click here.

To learn more about George Herbert, click here.

To order "The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart", click here

To order “Poems That Make Grown Men Cry”, click here.

To order “The Best Poems of the English Language”, click here

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, I interview the host of the Universe Within Podcast, Jason Grechanik. Jason is a facilitator at the acclaimed Peruvian ayahuasca healing center The Temple of the Way of Light, which is where we met in 2016.

Jason also leads his own tobacco healing ceremonies in Peru’s Sacred Valley and is an experienced martial artist and yoga practitioner.

Naturally we had a lot to talk about. In our engaging three-hour conversation, we discuss:

• Jason’s background, and how he arrived at the Temple of the Way of Light and why he stayed
• The nature of ayahuasca: what it means, where it comes from, and how best to prepare
• Being, Identity, and Meaning, and how they combine to produce our experience of reality, as individuals and a species
• Why it's important to avoid expectations when encountering ayahuasca, and how every person's journey will be unique
• Personal responsibility when it comes to healing traumas from our lives and our families
• The fascinating nature of plants, and how many familiar plants embody powerful healing potential

I planned this episode as a gift to the many men I’ve met that have sincere questions about ayahuasca and the idea of gnosis, or direct spiritual knowledge. But the conversation actually became a gift to me as I got to partake in Jason’s wisdom and perspective. Doing so helped me relive some special times in my life, which I look forward to sharing someday.

To learn more about the Temple of the Way of Light, click here.

To check out The Universe Within, visit the following links: YOUTUBE — INSTAGRAM — APPLE PODCASTS — SPOTIFY

To learn more about Jason's tobacco healing ceremonies in Peru, click here

To purchase to the full album of Ikaros from the Temple maestros, click here

To read Jed McKenna's book "Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing" click here

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews master sculptor Sabin Howard, America’s foremost practitioner of Modern Classicism. Sabin's works are owned by museums and private collectors around the world, and he's been favorably reviewed in the New York Times, Washington Post, and many international journals.

He's currently in the process of sculpting the U.S. National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C — a 60-foot wall of bronze with 38 figures, scheduled for completion in 2023.

In our engaging conversation, Sabin and I discuss:

- The story behind the Memorial, and the technological and traditional processes that have gone into making it

- Sabin's bi-cultural childhood in the US and Italy, and how they combined to make them the artist he is

- How a bit of insight from his wife Traci transformed the memorial into something greater and more universal than he could have imagined 

- How failure can be a gift and a sign of the orderliness of the universe, and how that's come true in his life over and over again

- Why his war memorial isn't a war memorial, but a piece to heal humanity.

Sabin Howard makes artwork that will outlive us all, so it was deeply moving to me to speak to a man who not only shares my Humanist values, but who also labors so tirelessly and skillfully to bring them forward into our modern era, which is so desperately in need of them.

Special thanks to Mark Puchinsky and Traci for making this conversation possible.

To visit Sabin Howard on the web, click here.

To visit Sabin Howard on Instagram, click here.

To learn more about the National World War I memorial, click here.

To listen to Sabin give a fascinating lecture about the process of developing the memorial, click here.

To see Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment”, click here.

To see the Riace bronze sculptures claimed from beneath the sea, click here.

To order “Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain”, click here.

To order “Has Modernism Failed” by Suzi Gablik, click here.

To visit Mark Puchinsky on Instagram, click here.

To learn more about Sabin’s wife Traci Slatton, click here.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews Rob, Founder of the Grounded Athlete, inventor of the popular Gaia Grounding Sandals, and sponsored professional sprinter.

In our engaging conversation, Rob and I discuss:

• His background as a pro athlete, and how it led him to discover grounding
• Details about the many surprising health benefits of the deceptively simple practice
• How our bodies are as much electrical as they are chemical
• The spiritual dimensions of grounding and how they link to his Native American heritage
• His journey learning how to make his bestselling Gaia Sandals by hand

It was inspiring for me to speak to a man who believes in his mission to the degree that Rob does, and who chose to express it so creatively.

It's my wish that all men find such a powerful purpose. And I hope by listening to him, his passion for grounding inspires you to find your mission, and to find out for yourself what the Earth has to say to your body, through your feet.

To visit The Grounded Athlete website and order Gaia Sandals, click here.

To follow The Grounded Athlete on Instagram, click here.

The see The Grounded Athlete’s fascinating YouTube video on Vagal Tone, click here.

To learn more about grounding and the the "Umbrella Effect" from the physicist Richard Feynman, click here.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews a kung-fu master, mystic, teacher, and psychedelic adventurer fusing esoteric spirituality with a warrior ethos, AlphaStarseed.

In this mind- and possibility-expanding two hour conversation, we discuss:

• How a mystical experience in childhood marked AlphaStarseed for a life of greatness
• How he's used psychedelics to radically advance his spiritual and physical evolution
• The philosophy of how he's using his new-found Internet celebrity to help people advance towards their training goals
• His recommendations for safe and natural ways to become a beast before your workout
• The growing Gulf between people living in responsibility and people living in fear
• The Academy of skilled martial artists, and spiritualized warriors, that he's building for the future.

One of the best parts of having a podcast is getting to have conversations with fascinating men pushing the edge, pushing themselves, and pushing the boundaries of thought and what's possible. And this man is no different.

But I have to warn you, don't try his techniques at home.

To see AlphaStarseed in action, check out these incredible videos:

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

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In this episode of “Poetry for Men," I read "Eulogy To A Hell of a Dame” by the legendary American poet Charles Bukowski.

This poem about Bukowski's long deceased muse, Jane, demonstrates not just his mastery of poetic techniques, but his sense of romantic devotion.

Despite being set in his familiar environment of the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, Bukowski demonstrates that the values of beauty, love, and goodness nevertheless still apply.

The poem is a testament to how one man loved one woman, and how her love for him lived on, long after she'd passed away.

To read "Eulogy, To a Hell of a Dame", click here.

To learn more about Charles Bukowski, click here.

To visit Charles Bukowski's website, click here.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer is thrilled to welcome for his first online interview ever, the anonymous man behind the Instagram account that's inspiring thousands of men, The Howling Void @the_howling_void. 

In this sprawling, encyclopedic conversation, we cover: 

• The importance for both individuals and society to have a "Telos," or soul-purpose
• The path of most resistance, and why it's uniformly the most fulfilling route we can take through life
• His fascination with the martial arts and psychedelic sub-communities, and how they fuse together in his work
• His personal cosmology, and how he gets high on human excellence
• The impact of "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius on his life
• The origins of The Howling Void project in a suggestion from a lifelong friend, and where The Howling Void is headed next
• Why you should never compromise on the cleanliness of your sink

In addition we discussed: letter writing, architecture, entropy, telekinesis, alchemy, Fight Club, what it means to have a Conscience, and more.

This was a rich and fascinating conversation that I'm thrilled to share with you. And as promised, below is a list of all the resources mentioned in this talk.

BOOKS

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, "Team of Teams"

William Lind, "4th Generation Warfare"

David Kilcullen, "The Dragons and the Snakes"

David Kilcullen, "Out of the Mountains"

Peter Thiel, "Zero to One"

Michel De Montaigne, "On Friendship"

Will Durant, "The Lessons of History"

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (link)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"

Deal W. Hudson, "How Not To Lose Your Mind"

Geoff Manaugh, "Burglar's Guide to the City"

JRR Tolkien, "The Silmarillion"

VIDEOS

"The Woke Memetic Complex" described by James Lindsay

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Darth Maul vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi Light Saber Duel

DUEL — ANALYSIS (must watch!)

David Goggins, "Taking Souls"

TWITTER ACCOUNTS

Alexander Cortes (Twitter, Instagram)

Sol Brah (Twitter, Instagram)

Brother Lobo (Twitter)

MOVIES

Fight Club

Heat

Free Solo

The Last Samurai

The Matrix

OTHER RESOURCES

Jack Donovan, "Violence is Golden"

Singapore Changi International Airport

Franco Colombu (Wikipedia)

... or was it ColomBO

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In this episode of Poetry for Men, I read the exquisite "Last Gods” by the 20th century American poet Galway Kinnell.

This graphic poem depicting a man and woman making passionate love weaves together both personal and mythological themes to produce a result that attains, to me, the status of high art.

It has become one of my favorite poems of all time, and though it's taken an act of courage to read, the process was very much worth it.

I hope you agree, and that this poem moves you as much as it does me.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews one of the most capable, dangerous, and deeply wise male leaders today, Mr. Swift.

In a wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, we discuss:

• His history as a paramedic and at multiple levels of law enforcement, and how he evolved into the mentor and leader of men he is today
• His Christian faith, the Bible, our shared love for CS Lewis, his perspectives on religion, and how his faith shows up in all aspects of his life—including how it applies to the moral application of violence in our lives and towards the advancement of civilization
• His family lineage of warriors, and some of the challenges he faces with passing on his family's traditions and values in today's political climate
• The vital differences between killing & murder, and force & violence
• The breadth of what "holistic masculinity" means to him
• His journey with PTSD, and the unseen burdens that first responders take onto themselves to ensure the smooth running of our society
• His surprising artistic and creative hobbies, and the story behind his new Garden Club, coming soon
• What it means to kick your wife out of bed to make room for your girlfriend

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In this episode of The Renaissance of Men’s “Poetry for Men” series, Will Spencer reads "A Man Lost By A River” by the American poet Michael Blumenthal.

This rich and evocative poem asks us a question, "What if we didn't truly know ourselves?" What if somewhere inside there was a voice longing to be heard? Where might we find that voice, and what might it have to say?

Blumenthal both asks and answers those questions in this poem, and as his life story illustrates, he knows what he's talking about.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews married up-and-coming YouTube stars Jennifer Moleski and Dale Hiller.

We talk about:

• The 21 Convention where I met them, and where we got to know each other, and how the convention can benefit both men and women
• What traditional partnership means to them, and the challenges of unlearning that they're facing individually, and together
• What it means for a woman to be a truly good wife and a man to be a truly good husband
• The perils of being a content creator on YouTube these days
• Jennifer shares her experience of becoming an adoptive mother to Dale's daughter after never wanting to have kids
• And Dale shares his personal story of transformation from childhood abuse into the strong and capable man he is today

This is definitely one of my favorite conversations so far, and between talking about meaningful subjects we share a good bit of laughter. I hope you enjoy.

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Dale Hiller / LackLuster on YouTube (click here)

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In this episode of The Renaissance of Men’s “Poetry for Men” series, Will Spencer reads the poem “Mother and Son” by one of Canada's most beloved literary figures, Alden Nowlan.

This challenging and provocative piece highlights the ways that parental violence can masquerade as harmless touches, right before our eyes. But by understanding the differences between men and women, we see that not all is well. And through that discomfort, art can help us learn, and grow.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews author, blogger, licensed architect, and public speaker Socrates of 21 Studios and manningupsmart.com.

We talk about:

• How to shift men's lives from Greek Tragedy to Greek Comedy, and how that parallels with The Hero's Journey
• Socrates' journey as a new father
• His personal transformation as a man, and where he's going next
• The struggles that some men face in overcoming divorce and the loss of loved ones
• And the origins of Socrates' name and his distinctive colorful shirts. 

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Socrates' on 21 Studios YouTube

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In this episode of The Renaissance of Men’s “Poetry for Men” series, Will Spencer reads the classic “Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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This week on the Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews blogger, author, speaker, and patriarch Zac Small, of thefamilyalpha.com and the Fraternity of Excellence.

We talk about:

• The process of reclaiming his real name, and some of the disadvantages of using pseudonyms online
• The 21 Convention, Jack Donovan, Ivan Throne, Goldumund Unleashed, and Tanner Guzy, and their influences on Zac's life
• Lighting a fire in men's lives to create genuine transformation
• Where the name "The Renaissance of Men" came from and what it's all about
• My life-changing blog post, "To Lose the World and Gain My Soul"
• Zac's history in the "manosphere", or as we now call it, the Renaissance of Men
• Zac's "inner generator" and how he keeps it fueled and running smoothly
• How men need other men to break out of the boxes that we're trapped in
• Setting a high bar for his kids and his family, and building a legacy
• The nature of being Dominant vs. being Domineering
• The importance of in-person connections
• His wife Jackie, their relationship, and how they work together to build a strong family culture
• When he and his wife went to war with each other, and what they got out of that process and how its made their relationship what it is today

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In this first episode of The Renaissance of Men’s “Poetry for Men” series, Will Spencer introduces the series and reads “The Man Watching” by Rainer Maria Rilke.

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In the debut episode of The Renaissance of Men Podcast, Will Spencer interviews author, blogger, and men’s fashion icon Tanner Guzy of masculine-style.com.

We talk about:

• Tanner's family and its unique culture
• His own growth and development
• What it takes to lead a good life
• The fashion rituals of the punk rock subculture
• The challenges and key decisions Tanner has faced along the way to becoming the leader he is today
• And a very special suit he wore that may have changed his life

Thanks for tuning in to this very special episode, and for joining us on the journey.

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