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In this episode I sit down with Melinda Tankard Reist, an author, speaker, advocate, and director of Collective Shout - a grassroots campaigns movement against the objectification of women and the sexualization of girls. Melinda is best known for her work addressing objectification, harms of pornography and sexual exploitation.

Listen in to learn about how the sex industry became so powerful, what's really happening between boys and girls in schools, understanding the tiktok to onlyfans pipeline, and much more.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

07:00 — How we got here in the west

12:00 — Fathers, Family, Modern Pressures

18:00 — Crisis facing boys

25:00 — Inside today’s schools

29:00 — Pornography and responsibility

37:00 — Helping girls know their worth

41:00 — What protects kids from this?

51:00 — Can the culture change?

56:00 — Wins and the work ahead

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In this episode I explore what the chaos in France reveals about how our society has rejected masculine principles. Listen in to learn about the principles of masculine and feminine, origins of feminized chaos, ethic of justice versus ethic of care, why care only works inside a secure container, Grandmother wisdom based on Cuban folklore, and much more.

MENTIONS/SOURCES:

Why the World Feels So Chaotic Right Now -    • Why the World Feels So Chaotic Right Now  

Janice Fiamengo's Essay on 'Ethic of Care' - https://fiamengofile.substack.com/p/t...

Warriors and Worriers by Joyce Benenson

Lawrence Kohlberg's 6 stages of moral development - https://www.britannica.com/science/La...

Free Press Debate 'Do We Still Need Feminism?" -    • The Feminism Debate  

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

02:00 — Heartbreak of Paris burning

04:00 — Principles of the masculine

08:00 — Origins of feminized chaos

11:20 — Ethic of justice versus care

14:00 — Only way ethic of care works

17:00 — Framework fits with marxism

19:00 — Conversations with women

21:20 — Accepting the masculine

22:30 — Grandma wisdom & Cuban folklore

26:20 — Story about sex differences

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In this episode I sat down with Shah from ‪@thisisshah‬ to explore the mythology of love. We discuss why stable partnerships are not compatible with the ideas of modern 'fantasy' based love. Listen in to learn about the dowry system, the marriage pyramid, where our idea of love comes from, the economic pressures we face, and much more.

Our first collaboration - How can we make marriage great again? episode 106

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

02:00 — Dostoevsky’s warning

04:00 — Reason to love

07:30 — Romance or duty?

10:20 — Newspaper archive 1890

13:00 — Dating versus courtship

15:30 — Newspaper archive 1910

21:00 — Dowry laws

24:20 — NY archive 1786

25:00 — Marriage minded?

30:00 — Cyprus archive 1975

34:00 — Impact of feminism

37:00 — Marriage pyramid

43:00 — Nietzsche and love

46:30 — Friendship and love

51:55 — Mythology of love

59:45 — Romantic novel phenomenon

01:03:00 — Gen Z and pragmatism

01:06:00 — Singapore dating app

01:10:00 — Kids and their parents

01:13:00 — Final thoughts

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In this episode I explore what's going on with the world right now through a big picture framework based on the balance and imbalance of the masculine and feminine.

Listen in to learn about what culture actually is and why it feels dead, the two major shift points in the recent West, the creation of the 'Open Society,' shifting gender dynamics, and much more.

MENTIONS/SOURCES:

'Historical Atlas of Mythology' By Joseph Campbell

'The Legend of the Baal Shem Tov' By Martin Buber

Connor Beaton of ManTalks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIhEJtgc0Y8

Rusty Reno: https://www.amazon.com/Return-Strong-Gods-Nationalism-Populism/dp/B08ZD4MR9F

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

03:00 — Death or sex

05:00 — Our culture is dead

07:00 — Masculine and feminine Imbalance

09:30 — Industrial age as masculine

11:30 — WWII traumatized the west

14:40 — Creation of the ‘Open Society’

19:00 — Shift of gender dynamics

21:30 — Post WWII era as feminine

24:00 — Why things are so chaotic

29:15 — My take on Cornell

31:30 — Can we go back to pre-industrial

33:00 — Ideas and final thoughts

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In this episode I dive into a core truth about men and women based on a phrase that I heard that is so simple, yet profound.

This can help us tease out why logic, clarity, and accountability matters so much to the masculine and presence, connection, and belief matters so much to the feminine.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

02:00 — Parable about men and women

06:00 — Lessons about men and women

08:45 — Tuned into Integrity

12:00 — Telling the Truth

17:00 — A woman’s connection to faith

20:00 — Calling a man forth

23:00 — Faith in men

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In this episode I dive into some observations about the masculine and feminine based on Kabbalistic principles, female dignity, some important sex differences, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

01:45 — Why I love being Jewish

03:00 — Foundations of truth

08:00 — Is a woman the infinite?

10:30 — A Woman’s dignity

13:00 — What is the dark feminine?

18:30 — Story of Rabbi Akiva and Rachel

22:00 — Lessons about feminine power

25:00 — Sex differences in attunement

31:00 — Outro

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In this episode I sit down with my favorite couple, Meg and Jacob O’Neill for a raw conversation exploring men’s work, women’s work, ancestral rites of passage, and what it takes to build a devotional relationship between a man and a woman.

Listen in to learn about exactly what ‘doing the work’ means, the nervous system of community, ego obliterating love, releasing codependency, the three stages of relating, and so much more.

Meg O’Neill is a Sex & Relationship coach and Jacob O’Neill is a Men’s Leadership Coach. They are both doing powerful work in their respective zones of influence. They are always running workshops, retreats, and virtual courses so find them on Instagram to get into their work:

Connect with Meg -   / the.meg.o  

Connect with Jacob -   / thejacoboneill  

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

01:30 — What is Men’s Work?

04:00 — What is Women’s Work?

06:45 — Meg & Jacob’s Relational Journey

10:00 — Nice Guy & Controlling Woman Dynamic

12:40 — Initiation into Manhood

17:00 — Masculine capacity & feminine fullness

20:00 — A woman’s deepest wound

23:00 — Reverence for the opposite sex

30:00 — Ego obliterating love

33:00 — Sacrifice over compromise

35:45 — Nervous system of community

39:00 — Sacrifice in love

42:30 — Three stages of relating

47:00 — How Meg relates to Jacob

50:00 — What is a safe woman?

52:00 — Conclusion

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In this episode I get into the nice guy and girl archetype, and why many of us learn to hide who we are and what we need out of fear. I get into where this pattern comes from, why we feel so much shame around having needs, how it shows up as self blame instead of honest communication, and my top three tips for recovering from nice guy and girl behaviors.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

03:00 — How Nice Guys and Gals Get Created

04:00 — Avoidance of Self

06:00 — Constant Self Blame and Overthinking

07:30 — 3 Parts of the Nice Archetype’s psyche

10:30 — Covert Behavior

13:00 — 3 Things to Practice

14:00 — Number One

15:00 — Number Two

21:30 — Number Three

23:00 — Storytime

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In this episode I riff on important differences between men and women and how we've lost the language for appreciating the masculine. I get into masculine love and devotion, men's instincts towards the bigger picture, what frustrates young boys more than anything, initiation rites, and the important difference between being a siren and a muse as a woman.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

03:00 — Men and Navigation

05:00 — Men and Patience

07:40 — Why Boys Need Men

12:00 — Men as Teachers

15:00 — Little Boys as Heroes

17:00 — Inspiring Men as Women

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In this episode I sat down with evolutionary biologist Dr. Dani Sulikowski to explore her thesis of female intrasexual competition and how it can explain various aspects of our society from body image trends to modern feminism to the ever-present anti-natalism within our culture.

Learn about how female reproductive suppression can be seen as an MLM-like structure, how western women directly parallel Roman women, the lifecycle of a civilization, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 — Introduction

03:00 — Introducing female intrasexual competition

07:30 — Male versus female competition

11:30 — Understanding emergent group level behaviors

16:00 — Why are women more affected by groupthink?

22:45 — How feminism has undermined courtship rituals

27:00 — Feminism and Marxism

32:45 — Civilizational rise and collapse

52:00 — Social signaling of high status women

59:00 — Is feminism rich women abusing poor women?

01:00:00 — At what point does reproductive suppression denigrate men?

01:06:00 — Young girls are overwhelmingly stressed

01:18:00 — Dr. Dani’s message to young girls

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