Dr. Phil Allred joins me to discuss the gift and skill of revelation, charity, and what it means to learn, teach, and practice the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Philip Allred was born in Ankara, Turkey. He served his mission in Osaka Japan. Philip was sealed to Jennifer Lindeman, and is blessed with 3 children. He taught for Seminary & Institutes and BYU-Idaho, and served as Chair of Religious Education. He has degrees in Political Science (BYU, ISU) and Theology (Notre Dame). Philip's dissertation focused on the intersection between religion and political party affiliation. He was a faculty member at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies (2015-2016). Philip has extensive religious history academic travel experience in Europe, the Mediterranean, and lands of the Bible. Hi teaching and curriculum emphasize on The Eternal Family and the Pearl of Great Price. His published work includes lifelong discipleship keys in Deuteronomy, parenting in the Book of Mormon, contextual word studies in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants, and internal authorship in the Book of Mormon.

American novelist and backworldsman, Andrew Edwards was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He lives in the mountain west with his wife and kids.

Andy joins me to discuss his new book, "Crowbar", and what it means to be a writer, reader, and family man.

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PCM is a returning guest and the author of the Dixie Noir novella, "Give Up the Ghost". He has won the fiction writing contest for MANS WORLD magazine among other accolades.

We discuss reading, writing, and being a family man.

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Join me for Chapter One of the Ironside Story Series. I will be reading some of my favorite books, novellas, short stories and poems and providing a little insight and commentary.

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I found Five Decembers by chance. A happy chance because it is one of my all-time favorite stories. I am joined by the author, James Kestrel, to talk about the story and his life as well as lessons learned.

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Returning guest and world-renowned warrior-poet Lafayette Lee joins me to discuss the great American novel, Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry.

SPOILER WARNING. If you have not read the book, make sure you pick it up first.

Lee and I talk about the Western genre, America, friendship, honor and much more.

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We begin with me (mis)quoting Faramir from J.R.R. Tolkien's "the Lord of the Rings". (Faramir says BRIGHT sword).

Roland Vaitautolu is my friend and training partner. He shares his experience of growing up in a Samoan family and his love for sports. We discuss his martial arts journey and the art of war.

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Returning guest George of Cappadocia joins us to further discuss his book, "Chivalry: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come Again". We touch on several chivalric points of history.

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Michael Perrone, a returning guest, joins us as well to share his insights and lessons learned.

Buy his book here Only the Weird Will Survive

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Lindsay Schopfer is the award-winning author of five novels and two collections of short stories. His steampunk-flavored fantasy series, The Adventures of Keltin Moore, received an OZMA Award from the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Lindsay’s short fiction has received honorable mention in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association’s Literary Contest and has appeared in a variety of anthologies and online periodicals. 

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Ethan Mote is a husband, father, fighter, and friend. He coaches, competes in and trains mixed martial arts.

We discuss the importance of training and how being a fighter makes you a better husband and father.

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