Craig James hosts a podcast interview with Jon Parker from Intangibl3.com to discuss the masculine caricatures perpetuated today and the state of Christian masculinity. Here are some of the show highlights:

- What it was like for Jon growing up without a positive masculine role model and the unexpected places he found masculine influences

- How politics and masculinity inevitably intersect

- What motivated Jon to lose over 30 pounds of fat (and how he did it)

- Jon's recent experience attempting to complete a 7-day fast

- The unexpected reason Jon is currently unable to actualize his desire to enlist in the U.S. military

- How masculine caricatures have come to define masculinity as something that it isn't

- How the church - and particularly men in the church - has been made impotent by the feminizing of western society

- Jon shares about the novel he's writing to use fiction as a way of motivating men to embrace their masculinity

In this episode Craig James discusses:

- how men are uniquely designed to build and create

- what the consequences are when men are not actively building things

- how society is being ruined by men failing to actively build things

- the immense benefit creating value provides for a man

- how to determine what it is you've been uniquely designed to create

- why men have this intense desire to be busy building things

- how men can use the drive to build and create to infuse their lives with passion, satisfaction, and purpose

In this podcast Craig James discusses the reality that all men have been given the potential to be physically strong. Ignoring this potential is leading millions of men to be weak in body and mind, as they suppress this aspect of their masculinity that's been imprinted in their biology for their own benefit and the benefit of society. Men developing their potential for masculine strength provides far-reaching benefits that extend far beyond the way they look and feel. There's nothing more fundamental to a man's ability to live a life of greatness than the masculine strength physical training extracts from within.

Today's guest on the podcast embodies what it means to be a family man on a mission. Hunter Drew is committed to using his masculinity to continually enhance his own value as a man in order to maintain an invigorated marriage and raise his children to be exceptional within a culture that encourages mediocrity.

We discuss the role that masculine men are designed to fill within the family, how our example sets the bar of what is acceptable for the entire family, and what the destructive consequences are when a man fails to step up to the call of being the masculine leader of his family. The podcast is full of relatable personal anecdotes from Hunter and I that underline the successes and challenges of raising kids and building a satisfying marriage in today's fast paced world.

It's all discussed and analyzed through the lens of Red Pill philosophy, which leads to some interesting twists throughout our conversation.

Hunter's unbridled enthusiasm for life, motivational demeanor, and uncanny ability to articulate truth through personal storytelling is on full display from start to finish. It'll be impossible for a man to be the same husband and father after listening to this as he was before.

In this podcast Craig James discusses the implications of man being designed to be masculine and how this should shape the way we live if we are to achieve our full potential in life.

In this podcast Craig James explains the one element that's required for a man to become great. The natural trend is for men to be unexceptional and conform with all the average individuals around us. Conforming has left millions of men suffering through a meaningless existence, attempting to fill the void with self destructive substitutes. Find your purpose; find your path to greatness.

In this podcast I discuss the following:

- How men can lead their families in a way that will exemplify what it means to live in such a way that it will honor their family

- What the book of Proverbs has to say about building a good name for yourself and your family

- 3 ways in which developing a strong and honorable family name is more valuable than accumulating material wealth

- Why having a reputable name for yourself will empower you to build desirable relationships with other virtuous masculine men

- The danger in pursuing wealth without considering how the way you conduct business reflects on your family name

- The characteristics of men who have continued to leave a lasting legacy many generations after their deaths

- How accumulating wealth without first building character leads to waste and personal ruin

- Why building a good name for our families commands the favor of others

- Why money can't be used to purchase an honorable family name

- Specific steps you can take to build a strong and honorable family name

- The principles I've instilled in my family that guide each of us toward virtuous living

- What to do when you or someone else in your family acts in a way that tarnishes your family's reputation

- The origin of the "carrots and sticks" approach to encouraging desirable behaviors and hedge against undesirable ones

- The power in leading by masculine example for our wives and children

- What I desire others to think of when they hear my family name

- Why being single is no excuse for neglecting to start developing a family name you can be proud of

I’ve noticed a trend among many men within my social circles that pains me. These men have their act together when it comes to taking care of business at work, yet fail to lead at home, leaving it in virtual shambles.

Their children don’t respect them and their wives carry a burden of resentment for the fact that they have to fill the void left in the wake of their husbands failing to lead. The office becomes a place for the man to escape from the turbidity of a home he’s allowed to spiral into chaos.

It’s reasonable to extrapolate the microcosm that consists of the men within my purview of observance as being ubiquitous on a macro scale within western society.

This podcast is intended to serve as a motivational reminder of where our priorities ought to lie. We must resist the temptation to fall into the trap of being an assertive leader for the company that employs us, while failing to deliver the masculine leadership our family depends on us to provide for them at home.

In this podcast I cover the following:

- My observations regarding the untapped potential for masculine men to join forces to magnify our influence on the culture

- My unexpected experiences interacting with other men on social media

- How I plan to build a coalition of masculine men around me

- Why teaming up with others has the compounding effect of improving each person involved in ways that would otherwise be impossible

- The value of using relationships with other men to learn from their struggles and mistakes

- My personal affliction with anxiety and how connecting with others has helped me to overcome it

- Confirmation from the Bible regarding the value provided by teaming up with others

- How I'll be using my podcast to connect with other men

- My thoughts on how every man has a unique background that allows him to build others up and spread the message of masculinity in distinct ways

- What sports teams and businesses teach us about building a coalition of men striving toward the same mission

- The process of identifying and building relationships with other masculine men (online and in person)

- The unique personality challenges I must overcome to build impactful relationships with other men as an ISTP

- How an interaction on Twitter inspired this podcast and reminded me of the importance of building masculine relationships with other men

Nearly all of what prevents western men in 2017 from pursuing greatness is self-inflicted. Instead of polishing off the stains left by an emasculated culture as it splatters the canvas of his masculinity, he complacently allows the stains to accumulate until his canvas has been rendered worthless.

In today’s posting I’m going to focus on three of the most prevalent stains covering the lives of men today:

1. The stain of fear and worry

2. The stain of negativity

3. The stain of distraction

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