Start The World

Tony Blauer is known worldwide for his SPEAR system that weaponizes the flinch response. As a self-defense trainer, he's spent a lifetime thinking about FEAR. We talked about his KNOW FEAR NOW project, and the idea of recognizing fear and turning it into courage. As he says, "You Can’t Be Brave If You’re Not Afraid." While an assault situation is always possible, what is also important is creating a mental process in which you identify small fears and challenge yourself to overcome them.

www.knowfearnow.com

KNOW FEAR online seminar

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/knowfear

Link to KNOW FEAR podcast

https://knowfear.libsyn.com/

Tony Blair's Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/tonyblauer/

Tony Blair's Training Page

https://www.instagram.com/spear.system/

Website

https://blauerspear.com/

Training Calendar

https://blauerspear.com/spear-training-calendar

Eirik Storesund is an Old Norse philologist, writer, and artist from Southwest Norway who has created an artful and intellectually rewarding podcast called  @Brute Norse  . He calls what he does "Scandifuturism," in which he brings old myths to life in a new, engaging and mischievous (he might say "trollish") way. I let this podcast run longer than normal because I was having a really good time talking with him about myth and paganism and art and ritual and the relationship between man and his environment.

It was a great conversation, and if you're interested in these subjects at all or want to hear an amusing essay followed by a scholarly and no BS presentation about Valhalla, check out his episode "Fight For Your Right To Party" on Soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/brutenorse

You can find more of his work at

https://www.brutenorse.com

And follow him on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/brutenorse/

Greg Hamilton is a pig farmer. He's also a former Ranger and Green Beret, and he's run InSights Training for self-defense in the Seattle area for many years. Greg's a good friend of mine, and I may have him on the show as a semi-regular guest. In this episode, we talked about some of the things you'd do in a military situation to establish a camp and set up a perimeter...and then "improve your position." Our discussion quickly moved into building networks and community and developing the social skills necessary to do that effectively.

http://www.insightstraining.com

Support the Podcast on Patreon

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Ryan Michler is one of the best known and most respected advocates of masculinity today. He’s the host of the podcast "The Order of Man," he's the leader of a men’s group called the Iron Council and the author of “Sovereignty: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men.” I talked with Ryan about his background, his book, and his call to action for men: Protect, Provide, Preside. It was a great conversation with someone who has spent a lot of time thinking about the same ideas I have -- and we talked about how the right ideas about being men seem to line up over and over again.

You can find out more about Ryan's work (including his excellent podcast) here:

https://www.orderofman.com

https://www.instagram.com/ryanmichler/

Get his book, "Sovereignty" on Amazon:

https://amzn.to/2Xd4pF3

Manhood in the Making

https://amzn.to/39RdINr

Xenophon - Conversations of Socrates

https://amzn.to/2yyWgjT

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Johnny Mannaz is the author of a new book titled "The King's Curriculum - Self-Initiation for Self-Rulers." I've met Johnny and got a chance to preview a draft of the book and I found it interesting, well thought out, and personally helpful for identifying a sense of purpose and steps you can take to become what you are. We talked about his background and many of the concepts in the book.

Johnny Mannaz on Instagram

@the_kings_curriculum

Buy the book on Amazon:

https://amzn.to/2QUYfWj

Jon Fitch is a world renown mixed martial artist, who has fought for Bellator, the UFC and is a former PFL Welterweight Champion. He also hosts his own podcast, "Jon Fitch Knows Nothing" and appears regularly on several collaborative podcasts. I got to meet Jon at the 21 Convention last year, where he showed up to see what men were talking about. We discussed masculinity, the idea of heroes, how discipline has helped him in his career and life, and much more.

Official Site

https://www.jonfitch.net

Instagram

@jonfitchsmash

To support this podcast and my work, I have a Patreon where I try to interact more with subscribers and host occasional AMAs, post exclusive content, and so forth.

https://www.patreon.com/starttheworld

Piero is the top author of books on survivalism in EUROPE, including “SURVIVE The Economic Collapse,” “Women on the Verge of a Societal Breakdown,” and his latest and extremely relevant book: “CBRN - Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events (including the Coronavirus).” We talked about the history of viruses and plagues, his take on the potential economic and social repercussions of the coronavirus quarantines, and his projections and recommendations on and regarding the future.

CBRN - Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events (including the Coronavirus)

https://amzn.to/2Wv8ZhB

Piero on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/1pierosangiorgio

Official Site

https://www.piero.com/en/

Pat Stedman is a dating and relationship coach in New York who helps a lot of men find and maintain healthy long-term relationships. We talked about that, but also about a post he wrote that interested me -- not because of who it was about, but because of what it was about. There are a lot of depressed men or directionless men who are looking for leaders, and sometimes those leaders are good at making them angry. Anger can be empowering, but ultimately being angry isn't a positive long-term strategy for living well. It's "low energy," and at some point you have to transcend that.

The current world situation is going to create a lot of confused and angry men, so I think this an important topic to think about.

You can find out more about Pat at https://patstedman.com.

The post that interested me was:

https://patstedman.com/2019/08/08/defense-of-rollo-tomassi/

(For the record, I know there is a lot of controversy about Rollo, and I've tried to stay out of that. I've only met Rollo twice and I'm not familiar with his work or his audience enough to comment directly on it -- and I don't really like to do that anyway. I was interested in the "big picture" of this post.)

The book mentioned was:

"Levels of Energy" by Frederick E. Dodson

https://amzn.to/2w9LVtS

Brandon Lilly is one of the strongest powerlifters of all time. After a devastating accident on the platform, he decided to re-evaluate his path and has become known in the strength world and many other circle as an all around thoughtful guy who talks about motivation and philosophy. He also works for Sorinex, one of the leading high end strength equipment manufacturers. Brandon and I met briefly last year at SHOT show, and I was glad to finally get him on Start the World to tell his story.

Follow him on his new path on Instagram @brandonlilly3.