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Every man has struggled with the vice of lust. Most men believe it is sheer willpower that will bring them to chastity and that if they are continuing to fail then they must not be trying hard enough. This loop can be broken, and it is not by willpower alone.

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Instead of communicating when he needs are not met, many husbands will assume their wife will read their mind and "get it" eventually. However, many wives don't know the needs of their husbands, but it is not their fault, husbands struggle to name them too.

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In 1949, Fulton Sheen foresaw that men were starting to live lives of indifference. He was right. Today we discuss the choice of indifference, how it will ultimately lead you into a life of sin, and how anxiety and restlessness are a result of this lifestyle.

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Men don’t understand women. It’s a refrain that has been heard for centuries. Many men feel that no matter what they do, no matter how much they try to love their wives, she still does not feel secure or appreciated. This lack of understanding can end marriages, and we want to prevent that.

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Joined by former Muslim, Oxford PhD recipient, and university founder, Dr. Jacob Imam, today we passionately discuss why the contempt for working with your hands is not just modern, but pagan. We explore how the current education system leaves men in a world that cannot tell them who they are or what they are for. We also get into how the idea that Catholicism has “gone soft” is a false rhetoric and how Islam offers a false sense of strength.  

From Andrew Tate, to converting from Islam, to what our young men need to be successful as a person in 2026, Jacob provides us with fuel and direction.  

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0:00 The Crisis of Modern Manhood 
1:39 A Journey from Jerusalem to Oxford 
3:43 Roots in the Holy Land 
7:00 The Legacy of Clerical History 
10:41 Finding the Face of Christ 
16:05 The Allure of Modern Islam 
31:55 Reclaiming the Dignity of Work 
1:02:15 Building a New Future 

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There is always the temptation to keep score. Every little disagreement becomes a legal discussion, and you try so hard to win the case and walk away victorious. But it costs you. 74% of divorced people say their spouse should have worked harder. 73% say they themselves had already done enough. Both cannot be true.

Today we discuss the importance of not making your marriage a constant battle to win and how wanting to win can cost you your marriage. We learn to listen to our spouse's heart, not just their words, and to recognize that our needs are God-given. Devin and Kim Schadt have been married thirty years, through cancer, poverty, miscarriage, and a daughter's brain injury. In their new book The Marriage Gap, they lay out the three things every thriving marriage does.

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A man decides he is serious about his faith, and somewhere along the way that becomes the reason he stops trying. His work is sloppy, his day is unstructured, and his wife carries the house while he tells himself he is just not attached to worldly things. He is not being humble, he's using God as cover, and the men around him can see it even when he cannot.

Today we sit down with JJ Sanford, a father of nine and the president of the University of Dallas, to talk about the excuse Catholic men keep reaching for. We discuss why magnanimity and humility are sister virtues rather than opposites, why St. Joseph was not spending his Saturdays on the couch while Our Lady did the work, what it means to live your whole day as a prayer instead of fencing your faith into a morning offering and a Sunday Mass, and why outsourcing your thinking to a machine leaves you unable to answer the one question that actually matters: what is God calling you to do with what He gave you.

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Most men have only an idea of Mary, but not a relationship. Today we discuss how Marian devotion is the best way to grow closer to Christ. We explore how Mary is the perfect example of uniformity with God’s will, Love of God, and the great power of her intercession. 

Gabriel Castillo is a professional videographer whose videos on Mary have over 17 million views. He’s a husband and father of four. He is the owner of the YouTube channel Gabi after Hours. He also previously served as the Director of Youth Ministry at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Texas. 

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Men today struggle in two extremes. They believe that their worth is tied to what they accomplish and not who they are, or they are unchallenged and remain immature boys with no direction.  

Father Edwin Leonard has seen it all. As the former director of vocations for the Dioceses of Dallas and the current pastor of a parish that brings in 9,000 people every Sunday, he has helped hundreds of men with their struggles. Today we discuss how we got here, how prayer and the Gospel are the solution, and 2 things men can do today to fix this. 

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No marriage ends in a single moment. It's like going down a ladder, one rung at a time, and most men do not notice until they are near the bottom. 

Today we sit down to name the 7 tactics the devil uses to pull a marriage apart, and the 5 steps you can take today to prevent the devil from winning. We discuss how the disorder in marriage does not come from the nature of man and woman, but from sin, and how resentment is one of the hardest things to overcome.  

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