The Superior Men Podcast

In this episode Matt and Jay viciously satire Wage Gappers and create “A Perfectly Balanced Society.” Also: The 4 Qualities That Make People Profitable, Stealing WiFi at Starbucks and the truth of why the “Gender Pay Gap” REALLY exists and Five Steps to Fix It. Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker “Play ‘The Superior Men Podcast’!” Our NEW 30-minute book review show “The Superior Men Bookcast” is available now with your TSMP subscription! Warning: This episode is FILLED with heavy sarcasm and doublespeak. Listen to the ENTIRE episode before sending us hatemail…but hey, if you’ve heard the whole thing and you’re still mad, send em our way! Episode 25 Notes WASM Article: Five Steps to Eliminate the Gender Pay Gap —- Dark Sarcastic Drama Begins Here —- 3:00 – Step 1. Education: Balancing men and women in the world into a nice 50/50 split 5:00 – Proactive surgical altering of men and women 7:00 – There are way too many female strippers and not enough male strippers 9:00 – To be fair we need less women in college 11:30 – Step 2. Work Experience: No increases in pay for anyone ever 13:30 – CEOs and Janitors should make the exact same salary 14:30 – Step 3. Extra Hours: No extra money for extra hours 16:00 – No more sick days for you or your family – Respect your employer! 19:30 – Stop having emergencies! Stop being selfish! 21:00 – No more job changes / One life = One career 23:00 – Eliminate world travel 24:00 – Step 4. Children: Both men and women should be able to be pregnant / Blatantly unfair! 26:00 – Human genetics are obviously wrong / Transferring all our nation’s finances to solving this problem 29:00 – In the short term, voluntarily sterilization is the fairest way to solve the male/female genetic discrepancy 31:30 – Step 5. Work Until You Die / It’s time to eliminate the idea of retirement 34:30 – No problems with Social Security if everyone is still working! 36:30 – Everyone will be assigned a hobby by their local government / No more competitive sports 39:00 – When you can’t pull your weight, voluntary “retirement” (aka Suicide) will be your civic duty 41:30 – Once we get rid of personal choice, everyone can be equal and be happy! —— End of Tongue-In-Cheek Drama —– 43:00 – The five real steps to fixing the gender pay gap 43:30 – Just because you start at the bottom doesn’t mean you can’t accomplish great things! Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins 46:00 – You are NEVER owed ANYTHING by ANYONE 48:30 – Stealing the WiFi in the Starbucks parking lot 52:00 – Read the instruction manual before you start 55:30 – Men make more money than women AFTER she gives birth to children 57:30 – Most of the top female lawyers leave their high-pressure careers in their thirties (Stanford Law and Policy Lab) 1:01:00 – Only 15% of equity partners at top 200 law firms in the US are women. This hasn’t changed in the last 15 years. The problem isn’t equality – the law firms WANT women to stay and work. Women are choosing to leave. (University of Texas) 1:05:00 – Four qualities that make people more profitable: Agreeableness, Extraversion, Mobility and Availability 1:08:30 – Because of our innate biological drives, equality is impossible 1:10:00 – BLS Statistics on how much women work, before and after, childbirth 1:11:00 – A man’s responsibility for dealing with the Gender Pay Gap 1:14:00 – A woman’s responsibility for dealing with the Gender Pay Gap 1:18:00

In this episode Matt and Jay viciously satire Wage Gappers and create "A Perfectly Balanced Society." Also: The 4 Qualities That Make People Profitable, Stealing WiFi at Starbucks and Why the "Gender Pay Gap" REALLY Exists and Five Steps to Fix It.

Continue reading TSMP #25 – FIVE STEPS TO ELIMINATE THE GENDER PAY GAP at We Are Superior Men.

In this episode Matt and Jay viciously satire Wage Gappers and create "A Perfectly Balanced Society." Also: The 4 Qualities That Make People Profitable, Stealing WiFi at Starbucks and the truth of why the "Gender Pay Gap" REALLY exists and Five Steps to Fix It.

Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher

For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker "Play 'The Superior Men Podcast'!"

Our NEW 30-minute book review show "The Superior Men Bookcast" is available now with your TSMP subscription!

Warning: This episode is FILLED with heavy sarcasm and doublespeak. Listen to the ENTIRE episode before sending us hatemail...but hey, if you've heard the whole thing and you're still mad, send em our way!

Episode 25 Notes

WASM Article: Five Steps to Eliminate the Gender Pay Gap

---- Dark Sarcastic Drama Begins Here ----

3:00 - Step 1. Education: Balancing men and women in the world into a nice 50/50 split

5:00 - Proactive surgical altering of men and women

7:00 - There are way too many female strippers and not enough male strippers

9:00 - To be fair we need less women in college

11:30 - Step 2. Work Experience: No increases in pay for anyone ever

13:30 - CEOs and Janitors should make the exact same salary

14:30 - Step 3. Extra Hours: No extra money for extra hours

16:00 - No more sick days for you or your family - Respect your employer!

19:30 - Stop having emergencies! Stop being selfish!

21:00 - No more job changes / One life = One career

23:00 - Eliminate world travel

24:00 - Step 4. Children: Both men and women should be able to be pregnant / Blatantly unfair!

26:00 - Human genetics are obviously wrong / Transferring all our nation’s finances to solving this problem

29:00 - In the short term, voluntarily sterilization is the fairest way to solve the male/female genetic discrepancy

31:30 - Step 5. Work Until You Die / It’s time to eliminate the idea of retirement

34:30 - No problems with Social Security if everyone is still working!

36:30 - Everyone will be assigned a hobby by their local government / No more competitive sports

39:00 - When you can’t pull your weight, voluntary “retirement” (aka Suicide) will be your civic duty

41:30 - Once we get rid of personal choice, everyone can be equal and be happy!

------ End of Tongue-In-Cheek Drama -----

43:00 - The five real steps to fixing the gender pay gap

43:30 - Just because you start at the bottom doesn’t mean you can’t accomplish great things!

Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

46:00 - You are NEVER owed ANYTHING by ANYONE

48:30 - Stealing the WiFi in the Starbucks parking lot

52:00 - Read the instruction manual before you start

55:30 - Men make more money than women AFTER she gives birth to children

57:30 - Most of the top female lawyers leave their high-pressure careers in their thirties (Stanford Law and Policy Lab)

1:01:00 - Only 15% of equity partners at top 200 law firms in the US are women. This hasn’t changed in the last 15 years. The problem isn’t equality – the law firms WANT women to stay and work. Women are choosing to leave. (University of Texas)

1:05:00 - Four qualities that make people more profitable: Agreeableness, Extraversion, Mobility and Availability

1:08:30 - Because of our innate biological drives, equality is impossible

1:10:00 - BLS Statistics on how much women work, before and after, childbirth

1:11:00 - A man’s responsibility for dealing with the Gender Pay Gap

1:14:00 - A woman’s responsibility for dealing with the Gender Pay Gap

1:18:00 - Men and Women are DIFFERENT and those differences make them work perfectly together as a TEAM!

Matt and Jay discuss the brutality of Game of Thrones, Robert Greene’s 48 Laws of Power, Machiavellian politics, the evil of Thomas Edison and – the big question – do right and wrong actually exist? Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker “Play ‘The Superior Men Podcast’!“ Our NEW 30-minute book review show “The Superior Men Bookcast” is available now with your TSMP subscription! Episode 24 Notes 2:30 – Make sure to read “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene and watch for our upcoming Bookcast on “The 48 Laws of Power”! 4:15 – Spoiler Alert! If you’re not up to date on GoT you may want to skip this show! 6:30 – Game of Thrones: One of the few shows both Jay and Matt watch Start reading the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R. R. Martin! Listen to Book #1 of “Game of Thrones” on Audible! 11:00 – George R. R. Martin’s historical characters vs Robert Greene’s histories 12:30 – Why are people so fascinated by power? 15:30 – Why the 48 Laws of Power should be taught in high school 18:00 – To achieve ultimate power, morality is an impediment 20:30 – Whether you like it or not, power is always valuable and attractive “Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” 22:00 – Whether or not you’re moral, someone else won’t be 23:00 – Law of Power #7: “Get others to do the work for you but always take the credit” / Thomas Edison’s “genius” wasn’t in inventing, it was marketing 26:00 – Elon Musk also uses Law #7 28:30 – Law #14: “Pose as a friend, work as a spy” 30:30 – Infinity War spoiler troll story: The year-long revenge 34:30 – “In wartime, truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” ~Winston Churchill 37:00 – 21st century: The Age of Morality / Modern questions about what people will or won’t do / Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy 41:00 – The death of Ned Stark / In Game of Thrones, as in real life, the good man isn’t guaranteed to live 45:00 – Law #46 “Never appear too perfect” 48:30 – Law #26 “Keep your hands clean” / Lord Varys “The Spider” – Manipulates strings from a distance but is never seen to be involved 52:00 – The danger of holding onto perceived hurts to facilitate immoral actions 55:00 – Law #40 “Despise the free lunch” / Nothing is ever free. It is often worthwhile to pay full price. 1:00:30 – Californication + Hank Moody’s morality: “There is no good or bad – only consequences” 1:03:00 – Like it or not, morality is mutable for some people. If you don’t accept that truth you will suffer and quite possibly lose. 1:05:00 – Power is always at play. Learn the rules of power so you can remain moral and still win. 1:07:00 – No matter how hard it is, choose to do the right thing! Choose to be a Superior Man!

Matt and Jay discuss the brutality of Game of Thrones, Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power, Machiavellian politics, the evil of Thomas Edison and - the big question - do right and wrong actually exist?

Continue reading TSMP #24 – GAME OF THRONES AND THE 48 LAWS OF POWER at We Are Superior Men.

Matt and Jay discuss the brutality of Game of Thrones, Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power, Machiavellian politics, the evil of Thomas Edison and - the big question - do right and wrong actually exist?

Listen to this episode in your favorite podcast player: iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher

For faster access, tell your mobile assistant or smart speaker "Play 'The Superior Men Podcast'!"

Our NEW 30-minute book review show "The Superior Men Bookcast" is available now with your TSMP subscription!

Episode 24 Notes

2:30 - Make sure to read "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene and watch for our upcoming Bookcast on "The 48 Laws of Power"!

4:15 - Spoiler Alert! If you’re not up to date on GoT you may want to skip this show!

6:30 - Game of Thrones: One of the few shows both Jay and Matt watch

Start reading the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R. R. Martin!

Listen to Book #1 of “Game of Thrones” on Audible!

11:00 - George R. R. Martin’s historical characters vs Robert Greene’s histories

12:30 - Why are people so fascinated by power?

15:30 - Why the 48 Laws of Power should be taught in high school

18:00 - To achieve ultimate power, morality is an impediment

20:30 - Whether you like it or not, power is always valuable and attractive

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince”

22:00 - Whether or not you’re moral, someone else won’t be

23:00 - Law of Power #7: “Get others to do the work for you but always take the credit” / Thomas Edison’s “genius” wasn’t in inventing, it was marketing

26:00 - Elon Musk also uses Law #7

28:30 - Law #14: “Pose as a friend, work as a spy”

30:30 - Infinity War spoiler troll story: The year-long revenge

34:30 - “In wartime, truth is so precious she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” ~Winston Churchill

37:00 - 21st century: The Age of Morality / Modern questions about what people will or won’t do / Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy

41:00 - The death of Ned Stark / In Game of Thrones, as in real life, the good man isn’t guaranteed to live

45:00 - Law #46 “Never appear too perfect”

48:30 - Law #26 “Keep your hands clean” / Lord Varys “The Spider” - Manipulates strings from a distance but is never seen to be involved

52:00 - The danger of holding onto perceived hurts to facilitate immoral actions

55:00 - Law #40 “Despise the free lunch” / Nothing is ever free. It is often worthwhile to pay full price.

1:00:30 - Californication + Hank Moody’s morality: “There is no good or bad - only consequences”

1:03:00 - Like it or not, morality is mutable for some people. If you don’t accept that truth you will suffer and quite possibly lose.

1:05:00 - Power is always at play. Learn the rules of power so you can remain moral and still win.

1:07:00 - No matter how hard it is, choose to do the right thing! Choose to be a Superior Man!

“Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health” by Gary Taubes What if fat isn’t always bad? What if bread isn’t always good? In “Good Calories, Bad Calories” science journalist Gary Taubes destroys the myth that you must eat less and exercise more to control your weight. If you’re ready to find out what you SHOULD be eating, make sure you listen to today’s episode! Read “Good Calories, Bad Calories” on Amazon! Listen to “Good Calories, Bad Calories” on Audible! Want more great books? Check out our MUST READ LIST! Show Notes: 00:00 – Intro to “Good Calories, Bad Calories” The real question: What is Good Science, what is Bad Science?The controversial history of the US Public Health AuthorityTaubes invested five years of research in GCBC 4:00 – How easy is the book to read? Easy reading style, Scientific material is difficult to absorb, Long Print: 640 pages (probably 20+ hours)Audio: 25 hoursChallenging to anyone who believes the FDA and the USDA always put your health first 5:45 – Reviews and Significance of GCBC Well known (937 4½-star reviews on Amazon)Taubes is one of the first mainstream journalists to publicly expose the dangers of refined carbohydrates and the truth that eating fat can make people healthy 8:00 – How Matt and Jay discovered book Matt first heard about it from Vinnie TortorichMatt forced Jay to read it 9:45 – Bio of Gary Taubes Cofounder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).He’s an award-winning science and health journalist and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous Best Of anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). Has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers. Recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. Author of multiple books, including Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (Dec 27, 2011), The Case Against Sugar (Dec 12, 2017) and Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (Jun 15, 1993) 12:30 – Major themes of “Good Calories, Bad Calories” Public’s view of nutrition vs Actual science vs PoliticsThe Fat/Cholesterol HypothesisThe Carbohydrate HypothesisObesity and the Regulation of WeightBreaking the myth of “Eating fat will make you fat” 15:30 – Jay’s perspectives GCBC legitimizes Bacon and Cheese as logical parts of a healthy dietFat isn’t the enemy – it’s critical for human functionThere’s no reason to be afraid of food – Everything has good / bad pointsJay’s criticism: Book is too long for meQuestion for Taubes: What does he eat?Related Books: “The Case Against Sugar” also by Gary Taubes 20:00 – Matt’s perspectives Taubes’ research represents a paradigm shift for the accepted American dietImportant part of Matt’s change from decades of being a vegetarianPain and suffering doesn’t equal weight lossNew idea is that you gain weight by eating carbohydrates, not protein or fatMatt’s criticism: Too many people will be turned off by length and density of the book and miss out on the life-changing dataQuestion for Taubes: What was his motivation to work on this for five years?Related Books: “Fitness Confidential” by Vinnie Tortorich 26:00 – Final Thoughts This book will change the way you think about foodReally Matt’s favorite quotes from “GCBC” “There is only one way to lose weight and that is to grow accustomed to feeling hungry. This simple

What if fat isn't always bad? What if bread isn't always good? In "Good Calories, Bad Calories" science journalist Gary Taubes destroys the myth that you must eat less and exercise more to control your weight. If you're ready to find out what you SHOULD be eating, make sure you listen to today's episode!

Continue reading “Good Calories, Bad Calories” – Bookcast #2 at We Are Superior Men.

"Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health" by Gary Taubes

What if fat isn't always bad? What if bread isn't always good? In "Good Calories, Bad Calories" science journalist Gary Taubes destroys the myth that you must eat less and exercise more to control your weight. If you're ready to find out what you SHOULD be eating, make sure you listen to today's episode!

Read "Good Calories, Bad Calories" on Amazon!

Listen to "Good Calories, Bad Calories" on Audible!

Want more great books? Check out our MUST READ LIST!

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro to "Good Calories, Bad Calories"

The real question: What is Good Science, what is Bad Science?The controversial history of the US Public Health AuthorityTaubes invested five years of research in GCBC

4:00 - How easy is the book to read?

Easy reading style, Scientific material is difficult to absorb, Long Print: 640 pages (probably 20+ hours)Audio: 25 hoursChallenging to anyone who believes the FDA and the USDA always put your health first

5:45 - Reviews and Significance of GCBC

Well known (937 4½-star reviews on Amazon)Taubes is one of the first mainstream journalists to publicly expose the dangers of refined carbohydrates and the truth that eating fat can make people healthy

8:00 - How Matt and Jay discovered book

Matt first heard about it from Vinnie TortorichMatt forced Jay to read it

9:45 - Bio of Gary Taubes

Cofounder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI).He's an award-winning science and health journalist and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Esquire, and has been included in numerous Best Of anthologies, including The Best of the Best American Science Writing (2010). Has received three Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers. Recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research. Author of multiple books, including Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (Dec 27, 2011), The Case Against Sugar (Dec 12, 2017) and Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (Jun 15, 1993)

12:30 - Major themes of "Good Calories, Bad Calories"

Public's view of nutrition vs Actual science vs PoliticsThe Fat/Cholesterol HypothesisThe Carbohydrate HypothesisObesity and the Regulation of WeightBreaking the myth of "Eating fat will make you fat"

15:30 - Jay's perspectives

GCBC legitimizes Bacon and Cheese as logical parts of a healthy dietFat isn't the enemy - it's critical for human functionThere's no reason to be afraid of food - Everything has good / bad pointsJay's criticism: Book is too long for meQuestion for Taubes: What does he eat?Related Books: "The Case Against Sugar" also by Gary Taubes

20:00 - Matt's perspectives

Taubes' research represents a paradigm shift for the accepted American dietImportant part of Matt's change from decades of being a vegetarianPain and suffering doesn't equal weight lossNew idea is that you gain weight by eating carbohydrates, not protein or fatMatt's criticism: Too many people will be turned off by length and density of the book and miss out on the life-changing dataQuestion for Taubes: What was his motivation to work on this for five years?Related Books: "Fitness Confidential" by Vinnie Tortorich

26:00 - Final Thoughts

This book will change the way you think about foodReally

Matt's favorite quotes from "GCBC"

"There is only one way to lose weight and that is to grow accustomed to feeling hungry. This simple fact, known to most people in affluent countries, seems to be somehow lost on the authors of the diet, weight-loss and exercise books that find their lucrative way through the drugstore book racks. Two questions then: Why do they fail to mention it? And why is it so?" ~Melvin Konner, "The Tangled

“The Way of Men” by Jack Donovan What happens when society falls apart? Men must work together in gangs to survive. In “The Way of Men” Jack Donovan gives us a history of manhood, demonstrating how the Four Tactical Virtues turn chaos into order. What are those virtues? What is a gang? And why is this knowledge critical for modern men? All these answers and much more in today’s episode. Read “The Way of Men” on Amazon! Listen to “The Way of Men” on Audible! Want more great books? Check out our MUST READ LIST! Show Notes: 00:00 – Intro to “The Way of Men” What is a man? How do we define manhood?What is a gang and why does it matter for men? 3:15 – How easy is the book to read? Easy to read, harder to implementPrint: 192 pages (probably 4-5 hours)Audio: 5 hours, read by Donovan himselfDonovan’s ideas will be VERY HARD to swallow for anyone who has trouble thinking outside the box of modern cultural norms 4:30 – Reviews and Significance Well known (676 4½-star reviews on Amazon)Very popular in the Manosphere and The Red Pill community 6:00 – How Matt and Jay discovered book TWoM referenced continuously – often reverently – throughout Manosphere 8:00 – Bio of Jack Donovan Writer, blogger, podcaster (Jack-Donovan.com)Written several books, including “A More Complete Beast,” “A Sky Without Eagles,” and “Becoming a Barbarian” Guest on many podcasts: AoM, Order of Man, Art of Charm, Mating Grounds, etc.TheCut.com – Profile of Donovan’s history, sexuality and politicsRaised by conservative blue-collar parents in rural Pennsylvania. Left home to explore the world and study fine art in New York. Then dropped out of school to study MMA, live off the land and found his own theories of independence, masculinity and a gang/warrior ethos.Part of the “Wolves of Vinland,” a neo-pagan group practicing masculine rituals, “Fight Club”-style skirmishes and promoting various alt-right theories and beliefs 11:00 – Major themes History of Masculinity from the beginning of time until nowFour Tactical Virtues: Strength, Courage, Mastery & Honor 14:00 – Jay’s perspectives So good it’s worth re-reading multiple timesDonovan’s ideas on manhood are critical for modern menManhood is neither good or or bad – It’s a tool that can be used for eitherQuestion for Donovan: How does Donovan’s ideal world look like?Also read: “The Way of the Superior Man” by David Deida 20:00 – Matt’s perspectives Donovan taps into Zombie Apocalypse, raw lifeThe importance of resetting society back to what matters mostBeing a “Good Man” vs “Being good at being a man”The Four Pillars of Manhood are criticalQuestion for Donovan: How did you distill down these questions in this book?Also read: “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk 26:00 – Final Thoughts “Women can demonstrate strength, but strength is a quality that defines masculinity….There is no human culture where men who are weak are considered manlier while women who are more muscular are considered more womanly.” Matt’s favorite quotes from “The Way of Men” “Being good at being a man is about being willing and able to fulfill the natural role of men in a survival scenario. Being good at being a man is about showing other men that you are the kind of guy they’d want on their team if the shit hits the fan. Being good at being a man isn’t a quest for moral perfection, it’s about fighting to survive.” Jay’s favorite quotes from “The Way of Men” “Masculinity is about what men want from each other…When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men who