Your Other Family

Once upon a time, Your Other Brothers held to the value of brotherhood! But we've since shifted this value to one of kinship. Why the change? What does kinship evoke, both for this life and the next, and how do we build or "practice" this value of kinship? When have we felt that sense of belonging outside our blood family, and when have we felt the opposite with our sexuality and masculinity, as strangers and aliens? This second-to-last value in our 7-values series ties nicely with our last value, the other "ship" of discipleship. If kinship means climbing into a boat together, discipleship is setting sail! We hope you'll join us for the follow-up and finale soon.

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/

➡️ YOB ConvoCast 043: Tom & Alex Love LOVE, VICTOR: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2022/03/05/yob-convocast-043-tom-alex-love-love-victor/

➡️ When have you experienced kinship with another person or a community, and when have you felt more like a stranger or alien?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/04/21/URL Slugyobcast-106-kinship

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Ryan's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ryan/

➡️ Ben's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ben/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

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✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

How do we walk with integrity as Side B people? Must it include a wide-scale coming out, an authenticity of the external matching our internal selves? Which experiences have defined our convictions and courage to follow Jesus as we’re doing? Join Tom, Aaron, and Will for this discussion on YOB’s fifth value, including the origin stories of incorporating more Jesus into our content as well as determining our symbol for integrity: cairns on a path!

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/

➡️ Which experiences have shaped your convictions on this journey? What is integrity defined for you?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/31/yobcast-105-integrity

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/

➡️ Aaron's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/aaron/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Vulnerability is uncomfortable, even scary, so why do we value it so highly in our community? Sharing our story, including our sexuality, may have once felt like the most daunting or impossible task. And yet what would have been the cost to our lives had we not been vulnerable? What if we had stayed silent, closeted, cut off from such a significant aspect of ourselves with ourselves, God, and other people? Indeed, what if vulnerability that feels like weakness is actually strength – especially when practiced in a community? Join Tom, Ben, and Aaron for quite the “bread and butter” discussion on YOB’s fourth value!

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/

➡️ Aaron's blog, "Running from the Call to Come Out": https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2019/08/06/running-from-the-call-to-come-out/

➡️ When were you first vulnerable about your story – with others, with God, and with self? When have you seen your vulnerability beget another's vulnerability – or vice versa?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/18/yobcast-104-vulnerability

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Ben's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ben/

➡️ Aaron's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/aaron/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Adam (later known as Dawson in future episode appearances) returns to discuss another of his (and Tom's) greatest loves: Survivor! We share our origin stories with this beloved reality show that's been airing since 2000. We spend the bulk of the episode pondering why Survivor has attracted a strong LGBTQ following over the years. Why do queer people love the show, and why do queer contestants generally do well on the show? Is survival in the game connected to survival outside the game? To close the episode, Tom and Adam share their favorite players from the first couple episodes of the currently airing season, Survivor 44! We also wonder whether our beloved show will ever feature a Side B queer contestant?

➡️ Do you also love Survivor? Tell us what first got you into the show or why you love it so much. Should we start a Survivor spinoff podcast?! And if you're watching the current season, tell us who your favorites are!

➡️  https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/10/yob-convocast-062-tom-adam-ponder-why-queer-people-love-survivor

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

📞 Call the YOBline: 706.389.8009

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✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Joy and sorrow share a tenuous connection. We explore the presence of joy in our YOB community and why it wasn’t one of our original values. We bask in the joy of retreats past and explore the joy to be found in our lives and sexualities, looking to Jesus’ example as he took the cup from his Father, following the joy set before him. Join Tom, Ryan, and Will for their first joyful episode together!

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/

➡️ Where have you seen and felt life's truest joys? Where have you suffered your deepest sorrows?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/04/yobcast-103-joy

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Ryan's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ryan/

➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

➡️ Join our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/yourotherbros​

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Marshall missed his first YOB retreat last fall due to his job, and Tom thinks it's a hate crime! Tom responds to Marshall's latest YOB blog about his straight male friends who have endured beyond their marriages to women. Marshall shares about the feelings he recently fielded watching housemate James get married, as well as catching up with old friend Ben who has a child now. Marshall also dishes about his friendship with another married housemate we'll call "Geraldo," along with James' and "Geraldo's" wives, who are also his housemates! They talk about the blessings of conflict management and how friendships may come and go through the seasons of life.

Ultimately, how does Marshall stay upbeat about friendships once those wedding vows are exchanged? Does it take practice having joy for another's joy despite the inevitable changing friendship, or is he just special as an Enneagram Two?

➡️ Marshall's blog: "The Joys of Friendships Beyond Their Marriages"

➡️ When have you seen friendships grow stronger through conflict? If you're single, is it natural for you to have joy for friends who get married, or does joy feel difficult as the friendship changes?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/02/24/yob-convocast-061-tom-marshall-gossip-about-his-housemates

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Marshall's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/marshall/

📞 Call the YOBline: 706.389.8009

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✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Tom's other brother (and yours), Andy Zuniga, returns to preview this year's Super Bowl – featuring his beloved Philadelphia Eagles! And also the Kansas City Chiefs. Andy gives you his top storylines for the football-illiterate to look out for in this year's big game, including the first-ever matchup of BROTHERS. He also gives you advice how to support your straight friend if his team loses. We discuss the most attractive players in this year's matchup, the YOBBERS's thoughts on Rihanna for the halftime show, and the celebrities pulling for each team! As if you needed any help deciding who to root for...

➡️ Who are you rooting for in this year's Super Bowl? Have any thoughts on Rihanna? Have any favorite halftime shows or commercials from Super Bowls past?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/02/10/yob-convocast-060-tom-andy-fly-like-eagles-for-this-years-super-bowl

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

📞 Call the YOBline: 706.389.8009

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✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

YOB's second value of humility follows on the heels of hope: a lowly acorn under a star in the night sky. A place of patience and constant surrender as we wait and trust for a greater story beyond anything we could write for ourselves. Join Tom, Ben, and Will for a discussion of what humility is and what humility isn't; of pride, shame, self-deprecation, and more competing terms. Plus, we callback our last episode differentiating hope vs. expectation.

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/

➡️ When have you hit a place of surrender to the story God wants to write in you? How has God met you on your knees, and where do you still await his provision?

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/02/04/yobcast-102-humility/ 

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Ben's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ben/

➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

➡️ Join our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/yourotherbros​

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➡️ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@yourotherbros

➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Tom welcomes our first woman to the ConvoCast – an in-studio guest, no less! We’ve been talking with Erin for almost a year now about the prospect of starting a Your Other Sisters community. Today we finally introduce her to our listening audience as we reference her recent blog on YOB’s impact on her life! We also give a shout-out to Matt as the only other fellow indigenous person on this podcast, learn about a significant difference between masculinity and femininity, and discover why Charlotte is SO great.

➡️ Erin's blog: "How Your Other Brothers Has Impacted Me as a Woman"

➡️ How has YOB impacted YOU, if you're a woman listening (or even if you're not!)? Do you have any interest in participating in the YOS discussions? Get in touch, if so! [email protected] (subject line: YOS)

➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/01/23/yob-convocast-059-tom-erin-want-your-other-sisters-to-be-a-thing

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

📞 Call the YOBline: 706.389.8009

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

➡️ Join our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/yourotherbros​

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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

We kick off a new year and a new era of YOB with an examination of YOB’s seven values! Starting with HOPE. Tom is joined by Ryan and Aaron to discuss the highs of hope and the lows of despair across the arenas of our masculinity, sexuality, and faith. Where has hoping in something or someone failed us? Where have we felt hope creep into entitlement? As sexual minorities where do we put our hope on this side of eternity?

➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/

➡️ When have you felt the heights of hope or the depths of despair with your masculinity, sexuality, and/or faith? And do you prefer odd- or even-numbered years?!

➡️  https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/01/14/yobcast-101-hope/

➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465

➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/

➡️ Ryan's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ryan/

➡️ Aaron's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/aaron/

📞 Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 or email us a voice memo

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802

➡️ Join our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/yourotherbros​

➡️ Shop the YOB Store! https://store.yourotherbrothers.com​

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➡️ YouTube: http://youtube.com/yourotherbrothers

➡️ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@yourotherbros

➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW

➡️ “The Best is Yet to Come” intro/outro theme by Tim Halperin; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

➡️ “Born Again” benediction instrumental by Cory Asbury; 100% clearance through Musicbed.