The Vital Masculinity Podcast
By Vital Masculinity
The Vital Masculinity PodcastFeb 19, 2020
MICHAEL THOMAS | Homesteading, Planting Roots, and Your Place in the World
In this episode, Stephen interviews Michael Thomas of Sharon, a homesteader, on the importance of homesteading, tradition, place, and much more.
Show Highlights:
- Why Michael decided to go live on an 18th century farm.
- The importance of a sense of place.
- Why tradition and culture are tied in to place.
- What we can learn from those that came before us.
- On man's reaction to modernity and what we can do about it.
- The role of God and faith in tradition.
- The balance Michael carries between modernity and tradition.
- Why we need to "purify" ourselves first before jumping fully into homesteading.
- The importance of humility and learning from our mistakes.
- Why incremental steps are better than a big, sudden move.
- The need for others and learning from the past.
- The importance of the Benedict Option.
- How you can connect with Michael and learn more about his projects in upstate NY.
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About Michael:
Michael is a homesteader who lives on a 1795 Colonial Farm in Sharon Springs, NY. He and his family run an orchard, breed dogs, and much more on their farm, and he works to spread the beauty of homesteading to the traditionalist side of the internet.
Keep in Touch with Michael:
Twitter: @MichaelTG09
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10 Things Every Young Man Should Do
In this episode, Stephen walks through 10 things that every young man - high school and college men especially - should do starting today in order to put their lives on the right path.
Show Highlights:
- Learn to breathe properly.
- Stand up straight.
- Don't be a degenerate.
- Understand the value of money.
- Go to church.
- Begin to identify your core values.
- Develop strong friendships now.
- Learn to appreciate silence and solitude.
- Begin looking for a wife and/or get married.
- Lift heavy things.
View the full show notes here.
Related Podcast Episodes:
Dating Tips, Mindsets, and Approaches
Resources:
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
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Agape, the Divine Love
In this episode, the gents examine what C.S. Lewis considered the fourth love, Agape or divine "God love."
Show Highlights:
- Is love really all you need, as the Beatles said?
- The necessity of relying on God's help in order to love properly.
- What a properly ordered love looks like.
- Why Agape is the only love which does not have the potential to bring misery.
- How Agape relates to the other three loves.
- How God "implants" the capacity to love - gift-love and need-love particularly - in us.
- The cure for restless hearts.
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
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Can Men and Women Be Friends?
In this episode, the gents tackle a more controversial question - can men and women be friends? Should they be? The answer is more complicated than you may think.
Show Highlights:
- A recap of the three Aristotelian forms of friendship.
- Can men and women be friends?
- Why is there typically the temptation to eros in these friendships?
- What does male/female friendship look like before marriage?
- The rise of nice guy syndrome.
- Should you be friends with a member of the opposite sex when you're in a relationship?
- The importance of boundaries - the "Mike Pence" rule.
- Why men and women should have their own spaces to be with "their own."
View the full show notes here.
Related Podcast Episodes:
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
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KENNEDY HALL | Overcoming Effeminate Masculinity
This week, the gents sit down with Catholic author Kennedy Hall to discuss his books on masculinity and how we can combat and overcome the rise of "effeminate manliness."
Show Highlights:
- How Kennedy's "vague cultural Catholicism" influenced his development as a man.
- How did he ultimately realize the problems with modern masculinity?
- The nature of effeminate masculinity.
- How can men become less effeminate and more masculine?
- How important should a man's faith be?
- Family Be Damned and why good fiction can inform and enliven the soul.
View the full show notes here.
About Kennedy:
Kennedy Hall is the author of Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity and Family Be Damned, as well as the host of the Fatima Centre's Kennedy Report.
Keep in Touch with Kennedy:
Twitter: @kennedyhall
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Marriage and Chastity
In this episode, the gents discuss the institution of marriage and the virtue of chastity, including her role inside and outside matrimonial covenants.
Show Highlights:
- What is the virtue chastity?
- The common misconception that chastity only refers to celibacy.
- What does a rightly ordered sexual appetite look like?
- What is marriage?
- The traditional understanding of marriage.
- The role of sex and chastity within marriage.
- The four aspects of marriage.
- Marriage as a 'type' of Christ and the Church.
- Chastity in single people and married people.
- Examples of 'unchastity.'
- Why chastity is important in dating/courtships.
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Detour | Advice on Combatting Stress
In this episode, the gents take a short break from their series on Eros and the Four Loves to discuss ways to handle stress.
Show Highlights:
- How stress can be good for you.
- Hormesis and antifragility.
- Avoiding vs. combatting stress.
- Advice on how to mitigate and avoid stressors.
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Distortions of Eros: Victorianism and Promiscuity
In this episode, the gents discuss continue their exploration of distortions of eros, the third love, by examining the opposite approaches advocating a Victorian puritanism and a more open and promiscuous stance.
Show Highlights:
- How do Christians properly view the body and natural desire?
- Why is a promiscuous worldview incorrect?
- What do the Victorians and Puritans get wrong about a prude and rigid treatment of eros and sex?
- What a properly ordered eros or desires look like.
- Why sex and pleasure are, at a base level, good until they become corrupted.
- Is eros mainly an evolutionary appetite?
- Does this carnal element of eros make it dangerous?
- Why our view of Eros and sexuality need not be restrictive if ordered properly.
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
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Distortions of Eros: Pick-Up Artists & the Red Pill
In this episode, the gents discuss the issues with PUA and the Red Pill movement, discussing how each are distortions of eros.
Show Highlights:
- What is a pick-up artist?
- What is the Red Pill?
- Why do more men seem attracted to these movements/philosophies?
- The relationship between evolutionary psychology and the Red Pill.
- The problems with making sex your top priority.
- The manipulative nature of these philosophies.
- What do these both get right?
- What do these both get wrong?
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
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Distortions of Eros: Casual Dating & Hookup Culture
In this episode, the gents explore two modern distortions of Eros or romantic love: hookup culture and casual dating.
Show Highlights:
- Recap of the definition of eros.
- Becoming worthy of your love.
- Dating and discernment of marriage.
- Defining casual dating.
- What is friendship "with benefits"?
- Transactional sex and hookup culture.
- Physical love over all else -> the credo of the modern world.
- The damage that comes from hookup culture.
- The subordination of love to pleasure.
Related Episodes:
Masculinity and Femininity: Biological Differences
Masculinity and Femininity: Psychological Differences
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
View the full show notes here.
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PROF. SCOTT YENOR | Recovering Family Life
This week, Stephen and Brian sit down with Professor Scott Yenor of Boise State University to discuss his new book The Recovery of Family Life.
Show Highlights:
- Why do we need to recover family life right now?
- What is the "rolling revolution?"
- How has feminism mixed with other cultural and political aspects to get us here?
- What is the end goal of feminism and the rolling revolution? Is there one?
- Why haven't conservative and traditional institutions done more to stop the transformation of family life?
- How do we fix this as a society?
- The pros and cons of legislating a new pro-family society.
- How each man can fight back and help reclaim a healthy, stable, traditional family life.
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
The Recovery of Family Life by Professor Scott Yenor
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About Scott:
Scott Yenor is a PhD and tenured professor of political science at Boise State University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute. He has authored multiple books and also writes at multiple sites
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An Introduction to Eros, the Third Love
In this episode, the gents begin an analysis of C.S. Lewis' third love, eros, and explore why this is more than pure romance or only about sexuality.
Show Highlights:
- Is eros just about sex?
- The relationship between eros, lust, and sexual desire.
- Pleasure vs. Person focused loves.
- The human aspects of eros.
- Friendship vs. eros.
- Does eros aim at happiness?
- Why this love should not become a god.
Resources:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
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The Limits of Friendship
In this episode, the gents wrap up their discussion on friendship by investigating limits and ends of these relationships.
Show Highlights:
- Defects in relationships.
- Self-imposed limits.
- Physical, Mental, and Spiritual limits to friendship.
- What happens when virtuous friendships turn bad?
- Friendship and the innermost self.
- Man's helplessness and friendships.
- How friendship ultimately respects the personality of the individuals.
- Why these limitations are "God's occasion."
Resources:
- The Art of Being a Good Friend by Hugh Black
- The Four Friendships by Kevin Vost
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Guarding and Renewing Friendships
In this episode, the gents continue discussing The Art of Being a Good Friend, focusing on the art of protecting and restoring your friendships.
Show Highlights:
- The deepest tragedy of life.
- How some friendships wither or die.
- Money's dangerous role in friendship.
- The harm of gossip, envy, and poor breaches of trust.
- How healthy conflict can actually strengthen your friendship.
- Protecting against purposeful dissension.
- How should you recover from breaches of trust?
- The why's and how's of reconciliation.
Resources:
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Friendship Disparities & Justice
Brian returns in this episode, for a further discussion on 'equal' and 'unequal' friendships via the lens of Aristotle and Cicero.
Show Highlights:
- Friendship of Equals vs. Friendship of Unequals.
- Why you need to recognize friendship disparities in order to have a virtuous friendship.
- Aristotle's comparison of friendship to political systems.
- Father - Son dynamics.
- Husband - Wife dynamics.
- Brother - Brother dynamics.
- Friendship within families.
- Why blood is thicker than water.
- Relative strength of bonds.
- Priorities of friendship compared to other relationships.
Resources:
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Musing Aloud | Christmas in the Trenches
In this episode, Stephen muses about the Christmas in the Trenches during WW1 and what it can tell us about kindness, affection, and true brotherhood.
Show Highlights:
- The Christmas in the Trenches
- The nature of enemies and rivals.
- Is it possible for us to be everyone's friend?
- Should we try to be everyone's friend?
- A redux of the kindness vs. niceness debate.
- Self-respect and justice towards self.
- The damaging push towards inclusion at the expense of exclusivity.
- The dilution of friendship through false affection.
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Pandemic Perseverance with Prudence
In this special episode, the gents revisit the COVID-19 Pandemic and various responses to it.
Show Highlights:
- Where are we 9 months in?
- 15 days to slow the spread/flatten the curve?
- The role of prudence and personal responsibility vs. government mandate.
- The vice of double standards.
- Personal responsibility and the rise of "mask Karens."
- Our duty to authority.
- Courage, justice, and resistance.
Resources:
https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/18/major-study-finds-masks-dont-reduce-covid-19-infection-rates/
https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/these-12-graphs-show-mask-mandates-do-nothing-to-stop-covid/ (includes NEJM study)
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html#table-1 (see Scenario 5 in Table 1)
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4695
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/which-covid-19-vaccines-are-connected-to-abortion
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The Art of Being a Good Friend: Cultivating Your Friendships
In this episode, the gents continue to discuss the book The Art of Being a Good Friend by Hugh Black, elaborating on ways to cultivate and maintain good friendships.
Show Highlights:
- Why does friendship require intentionality?
- Affability and being friendly.
- The responsibility of being a friend.
- How is friendship like a habit?
- The necessity of cultivating 'sympathy '.
- The Golden Rule.
- Reciprocity, mutual confidence, and faithfulness in friendship.
- Aspects of loyalty.
- How human friendship leads to love for God.
Resources:
The Art of Being a Good Friend by Hugh Black
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Detour | Gratitude and Current Events
In this episode, the gents kick back and discuss a whole range of topics:
Show Highlights:
- Recap of Thanksgiving.
- What are we grateful for?
- Big project teaser.
- Commentary on current events.
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The Art of Being a Good Friend: Being Thankful for the Gift of Friendship
In this episode, the gents discuss the book The Art of Being a Good Friend by Hugh Black, weaving in themes on friendship and the Four Loves from the previous episodes.
Show Highlights:
- Expanding on the appreciation of friendship.
- Friendship in the heroes of history.
- How does friendship enlighten you? What does that mean?
- Friendship is a gift of God.
- Why do you need humility and selflessness when you are trying to be a good friend?
Resources:
The Art of Being a Good Friend by Hugh Black
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Cicero's Approach to Choosing Good Friends
In this episode, the gents continue to discuss philia, or friendship, the second love in the C.S. Lewis/Ancient Greek hierarchy of love. This discussion focuses on Cicero's take on friendship in his classic work De Amicitia.
Show Highlights:
- Greek vs. Roman Virtue.
- Why are good friends virtuous?
- The relationship between amicitia and amor.
- Honor and friendship.
- The "first law of friendship."
- Three erroneous principles of friendship.
- Limits and guides to friendship.
- The importance of loyalty.
- How does affability help define good friends?
- The foundation of friendship.
- New vs. Old Friends.
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The Second Love: C.S. Lewis' View of Friendship
In this episode, the gents continue to discuss philia, or friendship, the second love in the C.S. Lewis/Ancient Greek hierarchy of love. This discussion focuses on C.S. Lewis' opinion of friendship and how he wrote about it in his seminal work The Four Loves.
Show Highlights:
- Why did the ancients revere friendship?
- What does it mean that friendship is the least "natural" love?
- The relationship between Romanticism, Naturalism, and our modern beliefs on friendship.
- C.S. Lewis' (likely) take on Aristotle's three types of friendship.
- Friendship and Companionship.
- How does friendship arise?
- Signs of a good friendship.
- Misconceptions of friendship.
- Friendship and homosexuality.
- Distortions of philia.
- In-group vs. out-group mindsets.
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NICK JAMELL | How Should You Discuss Politics?
This week, the gents have a conversation with Nick Jamell of Conversation of Our Generation about how a man can discuss politics virtuously.
Show Highlights:
- Why are political discussions so difficult to navigate nowadays?
- How the personal became the political.
- Are there times when it is prudent to not discuss politics?
- False courage and standing up for one's beliefs.
- Are our differences that pronounced?
- What happens next?
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About Nick:
Nick is the founder of Conversation of Our Generation, a website and podcast dedicated to having dialogues about important issues through the lens of philosophy, politics, and the reading of our intellectual forefathers.
Keep in Touch with Nick:
Twitter: @ConOfOurGen; @NickJamell
Facebook: The Conversation of Our Generation
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Aristotle's Three Types of Friendship
In this episode, the gents discuss philia, or friendship, the second love in the C.S. Lewis/Ancient Greek hierarchy of love. The focus of this is on the Aristotelian conception of friendship and the three types of philia.
Show Highlights:
- Who needs friends?
- Why do we need friends?
- The three causes of love.
- Friendships of utility.
- Friendships of pleasure.
- Friendships of virtue.
- Similarities and differences between the types of Aristotelian friendship.
- The roles duration and absence play in strengthening friendship.
- The act of friendship vs. the "state" of friendship.
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Musing Aloud | Where Is The Virtue In Politics?
In this episode, Brian muses about virtue in politics:
Show Highlights:
- What level of importance should politics have in our lives?
- How can we act virtuously in regards to politics?
- Why don't we have more virtuous candidates? How can we get them?
What do you think? Do you agree with Brian's assessment? Send us your thoughts.
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Detour | Social Media Overload and Silence
In this episode, the gents kick back and discuss a whole range of topics:
Show Highlights:
- What's next with the podcast?
- Dealing with news and social media overload.
- The need for silence and reflection.
- Will there ever be a return to normalcy?
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The First Love: Storge/Affection
In this episode, the gents discuss storge, or affection, the first love in the C.S. Lewis/Ancient Greek hierarchy of love.
Show Highlights:
- What is storge?
- Examples of affection.
- How does affection "color" the other loves?
- Storge does not discriminate and is the humblest love.
- Need-Love and Gift-Love in affection.
- Distortions of Storge.
- Why you need a reason to rightly order your affections.
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Love of Things, Love of Nature & Love of Country
In this episode, the gents dive into different ways we approach "love" of different things, including nature, environmentalism, and patriotism.
Show Highlights:
- Clarification on a few points in prior episode.
- The Four Loves vs. the theological virtue Charity.
- Gift-love vs. Need-love.
- The differences and similarities between Love of Persons and Love of Things
- Pleasures vs. Loves.
- Different aspects of love of nature.
- What is patriotism?
- Healthy vs. unhealthy patriotism.
- Distortions of these loves.
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Misconceptions and Modern Beliefs on Love
In this episodes, the gents simultaneously kick off two new series: one larger one on the Theological Virtues and one subset one on Love, by utilizing C.S. Lewis' book The Four Loves.
Show Highlights:
- Why should men talk about love?
- Modern misconceptions of love.
- How is love understood today?
- Is love a feeling?
- Do you choose to fall in love?
- An introduction to need-love and gift-love
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Reflections on St. Louis: Noble Living, Harmony and Justice
In this episode, the gents continue their analysis of the advice given by King St. Louis to his son and proscribe more ways we can learn to be men from this noble monarch.
Show Highlights:
- Why gratitude is important.
- How should you handle those who gossip or incite others to sin?
- Living a noble life - what does this mean?
- True justice, in all its forms.
- Facilitating peace among those in your family and community.
- Your relationship with the Church.
- The notion of a "just war" and its relationship with men nowadays.
- Consuming in moderation - the advent of anti-consumerism?
- The core of St. Louis' message: Jesus Christ.
Resources:
Letter from St. Louis IX to his Son.
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JOSH HATCHER | Dealing with Personal Struggles
In this episode, the gents invite Josh Hatcher, Founder of Manlihood.com, on to the show to discuss his project, journey, what it means to be a man, and so much more.
Show Highlights:
- An introduction to the Josh Hatcher.
- Why did Josh create Manlihood.com?
- The importance of father figures.
- Why is humor so important in communicating with men?
- Being a good brother and mentor to other men.
- Dealing with struggles in relationships.
- Dealing with personal struggles.
- How Josh overcame his own personal struggles
- Love and marriage - how we grow more and more in love with our wives.
- Pornography addiction and how it has affected us.
View the full show notes here.
About Manlihood.com
Becoming a man is a journey. We’re all at different places. Manlihood is about personal development for men. No matter your place in that journey, we all want to be better husbands, fathers, leaders — better men.
Josh Hatcher helps you cut through the mess in a funny, insightful and heartfelt way. Using wisdom and personal experience, he helps you become a better man - wherever you currently are on your journey.
Keep in Touch with Josh:
Twitter: @Manlihooddotcom
Facebook: Manlihood.com
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Reflections on St. Louis: God, Friends and Gratitude
In this episode, the gents turn back the clock to the 13th century to discuss and reflect on the advice from King St. Louis IX in his letters to his son. This is part I of what will likely be a two-part series.
Show Highlights:
- Why St. Louis' advice matters today.
- The importance of fatherly advice.
- How can advice from a king benefit a modern man?
- Why do good men need God?
- Shunning sin and evil with all your effort.
- Surrounding yourself with good men who will call you out on your faults.
- Being grateful for the good AND the bad.
- Why do good men need upright associates and families? How do we get to that?
Resources:
Letter from St. Louis IX to his Son.
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Detour | Exodus 90 and Our Faith
In this episode, the gents kick back and discuss a whole host of topics:
Show Highlights:
- What's next with the podcast?
- Our Exodus 90 journey.
- A shallow dive into current events and why we need men.
- Why our faith is central to us and it's future role in this project.
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The Noonday Devil: How to Combat Acedia
Do the Coronavirus lockdowns have you feeling down? Do you feel a bit lazier, despondent or discouraged right now? You'll find a lot of common ground with the guys in this episode.
In this episode, the gents give you a step-by-step breakdown with wisdom from saints and philosophers (and themselves!) to help you overcome acedia and all its ill fruits.
Show Highlights:
- The relationship between acedia and Escapism.
- Why we need prudent reflection and a daily examen in order to overcome acedia.
- The powers of "reverse scheduling."
- Why humility and gratitude are the chief responses of a saintly man to acedia.
- The importance of prayer and work - "ora et labora."
- What is contradiction and why is it useful in overcoming acedia?
- Memento Mori - how the remembrance of death can help you beat this demon.
- How to cultivate manly perseverance and why it's important in your battle to be free of acedia.
- How and why should you learn to be uncomfortable?
Resources:
- The Noonday Devil by Dom Jean-Charles Nault
- The Eight Evil Thoughts by Evagrius of Pontus
- Interview with Kathleen Norris
- Death by Stephen M. Sloyer, The Vital Masculinity Journal
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The Noonday Devil: Symptoms of Acedia
Do the Coronavirus lockdowns have you feeling down? Do you feel a bit lazier, despondent or discouraged right now? You'll find a lot of common ground with the guys in this episode. We break down symptoms of what could once be considered the "8th Deadly Sin." In this episode, you will learn just what Acedia is and (while we aren't priests or doctors!) be able to diagnose if you have it yourself.
Show Highlights:
- What is Acedia?
- How is Acedia different from Sloth (or laziness)?
- Why is Acedia dangerous?
- Normalization of the noonday devil in modern culture.
- Why binging is bad.
- Five Principal Manifestations of Acedia.
- "Daughters" of Acedia.
Resources:
- The Noonday Devil by Dom Jean-Charles Nault
- The Eight Evil Thoughts by Evagrius of Pontus
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Conquering Pornography: Breaking Free
In this episodes, the gents provide a step-by-step guide to quitting porn once and for all. If you're a man who struggles with this vice (or any addiction, for that matter), you won't want to miss this conversation.
Show Highlights:
- How to make a plan of attack to beat your porn addiction.
- The importance of prudent and honest reflection.
- An analysis of possible causes and triggers.
- Ways to eliminate common triggers.
- The importance of forming healthy habits to replace harmful ones.
- Acedia, the noonday devil, and why it is destructive.
- The importance of accountability partners.
- Options to take to stay accountable by yourself.
- Should you track your streaks?
- What happens if you relapse?
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
- Integrity Restored
- The Porn Myth by Matt Fradd
- Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson
- NoFap
- YBAP
- Reforged Man Course
- Fight the New Drug
Episodes Referenced:
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Conquering Pornography: Taking Action
In this episode, the gents discuss the harmful effects of pornography and lay a foundation men can use to begin to quit.
Show Highlights:
- Side effects of pornography use.
- Secondary reasons to quit porn.
- How do you know you're addicted to porn?
- Phases of breaking free.
- Why growth in virtue needs to be paired with quitting an addiction.
- Getting radical and taking immediate action to stop your addiction.
- Why you need to take ultimate responsibility for your actions and issues.
View the full show notes here.
Resources:
- Integrity Restored
- The Porn Myth by Matt Fradd
- Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson
- NoFap
- YBAP
- Reforged Man Course
- Fight the New Drug
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Conquering Pornography: Why Porn is Harmful
In this episode, the gents dive a bit deeper into the harmful nature of pornography to line up their last episode on breaking free from this addictive drug.
Show Highlights:
- Pornography and Natural Law.
- The harm of objectifying people.
- How porn harms both consumers and producers.
- Pornography is against the Cardinal Virtues.
- Porn in the context of our rights and responsibilities.
- Why sex is a responsibility.
Resources:
- Integrity Restored
- The Porn Myth by Matt Fradd
- Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson
- NoFap
- YBAP
- Reforged Man Course
- Fight the New Drug
View the full show notes here.
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Conquering Pornography: Porn Myths
In this episode, the gents begin a brief discussion about the dangers of pornography use among men. This episode tackles common objections raised to the "anti-porn" crowd by mainstream sources.
Show Highlights:
- What is pornography?
- Does porn harm people?
- Is porn safe?
- Is porn consensual?
- Pornography and sex-trafficking
- The addictiveness of pornography
- Is porn acceptable since it's not typically illegal?
- Is porn acceptable since "everyone" views it?
- The myth that we are "sexual creatures."
- The myth of a need for "release."
- Does porn empower women or spice up your love life?
- Is the anti-porn crowd prudish or wholly religious?
- Is porn only a men's issue?
- Is it still wrong if you don't pay for it?
Resources:
- Integrity Restored
- The Porn Myth by Matt Fradd
- Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson
- NoFap
- YBAP
- Reforged Man Course
- Fight the New Drug
View the full show notes here.
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Dissecting Feminism - Countering Feminism Today
In this episode, the gents wrap up their discussion of feminism and offer up ways that we can counter their destructive narratives, forging a better society for men and women going ahead.
Show Highlights:
- Why we are all influenced by feminism in modern society.
- How we can fight for the dignity of men and women.
- Why life is more nuanced than a traditional black-and-white view put forth by many on both sides.
- Standing up for women without white knighting.
- Why we should not associate closely with unrepentant men.
- The importance of purity and treating people with pure intentions.
- How pornography distorts our view of women.
- How having a good wife and family can counteract societal narratives about feminism and "women's liberation."
- Why we need to find good men to support us on this battle.
Resources:
- Fulton Sheen, Communism and Women
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Dissecting Feminism - 4th Wave
In this episode, the gents discuss the last, most current wave of feminism - the 4th Wave - which has infiltrated the core of our society.
Show Highlights:
- The rise of high-profile sexual harassment cases and #metoo.
- How feminism has influenced the workplace.
- Workplace harassment, sensitivity training, and men.
- The rise of body shaming (and body positivity) and why this is harmful.
- The falsity of rape culture and thoughts as to why it arose.
- Why male privilege is the wrong approach to the differences between the genders.
- Why toxic masculinity is nonsensical and caricatures real masculinity to a fault.
- Intersectionality and the Oppression Olympics.
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FREED FROM FEMINISM | How Feminism Hurts Men and Women
In this episode, the gents invite Beth and Theresa from Freed from Feminism on to the show to discuss their escape from this dangerous ideology and why they believe feminism hurts men, women and families.
Show Highlights:
- An introduction to the hosts of Freed from Feminism.
- Why Beth and Theresa left the feminist worldview behind.
- The largest areas in which feminism hurts women.
- Why many men consider themselves feminists.
- How men should respond to feminism in their families and communities.
- How feminism affects relationships between men and women.
- The link between feminism and Marxism.
- Why female "liberation" hurts society.
About Freed from Feminism:
Freed from Feminism Catholic Podcast hosted by former feminists exploring the ideology behind feminism, its destructive nature & how women can find freedom in true femininity.
Keep in Touch with the Ladies:
Twitter: @FreedFeminism
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One Year Anniversary Special
Dissecting Feminism - 3rd Wave
In this episodes, the gents move on to third wave feminism and expose the dangers that it has had on our families, society and culture.
Show Highlights:
- Some sources of agreement with third wave feminism.
- Male effeminacy and domestic violence.
- "Reproductive rights."
- More discussion on the ills of contraception and abortion.
- The reclamation of derogatory terms and why that's a harmful thing.
- The problem with "sexual liberation" and "sex positivity."
- The goods and evils of the Red Pill movement.
- Why it's every man's duty to uphold the dignity of every woman (and every human in general).
- Preliminary discussions on the Glass Ceiling idea.
- Workplace benefits that favor women over men.
- A fitting quote to end from the Ven. Fulton Sheen.
Resources:
- Fulton Sheen, Communism and Women
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Dissecting Feminism - 2nd Wave
In this episodes, the gents get a bit heated as they dissect second wave feminism and expose the dangers that it has had on our families, society and culture.
Show Highlights:
- Recap of the world post-first wave feminism.
- Why the rejection of domesticity is based on false assumptions.
- The role of abortion and contraception in helping enable this second wave.
- The rising costs of child care and its effects on families.
- Why the myth of unequal pay is (mostly) bunk.
- Title IX.
- Against the objectification of women and domestic violence - things we agree with the second wave on.
- The dangerous results of no-fault divorce.
- The cheapening of marriage and its disastrous results on the family.
- The good and bad about "Men's Rights Activists."
- Why the rejection of gender roles has led to men and women being more prone to mental illness.
- The false assumptions behind the existence of "the patriarchy."
- What this means for you - why we need good men who act like men.
Resources:
- The James Younger Case
- G.K. Chesteron, The Emancipation of Domesticity
- Leila Miller, Primal Loss
- Restored Podcast
- "Why Hierarchies are Necessary" from Jordan Peterson
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Dissecting Feminism - 1st Wave
Feminism is a loaded term nowadays, but throughout history has manifested itself in different forms. In this interlude, the gents dive into the first wave of feminism and begin a conversation on why it's important that men learn the good and the bad from these various eras.
Show Highlights:
- What is feminism?
- Questions to ponder during the discussion.
- How feminism relates to masculinity and why it's important to discuss.
- A brief snapshot of history leading up to the first wave of feminism.
- What were some of the factors contributing to the rise of feminism?
- An analysis of first wave feminism.
- What men can learn from this first wave and the history behind it.
View the full show notes here.
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NICK JAMELL | Why Open Dialogue is Necessary
This week, the gents interview a fellow traveler in the pursuit of virtue: Nick Jamell! Enjoy an insightful episode about seeking truth, goodness, and beauty, sure to provide you with valuable information on living the good life.
Show Highlights:
- What motivated him to start Conversation of Our Generation
- The importance of dialogue and open discussion
- The COVID-19 Pandemic
- Exodus 90
- Why bother doing philosophy or reading old books?
- Why Nick reads things he may disagree with.
- The degeneration of public discourse on important issues
- How we can, as men, begin to have good and necessary discussions about issues.
View the full show notes here.
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About Nick:
Nick is the founder of Conversation of Our Generation, a website and podcast dedicated to having dialogues about important issues through the lens of philosophy, politics, and the reading of our intellectual forefathers.
Keep in Touch with Nick:
Twitter: @ConOfOurGen; @NickJamell
Facebook: The Conversation of Our Generation
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Masculinity & Femininity: Exterior Roles
In this episode, the last(!) of the series on what it means to be a man, the gents discuss masculine roles outside the family.
Show Highlights:
- How these secondary roles compare to the previously discussed primary roles.
- The importance of serving your family and community.
- How the "economic man" relates to these masculine roles.
- How feminism has enabled the economic man.
- Some preliminary issues with feminism.
- The warrior role.
- The business leader role.
- The priestly role.
- Why sacrifice is critical to becoming a good man.
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Masculinity & Femininity: Later Masculine Roles
In this episode, the gents continue the discussion on traditional masculine roles, their maturation, and their importance for men today.
Show Highlights:
- How healthy, mature roles are nourished
- Husband and Wife
- Father and Mother
- Subroles (or subparts) of masculinity, including protector and provider
- How the genders complement one another
- Why these roles developed throughout history
- The priestly and sacrificial role of the man
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Masculinity & Femininity: Early Masculine Roles
In this episode, the gents begin to discuss traditional masculine roles and their importance for men today.
Show Highlights:
- A discussion on gender identity
- How healthy, mature roles are nourished
- Son and Daughter
- Brother and Sister
- How the genders complement one another
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