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 ..read more

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: Porn Myths Why Porn is Harmful Taking Action Break ..read more

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 About our Sponsor: Covenant Ey ..read more

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 thei ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 evolutio ..read more

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 Differen ..read more

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 ..read more

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 About our Sponsor: Covenant Eyes is a screen monitoring and accountability platform for all your devices which will help you kick your porn addiction once a ..read more