Undaunted.life: A Man's Podcast

In this episode, we welcome Steven Pressfield back to the show. He is a bestselling author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays. His first book was The Legend of Bagger Vance, which was later turned into a movie and directed by Robert Redford and starred Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Matt Damon. His second book was Gates of Fire, which is about the Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae, and this book is on our list of the 100 Books Every Modern Christian Man Should Read list. He has also written A Man at Arms, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, Tides of War, and over a dozen more. In this interview, we discuss what he thinks about all the prominent people that he’s inspired with his writings, why he self-published his latest non-fiction book, how to fight against Resistance, the difference between motivation and discipline, whether you should move in order to improve your output, his thoughts about God and the “spiritual realm”, why he turned to the King James Bible

In this episode, we welcome Christina Bennett to the show. She writes for Live Action News and is the Communication Director for the Family Institute of Connecticut. In this interview, we discuss the life-changing moment when her mother decided to not to get an abortion, why she decided to work on the Pro-Life cause professionally, her reaction to the leaked draft opinion on the Dobbs case, her reaction to Roe and Casey being overturned, what can be done about the abortion and fatherlessness epidemic in the black community, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we’re covering a bunch of Quick Hitters. We break down Elon Musk backing out of the deal to buy Twitter, the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by a Communist, WNBA star (if there is such a thing) Brittney Griner’s imprisonment in Russia, Boris Johnson resigning as Prime Minister of the UK, Akron Police “murdering” Jayland Walker, Co-President Biden coming for your guns, Co-President Biden taking executive action on abortion access, the Biden Administration suing the state of Arizona for requiring proof of citizenship to vote, Democrats not wanting Co-President Biden to run for re-election, women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe receiving the Medal of Freedom, Justice Brett Kavanaugh being harassed while at dinner with his family, the National Education Association (NEA) considers changing the use of the word “mother” to “birthing parent”, NYC bodega owner being charged for murder for defending himself from an attacker, and potentially the greatest political ad of all tim

In this episode, we welcome Paul Litchfield to the show. He is a legend in the sneaker game and is one of the most influential product creation experts in the athletic performance footwear world. He worked at Reebok for around 30 years and led the team that invented the legendary Reebok Pump. He now works with our friends over at GORUCK as the Head of Product. In this interview, we discuss what got him interested in athletic footwear, what it was like in the Wild West days of sneaker innovation, what it was like competing against brands like Nike and Adidas, the process his team went through to invent the Reebok Pump, why he made the switch over to GORUCK, what we can expect in the athletic footwear industry in the future, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Catherine Glenn Foster to the show. She is the President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL). She got her law degree from Georgetown, and has spent essentially her entire career working on the cause for life. In this interview, we discuss how her own abortion got her into the fight for life, the story behind her going viral recently when she destroyed Democrat House of Representatives member Jamie Raskin of Maryland, what Pro-Lifers should be focusing on now that Roe and Casey have been overturned, how to deal with particular Pro-Abortion arguments, whether or not women that seek an abortion should be charged criminally, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we break down all of the enormous decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States during this term and why each of those decisions is so important for everyday Americans. Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we’ll cover the mass shooting in Illinois on Independence Day, Jordan Peterson getting banned from Twitter, spiking drug overdoses in the state of Oregon after they decriminalized essentially all hard drugs, and Kyle will react to the viral video called “The Ride Home”. Let’s get into it… Please support the following companies discussed in this episode: Chester Evitt at Momma Bear’s Armory in Gardiner, Montana. Phone: 901.326.5777 Email: mommabearsarmory@gmail.com Hell’s A-Roarin’ Outfitters Website: https://www.hellsaroarinoutfitter.com/  Phone: 406.848.7578 Stephenson Knives Website: https://stephensonknives.com/  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

In this episode, we welcome Clint Emerson to the show. Clint is a retired Navy SEAL who spent 20 years in service to the United States of America. He is the only SEAL ever inducted into the International Spy Museum. He continues to serve by empowering good people with safety and security skills at home, work, and abroad. His services have helped Fortune 500 companies, politicians, celebrities, and more. He’s also the New York Times Bestselling author of the 100 Deadly Skills series and his memoir The Right Kind of Crazy. He has a new book out called The Rugged Life: The Modern Guide to Self-Reliance. In this interview, we discuss the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX, the situation in Ukraine, the pullout from Afghanistan, the US military focusing on wokeness and not lethality, why he joined the military, what led him to spy work after he retired from the Navy, why he has written so many books focusing on skills, his thoughts on faith and religion, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Dona

In this episode, we discuss all of the legislative and cultural fallout from the Dobbs decision at the Supreme Court which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. We do a deep dive on the immediate reactions to the news, the narratives that have come out since the Dobbs decision was handed down, the narratives that SHOULD have come out since the Dobbs decision was handed down, what we can expect to see and need to watch for now, and the work that needs to be done now. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Frank Turek to the show. He is a Christian speaker, author, radio and television host, and apologist. He often speaks at churches, schools, and universities and has done public debates with noted atheists like Christopher Hitchens and David Silverman. He’s authored books like I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist and Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case. He also has a new book out that he co-wrote with his son Zach called Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God. He is also the Founder and President of the Christian apologetics ministry crossexamined.org, host of the I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist television show, and host of the CrossExamined with Frank Turek radio show. In this interview, discuss why he decided to switch from Catholic to Protestant, his road to becoming a Christian apologist, how he prepares for big debates with famous atheists, the fight between biblical Christians and Woke Christians, why churches repel men,

In this episode, Kyle gives his immediate reaction to the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case which led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we discuss the evidence showing an almost-unbelievable level of negligence, cowardice, and failure by the Uvalde Police Department in the wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre. Also, we discuss Co-President Biden falling off his bike (when he wasn’t moving), why Pixar’s new Toy Story universe film Lightyear flopped at the box office, the world’s governing body for the sport of swimming banning biological males from competing against biological females, and the World Health Organization deciding to investigate whether COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Justin Brierley back to the show. He’s the host of the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast on Premier Christian Radio in the UK. He’s also the author of Unbelievable? Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I’m still a Christian. In this interview, we dig into the debate he just hosted between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins, how Dawkins opened the door to a potential belief in God, his forthcoming book about the meaning crisis in society, why he decided to use the pronouns that did not align with one of his guest's biological sex, why the writings of C.S. Lewis are so important to him, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Dale Partridge to the show. He is author, preacher, entrepreneur, and church reformer. He’s also the President of relearn.org, which is a house church planting ministry, and Reformation Seminary. Dale conducted his graduate studies at Western Seminary, The Master's Seminary, and Grace Bible Theological Seminary. He is the author of several Christian books, the host of the Real Christianity podcast, and the teaching pastor at Reformation Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona. In this interview, we discuss his new company, Mail the Gospel, which will make it easier for people to share the love of Christ, his new book called The Manliness of Christ: How the Masculinity of Jesus Eradicates Effeminate Christianity, how he went from a wildly successful entrepreneur to full-time minister, why the church has a man problem, how theology can inform how we deal with societal issues, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push

In this episode, we discuss Dr. Fauci getting COVID, the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by a Left wing, Pro-Abortion, anti-gun Democrat, the major report detailing massive sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention, the drag show at a gay bar in Texas where parents subjected their children to sexual abuse, Major League Baseball players standing up to the LGBTQ+ revolution because of their Christian faith, and Fox News joining the LGBTQ+ revolution. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we review the latest Daily Wire documentary What is a Woman? starring Matt Walsh. Why is this documentary so important? Why is it a perfect fit for the time we’re living in? Can this film help save children from the demonic trans ideology? Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Alisa Childers to the show. She is a former Contemporary Christian Music recording artist turned Christian Apologist. She’s an outspoken opponent of “Progressive Christianity”, and she talks about that extensively in her book Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity. In this interview, we discuss the issues with the worship music scene, why Progressive Christianity is such a dangerous epidemic in the church, why so many girls and women don’t understand biblical masculinity, how progressive pastors are swindling people into “deconstruction,” why some Christians try to hard to impress the cultural elites, how dangerous it is to put your faith in a pastor and not God, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome the one and only John Eldredge back to the show. He is a Christian author, counselor, and lecturer. He is the New York Times Bestselling Author of a large number of books, workbooks, and group studies, to include the seminal men’s ministry book Wild at Heart. In this interview, we discuss his new book entitled Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times, why this book is perfect for the time we’re living in, why men are struggling to be good men, why resilience is so much more important than strength, how we can prepare ourselves for the oncoming storm, why people want Eden without the Father, how to develop a conversational relationship with God, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome the one and only Tim Kennedy to the show. He is a Green Beret, sniper, retired MMA fighter who fought in the UFC and Strikeforce, the only 3-time All Army Combatives Champion, and the star of History Channel’s Hunting Hitler and Discovery’s Hard to Kill. Today, Tim owns a tactical training company called Sheepdog Response. He’s also the author of a brand new book out this week called Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself. In this interview, we discuss why he decided to write such a raw and revealing autobiography, how his childhood affected his decisions as an adult, getting into MMA in the early days of the sport, how 9/11 and some really rough personal decisions eventually landed him in Special Forces, his first combat kills, his errant grenade throw that hurt civilians, how he tried to balance being active duty military and a professional fighter, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Dona

In this episode, we discuss the almost-indescribable evil perpetrated by a school shooter at an elementary school in Uvalde, TX last week. We will go over the details of the massacre, Kyle’s personal thoughts, the immediate reactions we saw from all sides of the gun issue, the major myths vs. realities surrounding mass shootings, the most common stupid ideas about how to lower gun violence in America, how we can actually stop future school shootings, what the Bible has to say about self-defense, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Bill Rapier to the show. He served 20 years in the Navy SEAL teams, and his last 14 years of his service to this country were spent with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU). During his career, he spent time as an assaulter, breacher, sniper, team leader, troop chief, and military working dog department senior enlisted adviser. After retiring from the military, he launched a firearms training company called American Tactical Shooting Instruction (Amtac). Amtac courses cover combative pistol and carbine and also the integration of other weapons like blades. In this interview, we discuss growing up in a family of Christian missionaries, why he was drawn to the US military, why he decided to become a SEAL, how he became a part of DEVGRU, when his job choice clashed with his Christian worldview, how he felt after his first combat kill, the problem of the lack of true manliness in the church, what he’s doing to develop rites of passage for young men, and much more. Let’s