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"The Modern Man" is a series focused on discussing the challenges and obstacles men face in today's society. It is an open forum of discussion where thoughts, strategies and ideas of men living a happy and fulfilled life are explored. The Modern Man aims to create a community of men not only sharing and connecting on a deeper level, but also exploring how to thrive and live a happy and fulfilled life. This is done through intentional conversations strategically aimed at issues that men face in today's society.
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222: I Trained Elite Athletes. Then I Had 4 Boys.
2026/10/02
Pat Barber trained everyone from beginners to elite CrossFit Games athletes for 20+ years — and none of it prepared him for the real work of raising four boys. He joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to unpack the family motto that became his brand, the co-regulation truth every dad needs to hear, and why fathers don't need more motivation or information — they need action.
Pat is a longtime fitness coach and the founder of The Father's Guild (a men's community on Skool launching alongside this episode). His signature family motto — Harder to Kill, Easier to Love — is the two-dimensional standard he's helping fathers build their lives around.
In this conversation: why parenthood is your next opponent (and it's not your kid, it's you), the four-nervous-system reality of raising four boys (each one progressively harder), the fatherhood regulation stack (movement + food + personal time + honesty at every level), the 9.99-vs-12.99 confession that revealed even his own "little lies" were undermining his regulation, why fathers need action instead of more information, the self-efficacy ladder from Dr. Bandura (vicarious experiences + verbal persuasion + community + small successes), Pat's contrarian reframe that "the gym is fake stress" and why training to "look good naked" is short-sighted, distress vs. eustress (recovery is what turns stress into growth), Victor Frankl's rule that any amount of suffering fills the human soul equally, and Pat's honest closing answer about his own damaged relationship with money and clout.
Chapters:
00:00 Your Next Opponent Is You
01:29 Welcome Brother — Ted's Intro
03:48 Harder to Kill, Easier to Love
06:32 Ted's Girl-Dad Range
08:09 The Parenting Realization
11:19 The Unspoken Communication Shift
13:10 Co-Regulation
14:31 Four Boys, Four Nervous Systems
18:17 The Fatherhood Regulation Stack
20:13 Why Pat Started Waking Up Early
22:59 Honesty as the Foundation
25:42 The $9.99 vs. $12.99 Confession
27:16 Fathers Need Action, Not Information
31:31 Self-Efficacy — The Ignition Switch
32:31 Vicarious Experiences & Small Wins
36:17 The Gym Is Fake Stress
37:20 The Anti-Vanity Callout
39:22 Ted on Hyrox Training
42:55 Distress vs. Eustress
45:41 Breath Work
48:11 Frankl's Rule on Suffering
50:42 The Nines and Tens of Life
51:02 Where to Find Pat
52:20 The Heaviest Question
56:56 Ted's Recap
🤝 Connect with Pat Barber:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thefathersguild
Website: https://www.thefathersguild.com/
The Tool Box : https://toolbox.thefathersguild.com/
Community: The Father's Guild on Skool Everywhere:
Join The Guild
skool.com: Thefathersguild
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221: Fled Cuba at 4. Sold a Multi-Million-Dollar Company.
2026/08/21
Joel Gandara fled Cuba on an overcrowded boat at age 4, grew up in poverty, and built and sold a multi-million-dollar men's apparel company — without ever having a master plan. He joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to unpack the arc, the tactics, and the brotherhood he now runs for men who want more.
Joel is a Cuban refugee, a former apparel entrepreneur (he acquired 13 of 14 businesses that weren't publicly for sale — using handwritten notes as the opening move), and the founder of 31 Daily Challenges and The Brotherhood — an invitation-only community of 119 men across the country who meet the standard through his 31-day challenge process. His wife runs the equivalent for women.
In this conversation: the Garbage Pail Kids origin story (fourth-grade entrepreneur, out of necessity), why he never had a master plan and figured everything out along the way, the $160K cash-withdrawal moment that shifted his identity, why 100% of his risks got green-lit by his wife (and the exit-plan discipline that earned that trust), the organize-organize-organize principle that made his apparel company sale-ready without a scramble, the handwritten-note tactic that led to 13 acquisitions, the Brotherhood model (invitation-only, intentionally slow-growth, 2–5 new invites per class), why the lone wolf is losing more than he thinks, how to vet mentors ("how are they living, not what they show"), the anti-vanity discipline ($49 Timex, no mortgage, used truck bought cash — the more things you own, the more things break), and the line every married man should stitch on his wall: pick the damn place.
Chapters:
00:00 If It Was All You Knew
02:33 Growing Up in Poverty
04:50 The Garbage Pail Kids Hustle
07:21 Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business
10:36 The $160K Identity Shift
12:57 The Midas-Touch Trap
13:22 Risk & Marriage
16:22 Organize Your Business
19:24 From Business to Brotherhood
22:40 Accountability & Brotherhood
27:31 The Lone Wolf
30:18 Choosing the Right Mentors
33:04 Success Without the Vanity
36:05 The 31-Day Challenge
39:05 The Handwritten Note
41:05 Face Your Fears
41:27 Be the Man
43:28 She's Not a Mind Reader
44:21 The Bigger Vision
46:53 Failure as a Gift
48:35 Ted's Recap
Community: The Brotherhood (invitation-only, after the 31-day challenge)
🤝 Connect with Joel Gandara:
Web:
joelgandara.com
31dailychallenges.com
YouTube: @JoelGandara
LinkedIn: joel_gandara
Facebook: joel_gandara.
Instagram: joelgandara
🤝 Connect with Jessica Gandara.:
Tiktok: @jessica.gandara3
X: @jessicagandara
YouTube: @jessicagandara24
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220: From Terrible Teacher to Teacher of the Year (Twice)
2026/08/14
Daryl Williams Jr. was called a "detriment to student safety" his first year teaching. Two years later he was Teacher of the Year. He did it twice. On The Modern Man Podcast, Daryl sits down with Ted Phaeton to break down the transformation, the ceiling moment that made him walk away from his dream job, and the 3 Drivers of New Teacher Retention that any leader (in any industry) can steal.
Daryl is an educator, speaker, author of 99% Human, 1% Amazing, and the founder of a teacher-retention consulting company he launched in 2021 after sitting in a principal's chair being told he couldn't earn more than $64K as a first-year assistant principal despite years of impact. His mission: guide a million students toward lives of choice, not circumstance.
In this conversation: the terrible-teacher-to-2x-Teacher-of-the-Year transition (and what actually changed on the inside), the 99% Human / 1% Amazing framework (the DNA thesis that reframes your superpower), non-cognitive skills as the real predictor of long-term success (backed by University of Chicago research), the difference between settling and being content, the runaway question every operator needs to ask themselves — are you running to something or running from something — the 3 Drivers of New Teacher Retention (relevant far beyond education), the parent-teacher engagement research that fathers especially need to hear, and Daryl's signature line — everything is figure-outable.
Chapters:
00:00 Detriment to student safety
01:28 Welcome brother — Ted's intro
02:02 Terrible teacher (everybody said so)
03:38 The transition — MVP over Rookie of the Year
05:22 What authentic leadership actually is
07:44 99% Human, 1% Amazing (the DNA thesis)
10:14 Ikigai and the trap of working only on your weaknesses
12:26 Who wrote the script? (Ted's reframe)
14:17 Chart your own path — Thoreau's rule
17:20 Non-cognitive skills as the real predictor of success
20:06 Growth mindset — Carol Dweck research + Chicago data
21:48 Settling vs. being content
23:30 Ted's own apartment-in-Greenville revelation (28 years old)
25:34 Daryl's ceiling moment — the $64K conversation
28:11 How to actually stop teacher turnover
30:37 The salary question (and what it reveals)
32:27 Change happens inside before outside
32:48 THE 3 DRIVERS OF NEW TEACHER RETENTION
33:57 Who needs to hear this most — teachers vs. leaders
36:02 Leaving loud (Mick Unplugged's frame)
37:17 Running to vs. running from
39:48 Parents — the question nobody's asked
42:49 The father-engagement research every dad should hear
44:28 Master the subjects that matter (grit, resilience, tenacity)
46:13 Ted on pledging a fraternity and "figure it out"
47:31 Where to find Daryl
48:58 The heaviest question — called for greater
50:34 Ted's recap
🤝 Connect with Daryl Williams Jr.:
Web: darylwilliamsjr.com
YouTube: h@DarylWilliamsJrOfficial
Libsyn: @darylwilliamsjr
Facebook: @darylwilliamsII
Instagram: @darylwilliams__
Everywhere: @DarylWilliamsJr (1R, 1L)
Book: 99% Human, 1% Amazing Booking: 2026 & 2027 school partnerships — year-long teacher retention program
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I Wasted 15 Years of My Sex Life. Here's What Fixed It.
2026/08/07
I wasted 15 years of my sex life. Alex Grendi, former professional soccer player turned certified men's sex coach, joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to talk about the silent battle 20 to 30 percent of men face — performance anxiety, premature ejaculation, ED — and the 4-step method he uses to fix it.
Alex spent 15 years battling this himself while competing at the elite athletic level, hiding it behind marijuana and locker-room bravado. This is the conversation that unpacks how sexual confidence directly shapes how a man shows up in business, leadership, and marriage — and the exact steps to reclaim it. Alex walks through the Superior Lovers 4-step method: nervous-system regulation (why porn/masturbation-free weeks reveal your real stress load), non-genital pleasure and sound expression (the shame most men carry), edging as exposure therapy for arousal, and separating orgasm from ejaculation. Plus: why Kegels are an emergency brake and not a solution, why sobriety was Alex's real turning point, and Ted's rule — you can't heal what you don't reveal.
Chapters:
00:00 15 Years Wasted
01:44 Welcome, Brother — Ted's Intro
02:22 "Sex Felt Like Something I Had to Get Through"
03:39 How Every Man Ends Up in the Loop
05:59 Elite Athlete on the Outside, Suffering on the Inside
08:16 The Whiskey Dick Problem (And What Research Actually Says)
09:28 The Turning Point — Sobriety & Self-Discovery
10:36 Sexual Health IS Health
13:52 What Semen Retention Actually Is (It's NOT NoFap)
16:30 How to Move Your Sexual Energy
19:00 Ted on Breaking His Own Porn Habit
21:17 The Layers Underneath "Boredom"
22:46 What "Superior Lover" Actually Means
24:25 Why the "Quick Tip" Won't Fix It
26:56 STEP 1 — Stress Regulation & Nervous System Awareness
28:57 Ted's Ice Bath Aha Moment (120 BPM → 68 BPM)
30:03 The Ice Bath Erection Challenge 😂
31:01 STEP 2 — Non-Genital Touch & Sound Expression
33:52 The *When Harry Met Sally* Reversal
37:19 STEP 3 — Edging & the Stop-Start Method
41:28 The Kegel Myth-Buster (Emergency Brake, Not a Solution)
43:33 STEP 4 — Separating Orgasm from Ejaculation
45:35 The Taboo That Keeps Men Stuck
47:28 30–50% of Men Have Experienced This
48:50 "You Can't Heal What You Don't Reveal"
49:18 The Ejaculation Replacement Technique
50:39 Where to Find Alex
51:56 What Changed How Alex Sees the World (Sobriety)
53:21 Ted's Final Takeaways & Closing Thoughts
🤝 Connect with Alex Grendi:
Website: alexgrendi.com
YouTube Channels:
Alex Grendi
Alex Grendi Coaching
Instagram: @alex.grendi
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: If you need emotional support, reach out to the national mental health hotline: Call, Text, or Chat 988
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218: Ex-Special Forces on the 10 Minutes That Fix Every Day
2026/07/31
Ex-Special Forces commando Tim Thomas on why elite soldiers break — and the 10 minutes a day that fix every exhausted man. From down under, Tim joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to unpack the Performance Pyramid, the Two Golden 5-Minute Windows, and the warfare tactic he learned in Afghanistan that maps directly to how modern men are burning themselves out.
Tim served with Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan, competed as a pro MMA fighter, survived PTSD, and has spent the last decade in the veteran recovery space. He's the founder of Breathwork in Bed (an app, a method, and a movement), author of Fight, Flight, Feel, and has raised over $1M for veteran mental health research. His message is simple — most men are trying to fix their life while exhausted. Fix the sleep first, everything else follows.
In this conversation: the Performance Pyramid (outcomes → actions → rest/recovery/healing art forms — and why most men build only the top two), the bow-and-arrow reframe for rest days ("bow days"), self-worth as our real center of gravity, how pain transforms into loneliness and isolation and what breaks it, the "energetic millionaire" metaphor, Tim's own path through the crushing weight of defeat, and the tactical spine — the 5 minutes before sleep + 5 minutes upon waking that determine the shape of your entire day. Plus: why breath outranks thinking, why the presence of oxygen is the absence of disease, and Tim's invitation to Ted (and to you) — the Breathwork in Bed 28-day challenge.
Chapters:
00:00 Elite soldiers break — not from lack of strength, from lack of recovery
01:42 Welcome brother — Ted's intro
02:12 The performance question no training manual prepares you for 02:55 The 20s vs. the rest of your life
03:15 The Performance Pyramid (outcomes → actions → rest)
05:22 Warfare tactic — attack the enemy's sleep, better than a bullet 05:53 Our center of gravity is self-worth
08:16 Ted on peace in the home
10:36 The bow-and-arrow reframe — bow days over rest days
14:02 Solitude vs. isolation
16:38 The danger age for men — 38 to 42
17:20 Tim's veteran suicide-prevention work — 40 lives in one year
21:23 The Noble Knights + the isolation break
23:14 The question that changes everything — how many other people? 26:04 The firefighter story — the problem wasn't my own
27:33 The Energetic Millionaire metaphor
30:37 The research on sleep + testosterone + performance
32:51 Speaking to the stubborn version of yourself
35:31 The pyramid vs. pyramid — the competitor's edge
38:24 THE TWO GOLDEN 5-MINUTE WINDOWS
40:41 Breath outranks thinking
42:30 What the breath work actually looks like
45:22 Sleep is the soil from which everything grows
46:27 The Breathwork in Bed 28-day challenge
49:13 The crushing weight of defeat — Tim's vision
51:25 Ted's recap
Connect with Tim Thomas: Breathwork in Bed app: Search "Breathwork in Bed" in your app store — 28-day free trial Book: Fight, Flight, Feel Web: breathworkinbed.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathworkinbed
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217: My Testosterone Was 198. Now It's 800. All Natural. No TRT.
2026/07/25
Ted's testosterone was almost 200 — 198 to be exact — and he looked healthy on the outside. Muscle, working out, doing the podcast. On the inside his hormone floor was gone. Then he did the work Mark Holman coaches men through, and now he's at 800. No TRT. All natural.
Mark Holman is a mental/physical health and testosterone optimization coach. Creator of the Unchained program (formerly Revival) and the 5-Day High-T Leadership Challenge. He was on the Modern Man Podcast before — this is Round 2. He's since moved his own total T to 1,100, doubled his free testosterone, broke his own income barrier, and met the woman he's now marrying.
In this conversation, Mark and Ted go deep on why "normal" testosterone is a lie (74% of Americans are overweight — that's the population setting the normal range), Mark's named diagnostic concept — the Health Handbrakes — that a standard blood panel won't reveal, why TRT is like winning the lottery (no process, no struggle, and you're on it for life), the free-T-vs-SHBG conversation most doctors skip, the sniper-vs-shotgun reframe for supplements (and the Tongkat Ali standardization rule most brands hide), and the leadership-testosterone connection — why lower T makes you more risk-averse and quietly shrinks your ambition.
Plus: Ted's own before/after receipts (198 → 800 natural), the University of Chicago sleep study that showed a 5-hour night drops testosterone 10-15% in one week, the 2007 JCEM data showing modern men's T is generationally lower than their fathers' generation at the same age, and Mark's closer on the nice-guy generational curse he inherited from his father and broke.
If you're a high-performing man between 25 and 55 with a "normal" blood panel and a feeling something's off — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
Testosterone as an on-demand hormone (not a fixed number)
Why "normal T ranges" are a lie (74% of Americans set that baseline)
The Health Handbrakes: the root causes of low T that a standard panel misses
The Unchained standard: 700 total testosterone is the floor, not the ceiling
Free T + SHBG: why total T alone lies to you
TRT is like winning the lottery: no process, no struggle, and you're on it for life
Sniper vs. Shotgun supplementation (and the Tongkat Ali 2% eurycomanone rule)
The testosterone-leadership connection: why low T makes you risk-averse
Ted's before/after receipts: 198 to 800 natural in 18 months
Mark's N=1 story: 1,100 total T, doubled free T, wife met, business broke through
Chapters:
00:00 The confession — my T was 198
02:04 What's Changed About Testosterone?
04:25 Can You Naturally Increase Testosterone?
05:47 Why "Normal" Blood Work Isn't Enough
08:36 The Testosterone Range Doctors Miss
10:00 Ted's Testosterone: 198 → 800 Naturally
11:57 What to Do If Your Doctor Says You're "Normal"
14:20 Can You Come Off TRT?
15:42 TRT vs. Fixing the Root Cause
17:58 Stress, Sleep & Free Testosterone
20:15 When Is TRT Actually Necessary?
23:04 Why Men's Testosterone Keeps Declining
25:42 The Truth About Testosterone Supplements
29:43 Zinc, Vitamin D & Deficiencies Explained
30:36 Why Most T Boosters Don't Work
33:22 The Hidden Cost of Low Testosterone
36:42 Testosterone, Leadership & Confidence
39:22 Does Sunlight on Your Balls Work?
40:23 Mark's Results: 1,100 Testosterone
45:14 Health, Wealth & Love
45:47 Free Blood Work Analysis
46:47 The Lesson That Changed Mark's Life
49:09 Ted's Biggest Takeaways
Connect with Mark Holman:
Instagram: @markholmanhealth/
Free Master Class: testosteronemasterclass
Linktree: Markholmanhealth
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He Was Terminated Twice and Filed for Divorce. Sober Since May 5, 2018
2026/07/17
He was terminated twice. He filed for divorce. He gained 60 pounds and drank on the highs AND the lows. Then May 5, 2018, he walked out of an AA meeting and hasn't touched alcohol since.
Nick Jonsson is a licensed specialized counselor, best-selling author of Executive Loneliness (the book coined a term that now has its own dedicated Wikipedia page), leads one of Asia's largest networks of senior executives, is a TEDx speaker on sleep, and an Ironman triathlete who splits time between Sweden and Asia. He's also the father of a 17-year-old son and a working husband.
In this conversation, Nick and Ted go deep on the drift that destroys high-performing men — the anxious-overachiever wound that made them successful in the first place, the 68% of executives who have nobody to confide in (per Harvard Business Review), the corporate stigma that keeps men silent even when they know better, the KLM Tenerife disaster that shows what fear of speaking up actually costs, and Nick's 5-Step framework from Executive Loneliness for the man ready to come back.
Plus the through-line Nick applies to triathlon, executive coaching, marriage, sleep, and time — the "principles that work in this work in all areas of life" reframe that turned a mediocre triathlete into an Ironman PR-setter and a man 60 pounds lighter with 30 years of marriage ahead of him.
If you're a high-performing man between 25 and 55 with more contacts than you have people to actually call — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
The anxious-overachiever wound that made you successful (and why healing it doesn't kill your edge)
Why 68% of senior executives have nobody to confide in — and why 84% won't even tell HR
Multiple purposes, not one — the "keep steady in the middle" reframe from 12-step recovery
The KLM Tenerife disaster — what fear of speaking up actually costs
Nick's 5-Step framework from Executive Loneliness
Take Stock. Who Can You Talk To. Get Healthy. (Plus what comes next.)
Sober since May 5, 2018 — the exposure sequence that changed everything
Sleep half an hour more, break your Ironman PR (Nick's TEDx origin)
Removing the TV from the bedroom — and other things Nick surrendered
Own your shit — Nick's final answer, the biggest transformation of his life
Chapters:
00:00 The confession — terminated twice, 60 pounds, drinking on emotions
01:00 Welcome brother — Ted's intro
01:26 What keeps high-performing men isolated?
02:06 The anxious-overachiever wound
03:04 The wound that made you successful (and the fear of healing it)
05:44 Multiple purposes vs. one why
07:20 Keep steady in the middle
08:35 The Harvard 68% stat
09:58 Nick's own survey (30% / 75% / 84%)
11:00 If you break a leg you see a doctor. If you break your emotions, you hide.
11:43 Therapy as maintenance, not crisis
13:21 Stigma, the corporate ladder, and resilience
15:22 Real-world consequences of vulnerability
18:10 The KLM Tenerife disaster
20:19 Chernobyl, night shift, and mistakes made from silence
22:13 Step 1 — Take Stock
23:31 Step 2 — Who Can You Talk To
25:19 The May 5, 2018 exposure sequence (wife, doctor, friend)
27:00 The tribe found — the urge lifted
27:49 The primal fear of rejection 29:14 The three people you'd call at 2 a.m.
30:30 Build safe spaces in the good times
31:32 Being discerning with who you offload to
32:56 The through-line — from recovery to triathlon
34:23 Applying the same principles to everything
35:00 Signing up for a triathlon tribe (coach, cycling club, swim academy, running club)
36:14 The sleep experiment — 30 days of half an hour more
37:00 The TEDx that came from sleeping more
37:34 Ted on the sleep struggle
39:48 Discipline, accountability, and "just keep going"
41:19 The Ironman as a mini-life
41:50 Ted on Hyrox
44:06 How Nick manages time (paid to remove the bedroom TV)
44:45 Say a lot of no. Hit many birds with one stone.
45:30 Cycling with his 17-year-old son
47:09 Where to find Nick and Executive Loneliness
48:36 Own your shit — the biggest transformation
49:53 Outro and Ted's recap
🤝 Connect with Nick Jonsson:
Website: www.nickjonsson.com
Facebook: @jonhannah.berryhill3
Instagram: @jonssonnick
LinkedIn: @nick-jonsson
YouTube: @NickJonsson
Book: Executive Loneliness — Amazon (Kindle, paperback, Audible):
https://www.amazon.com/Executive-Loneliness-Overcoming-Isolation-Depression-ebook/dp/B091B1Y3WZ
Wikipedia page: Executive Loneliness (dedicated page on the term Nick coined): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Loneliness
TEDx: "Nick Jonsson sleep on TEDx"
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He Filed for Divorce After His Affairs. Then He Heard God at 2 a.m.
2026/07/10
I was having affairs on my wife. We filed for divorce. I woke up one night and God was showing me what I was about to wreck.
Jonathan Berryhill left home at 15 with no foundation under him. He found structure in the Army infantry, adrenaline in law enforcement narcotics and undercover work, and then success across real estate, healthcare, and government contracting — multiple seven- and eight-figure businesses. He's been married 30 years to his high school sweetheart. He has seven children and three grandchildren. He's the author of Warrior to Wealth and leads three real estate brokerages with 50+ agents — having gone from first licensed at 43 to seven figures in commissions in five years.
But the story that defines him isn't any of those. It's the marriage he almost wrecked, the man he had to become, and the 5 Pillars he built every day after on — Identity, Discipline, Execution, Ownership, Legacy.
In this conversation, Jonathan and Ted go deep on the drift that destroys male veterans and operators, the question that exposes it (what are the top three things you want to be best at, and where's your time at?), the contrarian operator reframe Jonathan uses with his team (pick your hard — broke is hard, successful is hard, pick), the 5-Pillar playbook from the book, and the loss of his best friend at 45 that re-anchored everything.
If you're a man between 25 and 55 carrying a marriage, a business, a family — and you can feel the drift but can't name it — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
Why losing your military identity is a leading cause of post-service drift
The diagnostic question every drifting man needs to answer
Pick your hard: broke is hard, successful is hard, you don't get to skip both
The 5 Pillars: Identity, Discipline, Execution, Ownership, Legacy
"You cannot be a victim and a victor at the same time. Pick one."
Why visualization beat motivation for Jonathan's college football and real estate runs
The CrossFit-of-real-estate move: starting over at 43 (and what it built)
Why faith is uncomfortable (and that's the point)
The night his best friend died — and what changed in him
Chapters:
00:00 The 2 a.m. confession
00:40 – Introduction: Meet Jonathan Barry Hill
03:28 – Growing Up Without a Foundation
07:18 – The Army: Discipline, Structure & Purpose
11:40 – Law Enforcement and the Silent Drift
15:42 – Losing His Marriage & Finding God
20:35 – What Causes Men to Drift?
24:55 – The One Question Every Man Should Ask Himself
29:12 – Walking On to College Football at 25
35:18 – Becoming the Warrior Within
40:45 – From Premed to Entrepreneurship
46:20 – Building Multiple Successful Businesses
51:38 – Why Comfort Is the Enemy of Growth
57:04 – Starting Over at 43 in Real Estate
1:02:28 – Visualization & Identity-Based Success
1:07:44 – The Five Pillars of Warrior to Wealth
1:14:12 – Victim or Victor: Pick One
1:20:06 – Legacy: Building More Than Wealth
1:25:18 – Why the Last Man Standing Often Wins
1:30:05 – Seasons of Battle & Personal Loss
1:36:48 – Faith, Prayer & Living With Purpose
1:43:10 – The Wisdom of Proverbs
1:47:35 – Advice for Men Who Feel Stuck
1:53:22 – Everyone Is Fighting Something
1:56:10 – Final Lessons & Key Takeaways
Berryhill's Links:
Website: jonberryhill.com
Facebook:@jonhannah.berryhill3
Instagram: @jon.berryhill
LinkedIn: jonathan-berryhill
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214: You Won't Lose Your Job to AI. You'll Lose It to Someone Who Understands It."
2026/07/04
You're not going to lose your job to AI. You'll lose it to somebody who understands it.
Chris Sowa has been inside the boardrooms where the AI conversation is theater. Senior tech executive at Accenture, IBM, and Oracle. Co-founder of Redacture, an AI security startup. He's also a Wim Hof Method instructor who walks into the Atlantic Ocean before most men are awake. He's a father of two sons. He buried a daughter almost five years ago.
In this conversation, Chris and Ted walk through the gap between how AI gets talked about publicly and what actually happens inside enterprise — why most executives are clueless, why 75% of AI tools are wide open to prompt injection, why most enterprise AI pilots are million-dollar resume builders that never scale, and why this is a golden window for the small-to-mid business owner that won't last.
Then it goes deeper — into the operating philosophy Chris carries from his ice swims and his loss: if you can't lead yourself under pressure, you won't lead anything else.
If you're a man between 25 and 55 carrying a business, a family, and a quiet sense that you're about to get left behind — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
The gap between AI talk and AI reality inside enterprise
Why 75% of AI tools are open to prompt injection (what Meta admitted)
The $1M AI pilot to "save" two offshore employees earning $10K (and why it never scaled)
Why 70% of medium-sized companies are still clueless about AI
"You won't lose your job to AI. You'll lose it to someone who understands AI."
The golden window: months, not years
How Chris's daughter's death rewired his sense of urgency
The Wim Hof method as leadership training
Chapters:
00:00 You won't lose your job to AI
01:00 Welcome brother — Ted's intro
01:55 The ice swim and Wim Hof method
03:49 The gap between AI talk and enterprise reality
04:30 "Officially we don't" — what executives say vs. what employees do
05:55 The democratization of strategy intel
07:07 Two reactions to AI: dread vs. hog-wild
09:30 The 75% prompt injection stat
12:25 The $20 million data layer most companies don't need
13:24 Settings, deletion, and what to do about open Comet
16:13 One programmer doing the work of ten
18:20 Should employees use the same LLM? Frameworks vs. tools
20:50 Why Chris tells ChatGPT to be skeptical
23:12 Why less than 30% of enterprise AI initiatives scale
24:46 The $1M pilot to save $20K in offshore wages
27:04 The plumber analogy — fixing a clogged pipe before adding pressure
28:32 What leaders three levels away from the work don't see
30:50 "You won't lose your job to AI. You'll lose it to someone who understands AI."
32:01 The internet boom comparison
33:50 Why this is a golden window (and won't last)
35:55 Why the data center economics will change
39:29 The conversation Chris has with his sons about AI
42:46 Redacture and the AI safety play
46:27 Where to find Chris and Redacture
48:15 The day Chris's daughter died
49:40 Outro and Ted's recap
Sowa's Links:
Website: https://www.redacture.com
Instagram: @so_wa_cold
Email: [email protected]
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45,000 Coaching Calls Later: The 3 Brothers Every Man Needs
2026/06/26
One day six men are going to carry your casket. Do you have those six men identified now?
Joe Moffett has logged over 45,000 peak-performance coaching calls. He holds a master's in performance psychology, spent nearly a decade with Tony Robbins, served five years in the Marine Corps, and is now Chief Development Officer at Millionaire Man Cave. In December of 2024 he buried his father, and he was the only man out of the six pallbearers who truly knew him.
In this conversation, Joe and Ted go deep on why strong men isolate when the weight hits, the difference between isolation and solitude, the 3 brothers every man needs (truth teller, confidant, ride or die), the 6 pillars Joe and his community use to build a man's life, why discipline beats conviction every time, and the single most dangerous three-word sentence in a man's vocabulary.
If you're between 25 and 55 and you've been carrying something quietly — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
Why men isolate when the weight hits (and what the enemy wants from it)
Solitude vs. Isolation — one is intentional, one is bathing in the problem
The 3 brothers every man needs: truth teller, confidant, ride or die
The 6 pillars: faith, fitness, family, friendship, finances, fight
The casket question — who are your six?
Why discipline outlasts conviction every time
"I got this" — the three most dangerous words in a man's vocabulary
Where are you planted, and where are you becoming a master?
Chapters:
00:00 The Casket Question (teaser)
01:37 What 45,000 coaching calls reveal about strong men
01:56 Why men isolate when life gets heavy
03:15 Solitude vs. Isolation
05:55 "I got this" — the three most dangerous words
07:50 The pen-weight metaphor
09:11 The 3 brothers every man needs
11:20 Why brotherhood is contagious
13:00 The research — friendship and male resilience
13:49 The 6 Pillars: Faith, Fitness, Family, Friendship, Finances, Fight
15:30 Joe buries his father
17:00 Why finances is the pillar most men struggle with
20:20 Wealth and knowledge worth more than gold
22:10 Where are you planted? The mastery question
23:36 Discipline vs. Conviction
25:50 The fight pillar (and life punches like Mike Tyson)
27:14 Who's on the other side of you winning?
29:24 What most coaches get wrong
32:35 Joe's path — Marine Corps, Tony Robbins, Millionaire Man Cave
35:00 The transformation stories (forgiveness, reconciliation, miscarriage)
38:43 The 5 Disciplines of Friendship
39:51 What women want from men in brotherhoods
43:32 Where to find Joe and the brotherhood
44:34 Joe's childhood — coming home from boot camp not knowing where he lived
46:51 Outro and Ted's recap
Moffett's Links:
Website: www.masterlifebydesign.com
Facebook: @joe.moffett.96
YouTube: @thejoemoffett
Instagram: @thejoemoffett
Tiktok:https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoemoffett
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212: He Built Yoga for 100,000+ Men. He Still Can't Feel Joy.
2026/06/19
He built one of the largest men's fitness movements online. He still can't feel joy.
Dean Pohlman is the founder of Man Flow Yoga — a community that has helped over 100,000 men reduce pain, build functional strength, and reclaim their bodies. He's also the host of the Better Man podcast. On paper, he's the kind of high-performing man this show is built for. In this conversation, he opens up about the cost most successful men never talk about: the gap between looking like you have it figured out and actually feeling well.
We go deep on aging, mobility, the 3x/week protocol that reverses physical decline after 35, the three big misconceptions that keep strong men weak — and then deeper, into self-worth, anxiety, and what Dean calls "courageous vulnerability."
If you're a high-performing man in your 30s, 40s, or 50s — this one's for you.
Key insights from this episode:
The 3 misconceptions about yoga that keep strong men in pain Why your body breaks at 40 (and the 3x/week move that reverses it) Health span vs. lifespan: what every man should actually be training for Why posture changes your mood, your hormones, and how others see you The founder confession: what success doesn't fix Courageous vulnerability and the power of shared experience
Chapters:
00:00 He built yoga for 100,000+ men. He still can't feel joy.
01:00 Welcome — what's up, brother
02:07 How Dean stumbled into yoga (literally looking for the tailor)
03:29 "I thought I was hot shit." Yoga humbles the college athlete.
06:48 The longevity question — fighting off aging
07:15 Where men "pride themselves on fitness" but get exposed
11:35 The men at the gym who can't actually move
15:05 The 3 biggest misconceptions men have about yoga
18:25 Body awareness, balance, and fluidity of motion
21:19 What this does for the business owner and the leader
22:04 Posture, mood, hormones, and how people see you
24:00 Without self-awareness, self-improvement does not happen
25:37 The 12-year shift — when yoga changed Dean's life
29:13 Increasing capacity for life (and Ted's meditation closet)
32:45 The strange thing that happens to married men in this community
35:50 Health span over lifespan — what actually matters
36:48 The most common pains — and the 3x/week magic number
38:14 The research: mobility, mood, longevity
39:48 Fitness as the gateway drug to self-improvement
41:30 Why Dean started the Better Man podcast
43:21 The middle ground — beyond hyper-masculine
44:37 Dean's confession on self-worth, joy, and Louisa from Encanto
47:00 The anxiety admission
49:03 Where to find Man Flow Yoga and Better Man
50:56 The most powerful thing — courageous vulnerability
53:27 Ted's closing reflections
56:11 Outro — let's grow
🤝 Connect with Dean Pohlman
Website: manflowyoga.com
LinkedIn: dean pohlman
YouTube: @BetterManPodcastManFlowYoga
Instagram: @bettermanpodcast
Facebook: h@dpohlman
Tiktok: @deanpohlman
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211: The Self-Made CEO: I Ate Ketchup Packets To Survive, Now I'm In 16 Countries! — Tim Rexius
2026/06/12
Tim Rexius went from sleeping in his car and eating ketchup packets to building 5 companies across 16 countries and ~60,000 retail locations — with zero outside investment. In this episode, he breaks down why he FIRED his own AI agent (98% response rate vs AI's 5%), how he's hit rock bottom 4 times and gotten more efficient each time, and how his protein popcorn brand beat the Kardashians.
This one's for the man who's chasing success but feels isolated, overworked, and one wrong move from the edge. Tim's lived it — homeless at his lowest, a self-made operator at his peak — and he doesn't talk grit, he's scaled it.
We get into:
→ Why rock bottom is the best foundation to build from
→ The "self-audit" every man needs to run on where his time actually goes
→ Why he flies to close deals in person in an AI world
→ Legacy over luxury — what your great-grandkids will actually say about you
→ How to make your passion your paycheck without going broke (again)
CHAPTERS
00:00 – "I Fired My AI" — the cold open
01:17 – Meet Tim Rexius: ketchup packets to 16 countries
01:46 – Rock bottom: "your belly button eating your spine"
04:09 – The only two people you can count on
05:35 – Why the motor never stops
07:56 – Hitting rock bottom 4 times (and getting better at it)
10:15 – Rich and miserable vs. broke and happy
12:39 – The woman who matched his crazy — 600% growth
14:02 – 600 batches: inventing the protein popcorn
16:14 – Golden handcuffs & the faith to jump off the cliff
17:37 – Legacy over luxury: what your great-grandkids will say
19:29 – Turning employees into business partners
23:15 – The self-audit: where 75% of your time really goes
24:04 – Why making fun of yourself closes deals
30:20 – More money is lost to indecision than wrong decisions
33:05 – SOPs, core values & being a forever student
35:37 – Your family is a pot of gold (the ultimate focus group)
41:20 – What grit actually looks like day to day
43:30 – How he beat the Kardashians' protein popcorn
46:31 – Why your fiercest competitor becomes your best friend
48:04 – The question at the door that shaped him as a man
Rexius's Links:
Website:timrexius.com
LinkedIn: @timothyrexius
Youtube: @timothydrexius
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210: Ultra-Endurance Athlete: Stop Chasing Success, It's Making You Lonely & Unfulfilled!
2026/06/05
Why do modern men have everything they ever wanted, yet still feel isolated, overworked, and unfulfilled?
In this unfiltered episode of The Modern Man Podcast, host Ted Phaëton sits down with ultra-endurance athlete, health coach, and Mission 22 advocate Marcus Farris to dissect masculine psychology, extreme physical resilience, and the painful transition from the "Young Warrior" to the "Wise King."
Marcus shares his raw, lived experience of surviving a life-shattering divorce, transitioning out of military team environments, and why voluntary suffering is the ultimate prophylactic against a world that will inevitably punch you in the face.
If you are a CEO, entrepreneur, father, or leader trying to break free from the "relevance trap," this clinical, no-BS conversation is your blueprint to rebuild your internal capacity for life.
Chapters:
00:00 - The Shattered Ego: Surviving My Divorce
02:09 - Why Modern Men Avoid Suffering (The Eudaemonia Blueprint)
03:51 - Is Your Life Wound Cynical or Sacred?
05:27 - Strength Is For Service, Not Status (Romans 15 Audit)
07:40 - Muay Thai, Hyrox, and Physical Competence
10:31 - How to Break the Ossified Mind Through Body Movement
13:27 - Pushing Past the Mile 20 Breaking Point (Peaks and Troughs)
19:15 - Escaping the Matrix of Habitual Drinking (My First Sobriety Race)
24:51 - Gen Z Screen Addiction vs. Moving Meditation
28:34 - The Ultimate Ego Audit: Relevance vs. Togetherness
37:00 - The Archetypal Transition: Young Warrior to Wise King
41:25 - How to Properly Validate Yourself (Stopping the Search for Approval)
45:19 - Rebuilding the Paternal Bond: The "Male Mother" Archetype
47:15 - Combating Veteran Suicide: The Mission 22 Movement
48:34 - What Every Man Must Do When Life Gets Heavy
Farris's Links:
Website: Support Mission 22 (Veteran Suicide Prevention): https://mission22.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultrarunfarris/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidcmunson
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209: The 100-Year Warranty, Dodging Cartels & Why I Live In A Tent: The Brutal Truth About Success!
2026/05/29
Most ambitious men are accidentally building a "Job-Trap," a life that looks successful on paper but is structurally broken. Today, we perform a clinical audit on legacy with the man who built an indestructible brand: Dave Munson of Saddleback Leather.
Dave transitioned from a barefoot youth pastor in Mexico to the CEO of a global empire with a 100-year warranty. In this diagnostic deep-dive, we identify the "Atomic Tasks" stealing your time and the systemic failures that keep most men from true "Internal Sovereignty." From living in safari tents for a decade to surviving a million-dollar theft involving the FBI, Dave reveals the specific roadmap for building a life with no breakable parts.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The "No-Breakable-Parts" Life
03:00 - Why I moved my family into safari tents for 10 years
10:05 - Youth Ministry to CEO: When the business became the ministry
15:21 - The sketch that built a 100-year legacy
18:52 - Marriage Systems: Why we switched to a smaller bed
25:31 - The FBI, stolen millions, and the "Job-Trap"
27:42 - The only 2 questions you need to ask your team [High-Leverage]
41:53 - "Success starts at home": Zig Ziglar's final lesson
47:53 - The legacy audit: What will they fight over when you're dead?
Munson's Links:
Website: https://saddlebackleather.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidcmunson/
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208: No. 1 Neuroscientist: "Sleep Deprivation Is Making You Drunk!" Why You're Killing Your Brain - Dr. Dan Pardi
2026/05/21
Stop acting "drunk" at your desk. Dr. Dan Pardi reveals the 2026 blueprint to master your biological source code and reverse executive burnout in 5.5 months.
Ambition without a biological roadmap leads to internal decay. In this episode, cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Dan Pardi (Stanford/Leiden) provides a scientific forecast for high-performing men who are currently "chained to their operations." We move beyond motivational platitudes to provide clinical proof of systemic failure in the modern executive's schedule, deconstructing the energy systems of the brain, the truth about "sleep debt," and how a common gym supplement is actually the ultimate nootropic for CEO-level focus.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Modern Man: Pursuit of Potential
02:48 Why Sleep Deprivation Makes You "Drunk" (Optimism Bias)
08:37 The Fatal Flaw in Your Caffeine Strategy
14:35 Adenosine: The Chemical Reality of Executive Exhaustion
18:35 Creatine: The World's Most Underrated Nootropic
25:35 The "Saturation Protocol" for Total Brain Health
38:23 The 5.5 Month Reality Check: How to Actually Heal Burnout
43:46 Methylation: Freeing Up Your Biological Energy Currency
50:03 The Sovereign Architect: Forged in the Training
Pardi's Links:
Website: www.qualialife.com
Instagram: @drdanpardi
Instagram:@qualialife
YouTube: @qualialife
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Sean McClellan 2026/03/29
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I had the opportunity to meet Ted in person at Speakpreneur, and what you experience on his podcast is exactly who he is in real life—genuine, present...
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This is a great show for men who want to hear from other solid men about how to reclaim their generative masculinity and show up powerfully in the wor...
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Made for Modern Beasts
This is easily one of the best podcasts I've ever listen to for men who want to max out their potential daily. Ted overdelivers in every episode l've ...
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This show is saving lives
I’m not even sure where to start. When I think of Ted as a host, he holds space in a manner that causes guest top open up, while inviting his audience...
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Purpose Driven Show
Us guys are at an inflection point and I’m grateful that Ted is helping men step into this moment and be thoughtful on how we wish to move forward.
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First listen
Ted congrats on the Canvas Rebel feature. Good stuff! That was the first thing I saw when I opened LinkedIn then I thought “Dang I forgot to give him ...
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Relatable
I’m so glad I discovered this podcast. As a husband and relatively new father in my early thirties I relate so much to the topics discussed in the pod...
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The absolute BEST
Yes is a great interviewer who gets the absolute best from every guest. He knows the right questions to ask to get actionable tips his listeners can a...
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Great show!
I love shows like this that help fellow men grow and develop!
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