Afleveringen
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A recent health scare puts our host into a reflective state about past fears and anxieties, the damage they did and how he is able, now, to better battle the negative mental state those emotions can inflict. A meditation on fear and doubt.
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A chance meeting with a Swede living in Vancouver and a 16km bike tour with his daughter leads the host to reflect on the changes he made to better prioritize his time. This one is for fathers, and a gentle reminder that life is all too short.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Our host reconnects with an old friend from his early Vancouver days. This is a conversation with Brandon, one that dives into a casting out from his community, how he survived and what wisdom and strengths he has fostered in the struggle to understand.
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An episode dedicated to addiction. Are you worried about your own habits, or someone close to you that could be at risk? Our host speaks plainly about the signs he saw in his own behavior and thinking while offering questions you can apply to your own life to help answer whether or not you may be at risk. From a recovered addict, with love, for those struggling, The Black Pit and the Bottle offers advice and encouragement for his fellow addicts, sober or not.
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A reflection on friendship, the qualities we, as men, should look for and embody in our own lives. Our host reflects on the men who've helped him overcome specific struggles and obstacles in his own life, to better understand the traits that one should seek in the pursuit of a richer life with good men at our sides.
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In the second conversation, our host is joined by James, a long time friend and a man with unique insight into struggle when his wife became ill and he was placed in a position of service in a way he had never expected. He relates the story of his own father, and how that inspired him through some of the toughest times. James brings unflinching vulnerability and honest perspective to the question of what does being a man mean in our modern world.
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After a very difficult realization, live during last episode's recording, our host battles a desire for vengeance against those who harmed him. Grappling with a vengeful heart, he finds honest and wise counsel from the brothers and wise leaders around him to help process a grief that has lived in his heart for two years.
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After the previous episode, the host is contacted by a listener and challenged on his perspective of work ethic and choosing to give less to those deemed unworthy. What begins as an analysis of perspective leads to an emotional revelation that the past still haunts him and he doesn't know how to forgive those who hurt him.
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In our first of many, the Sons of Men podcast sits down to chat with a guest about life, art and getting older. Many thanks to Owen for his openness and willingness to be the test case for future guests in episodes to come. If you would be interested in speaking with our host about your life, insights and wisdom, please reach out at: [email protected]
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A very recent experience causes reflection about resentment and the nature of recognition and how it plays into our pride. What stories do we tell ourselves about why people act the way they do, and how does it lead to a poisoning of our hearts?
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From a four year period, leaving behind the freelancers life to joining the corporate video game industry, our host reflects on what he saw as a catastrophic failure of leadership and an environment rife with weak men.
Episode 3 is a reflection on why men love war stories, and how the greatest generation can inform our struggle today.
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In this second episode, Kurtis speaks about the life he found in sobriety in a new country and how it was there, with the death of his career, that he found the first buildings blocks of meaning.
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In its inaugural episode, host Kurtis Wiebe speaks about a tragedy in his professional world that brought him back to a tragedy in his own life, one that would take eight years to fully recover from.
What are we here for? How do we overcome such cruel darkness? What, as men, are we to do and how do we find our way in this modern world?
