Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

In this episode, we welcome Chloe Melas to the show. She is a journalist and entertainment reporter for CNN and HLN. She’s also the granddaughter of World War II pilot Frank Murphy, who authored the book which is the main subject matter for today’s interview, Luck of the Draw. In that book, Frank Murphy details the almost-unbelievable air war that took place during WWII. Murphy was one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, aka “The Bloody Hundredth”. Also in the book, Murphy details when his B-17 was shot down over enemy territory in Germany and time in German POW camps. Frank Murphy’s story is going to be featured prominently in an upcoming Apple TV+ television show called Masters of the Air, which will release later this year. The project is headed up by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks. In this interview, we discuss her hearing stories about the War from her grandfather, how she became so interested as an adult in the details of the air war during WWII, the extreme loss of life suffered by pilots during the war, the circumstances that led to her grandfather’s B-17 being shot down, him being captured in enemy territory, his time in a German POW camp, how she wants her grandfather to be remembered, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss 1 Timothy 3. 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, Kyle discusses spending time with Jordan Peterson here recently, why Peterson’s work is so impactful to him and people around the globe, and why Peterson is the most important non-Christian to Christendom on earth right 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 Yeonmi Park to the show. She is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of a bestselling memoir In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom (2015). She also has a new book out now called While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America. In this interview, we discuss what it was like growing up in North Korea, how starvation played a role in her daily life, why North Koreans think the Kim family is divine, how she escaped to China, being sold into sex slavery while in China, the Christian missionaries that helped smuggle her out of China, escaping across the Gobi desert when the temperatures hovered around -40 degrees, finally making it to South Korea, the failed attempts to get used to freedom, her first time visiting the United States, when she was introduced to “wokeness” while at Columbia University, why most political/cultural/societal elites won’t help the people of North Korea, how she’s been able to maintain an optimistic attitude through her suffering, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss 1 Timothy 2. 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 United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss what’s going on with all of the UFOs/UAPs that our government is shooting down, why he has already publicly endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 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 Gregg Hurwitz to the show. He is a novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer. He’s also the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 23 thrillers to include the wildly popular Orphan X series. In this interview, we discuss the latest novel in the Orphan X series (The Last Orphan), what drew him to writing thrillers, how being a student and friend of Jordan Peterson has shaped his life and career, the power that story has as we try to build/reclaim society, whether or not we will see Orphan X as a movie or television show, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss 1 Timothy 1. 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 recent viral story about a gay “married” couple that was arrested for raping and pimping out their two adopted children and forcing them to perform in child pornography. We also discuss the viral picture of another gay “married” couple with their baby that they had just purchased via surrogacy. We have been told repeatedly that gay adoption and surrogacy is a beautiful thing, but it’s not; it’s ugly. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Brandon Tatum to the show. He is a conservative political commentator, former police officer, and former football player at the University of Arizona. He is also the Founder of TatumReport.com and the Co-founder of the Blexit, an organization that seeks to persuade black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. Additionally, he is the author of Beaten Black and Blue: Being a Black Cop in an America Under Siege. In this interview, we discuss the Tyre Nichols situation in Memphis, the responsibility that citizens have to know how to comport themselves around authority figures to include the police, the fatherlessness episodemic in the black community and what can be done to change it, why “black culture” isn’t actually a thing, the problem with living in a feminized culture, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 6. 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 recent viral video where prominent American pastor Andy Stanley seems to affirm the LGBTQ+ lifestyle. Also, we take a deep dive into many of Stanley’s comments over the last several years that show his inability to condemn the sins of LGBTQ+ people and his egregiously dismissive attitude towards the Word of God. Does all of this make him a heretic? We argue that it does. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Josh Smith to the show. He is a Master Bladesmith and the Founder, Owner, and CEO of Montana Knife Company. In this interview, we discuss what got him interested in making knives, the arduous process of becoming a Master Bladesmith, where the idea for Montana Knife Company came from, why they’ve had such explosive growth as a company, what most people get wrong when choosing a knife, a detailed breakdown of their popular Speedgoat hunting knife, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 5. 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 United States Senator Markwayne Mullin back to the show. In this interview, we discuss why The Red Wave never materialized, if candidate quality is to blame, what the GOP’s message will be on the march towards 2024, the drama surrounding the election of the Speaker of the House, Markwayne's initial policy package concerning American energy, 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 Brittni De La Mora to the show. She was a porn star for seven years and was seen as one of the most successful and sought-after porn actresses in the world during her career. She seemingly had it all: she was young, rich, and famous, but, as with many of the people inside of that industry, she was also miserable. She found herself in an endless cycle of shame, drug abuse, and suicide attempts. That was until Christ stepped in and saved her and delivered her from the sex industry. She and her husband now run Love Always Ministries which directly ministers to men and women in the sex industry and people trying to overcome addiction to porn, masturbation, and sex. She also has a book called A Call to Purity, which she co-wrote with her husband Richard, who is a pastor himself. Brittni and Richard also co-host a podcast and YouTube show called Let’s Talk Purity. In this interview, we discuss her chaotic upbringing which led her to the sex industry, the misconceptions that the public has about porn and the workers therein, the levels of violence and rape that occurs on porn sets, the high levels of human trafficking involved with sex workers, why she left the porn industry, how Christ revealed Himself to her, what it was like talking to her now-husband about her past life, how shame and depravity have fueled and not crushed her, how she is able to share the Gospel with women that are still stuck in “the life”, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 4. 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 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act that recently passed the US House of Representatives with only ONE vote from a Democrat. If made law (which is highly unlikely), this would require that all medical personnel involved in a botched abortion procedure that resulted in a live birth of the baby provide immediate life-saving care to the child. In the debate over this bill, a Democratic Representative made the claim that she was a “Pro-Choice Christian.” Is it even possible for a Christian to be Pro-Abortion? Also, Kyle destroys more arguments from pit bull apologists. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Azizullah Aziz to the show. He is an Afghanistan native of Afghanistan that served the US for 15 years as a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) combat Interpreter, facilitator, and cultural advisor. He served side-by-side with Chad Robichaux on all eight of his JSOC deployments in Afghanistan. He’s the Aziz that is the main subject of the new book Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban. In this interview, we go over what it was like for him growing up in Afghanistan, how learning English helped him build his country and eventually save his life, what he thought about the United States when our military invaded his country after the 9/11 attacks, the close calls he had with the Taliban as he was trying to escape the country following the Biden Administration’s withdrawal, if he ever thinks he’ll be able to see his home country again, 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 Chad Robichaux back to the show. Chad is a retired Force Recon Marine that served eight combat deployments in Afghanistan, retired MMA Champion, 4th-degree BJJ black belt, best-selling author, speaker, and Founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation. He’s also the co-founder of Save Our Allies (SOA) which rescues American Citizens, Permanent Residents, SIV Holders, and other special populations from conflict zones and contested areas like Afghanistan and Ukraine. In this interview, we discuss his new book out now called Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban, how he and his team were able to evacuate Aziz and his family out of Afghanistan, when they realized that the mission was going to expand to evacuating thousands of Afghans, the atrocities committed by the Taliban that the mainstream media refused to cover, why he asked Tim Kennedy to be a part of this mission, the concerns about non-vetted terrorists being relocated to other countries including the United States, his concern about wokeness infecting the US military, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 3. 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 incident on the field that almost took the life of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. What does this situation and everyone’s reaction to it say about our reliance on God in our supposed secular age? In the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss the Texas Supreme court ruling against a father that is trying to prevent the chemical castration of his son by the boy’s pediatrician mother, Manosphere influencer Andrew Tate being arrested on allegations of sex trafficking, police arresting a man they think is responsible for the brutal stabbing murders of four college students in Idaho, Donald Trump blaming Pro-Lifers for the lack of a red wave during the midterm elections last year, and TIME Magazine saying that white supremacy is the origin of exercise. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Brad Hoefs to the show. He is a pastor, speaker, and mental health advocate. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, an international network of peer-to-peer Christian mental health support groups and resources. In addition, he is the author of Holding to Hope: Staying Sane While Loving Someone with a Mental Illness. In this interview, we discuss why he decided to become a pastor, why his life fell apart after becoming a pastor, how people of faith should view mental health struggles, why we default to treating mental illness with medication, how a person can be saved, the difference between reading and studying the Bible, why pastors should go to seminary, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 2. 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, Kyle presents the Top 17 Ways to Avoid Being a Crappy Man in 2023. Some of you will be offended. Many of you will use this as the motivation you need to make lasting improvements. This episode is an accountability mirror. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Viola to the show. He is a bestselling author, blogger, and speaker. His ministry is known as “The Deeper Journey.” Viola’s mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. He also hosts the Christ is All and The Deeper Journey podcasts. His bestsellers include Hang On, Let Go, Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, Jesus Manifesto, Pagan Christianity, and his latest book 48 Laws of Spiritual Power. In this interview, we discuss many of the laws from his new book, including Never Hurt God’s People, Detest Celebritism, Refuse to Take Offense, Receive Correction, DIstinguish Between Critics, Resist Bitterness, Defy Conventional Wisdom, Stay in School, 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 go to The Forging Table to discuss Galatians 1. 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 introduce you to our newest type of episode on this podcast: The Forging Table. 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, Kyle goes through the biggest news stories from the crazy year that was 2022. We will look at the big news stories that we have forgotten about, the most ignored news story of the year, the most talked about news story of the year, the biggest single news story of the year, the biggest news person of the year, the likely biggest news stories of 2023, and much more. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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, Kyle gives his awards for the best podcasts of 2022. He also announces awards for his show, to include the hardest episode to prepare, the most offensive episode, the audience's favorite interview, the interview that he was most nervous about, his favorite interview, and more. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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, Kyle gives you his list of the best books that he read in 2022. He also hands out the award for Best Book of 2022 and details one of the worst books he’s ever read; a book he gave the award of Worst Book of 2022. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Tom Ascol to the show. He is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, and president of Founders Ministries and The Institute of Public Theology. He is also the Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Florida and the host of The Sword and The Trowel podcast. In this interview, we take a deep dive into the drama surrounding the Southern Baptist Convention, whether Christians should embrace the category of “Christian Nationalism”, how churches can better focus on men, how we can combat the liberalization of American seminaries, and much more. Let’s get into it… Episode notes and links: https://www.undaunted.life/podcast/tomascol Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness: https://www.undaunted.life/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we welcome Thom Rainer to the show. He is an author, church consultant, former pastor, and the Founder and CEO of Church Answers. Church Answers is an online community and resource for church leaders. Prior to founding Church Answers, Rainer served as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Before coming to LifeWay, he served at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twelve years where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written three #1 bestselling books: I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, and Simple Church. He’s also the author of a new book entitled I Am a Christian: Discovering What it Means to Follow Jesus Together with Fellow Believers. Additionally, he is the host of the Rainer on Leadership podcast. In this interview, we discuss how he accidentally became a church consultant, what he sees “healthy” churches doing, what churches with strong men do to disciple those men, why churches are being swept up by ungodly cultural revolutions, how we should really view “church hurt”, how to effectively study the bible, how the prevalence of the “seeker sensitive” church model seem to be trending downward, 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 Mike Lynn to the show. He is the Co-Founder and current CFO of pray.com. Pray.com is the world’s #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content, driven by a mission to grow faith and cultivate community. Mike helped start Pray.com in 2016. In this interview, we discuss why he went from the world of finance to the world of entrepreneurism, how he ended up as one of the founders of pray.com, some of the early struggles the company had, how they view free speech as it pertains to their platform, their thoughts on including the content of controversial Christian figures on their app, why they decided to create premium content behind a paywall, what pray.com is doing to fight the culture wars, what the future has in store for the platform, 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, Kyle discusses a recent once-in-a-lifetime hunt that he went on and the life lessons he learned from the experience. He also addresses the controversy stirred up by one of his recent guests on the show that has dubbed him “the Dark-Eyed Interviewer” and trashed him and the show on his blog after the interview. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 breaking news story from Edmond, OK where a transgender girl (which is to say, a boy) brutally assaulted multiple girls in the girl’s restroom at a local high school. In the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss the US government trading Brittney Griner for The Merchant of Death, radical resurrection-denying “Reverend” Raphael Warnock winning reelection in Georgia, Kyrsten Sinema leaving the Democratic party, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy being named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, a major streaming platform allowing Casey Anthony to profit off of allegedly NOT killing her daughter Caylee, the first openly trans Navy SEAL deciding to “detransition”, the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” passing in the US House of Representatives and being signed by Co-President Biden, child rapists in California serving prison sentences of less than a year, California Governor Gavin Newsom exploring reparations for the state’s black residents, Loudon County Superintendent and Spokesman being criminally indicted for covering up a rape of one of their students, the continued release of “The Twitter Files”, Shark Week being super duper racist, a $40,000/year Chicago private school organizing an event to let their students play with dildos and butt plugs, the man potentially responsible for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 being arrested, the US Women’s national soccer team stealing money from the US men’s national soccer team, NBC News going full anti-natalist, and the government of New Zealand kidnapping a child because his parents requested no vaccinated blood for their baby’s surgery. Yes, we’re literally going to talk about all of that and more. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, hunting gear, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Sean McDowell to the show. He is a Christian apologist, author, speaker, blogger, and professor. Sean is also the author, co-author, or editor of over twenty books including Evidence That Demands a Verdict, So the Next Generation Will Know, The Fate of the Apostles, and his newest book A Rebel’s Manifesto. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He earned his Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and M.A.s in Theology and Philosophy from Talbot School of Theology. He also hosts the Think Biblically podcast. In this interview, we discuss what it’s like being the son of one of the most famous Christian evangelists and apologists ever, how he handles when people compare him to his father, how Christian apologetics has changed since his father's heyday, why his new book is targeted at teenagers, how Christians should engage with the subjects of homosexuality and transgenderism, Christians refusing to fight the so-called “Culture Wars”, our disagreements about how he handled his chapter on race in America, 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 Jay Lowder to the show. He is the Founder of Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries which utilizes innovative, creative, and non-traditional approaches to have the greatest impact and influence upon diverse groups of people. Also, a large portion of his ministry focuses on suicide prevention. In this interview, we discuss why he almost took his own life in his 20s, warning signs that someone might be suicidal, whether or not you should ask someone if they’re suicidal, what to do if they say yes, whether or not we should use the disease model with mental health problems, how the Church should approach the mental health issue, 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, Kyle discusses the forthcoming passage of the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” in the United States that is getting support from a large number of Republicans. In the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Elon Musk providing the receipts that Twitter meddled with the 2020 election to benefit the Democrats, Balenciaga’s new ad campaign featuring children and BDSM gear, Kanye West going full Anti-Semite, the totally and completely shocking revelation that Liver King is on steroids, the GOAT response by a coach during a news conference, a woke pastor hiding after I called him out for his heretical tweet. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Titus Kennedy to the show. He is a field archaeologist that has been involved in excavations and survey projects at several archaeological sites in biblical lands, including directing and supervising multiple projects spanning the Bronze Age through the Byzantine period. His archaeological interests include biblical archaeology, the interplay between ancient documents and the archaeological record, experimental archaeology, ancient demography, and the similarities between cultures of antiquity. He is also a Research Fellow at the Discovery Institute, teaches as an Adjunct Professor at Biola University, and has been a consultant, writer, and guide for history and archaeology documentaries and curricula. Additionally, he is the author of two books: Unearthing the Bible (2020) and Excavating the Evidence for Jesus (2022). In this interview, we discuss how he became interested in archaeology, the biggest misconceptions about that field of study, how Christians should view and use archaeology, the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, the “holy grails” of Christian archaeology, how we know that Jesus actually cleared the Temple on multiple occasions, 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 Ryan George to the show. He is the author of Scared to Life: Tales of a Good God Who Reveals His Heart When Ours Is Racing, which details the many adventures that he has done on all seven continents and both polar circles and how those experiences bring him closer to Jesus. In this interview, we dig into where his hunger for adventure comes from, why he thinks doing all of these adventures helps him see Jesus more clearly, his favorite adventure ever, how important accountability is to brotherhood, why he thinks the church should stay out of the culture war, how to serve God no matter what role you play at a church, 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, Kyle takes a look at the recent sermon delivered at Trinity College at Cambridge in the UK where the speaker claimed that Jesus of Nazareth was actually transgender. In the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss the groundbreaking study that exposes the enormous myth about antidepressants, ACT scores hitting the lowest point in more than three decades, a British woman being denied life-saving surgery because she requested a non-transgender nurse, armed, law-abiding citizens stopping significantly more active shootings than the FBI statistics describe, and we’ll honor the last surviving American Medal of Honor winner from World War ll. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Bert Sorin to the show. He is the President and Co-Owner of Sorinex Exercise Equipment, a business founded by his father, Richard Sorin, in 1980. Sorinex has been making some of the most durable strength training equipment in the industry for more than 40 years. The gear they make is utilized by athletes, service members, and students around the world. Also, he is a 4-time D-1 All-American Track and Field athlete (Hammer and 35 lb. Weight Throw), Southeastern Conference Champion, former record holder in Weight Throw, an Olympic trials athlete, and a Highland Games athlete. Additionally, he is an ambassador of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, an organization that leads the effort to plan, fund, design, and build the Global War on Terrorism Memorial at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In this interview, we discuss why his father began building strength equipment, when Sorinex really took off, why John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart was so impactful for him, why young men in America need rites of passage, how he got involved in the family business, his circuitous route to becoming a collegiate athlete and then a professional athlete, how dads should pull and not push their children into things, why strength training is so important, why hunting provides him inspiration for his athletic training, 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 Gabe Wicks to the show. He’s been a part of the Nashville, TN creative scene for over 25 years in the film, video, and publishing worlds. He joined Thomas Nelson Publishing in 2002, which was purchased by Harper Collins in 2011. He is the VP of the Creative Services group, and he produces around 900 audiobooks annually. One of his recent projects is Country Gospel which features country music stars like Charlie Daniels, Josh Turner, Hillary Scott, Randy Owen, Ricky Skaggs, and more reading the New Testament. In this interview, we discuss how he got into the world of film and publishing, his time working with John Eldredge, why ebooks seem to have plateaued as audiobooks have exploded, why men don’t read, stories from when Johnny Cash recorded himself reading the New Testament, where the idea for Country Gospel came from, how they were able to include Charlie Daniels on the project even after his death, the artists he targeted but didn’t get for this project, upcoming projects that he has in the works, 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 take a close look at the worrisome words and actions of Australian megachurch and Acts 29 Network darling Guy Mason. Is he the next Carl Lentz? Also, in the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Trump announcing that he’s running for President again in 2024, Elon Musk reinstating a spate of banned twitter accounts, the US men’s soccer team changing their team logo to add the LGBTQ rainbow, and the sentencing of the Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade murderer. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Damani Felder to the show. He is a Conservative, Christian, political commentator. In this interview, we discuss the midterm election results, why he, as a black man, doesn’t buy into the victim narrative around “being black in America”, whether or not he’s afraid of tokenism as a black conservative, why so many people buy into the victim narrative, why so many black Christians support the Democratic party, why he’s so thankful that he was homeschooled, why he thinks black people should become conservatives, how to convince liberals to become conservatives without saying the word “conservative”, why culture is attacking manhood, 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 Lara Silva to the show. She is the actress that portrays Peter’s wife Eden on The Chosen, the TV series about Jesus and the Apostles. The Chosen is the largest crowd-funded film project of all time. In this interview, we discuss her moving to America as a child and why she decided to pursue acting as her career, the process of her being selected to play the role of Eden, how she was able to portray a person who isn’t described in detail in Scripture, how her personal faith in Jesus affects how she plays the role, what it’s like being on set with people that aren’t Christians, when she knew the show was going to be something special, a behind the scenes description of one of her favorite scenes of the show, what fans can expect from season three, 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 Noah James to the show. He is an actor who is known for his role as Andrew in The Chosen, the TV series about Jesus and the Apostles. The Chosen is the largest crowd-funded film project of all time. In this interview, we discuss how he ended up being chosen to play Andrew, how thankful the entire cast and crew is to be working on the show, the moment he knew the show had become a global phenomenon, how being raised a secular Jew affected his take on Christian film, the faith-based discussions he’s had with Christians on set, what fans of the show can expect with season three, 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, Kyle breaks down why the abortion issue ended up being the biggest issue in the midterm elections, but why Conservative Pro-Lifers shouldn’t be too dismayed by that fact. In the Quick Hitters segment, we discuss Trump preemptively attacking his potential 2024 Republican primary opponents, a federal judge ruling that Joe Biden’s student loan debt “cancellation” is unconstitutional, Matt Walsh refusing to use God or the Bible in arguments, the US quietly putting troops on the ground in Ukraine, a UFC fighter boldly preaching the Gospel in a Muslim country. Let’s get into it… Go to the ORIGIN website to check out the full line of Origin and Jocko Fuel products: Gis, jeans, boots, protein, energy drinks, supplements, and much more. Use the promo code UNDAUNTED to get 10% off your order! 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 Dallas Jenkins to the show. He is a film and television director, writer, and producer, and he is the creator, director, and co-writer of the worldwide phenomenon The Chosen, the TV series about Jesus and the Apostles. The Chosen is the largest crowd-funded film project of all time. In this interview, we discuss what led him to the film industry, his box office bomb that almost ended his film career, where he got the idea for The Chosen, why he decided to do a project about Jesus through episodic seasons as opposed to a movie or miniseries, how he found the actor to play Jesus (Jonathan Roumie), why it was so important for him to cast actors and actresses that reflected the look of the people in the Middle East in the first century, how he deals with the criticism and backlash the show gets from people angry that the series “doesn’t follow the bible close enough”, why it’s important to depict a masculine Jesus, whether we can expect to see Jesus clearing the Temple at some point in the series, what the plan is for the remainder of the series and after it wraps, and much more. Let’s get into it… Text UPPER ROOM to 727-472-3860 to get an application and to schedule 1-on-1 with Rylee Meek of The Upper Room and The King’s Council. 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