Masculinity has become radioactive.

It’s one of the most polarizing forces in modern culture. Families fracture over it, politics feeds on it and entire online ecosystems monetize it. And no one seems to agree on what it is anymore.

If you’re a woman, you may feel fatigue from patterns that don’t seem to change. And if you’re a man, you may feel disoriented. Pulled between two extremes. Told you’re dangerous if you’re strong. Told you’re weak if you’re sensitive. Unsure whether to soften or harden.

For a moment, the phrase “toxic masculinity” felt like progress. It named real harm. But critique without construction creates a vacuum — and vacuums don’t stay empty.

When masculinity was dismantled without being rebuilt, something predictable happened. The pendulum swung back. The loudest voices reclaimed the conversation — charismatic, certain, and unapologetic. Offering simple frameworks for a complicated world.

And men of every age have been drawn in. Not because they’re villains, but because they’re searching for something solid.

So the question isn’t whether masculinity is broken. It’s whether we can define it — and live it — in a way that strengthens men, honors women, and becomes a healing force in the world.

That’s why we sat down with Terry Crews.

For more than two decades, he’s been one of the most recognizable figures in Hollywood. The star of major action franchises like The Expendables. A physique synonymous with strength. By every cultural measure, he is the prototype of the strong man.

But what makes Terry different is that he didn’t just perform masculinity. He lived its extremes. The rage, the control and the caricature of toughness.

And then — he dismantled it. Over the last decade, he’s been confronting what masculinity actually is. Because if masculinity is going to be rebuilt, it won’t be rebuilt in theory. It will be rebuilt by men who have embodied it — and are willing to offer a better story.

The cameras have followed Terry Crews for years.

This conversation is about what happened when the cameras were off.

CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 2:11 - The Kiss That Changed Everything 13:55 - “Toxic” Masculinity Is A Polarizing Term 27:17 - The Emergence of the Manosphere 48:05 - What Men Are Wrestling With 1:11:10 - Why Men Have So Much Anger 1:26:32 - When Terry Chose Not To Fight A Man 1:36:42 - The Ultimate Definition of Masculinity 1:53:26 - How Men Treat Women 2:05:41 - A Warning To The Manosphere

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Everywhere you turned in 2025, it was the same headline.

AI will replace 50% of jobs. 70% of jobs. White-collar work won’t survive the decade. If not now, then soon.

You were told your industry might disappear. Your skillset might expire. Your role might be automated. Even if you tried to brush it off, it still created a quiet kind of fear. Is my job safe? Is this overblown? Am I about to become irrelevant?

So now you wait and watch, trying to figure out what’s real and what’s hype. And you’re not alone. Everyone feels like they’re in a holding pattern — caught between a technological revolution and a narrative that may be moving faster than reality itself.

What most people don’t realize is that the same fears driving this conversation are also driving capital. Over the last five years, more than $1.8 trillion has flowed into AI.

Which raises a deeper question: are we watching the future unfold, or are we watching the most powerful hype cycle in modern history?

That’s why we sat down with Bill Gurley.

For decades, he’s been at the center of the biggest shifts in Silicon Valley — not watching from the outside, but inside the rooms where they were unfolding. As an early investor in Uber and billionaire, he built a reputation not for chasing trends, but for understanding how technology reshapes markets, labor, and incentives at their core.

In this conversation, he helps us separate what’s real from what’s exaggerated — and what it actually means for how we work going forward.

Think of this episode as a survival guide for the coming age.

Chapters 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - The Manufacturing of A.I. Fear 10:57 - The Truth About How A.I. Impacts Jobs 25:59 - Breaking Down Elon Musk’s Prediction 29:52 - Protect Your Future With This Strategy 48:38 - The Illusion of Any Job Being Safe 54:34 - Don’t Look At Other People As Competition 1:04:46 - The Unique Value Of People vs. A.I. 1:24:22 - A Final Word For The Coming Age

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For the last sixty years, psychedelics have been in exile. After the cultural fallout of the 1960s, serious research shut down. Funding evaporated, careers were quietly derailed and what had once been a legitimate scientific inquiry was pushed to the margins.

Labeled reckless, irresponsible, even dangerous.

And most of us inherited that conclusion without ever examining it. Psychedelics were party drugs— nothing more than a hallucination. A cultural mistake we took care of decades ago.

But over the last thirteen years, something shifted. Labs reopened, clinical trials restarted and peer-reviewed journals filled with data no one could ignore. Every substance went back under the microscope — psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, LSD, Ayahuasca and more.

And what researchers have found is seismic. In the coming decades, this will become one of the defining frontiers of science with implications that reach far beyond the lab.

At the center of this resurgence is Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris.

Film has the Oscars, music has the Grammys and sports has the Hall of Fame. However imperfect the comparison, in science, the closest equivalent is something called an h-index — a measure of how often a researcher’s work is cited by other scientists.

Robin’s is 95.

For context: 20 is good, 40 is outstanding, and anything above 60 is typically reserved for Nobel-level scientists.

Most researchers would dream to reach 95 by the end of a long career. Robin reached it at forty-five years old. One of the fastest rises in modern scientific history. So when it comes to the revival of psychedelic science, he hasn’t just participated— he has defined it.

And for that reason, TIME named him among the people most poised to shape the future. In today's episode, he’s here to lay out the truth, revealing why psychedelics have already changed millions of lives.

Because the fallout from this research is massive. People diagnosed with severe trauma suddenly breaking free. Treatment-resistant depression reversing course. Conditions once described as chronic, incurable and lifelong.

And that’s not the only disruptive part. In controlled studies, self-identified atheists are reporting experiences powerful enough to completely change their worldview — at rates that far exceed what we typically see inside traditional religious settings. It’s clear something big is happening, so it's time to get into it.

Chapters 0:00 - Intro 3:12 - Patient Zero 12:40 - The Explosion of Psychedelic Research 28:57 - Why Psychedelics Got A Bad Reputation 54:44 - How Psychedelics Transform The Brain 1:07:06 - Mystical Experiences & Other Dimensions 1:48:43 - The Differences Between Each Psychedelic 2:06:15 - Psychedelics On Cusp of Legalization 2:15:52 - Major Risks of Psychedelics

The Body Keeps the Score.

The book was published twelve years ago. And yet here we are — it’s 2026, and it’s still sitting on bestseller lists week after week. Not just in psychology. Across all categories.

It has become one of the bestselling books of the modern era. And it didn’t just contribute to the trauma conversation — it defined how an entire generation understands it.

Chances are, you’ve encountered it. Maybe you’ve read it. Maybe someone sent you a quote from it. Maybe its language changed how you understand your own story.

Even if you’ve never opened the book, you’ve felt its impact. Trauma is no longer a clinical term. It’s part of everyday conversation.

But something happened along the way.

As trauma entered the mainstream, nuance didn’t always come with it. Complex biology got reduced to slogans. Healing became aesthetic. Language spread faster than understanding. Truth mixed with myth — and for some people, that confusion has kept them stuck.

Which raises a bigger question: what did we get right? What did we get wrong? And what has the science uncovered since the book was first written?

The man behind the book, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, joins us to revisit these questions.

And he’s not alone.

With him is Dr. Frank Anderson. For two decades, Frank worked inside Bessel’s trauma center — learning, practicing, and refining the science at its source. In many ways, he represents the next chapter of this work. In recent years, his rise has been dramatic, helping bring trauma research into a new generation and a new cultural moment.

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is not at the beginning of his career. He’s in its final chapter.

As his public appearances have become more selective, conversations like this have become rare. It’s one of the last opportunities to hear him step back and reflect — not just on what trauma is, but where this work must go next.

Alongside Dr. Anderson, they lay out what may amount to a blueprint for the coming age of trauma healing.

And some of what they say may surprise you.

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:22 - Sign Up For The Nine 3:37 - A Typical Story of Trauma 15:04 - Reducing Trauma To Slogans & Myths 26:32 - How Trauma Changes The Brain 40:48 - Trauma Leads To Physical Illness 55:03 - Survival Strategies 1:15:15 - New 2026 Breakthroughs 1:30:55 - Psychedelics 1:38:14 - EMDR 1:42:58 - Why Talk Therapy Can Fail 1:53:26 - Trauma Caused By Parents & Family 2:06:03 - Bessel’s Final Word on Trauma

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What you’re about to watch has taken eight years to make. Research began in 2018, as we started studying disciplines that almost never speak to each other.

Today, we’ll walk through eleven separate scientific fields. Collectively, they span 134 years of modern research — though the roots of their findings stretch back thousands of years. Within each field are serious scientists who have uncovered data that is, at this point, very difficult to ignore.

Some researchers have connected parts of the puzzle. But to our knowledge, no one has stepped back and laid it all out in one straight line. That’s what this episode attempts to do.

We will not reference religious texts or holy books. Not Christianity. Not Islam. Not Buddhism. Not any religion.

That’s what makes this different from almost everything you’ve likely seen on this subject. You’re not getting pseudoscience. You’re not getting dogma. You’re not getting a single narrow perspective. You’re getting the full synthesis.

And at the end, we’ll talk about what it actually means.

Because if these fields are pointing where they appear to be pointing, the implications for your life are massive.

0:00 - 11 Fields, 134 Years of Research

1:33 - Defining Terms

5:08 - Tier 1A Evidence

5:49 - Near Death Studies

17:51 - Hospice Care

24:33 - UFOs

36:05 - Tier 1B Evidence

37:30 - Psychedelics

42:44 - Science of Spirituality

47:27 - Science of Happiness

52:52 - Tier 2 Evidence

54:47 - Spontaneous Remission

1:00:28 - Precognition

1:06:02 - Telepathy

1:08:25 - ADC

1:11:18 - Non Local Memory

1:13:55 - Interpretations

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The Nine is how we help you stay oriented week to week.

It brings together the nine core areas of life that actually matter — across mind, body, and spirit — and keeps them in view at the same time.

In a world that constantly pulls your attention everywhere at once, The Nine acts as a weekly lifeline — a way to pause, re-center, and notice what’s drifting before it quietly compounds.

Every week, it does three specific things:

1) It points your attention to the part of life that matter, instead of letting stress, noise, or algorithms decide 2) It offers one evidence-based insight — drawn from science, history, spirituality, and lived experience — that brings clarity and perspective 3) It suggests one grounded action you can take that day to respond

You’re not meant to master all nine areas at once. You’re meant to pay attention to them honestly, over time.

If you do that — imperfectly, but consistently — you start to thrive.

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Everywhere online, you see the extremes.

On one side is the trad-wife trend, painting a flawless picture of family life: dad works, mom stays home, everything is harmonious. A supposed return to how things “always were.” But that picture was a myth. It never truly existed.

In reaction came the backlash. The rise of the girlboss. Women told their value is measured only in ambition, career, and relentless independence. Another rigid extreme.

And maybe you’ve felt caught between them. Both stories loud. Both stories unforgiving. Neither one actually fitting the life you’re living.

The truth is, these binaries are hurting us. They’ve stigmatized the very group that makes up the majority of mothers — women who may want to pause their careers temporarily, step back for a season, or move fluidly between roles without being erased or shamed for it.

That’s why we sat down with Neha Ruch, founder of Mother Untitled and one of the most influential voices redefining what it means to be a woman today. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and across national media. She’s built a movement followed by tens of thousands who are exhausted by false extremes and hungry for a more honest story.

In this conversation, we debunk the myths that have polarized women into rigid categories. More importantly, we explore how to navigate different seasons of life — parenting, career, or both — without losing your sense of identity, ambition, or worth.

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - The Stigma of Being At Home 19:12 - The Stay-At-Home Mom Never Existed 38:35 - The Tradwife Hashtag 54:50 - Why Neha Decided To Quit Her Job 1:08:24 - The Fear Of Never Getting Your Career Back 1:23:51 - Power Dynamics With Your Partner 1:35:45 - Setting Goals in Motherhood 1:49:26 - Creating A New Future

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76.4% of Americans are living with at least one chronic disease.

Cancer. Heart disease. Diabetes. Autoimmune disorders. The list goes on. And if you’re living with one of these, you know how devastating it can be — the fatigue, the pain, the emotional toll. Chronic illness reshapes the quality of life in ways most people never see.

What’s hard to ignore is how rapidly this has escalated. Over the last 60 years, chronic disease has exploded. And as more people have woken up to that reality, so has the blame game. Big Food. Big Pharma. The medical system. The government. Much of the criticism is warranted — but outrage alone isn’t enough to solve a problem this complex.

To fix something this big, we first have to understand it. And that’s where things break down. Fact has been mixed with fiction. Bad science circulates faster than good data. People are left overwhelmed, angry, or afraid — without a clear path forward.

If we’re ever going to take back control of our health, we need clarity.

That’s why we sat down with Dr. Jessica Knurick — a registered dietitian, public policy expert, and PhD in nutrition science whose work has reached more than 1.3 million people online. She’s become one of the most trusted voices cutting through misinformation, debunking false claims, and explaining what’s actually driving the modern health crisis.

By the end of this conversation, you’ll understand what’s really behind the chronic disease epidemic — and what it takes to reclaim your health, your energy, and your life.

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - The Summit on Capitol Hill 12:52 - How Ultra Processed Food Made Us Sick 42:15 - American Life Is Not Designed for Health 48:47 - The Failure of the U.S. Medical System 1:02:22 - Health Insurance Companies Make Trillions 1:15:35 - Living in the U.S. Shortens Your Life By 8 Years 1:34:14 - Analyzing the MAHA Movement 1:42:36 - How To Take Back Your Health

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