The Will Spencer Podcast

Arthur Dayne hosts the podcast and Instagram page, Blood and Rain, and leads the Anti-Fragile Fitness online community. He's also a stage-trained actor, brooding and thoughtful writer, and an aspiring pro fighter whose physique looks like a dump truck with fists. In 2020 he felt the call to speak up on masculinity, fitness, philosophy, geopolitics, art, culture, literature, the SF-Oakland Bay Area, and, of course, fighting. He's since become a mentor and role model in his own right, leading the men of Anti-Fragile Fitness, forward into war. Cultural war, political war, religious war, a war on weakness, gravity, and the other man in the ring. In our conversation we discussed: The History of American Leadership Prior to WW1 Arthur's Personal Vision of Leadership The Origins of Anti-Fragile Fitness The Dynamics of Elite Theory F Scott Fitzgerald and the American downfall War CONNECT WITH ARTHUR https://www.instagram.com/blood_and_rain/ https://www.instagram.com/anti.fragile.fitness/ https://bloodandrain.substack.com/ https://bloodandrain.gumroad.com/ DIGITAL CONFERENCE - EDITION 2 "The Proverbs 31 Woman" with: Alison Armstrong, Feminine Not Feminist, Dear Sister, Solie Olie, Bernadine Bluntly, Isa Ryan, Martine De Luna: Get tickets: http://renofmen.com/conference  SPONSOR - REFORMATION COFFEE Hand-roasted in small batches within two days of your order, from a Reformed pastor in Springfield, Missouri with 15 years of roasting experience. http://reformationcoffee.com Entercode SUBFREE to get a free bag with a new monthly subscription. Take church coffee back from woke. Reform your coffee. THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

**WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE AND POLITICAL SATIRE** Cool Hand James is one of my favorite comedy creators on YouTube. He has a bloodhound's sense for grifters, and a laser-sharp targeting system on their scams. Plus a gravelly voice, a thick British accent, deadpan delivery, and a devil-may-care attitude for calling out creatures of the online ecosystem that monetize attention through manipulation. Yes, I laughed, a lot. But James also got me thinking about how easy it is to take people seriously online who shouldn't be taken seriously at all. In our conversation we discussed: His background, and how he became a comedic commentator The definition of grifting, and some examples like Tim Pool, Jack Murphy, Matt Walsh, and others The differences between American and UK politics Ukraine, Germany, and the EU Why he's a fan of trans women and not the 19th Amendment The story of how he got banned from YouTube for cyberbullying the president of the United States, Joe Biden.  CONNECT WITH COOL HAND JAMES https://www.youtube.com/@coolhandjames https://twitter.com/coolhandjames0 MEETUP WITH ANNELIESE / FEMININE NOT FEMINIST https://renofmen.com/meetup Saturday, April 15 3-6pm at the Bottle & Bean in Chandler, AZ SPONSOR - REFORMATION COFFEE Hand-roasted in small batches within two days of your order, from a Reformed pastor in Springfield, Missouri with 15 years of roasting experience. http://reformationcoffee.com Entercode SUBFREE to get a free bag with a new monthly subscription. Take church coffee back from woke. Reform your coffee. THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

An overview of the massive success I had in the month of March (thank you!), plus a breakdown of my recent men's retreat, and a preview of upcoming events and episodes of the podcast. MEETUP WITH ANNELIESE / FEMININE NOT FEMINIST https://renofmen.com/meetup Saturday, April 15 3-6pm at the Bottle & Bean in Chandler, AZ INTERESTED IN JOINING THE FORUM? Email info@renofmen.com with the subject line "Forum" to schedule an explore call to see if there's a fit. SPONSOR - REFORMATION COFFEE Hand-roasted in small batches within two days of your order, from a Reformed pastor in Springfield, Missouri with 15 years of roasting experience. http://reformationcoffee.com Entercode SUBFREE to get a free bag with a new monthly subscription. Take church coffee back from woke. Reform your coffee. THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Jim Clair is a writer. That's it. He got his start in Direct Response copywriting, from which he's retired. Now he reads, thinks, writes, and works to surface the deceptions, flawed beliefs, and lies of the worlds through which he's traveled, on his way to a better, fuller life. He also bullies sciolists, talks better reading, and limns success Polytheism. And if you don't know what those things mean, you're about to find out. In our conversation, Jim and I discussed: Edward Gibbon's Classic "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Why Reading is an Intimate Conversation Jim's Powerful Journey of Transformation Calling out Gurus and Success Polytheists The Limitations of ChatGPT vs. Human Writing The Process of Learning and Unlearning Men Cultivating Taste and Character MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST "The War of the World" - Niall Ferguson "Classical English Style" - Ward Farnsworth "How To Read A Book" - Mortimer Adler "The Pleasures of Reading In An Age of Distraction" - Alan Jacobs "The Big Sleep" - Raymond Chandler "The Boron Letters" - Gary Halbert "Reflections on the Revolution in France" - Edmund Burke CONNECT WITH JIM https://twitter.com/findjimclair https://jimclair.com/ SPONSOR - REFORMATION COFFEE Hand-roasted in small batches within two days of your order, from a Reformed pastor in Springfield, Missouri with 15 years of roasting experience. http://reformationcoffee.com Entercode SUBFREE to get a free bag with a new monthly subscription. Take church coffee back from woke. Reform your coffee. MEETUP WITH ANNELIESE / FEMININE NOT FEMINIST Saturday, April 15 3-6pm at the Bottle & Bean in Chandler, AZ https://renofmen.com/meetup . THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Spencer Smith is the director and creator of the outstanding Third Adam series of documentaries, as well as a preacher, evangelist, husband, and father of four. Better than anyone I've seen, Spencer Smith has documented the existence of the so-called Divine Feminine and its efforts to infiltrate American culture and the American Evangelical Church. This is one of those things you have to see for yourself to understand. And once you do, you'll see it everywhere. And the spiritual warfare that we're living through will finally make sense. In our conversation, we discussed: The Third Adam Series and Its Origins; Spencer's Testimony; Spencer’s Overseas Missionary Work in Africa; Syncretism vs. Fundamentalism; The Divine Feminine's influence on the Church; Mystery Babylon and the False Holy Spirit; Why Santa Claus is a Calvinist. MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST Third Adam Documentaries (Playlist) CONNECT WITH SPENCER SMITH YouTube Twitter Instagram Website DIGITAL CONFERENCE SERIES An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity. Featuring: Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom Tickets: https://renofmen.com/conference Code: podcast – for $5 off tickets REFORMATION COFFEE Hand-roasted in small batches within two days of your order, from a Reformed pastor in Springfield, Missouri with 15 years of roasting experience. http://reformationcoffee.com Entercode SUBFREE to get a free bag with a new monthly subscription. Take church coffee back from woke. Reform your coffee. THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Lawson Speaks Truth is a fiery and inspiring creator and community leader guiding men in biblical masculinity, fatherhood, and courtship. His content is challenging in a way that calls men to a higher standard. But he doesn't just call men to that higher standard, he works hard to embody it himself. He lives like his beliefs are true. His faith touches the ground, and roots itself firmly in the Earth, even against the opposition of an institution. In our conversation we discussed: Homebirth vs. Hospital Birth Men Being Emasculated By the System How To Lead Your Wife In Crisis Hardening Yourself Against the World Faithfulness in the Small Things Denominationalism, Sectarianism, and Eschatology The Two Sides of Christ and God. MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST "The Business of Being Born" "Medical Mafia" book CONNECT WITH LAWSON https://www.instagram.com/lawsonspeakstruth/ https://linktr.ee/LawsonSpeaks DIGITAL CONFERENCE SERIES An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity. Featuring: Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST Tickets: https://renofmen.com/conference Code: podcast – for $5 off tickets RENAISSANCE MEN'S RETREAT If interested in the first ever Renaissance Men's Retreat, email info@renofmen.com to set up a call to see if there's a fit to join the squad. RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP The world says masculinity is toxic. Everything the world says is backwards. That means masculinity is medicine. Find out more: https://renofmen.com/mentorship THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Tomer Strolight is the editor in chief of Swan Bitcoin. We’re living in an era where war has been declared on money. Not on physical bills or bank accounts, but on money’s value through inflation. But there’s a weapon we can use in this war to protect the value of our hard-earned wealth: Bitcoin. There’s another aspect of it, as well. Bitcoin creates spiritual transformations in the men who understand it. A brighter world begins to take shape in our imaginations. And Tomer is one of the men who’s best at envisioning it. In our conversation we discussed: The Government vs. The Laws of the Universe Disposability and Inflation How Money Doesn't Need Government Bitcoin and Honor Pure Money and Peaceful Trade Why Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Peace Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome Bitcoin as Truth Machine.  PREVIOUS BITCOIN PODCASTS LaserHODL - January 2022 The Bitcoin Coach - January 2022 Aleks Svetski - August 2022 Listen to the Renaissance of Men on Fountain.fm MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST "Bitcoin is Generational Wealth" "The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto" by Tomer Strolight "Why Bitcoin?" by Tomer Strolight "Bitcoiners Are Not Toxic" by Tomer Strolight CONNECT WITH TOMER https://twitter.com/tomerstrolight https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/ DIGITAL CONFERENCE SERIES An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity. Featuring: Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST Tickets: https://renofmen.com/conference Code: podcast – for $5 off tickets RENAISSANCE MEN'S RETREAT If interested in the first ever Renaissance Men's Retreat, email info@renofmen.com to set up a call to see if there's a fit to join the squad. RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP The world says masculinity is toxic. Everything the world says is backwards. That means masculinity is medicine. Find out more: https://renofmen.com/mentorship THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Lewis Ungit is the author of the outstanding book: “The Return of the Dragon: The Shocking Way Drugs and Religion Shape People and Societies.” I have extensive experience with “plant medicines” like ayahuasca and huachuma, which Christ saved me from. But had I known the truth of how these drugs were used in the societies that they originate from, I would have thought twice. Because when he says the SHOCKING way drugs and religion shape people and societies, he means it. In our conversation we discussed: Lewis' story and the background of the book; The case for and against psychedelics; Why Transhumanism is Worse than Atheism; The Biblical Warnings of Pharmakeia; Angels vs. Demons in the Bible; The So-Called "Wisdom" of Spiritsl; Finding Forgiveness in Christ.  MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST Graham Hancock - "Supernatural" Yuval Noah Harari - Homo Deus Seraphim Rose - "The Soul After Death" Brian Muraresku - "Immortality Key" CONNECT WITH LEWIS https://lewisungit.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/iamlewisu Buy "Return of the Dragon" on Amazon DIGITAL CONFERENCE SERIES An all-day event exploring six vital virtues of masculinity. Featuring: Will Knowland, Ryan King, Nathan Spearing, John "King" David Haskins, Lawson Speaks, and Mike Pantile Saturday, March 25 LIVE via Zoom 9am-5pm PST Tickets: https://renofmen.com/conference Code: podcast – for $5 off tickets RENAISSANCE MEN'S RETREAT If interested in the first ever Renaissance Men's Retreat, email info@renofmen.com to set up a call to see if there's a fit to join the squad. RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP The world says masculinity is toxic. Everything the world says is backwards. That means masculinity is medicine. Find out more: https://renofmen.com/mentorship THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

"Exiting the New Age" Seminar Monday Feb. 27 - 5:30pm PST on Zoom https://www.eventbrite.com/e/534636440987  Use code: PODCAST for 15% off . If interested in the first ever Renaissance Men's Retreat, email info@renofmen.com to set up a call to see if there's a fit to join the squad. . RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP The world says masculinity is toxic. Everything the world says is backwards. That means masculinity is medicine. Find out more: https://renofmen.com/mentorship THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen

Gabe Finochio is a Christian educator, content creator, musician, and meme magician. You might follow him and his creations on Instagram as Woke Jesus Christ, Silly Graham Ministries or TheosU Memes (RIP). If you do, you'll know he's helped create a Christian meme language all his own. But not long into this discussion I realized that behind his "serrated edge," he also has a rich perspective on theology, morality, politics, culture, sovereignty, the decline of the United States, and more. Which is probably where memes really come from: a grasp of the issues that runs so deep, it can be expressed in a single image and just a few words. Viewed that way, memes really are magic. In our conversation we discussed: The McDonalds of Evangelism Cooking the Evangelical Books Puffer Fish Churches Ecumenism vs. Sectarianism Left vs. Right, and Up vs. Down The Rights of God Over the State Satire as Sneak Attack.  CONNECT WITH GABE https://theosu.ca https://instagram.com/wokejesuschrist https://instagram.com/gabrielfinochio2.0 "EXITING THE NEW AGE" SEMINAR Monday, February 27 - 5:30pm PST on Zoom Tickets: Eventbrite.com Use code: PODCAST for 15% off RENAISSANCE MENTORSHIP The world says masculinity is toxic. Everything the world says is backwards. That means masculinity is medicine. Find out more: https://renofmen.com/mentorship THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen https://youtube.com/@renofmen