The Will Spencer Podcast

Dr. Michael Egnor is a professor of neurosurgery at Stony Brook University who has performed over 7,000 brain operations throughout his 40+ year career. In this conversation, he shares groundbreaking evidence from neuroscience that challenges materialist assumptions about consciousness and provides scientific support for the existence of the human soul. The episode explores split-brain surgery, near-death experiences, and how his own conversion from atheism to Christianity was informed by what he observed in the operating room.KEY TAKEAWAYSBrain surgery can remove major portions without affecting abstract thought or consciousnessSplit-brain patients remain unified persons despite severed hemispheresChildren missing two-thirds of their brain can develop completely normallyNear-death experiences show consciousness operating independently of brain functionMaterialism fails to explain how perfect concepts emerge from imperfect brainsArtificial intelligence cannot achieve true consciousness because machines lack soulsCONNECT WITH DR. EGNORBuy "The Immortal Mind" on Amazonhttps://mindmatters.ai/https://evolutionnews.org/https://www.discovery.org/p/egnor/🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Jon Root is a conservative sports commentator who built his career as one of the youngest hosts in major professional sports before joining Turning Point USA. In this conversation, he exposes the increasing politicization destroying American sports culture, from Pride Night mandates to the shocking treatment of WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark. Root reveals how woke ideology has infected everything from player empowerment to the racial targeting of the league's biggest draw, while calling for a return to sports as America's great unifying force.KEY TAKEAWAYSPride Nights evolved from marriage equality celebrations to drag queen performances targeting childrenCaitlin Clark receives unprecedented hatred despite being the WNBA's greatest economic asset"Load management" culture disconnects millionaire athletes from working-class American fansChristian athletes are leading a quiet revival through bold faith declarationsThe NBA facilitated a suspicious trade sending Luka Doncic to the LakersSports card collecting has returned as a major investment opportunityCONNECT WITH JON ROOTWebsite: https://www.jonrootlive.com/X: https://x.com/JonnyRoot_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JONNYROOT_YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JONROOT🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Seth Troutt is the teaching pastor at Ironwood Church in Phoenix and holds a doctorate focused on digital technology, Generation Z, and gender identity. In this conversation, he shares his powerful "masculinity pyramid" framework and reveals how God transformed him from an arrogant high school athlete into a humble pastor through painful but necessary humiliation. The episode tackles controversial topics like TRT abuse among Christian men and offers biblical alternatives to toxic masculinity culture.KEY TAKEAWAYSTrue masculinity starts with humility - recognizing you are not GodToxic masculinity is often the absence of virtue, not excess of itTRT creates psychoactive changes that damage relationships and characterPassive men cause as much relational damage as aggressive onesThe masculinity pyramid: humility, discipline, responsibility, chivalryPersonal transformation requires receiving correction from loving mentorsMENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST"Humility" by Andrew MurrayCONNECT WITH SETH TROUTThttps://sethtroutt.com🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Reverend Dr. Uri Brito serves as Senior Pastor of Providence Church and was elected Presiding Minister of the CREC in 2023. In this conversation he shares his recent 17-day journey through Asia, visiting CREC church plants in the Philippines and Japan while exploring how Reformed liturgical worship translates across wildly different cultures. The episode reveals surprising insights about global Christianity's future and the strategic church plant launching in Washington D.C.KEY TAKEAWAYSThe CREC has grown to 153 churches worldwide with surprising international expansionReformed liturgical worship translates effectively across diverse cultural contextsJapanese culture shows remarkable openness to Western Christian influence among youthBecoming Protestant often means family rejection in non-Western culturesCommon grace in Japan may be preparing ground for redemptive graceThe CREC is launching strategic church plant in Washington D.C. in June 2024MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE"How Should We Then Live" - Francis SchaefferCONNECT WITH URI BRITOWebsite: https://www.uribrito.com/🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Sam Rotman, a Juilliard-graduate pianist, shares his remarkable journey from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity. He discusses how this faith transformation profoundly reshaped his approach to music, allowing him to spread the gospel through performances in diverse settings. Sam emphasizes the significance of excellence in one’s craft as a means to share what truly matters. With anecdotes from his life, he reflects on the challenges of balancing faith, family, and music, highlighting the importance of adaptability and genuine connection in his performances.

Lucas Curcio is the pastor of The Mission Church in New Jersey, and the host of the Method Ministries podcast.In our conversation, he shares his journey from an aimless young man to finding purpose through reading Scripture and accepting Christ at age 18. The episode discusses how true Christian masculinity requires taking responsibility for your life instead of blaming others, and why many modern movements targeting young men miss the simple gospel message. Lucas emphasizes that real revival comes through prayer and holiness rather than political power, and that a quiet, faithful life often brings more eternal reward than internet fame.KEY TAKEAWAYS:True masculinity requires taking responsibility, not victimizing yourself or blaming others for your circumstances.Men must reconcile with their earthly fathers to understand their relationship with God the Father.Revival comes through prayer, holiness, and God's power, not political movements or human strategies.The gospel calls men to die to themselves, not pursue power and glory through worldly means.Online ministry should never replace real-world relationships, evangelism, and serving your local church community.A quiet, faithful life devoted to Scripture and prayer often brings more eternal rewards than public fame.CONNECT WITH LUCASYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@methodministriesX/Twitter: https://x.com/MethodMinistryInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/method_ministries/🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Dr. Joe Rigney, a Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College and author of 'The Sin of Empathy,' explores the pitfalls of unanchored empathy. He argues that empathy can become manipulative when divorced from truth, pushing emotional validation over genuine care. Rigney critiques how many Christians adapt their beliefs for societal acceptance and discusses the importance of resilience over a victim mentality. He highlights Christ-centered compassion, emphasizing the need to align emotional responses with biblical truth and nurturing authentic support.

James Lindsay is an author and founder of "New Discourses," and he's studied the influence of Gnostic ideas on Western politics and culture. In this conversation, he explains how ancient mystical traditions transformed during the Enlightenment into social and political movements that promise to elevate humanity to higher levels of consciousness. Lindsay argues that both woke leftism and emerging radical right-wing movements share the same underlying Gnostic patterns of claiming special knowledge and dividing the world into enlightened elites versus the masses. The discussion reveals how these ideas have parasitized both religious faith and secular reason, the two pillars that built Western civilization.KEY TAKEAWAYSThree religions of the West: Faith, reason, and a secret third - Gnosticism - that parasitizes both legitimate traditions.Modern Gnosticism transformed: During the Enlightenment, spiritual mysticism became social mysticism, replacing spirit world with sociological forces.Gnostic parasite operates through: Fear, desperation, and resentment, attaching to good impulses in faith and reason systems.Wizard circle creates hyper-reality: Distorts logical and moral perception, making people believe they have secret knowledge others lack.Woke right mirrors woke left: Same Gnostic patterns of critical consciousness, us-versus-them thinking, and elite knowledge claims.Faith and reason must shake hands: America's founding principles require both biblical faith and rational inquiry working together against mysticism."SECRET RELIGIONS" LECTURESEp. 1 - The Negation of the RealEp. 2 - The Gnostic ParasiteEp. 3 - As Below, So Above"Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition" by MageeCONNECT WITH JAMES LINDSAYWebsiteYouTubeX/Twitter🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

Courtenay Turner is a podcast host and aerial acrobatic performer who studies esoteric influences on modern society. In our conversation she explains how algorithms create feedback loops that program people's perceptions, connecting topics from education reform to transhumanism. She traces philosophical movements like Game B and Dark Enlightenment back to ancient mystery schools, showing how they drive society toward a technological singularity. The episode also explores how reading primary sources reveals truths that secondary interpretations often obscure or misrepresent.KEY TAKEAWAYSAlgorithmic feedback loops on social media create personalized "silos" that distort reality and program users' perceptions of the world.The School Choice movement may be a strategy to bring all education under government control, executing plans laid out by Alice Bailey.Primary source reading provides clearer understanding of philosophical movements than relying on potentially biased secondary interpretations.The push for psychedelics appears coordinated with studies discrediting SSRIs, potentially replacing one pharmaceutical control with another.Various movements including Game B and Dark Enlightenment represent different paths toward the same technological singularity goal.Identity politics functions by weaponizing compassion to divide people into tribal groups that can more easily be turned against each other.CONNECT WITH COURTENAY WebsiteYoutubeX/Twitter SubstackMENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST"Committee of 300" by John Coleman"Black Sun" by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke"The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Iserbyt🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS

This episode marks a key moment in my journey, as I share the joyful news of my engagement to Tamara! This is also a milestone that dovetails with the evolution of this podcast. I'm also announcing a shift in the format of the show, specifically discontinuing my extended monologue intros. They may no longer serve the intended purpose of honoring my guests. This change is driven by a genuine desire to allow my conversations to shine without my extended opining, in the hopes that it may create a more authentic listening experience for our audience. As I navigate this new chapter, I'm grateful to you, my listeners, for the support received from you. And I'm excited for the journey to come.We return to regular interviews next week.-Will🌟 The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men." FOLLOW US FOR MOREBiblical Men's Mentorship - START HERE Will Spencer Podcast Home Substack Twitter/X YouTube Instagram Buy Me a Coffee The Will Spencer Podcast is a weekly interview show featuring extended discussions with authors, leaders, and influencers who help us make sense of our changing world today. I release new episodes every week on Friday.ADVERTISERS