

Ironside Podcast
Brett Cain
You have a purpose.
There are so many ways you can grow in all areas of your life, and at any stage of your life. We talk about building an ironside--a defense--spiritually, physically, intellectually, and socially.
Doing something well takes practice and patience. On this show we ask family, friends, leaders, and heroes for help.
There are so many ways you can grow in all areas of your life, and at any stage of your life. We talk about building an ironside--a defense--spiritually, physically, intellectually, and socially.
Doing something well takes practice and patience. On this show we ask family, friends, leaders, and heroes for help.
Episodes
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Nov 21, 2023 • 51min
Ep. 84 - Made in America
After a long hiatus, Tom Dinkelman and I return with Jack, the Rust Belt Kid to discuss the family, hard work, and the American Way.
Follow him on Twitter (X) @rustbeltkid1
and support American manufacturing at
gatorbar.com

Jul 11, 2023 • 1h 25min
Ep. 83 - Be Who We Are Meant to Be with Lafayette Lee
The inimitable Lafayette Lee joins us again to discuss Cormac McCarthy, the Bible, children's books, movies and more.
Follow him on Twitter for the absolute best content
@Partisan_O
Subscribe to his substack at
ruins.substack.com

Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 50min
Ep. 82 - Holistic Performance with Chris Hardman
Chris Hardman is the ultimate doer. He is one of my oldest and dearest friends and is a returning guest. We discuss getting in shape, sauna revivals, supernatural activity, dating, and much more.
Follow him on Twitter
@chhardman
Check out his coaching at
hardmanperformance.com

May 25, 2023 • 1h 26min
Ep. 81 - Chinese Martial Arts and the Rise of A.I.
Zach is a long-time friend and mentor to me. He sits down with us to discuss Artificial Intelligence and its applications. We talked about martial arts, science fiction, movies and more. Why every young man has to be punched in the face before becoming an adult and how we will one day need to be conversant in computer sciences.
Follow him on Twitter @ShaolinAI
sign-up for his courses at
shaolin.ai

Apr 25, 2023 • 1h 11min
Ep. 80 - KOLOBYTE Music, Power from on High
Returning guest, Leiland Tanner is joined by Adam Ebberts to talk about creating worthwhile things. They are husbands, fathers, and musicians.
Bonus material at the end.
Follow them on Twitter
@KolobyteMusic
@LeilandTanner
@JAEbberts
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Apr 24, 2023 • 1h
Ep. 79 - Herman Melville, the Book of Mormon, and Firing Your Kids
John Taylor joins me to discuss Herman Melville, the Book of Mormon, reading to our children, and why Moby Dick is essential reading for our day. He is a husband and a father and one of the most brilliant men I know.

Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 28min
Ep. 78 - It's Better To Do Something with 1147
Eleven Forty-Seven is a Russian, a reader, an enjoyer of discomfort, a student, world-traveler, adept boxer and exceptional writer. He joins Tom and me to discuss the state of the world. The problem with literacy rates, schools, and much more. We dive into the need to support independent publishers, read Dostoevsky and making ourselves uncomfortable.
Follow him on Twitter @ 1147x1147
Read his writings @ elevenfortyseven.substack.com

Feb 26, 2023 • 1h 25min
Ep. 77 Start a Fight Club with Alaric the Barbarian
Alaric the Barbarian is a prolific poaster on Twitter. Threads on why you need to be training martial arts as well as deep-dives into historic readings. He is published by the Dissident Review and is an advocate for the virtue of a Warrior-Poet life.
We discuss schoolyard fistfights, coming back from injuries, reading, writing as well as the past and future of masculinity.
Follow him on Twitter @0xAlaric
Read him at the Dissident Review https://t.co/XXVvnPSQHB
Follow the Dissident Review @Dissident_Rev

Jan 31, 2023 • 60min
Ep. 75 - Faith Precedes the Miracle with L. Hannah Stoddard
L. Hannah Stoddard is the lead author of Faith Crisis, Volume 1: We Were NOT Betrayed!, Seer Stone v. Urim & Thummim: Book of Mormon Translation on Trial, Faith Crisis, Volume 2: Behind Closed Doors, Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives: Helen Mar Kimball, and A Christ-Centered Home. She is the director of the Joseph Smith Foundation, and producer or director of seven documentary feature films.
In addition to directing Joseph Smith Foundation projects for over a decade, she is often invited to speak on various radio and video programs. Hannah helped direct her first documentary film, beginning at age 16. She has worked as a history and literature teacher, graphic design artist, software developer, videographer, project manager, agriculturist and research assistant. Her work focuses on Church history and doctrine, answers to Latter-day Saint faith crisis questions, educational philosophy, culture, and defending the Prophet Joseph Smith. Hannah’s research supports the writings and teachings of ancient and latter-day prophets.
She joins Tom and me to discuss her faith, family, and what it means to survive spiritually.
Support the Joseph Smith Foundation at josephsmithfoundation.org
Follow her on the interwebs
Telegram: https://t.me/hannahstoddard
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lhannah.stoddard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lhannahstoddard/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LHannahStoddard

Nov 2, 2022 • 1h 7min
Ep. 74 - End of Men with Raw Egg Nationalist
Guest host Dr. Bennett and I slonk some raw eggs fresh from the coop with the living legend Raw Egg Nationalist himself. We discuss combat, physical strength, mental toughness, raw eggs, vitamin D, books, and much more.
Follow Raw Egg Nationalist @Babygravy9
buy his books at https://lnk.bio/RAWEGGNATIONALIST
Follow Dr. Bennett on Twitter @extradeadjcb


