Goodpain Podcast

IN THIS EPISODE What the Disconnected survey (2024) established about the college degree as the dividing line in American civic life Why the male loneliness narrative misreads the real crisis – and what “left alone by society” means instead The friendship cliff: why connections collapse after high school for men without degrees Tenuous ties and...

We will return next week with more long form conversations, however, this week we continue borrowing from another voice to explore the notion of sacred inconvenience, or staying present and aware to living right now. This week we borrow the 2005 commencement address delivered to Kenyon College. The author and speaker is the late author...

Jeremy and Tyler take a break from their conversations to share a discussion with Amanda Jepson, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Board Certified Diplomate of Sexology. Amanda is an expert in sexuality including better sex intimacy and sexual trauma and instead of sex therapist hacks, she engages with a balance of maturity and fun...

We’re back! After a nearly two-month hiatus, we have a number of interviews and discussions ready as we run out the remainder of this season. In this return episode Jeremy and Tyler consider the statement “A mature man doesn’t need to prove his strength; he creates safety for others to discover theirs.” Multiple questions are...

Jeremy & Tyler are back in the studio to how culturally rewarded patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting can function like addictions for men, keeping them trapped while believing they are powerful and “in control.” The cost? Over time, they diminish the man himself, shrinking his humanity, robbing his authentic relationships, mystery, interdependence, and the...

We return to the topic of grief as our starting point and shared story, however, this discussion goes beyond that. In it we sit down with Bill O’Melia, who was thrust into role as an advocate following the passing of his son, Drennan in 2010. Bil and his wife, Melissa, with their two surviving sons...

This week we speak with Fletcher Galeano, author of Letters to a Living Ghost, a memoir of his personal journey that explores themes of identity, grief, and healing. His journey involved emotional abuse, parental neglect, mental illness, family estrangement, and trauma and he shares the vulnerable details in this discussion. Fletcher Galeano’s Amazon Author Page

“Whether you are rich or whether you are poor, life delivers challenges to you” and despite these challenges, our guest Deremiah points out how much embracing our choice and autonomy regardless of the circumstances defines how we live. We do not get to choose our challenges. Learning how to listen to ourselves, to listen to...

This week we explore what it means to be a bully, a manipulator, a tyrant, and an addict under the siren song of “winning.” We ask ourselves how the reductionist and simplistic rules of sports or the battlefield do not serve the versions of leadership to which we aspire and know we are capable of...