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KAPTENS LOGG
by Tommy Alfredsson
KAPTENS LOGG A podcast about being human. Recorded somewhere between the forest, family life, training, fatherhood, curiosity, chaos and the occasional existential crisis. No gurus. No perfect answers. No ten-step system for becoming your best fucking self. Just one man thinking out loud about strength, weakness, masculinity, relationships, survival, meaning, modern life, and the strange animal underneath all the civilized layers. Sometimes serious. Sometimes stupid. Usually somewhere in between. No map. Just a log. Kaptens Logg Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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#335 - PEAK LIFE
12 hours of sleep. Birds singing. Life suspiciously wonderful. Have I reached peak life? A slightly ridiculous morning turns into a reflection on happiness, the surprisingly simple recipe for a good life, and the curious phenomenon of winter depression. Perhaps life isn't that complicated.…
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#334 - UNTILL IT HAPPENS
Who do you think you are when things go terribly wrong? Would you freeze? Run? Fight? Act? And how could you possibly know? We tend to judge our capabilities from the comfort of a world where our lives aren't on the line. But what happens when you add fear, rage, desperation, adrenaline, and the...
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#333 - MY FRIEND VIKTOR
MY FRIEND VIKTOR Some men are forged in the dark forests of Scandinavia. Viktor is one of them. A hunter. Strongman. Carpenter. Father. Soldier. Built like a Viking, with the eyes of a kind old Labrador. We met during military training. Naturally, we started testing each other. Unfortunately for...
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#332 - GO BACK
What if you don’t need more? Another promotion. A bigger house. More money. More experiences. Another upgrade. Maybe the life you’re trying to build is taking you further away from the things you actually miss? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#331 - STRIDSBEREDSKAP
How good are you at honestly assessing your own state? Not how you should feel. Not what your ego tells you. How you actually feel. Body. Mind. Emotions. Energy.Green. Orange. Red. And the most important question: What are you going to do about it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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#330 - THE SIZE OF FEAR
THE SIZE OF FEAR Fear is a strange thing. It can keep us alive. It can also keep us from living. I've spent a large part of my life deliberately walking toward things that scared me. Fighting. Fire. Standing in front of people. Situations where every instinct in the body says: get the fuck out.…
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#329 - THE SILENT STANDARD
You can walk uphill every day and become stronger without ever being told that you've improved. That's an interesting thing about leadership. Standards matter. Pressure matters. Correction matters. But so does helping people understand where they actually stand. Because if the only feedback comes...
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#328 - NOT YET
Sometimes your life changes faster than your mind can understand it. You do the thing. Cross the line. Grow stronger. On paper, the character sheet has already been updated. But inside? You still feel the same. Maybe even empty. Perhaps becoming someone new and realizing you've become someone new...
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#327 - THE LAST STEP
Sometimes the hardest part of the journey isn't surviving the dark forest. It's leaving it. We become very good at being the person we needed to be. Strong. Restless. Hungry. Always moving. Always fighting. Always preparing for the next battle. And then one day, the landscape changes. But we…
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#326 - THE REAL PROBLEM
THE REAL PROBLEM Maybe there are no bad days. Maybe there are bad moments we give too much authority. In this episode I start with three hours of sleep, a cold, and absolutely no desire to record. From there, I dig into the labels we put on ourselves: bad days, stress, winter depression, shitty...
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#325 - BURIED
BURIED Maybe you’re not lost. Maybe you’re buried. Under work. Expectations. Relationships. Status. Comparison. The person you learned you were supposed to be. But somewhere underneath all that shit is the kid who knew exactly what made him come alive. The movies. The books. The games. The…
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#324 - WHO’S USING WHO?
Most people on the internet only consume. A few create. And somewhere between the two, we built a strange new version of normal. We watch strangers for years without saying a word. We turn likes into validation. Attention into currency. And creation into another addiction. So what happens when…
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#323 - THE LAST BARBARIAN
Once upon a time, boys had Conan The Barbarian posters on their bedroom walls. Strong. Dangerous. Free. A sword, a quest, and absolutely no LinkedIn profile. Today, the modern man sits in traffic, stressed about emails, mortgages and oat milk. So… when exactly did we replace Conan with? An…
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#322 - BEREDSKAP
Beredskap börjar inte med en bunker, ett lager konserver eller en ryggsäck full med prylar. Det börjar med en tanke: Tänk om verkligheten förändras? I det här avsnittet pratar jag om beredskap som ett mindset. Om rädsla, krig, samhällsstörningar och vardagliga kriser. Om att våga se på världen…
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#321 - MATTIAS LIDBORN
Two worlds meet. Mattias Lidborn, host of The Metanoia Path Podcast, joins me for a long, unscripted conversation about martial arts, violence, faith, God, consciousness, chaotic professions, morality, adventure and the strange business of trying to understand what it means to be human. Mattias /...
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#320 - THE PERFECT SUNDAY
What if the perfect Sunday isn’t about doing nothing? A tired morning, a low battery, and some thoughts on the art of real recovery. How to slow down, enjoy yourself, and still end the day a little better than you started it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#319 - HUMAN PATCH NOTES
What if you’re 40, but still running the software you installed at 27? A walk through identity, old ambitions, changing priorities, and the strange price we pay when we keep living according to a version of ourselves we’ve already outgrown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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#318 - INHERITANCE
I grew up in the forest, carrying a survival mindset inherited from my father, and his father before him. But what happens when the world gets easier and the old survival wiring remains? An episode about fathers, inheritance, hard times, comfortable lives, and learning how to turn survival mode...
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#317 - NORMAL LIFE
We keep inventing smarter ways to avoid ordinary life. Robot lawn mowers. Shortcuts. Comfort. Convenience. But what if the real solution isn't another machine... ...but becoming the kind of person who doesn't mind cutting the grass? A conversation about comfort, resistance, modern life, and why...
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#316 - THE GREY
The older I get, the less interested I become in chasing highs... ...and the more I appreciate the quiet beauty in between. This is a conversation about aging, friendship, recovery, melancholy, and the strange wisdom that only arrives after enough winters. The Grey. Hosted on Acast. See...
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#315 - RELEIF
Every story we love... every joke we laugh at... every hero we admire... Maybe they're all trying to give us the same thing. In this episode, I explore what humans are really searching for beneath all the noise. Relief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#314 - HOW TO BECOME ANNOYING 2
Want to become really annoying? Simple. Wake up early. Keep your promises. Stay in shape. Build something. Love your family. Think for yourself. You'll attract a few great people. You'll inspire some. And you'll become absolutely unbearable to the people who were hoping you'd stay exactly where…
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#314 - HOW TO BECOME ANNOYING 1
Want to become really annoying? Simple. Wake up early. Keep your promises. Stay in shape. Build something. Love your family. Think for yourself. You'll attract a few great people. You'll inspire some. And you'll become absolutely unbearable to the people who were hoping you'd stay exactly where…
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#313 - NEVER TRUST A MAN IN FLIP-FLOPS
Some people wear flip-flops because they've earned the right. Others wear them because they assume nothing bad will ever happen. This episode isn't about footwear. It's about preparedness, competence, comfort, and the quiet signals people send without saying a word. Sometimes the smallest...
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#312 - DISCIPLINE
Most people think discipline is about willpower. I don't. In this episode, I explore discipline as a system. A combination of awareness, intelligence, creativity, and environment that makes the right choices easier long before willpower is needed. Maybe discipline isn't about becoming harder.…
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#311 - THE CURSE OF INFLUENCE
What if the most influential voice in your life isn't one you can hear? After 220 days away from social media, I started noticing things I couldn't see while I was inside it. This isn't about blame or quitting. It's about recognizing the quiet forces that shape how we think, what we value, and…
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#310 - SELF-RESPECT
Every human has an audience of one. You. The world can admire you. The world can misunderstand you. The world can forgive you. But sooner or later, you're left alone with the person in the mirror. That's where self-respect lives. Everything else is noise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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#309 - OUTDATED
Most people don't need a new life. They need an updated operating system. The bullied girl who still feels ugly. The high school hero who still thinks he's untouchable. The father who still sees himself as a boy. The man who became strong but still feels weak. Our brains are incredible... ...but...
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#308 - WHEN LIFE LOOKS PERFECT BUT FEELS EMPTY
Life isn't held together by excitement. It's held together by meaning. In this episode, I explore why so many relationships look perfect on the outside but feel empty on the inside. We talk about communication, emotional honesty, the trap of chasing appearances, and the mistake that quietly…
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#307 - THE FACEBOOK MAN
Today we're investigating one of the internet's greatest mysteries: Why do middle-aged men insist on taking profile pictures from six centimeters below their chin? Double chin. Nose hair. Half a sandwich on the T-shirt. A garage in the background. Is it surrender? Confidence? Evolution? Or have...
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#306 - DANIEL LARSSON
Daniel Larsson är tillbaka för ett av våra mest nördiga och oförutsägbara samtal hittills. Vi pratar om The Walking Dead, varför människor överlever genom starka flockar snarare än ensamma hjältar, hur det måste ha varit att leva sida vid sida med neandertalare, mod, magi Battle Royale,...
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#305 - THE DEAMON CAT
It started with a cat. Or... something that looked like a cat. A completely ordinary walk through the forest slowly turns into a ridiculous descent into horror movie logic, biblical paranoia, and increasingly terrible conclusions. If a demon cat decides to follow you home... what exactly is the...
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#304 - THE CIRCLE OF SHIT
You don't become your intentions. You become your habits. Every decision pulls you somewhere. One bad choice rarely ruins a life, but repeated often enough, it becomes your identity. In this episode, I explore the quiet feedback loop between action and character, and why the fastest way to change...
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#303 - THE PERFECT VACATION 2
What if the perfect vacation isn't another destination... but finally slowing down? In this episode, I take an ironic look at our obsession with packed schedules, picture-perfect holidays, and living every moment through a screen. Somewhere along the way, we've forgotten that rest, family, and...
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#303 - THE PERFECT VACATION 1
What if the perfect vacation isn't another destination... but finally slowing down? In this episode, I take an ironic look at our obsession with packed schedules, picture-perfect holidays, and living every moment through a screen. Somewhere along the way, we've forgotten that rest, family, and...
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#302 - THE PROTECTOR
What does real male strength actually look like? This isn't about ego, dominance, or violence. It's about the quiet presence of a man who makes the world feel safer simply by being there. From a woman's perspective, we explore why strength, awareness, and responsibility still matter, and why the...
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#301 - THE INNER TYRANT
Some of the strongest, kindest and most capable people I've met all have one thing in common: An inner tyrant. In this episode, I explore the force that drives us to grow, the standards we set for ourselves, and the fine line between discipline and self-destruction. The same voice that can forge…
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#300 - DANIEL LARSSON ÄR TILLBAKA
Daniel är lurator, konstnär och en av de skarpaste människor jag känner. Vi pratar om varför kommunikation är en av de viktigaste färdigheterna du kan utveckla. Hur bristen på den kan tära på relationer, skapa konflikter och göra livet onödigt svårt. Och hur några enkla förändringar kan göra…
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#300 - STRIDSBEREDSKAP
Vad är din stridsberedskap idag? I det här avsnittet pratar jag om förmågan att objektivt bedöma sitt eget läge, fysiskt, mentalt och emotionellt. Att läsa av instrumenten innan man går ut på uppdrag. Vad är din status? Hur påverkar den ditt arbete, dina relationer och ditt ledarskap? Och…
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#299 - MÄNNISKOBYN
Människobyn. En promenad genom den mänskliga djurparken. Från skogskanten studerar Kapten flocken: statusjakt, tjänstebilar, padel, Mallorcaresor, självbilder och stammarnas eviga behov av att dela upp världen i "vi" och "dom". En humoristisk, filosofisk och brutalt ärlig naturstudie av Homo...
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#298 - THE FORGE
Identity isn’t something we find once and keep forever. It’s something we forge—daily. In this episode, I reflect on the core identity we build through years of discipline, struggle, rituals, and choices… and what happens when we stop feeding it. I talk about drifting away from the iron, and why…
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#297 - THE HUMAN ANIMAL
Why do we fight for status, crave belonging, chase love, fear rejection, defend tribes, and repeat the same patterns across history? In this episode, we strip away the modern mask and look at the human animal beneath it — the instincts, drives, and ancient wiring still shaping our lives,...
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#296 - THE FEAR OF SILENCE
Modern life is built to keep us distracted. Noise. Input. Escape. Anything but silence. But without silence, we stop reflecting, processing, planning, and facing the things we know deep down need to change. And slowly, life becomes reaction instead of direction. In this episode, I explore silence...
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#295 - THE MEN WHO STAYED
Some places are built twice. First with hands. Then forgotten with convenience. In this episode, I walk through the Swedish countryside thinking about the people who came before us. The men and women who broke their bodies clearing land, building homes, carrying stones, surviving winters, and...
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#294 - PREDICTING THE FUTURE
Human beings are terrible at predicting some things… and strangely accurate at predicting others. Lift weights long enough and the body changes. Read consistently and knowledge compounds. Feed chaos and chaos grows. Feed discipline and something stronger begins to emerge. So maybe the future is…
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#293 - OUTSMART THE MONKEY BRAIN
Inside every modern human lives an ancient creature. It wants comfort. Sugar. Dopamine. Ease. One more scroll. One more excuse. Tomorrow instead of today. And the dangerous part? That creature is smart enough to sound like you. This episode explores the invisible war between short-term pleasure…
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#292 - PLAYER ONE
Most people drift through life like spectators. Watching. Reacting. Waiting. But somewhere along the way, many of us forgot something important: The controller was always in our hands. This episode explores the strange overlap between games and real life. Stats. Skill trees. Experience.…
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#291 - YOUR ANCESTORS ARE WATCHING
You didn’t start this story. But you might end it... You are the result of thousands who survived war, famine, plague, and chaos… and kept going. In this episode, I explore what it means to carry that line forward. To live in a way that would make them recognize you. Not drift. Not waste it. But...
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#290 - THE KRUGER EFFECT
Most people don’t lack confidence. They lack awareness. In this episode, I break down what’s often called the “Kruger Effect” — the dangerous illusion where low skill creates high certainty. Why beginners feel like experts. Why real professionals doubt themselves. And why this gap can get you…
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#289 - THE ILLUSION OF COMPETENCE
You don’t get hurt because you know nothing. You get hurt because you know just enough to believe you’re ready. In this episode, I break down a dangerous illusion I’ve seen over and over again— in survival, in fighting, and in life. That moment when a small piece of knowledge turns into false...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
KAPTENS LOGG
A podcast about being human.
Recorded somewhere between the forest, family life, training, fatherhood, curiosity, chaos and the occasional existential crisis.
No gurus. No perfect answers. No ten-step system for becoming your best fucking self.
Just one man thinking out loud about strength, weakness, masculinity, relationships, survival, meaning, modern life, and the strange animal underneath all the civilized layers.
Sometimes serious. Sometimes stupid. Usually somewhere in between.
No map. Just a log.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Tommy Alfredsson
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