{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fda185fb4-7106-4c75-b9e1-697a5333b37d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Redeeming Our Fathers | BRENDAN SCHMIDT","description":"Brendan Schmidt runs the popular Instagram account MasculineRevival, on which he pairs a rich aesthetic and movingly honest words about masculinity, as he discovers for himself what it means to be a man.\nHe\u2019s also someone I share a lot in common with. We \u201cspeak the same language,\u201d having been on similar journeys through the New Age and men\u2019s inner healing world and arriving at a rediscovery of traditionalism.\nOver the course of our two-and-a-half hour conversation we discussed:\nThe difference between functional and fulfilling Relationships\u00a0\nCultivating traditional values in the dating world\nThe narcissism of the New Age religion\nMen's work, why it's important, and why it's not \"gay\" to feel genuine love for other men\nAnd finally, his moving story of being abandoned in childhood by his father, when and how they met, and what happened after\n\u00a0\nThis is one of the most important conversations I've had so far. I think many men will see themselves reflected in Brendan's story, and hear familiar themes in the discussion that we share.\nAnd for those men who don't recognize themselves in us, who perhaps come from different backgrounds, I hope you'll see more clearly some of the burdens carried by your brothers and the journeys that we've walked to stand beside you in this Renaissance of Men, and Masculine Revival.\nTo follow MasculineRevival on Instagram, click here\nTo follow his girlfriend EmbracingFemininity on Instagram, click here\nTo watch the documentary \"The Work\", click here\nCheck out my new website at https://renofmen.com\nConnect with us on Instagram and Twitter.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/077d5416-18ed-4332-a23d-bbdca2b970df/j_NeNa4rnItxJ1OYds7sRGv3.jpg"}