Unleashed

Episode 168: Carry It Forward — Your Story Was Never Meant to End With You Your story matters—but it was never meant to end with you. In this episode of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson challenges men to recognize the story God has been writing through their lives, discover their purpose and identity in Christ, and carry their faith, wisdom, and legacy forward to the next generation. After...

Episode 167 — The Way of the Wise Warrior What does it mean to become a Wise Warrior ? In Episode 167 of Unleashed , Brent Henderson explores what happens when a man stops trying to prove his strength and begins using everything God has taught him to serve, lead, mentor, and leave a legacy in others . From watching legendary guitarist Dann Huff practice the fundamentals in a Nashville recording st...

What happens when you think you’ve blown your opportunity? Brent watched a mature whitetail standing forty yards away and wrestled with whether to take the shot. He waited. He hesitated. And eventually, the opportunity walked away. He thought it was over. The next evening, Brent made one decision that changed everything: he showed up again. In Episode 166 of Unleashed , Brent shares the story behi...

Dangerous for Good: When the Tide Changes What does it really mean to be dangerous for good ? In Episode 165 of Unleashed , Brent Henderson shares a harrowing story from Alaska’s Cook Inlet and a recent experience of being misunderstood to explore what biblical manhood looks like when the tide changes. Sometimes strength isn’t fighting back, proving you’re right, or pushing harder—it’s listening,...

Episode 164: Practice Forges the Man | Discipline, Purpose & Becoming the Man God Created You to Be You don’t become the man you were created to be by accident. You become that man through practice. In Episode 164 of the Unleashed Podcast, Brent Henderson tackles one of the most overlooked parts of becoming a stronger man: doing the right things over and over again until they become part of ho...

What does it really mean to love your wife well? It’s more than flowers, date nights, notes by the coffee pot, or saying the right words. Sometimes love looks like sleeping on an uncomfortable hospital couch. Sometimes it means sitting on the floor with her when life feels like too much. Sometimes it means listening when everything inside you wants to defend yourself. In this deeply personal episo...

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda What happens when life reminds you that you're not in control? After historic flooding devastated communities across central Indiana, this episode wrestles with a question that reaches far beyond the floodwaters: Do we really trust God—or do we only trust Him when life is going where we think it should? We say, “Here am I, Lord, send me,” but too often we add our own condit...

I Was Made for Home What if the deepest longing you've ever felt wasn't meant to be satisfied here? Why do moments of beauty, love, joy, and even heartbreak leave us searching for something more? In this episode of The Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson explores the deep longing every human heart carries—the longing for Home. Through personal stories, Scripture, and heartfelt reflection, Brent re...

What do lions, African safaris, bowhunting, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ have in common? More than you might think. In this episode of Unleashed , Brent Henderson takes you deep into the African bush, where predators patiently study their prey before launching an attack. Through true stories from Africa, personal hunting experiences, and biblical truth, Brent reveals how Satan operates in...

Do people see the face of Jesus when they encounter you—or do they just see you? In this episode of Unleashed , Brent Henderson shares powerful lessons from the hunting woods about what others see, hear, and experience through our lives. Drawing from his weekend at the World Deer Expo, Brent connects a hunter’s desire not to be seen, heard, or smelled with three important questions every follower...

What if the greatest battle you're facing isn't against the world—but against the lie that you're not enough? In this deeply personal episode, Brent Henderson shares how wounds and discouragement caused him to lay down his music for nearly twenty years, and how God called him to pick it back up again. He also reflects on the lessons learned after open-heart surgery and the powerful reminder spoken...

Episode 157: I’m Going Home — Finding Hope in the Face of Death, Grief, and Loss What happens when death suddenly feels close? In this deeply personal episode of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson wrestles with mortality, grief, loss, and the Christian hope of heaven after receiving the unexpected news that his longtime friend Mark Apple had died from a sudden heart attack. Just 48 hours earl...

Episode 156: I Will Praise You in the Fire What do you do when the place where God once began restoring your heart suddenly goes up in flames? High in the Colorado Rockies sits a small hand-built cabin overlooking a valley that has become one of the most meaningful places in Brent’s life. Years ago, during one of the darkest seasons he had ever faced, Brent stood on that mountainside as a broken m...

What if the greatest loss in your life didn't happen during the fight—but after the victory? In Episode 155 of Unleashed , Brent Henderson shares the unforgettable story of landing the biggest northern pike of his life on Big McKenzie Lake in northern Wisconsin... only to lose it hours later without even realizing it. That true story becomes a powerful illustration of how marriages, families, frie...

What happens when an overnight fishing trip in Alaska turns into a six-day survival story? In this episode of Unleashed, Brent Henderson shares the untold side of being stranded off the remote Aialik Peninsula in Kenai Fjords National Park after a mechanical failure left four men waiting days for rescue. Along the way, they crossed open water in a 15-foot Zodiac, nearly paid the price for getting...

Alaska is breathtaking, wild, and unforgettable—but if you're not prepared, Alaska will eat your lunch. In this episode of Unleashed , Brent Henderson shares a story from the shores of Deep Creek along Alaska's Cook Inlet, where a night of pounding rain, fierce winds, and a storm-tested tent nearly derailed an unforgettable clamming adventure. Using stories from Alaska, razor clam digging, and rea...

What do you do when the path you're following suddenly ends at a cliff? In Episode 152 of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson shares two unforgettable lessons from the Colorado mountains—one involving a bear trail where God repeatedly redirected his steps, and another where a GPS route led him and his friend Roger toward the edge of a cliff as daylight faded around them. Both experiences revea...

In Episode 151 of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson launches into a brand-new chapter following the completion of The Big 5 Mankillers series with one of the most powerful and honest episodes yet: “Dead Men Running.” After watching the Netflix series Homeland , Brent was struck by how nearly every character in the show was trapped in lies, fear, hidden pain, compromise, and emotional surviva...

In this milestone 150th episode of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson closes out The Big 5 Mankillers series with a powerful Memorial Day message on brotherhood, sacrifice, and why men were never meant to fight alone. After walking through the mankillers of lack of purpose, lack of respect, anger, lust, shame, and fear, this final episode reveals one of the greatest weapons God gives men in t...

UNLEASHED PODCAST – EPISODE 149 The Big 5 Mankillers – Part 6: Fear Declawing the Lies of the Enemy Fear doesn’t just scare men… it controls them. In Episode 149 of the Unleashed Podcast, Brent Henderson wraps up the Big 5 Mankillers series by exposing one of the deepest roots behind anger, lust, shame, insecurity, emotional withdrawal, pride, and the desperate need for approval: fear. Using power...

The Big 5 Mankillers (Part 5): Shame – The Silent Killer Destroying Men in the Dark | Ep. 148 📝 DESCRIPTION Shame doesn’t shout… it stalks. In Part 5 of The Big 5 Mankillers , Brent Henderson exposes how shame operates like a predator—isolating men, hiding truth, and silently destroying identity from the inside out. Using the image of the African leopard, Brent reveals how the enemy doesn’t just...

Lust isn’t the problem—it’s the symptom. In Part 4 of The Big 5 Mankillers series, Brent Henderson takes an honest and powerful look at one of the most common struggles men face: lust. But instead of just addressing behavior, this episode uncovers the deeper issue—identity, misplaced desire, and the lies we believe about what will truly satisfy us. Through real-life stories, including a personal c...

Episode 146: The Big 5 Mankillers (Part 3) – Anger Anger doesn’t usually show up all at once—it attaches quietly, feeds slowly, and before you know it, it’s controlling your thoughts, your reactions, and your relationships. In Part 3 of The Big 5 Mankillers series, Brent Henderson exposes anger for what it really is: not the problem, but the symptom of something deeper. Using real stories—from a h...

What happens when a man no longer feels respected? In this episode of Unleashed , Brent Henderson continues the Big 5 Mankillers series by exposing one of the most silent and dangerous threats men face—lack of respect. Every man feels it. Few talk about it. And even fewer understand what it’s actually doing beneath the surface. When respect is missing, something inside a man begins to break. Some...

What if the greatest threat to a man’s life isn’t failure… but lack of purpose ? In Episode 144 of the Unleashed Podcast , Brent Henderson launches a powerful five-week series based on The Big 5 Mankillers: Declawing the Lies of the Enemy . This first episode tackles the #1 mankiller—lack of purpose —and how it quietly erodes a man’s identity, motivation, and direction. Through gripping storytelli...