Great Men w/ Shane Sams

Shane Sams reconnects with longtime friend Nick Loper, founder of Side Hustle Nation and host of The Side Hustle Show, for an expansive conversation on digital entrepreneurship, wealth building, and navigating the complexities of midlife. Both emerging from the early 2010s wave of online business, Shane and Nick debunk the romanticized myth of the four-hour workweek, candidly sharing how unchecked...

Shane Sams sits down with Cody Berman, entrepreneur, real estate investor, and host of The Financial Independence Show, for an honest, tactical conversation on achieving financial independence at age twenty-five and figuring out what matters once the money is solved. Cody breaks down his journey from discovering financial independence principles as a college student to quitting corporate America w...

Shane Sams sits down with Shawn Hanks, president of Premier Speakers Bureau, fresh off their annual houseboat retreat at Dale Hollow Lake for an open and grounding conversation about male friendship, identity, and the speaking industry. Shawn pulls back the curtain on his twenty-six-year career in the speakers bureau world, detailing his rise from agent to president and how leading the company thr...

Shane Sams reconnects with longtime friend and former business partner Josh Stanton, dialing in from Phuket, Thailand, for a transparent and wide ranging conversation on weathering midlife, divorce, and personal reinvention. Josh opens up about the turbulent season around his fortieth birthday, marked by debilitating gut health issues, vertigo, and the painful unraveling of his marriage. The two e...

Shane Sams sits down with longtime friend Jeff Rose, founder of Good Financial Cents, for a raw and vulnerable conversation about midlife crises, business betrayal, and the painful path of rebuilding trust. Jeff opens up about the devastating fallout of selling his financial planning practice and digital brand, only to discover critical deception from a business partner that cost him millions. He...

Shane Sams sits down with longtime friend Dan Engler, veteran WWE referee and founder of The Refolution, for a candid and inspiring conversation about resilience, humility, and maintaining perspective under the bright lights of professional entertainment. Dan takes listeners back to his humble beginnings in Evansville, Indiana, sharing the relentless grind of sleeping in his truck and working regi...

Shane Sams sits down with Dr. Todd Phillips, a former mega church pastor who spent more than two decades preaching to thousands and anchoring his identity within the church, for a candid conversation on deconstruction, faith, and rebuilding community. Todd opens up about his decade long journey of questioning evangelical doctrine and the profound isolation that came with stepping away from the ins...

Shane Sams connects with Lane Sebring, entrepreneur and founder of Triple Reset, for a wide ranging conversation on health transformation, breaking scarcity mindsets, and designing a life on your own terms. Reflecting on their parallel journeys through the online business world, Lane shares the bold story of selling his house in a matter of days to move his family of six to coastal Florida to prio...

Shane Sams connects with performance coach and former dual sport UCLA athlete Coach Matt McKinney for a wide ranging conversation on resilience, health sovereignty, and transforming the ego. Reflecting on his journey from battling severe, undiagnosed gut issues during his collegiate career to playing professional volleyball across Europe, Matt shares how physical set backs forced him to step up as...

Shane Sams sits down with human behaviorist and identity coach Will Etheridge for a profound exploration of self-discovery, emotional regulation, and what it truly means to inhabit your identity as a man. Set against the backdrop of their recent retreat in the Rocky Mountains, the two discuss the vital necessity for men to physically step away from the noise of daily life to gain clarity. Will ref...

Shane Sams welcomes personal trainer and exercise science expert Jeff McMahon to unpack the critical health choices men face as they cross the forty year mark. Jeff breaks down the dangerous misconception that prioritizing personal fitness is a selfish act, arguing instead that a man's family absolutely requires him to take care of his body so he can remain fully present and energized. The two tak...

Shane Sams sits down with Mark England, the founder of Enlifted, for a fascinating and deeply practical masterclass on how the words we choose and the speed of our internal dialogue shape our reality. Mark breaks down the mechanics of human storytelling, explaining that the painful narratives that haunt us derive their power from constant, lightning-fast repetition in our heads. By introducing the...

Shane Sams sits down with Jonathan Cronstedt, former President of Kajabi and author of The Billion Dollar Bullseye , for a wide-ranging discussion on scaling massive digital empires, the future of online education, and the timeless principles of ancient philosophy. Reflecting on Kajabi's massive growth to over eleven billion dollars processed for digital creators, JCron breaks down how the value s...

Shane Sams is joined by business coach Tom Sylvester and Sam Sells, founder of ZH Standard, for a forward-thinking conversation on masculinity, fatherhood, and how men can leverage artificial intelligence to build a better life without sacrificing their humanity. The trio explores the weight of modern fatherhood and the provider mindset, emphasizing why early failures and rejections are essential...

Shane Sams connects with longtime friend and community builder Philip Taylor for an insightful and deeply grounded conversation on entrepreneurship, live events, and the challenges facing the sandwich generation. Drawing on his experience founding FinCon, Philip shares his philosophy of finding a community first and throwing them a party, emphasizing why serving the people rather than the stage cr...

Chris Graebe has lived one of the most unpredictable lives in entrepreneurship. MTV Road Rules cast member. Campus pastor at one of the largest churches in America. Serial entrepreneur. Angel investor alongside Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary. Father of five. And one of the most honest voices on what it actually costs to level up as a man. In this conversation Shane and Chris get into the real stuff....

Shane Sams is joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Daniel Franz and U.S. Army veteran Anthony Woolever for an incredibly raw and deeply personal exploration of trauma, suicidal ideation, and the frontier of psychedelic assisted therapy. Anthony opens up about a lifetime of struggle, tracing the lines from childhood abuse and a suicide attempt at seventeen to a harrowing combat tour in Iraq that lef...

Shane Sams welcomes legendary podcaster and Army veteran John Lee Dumas to discuss the intentional choices required to step off the corporate treadmill and build a life of genuine presence. Reflecting on 14 years and thousands of episodes of Entrepreneurs on Fire, JLD shares how he sent himself the enough memo after realizing that chasing endless scale was a distraction from the freedom he had alr...

In this episode of Great Men, Shane Sams reconnects with his longtime friend Cliff Ravenscraft, a true pioneer known to many as "The Podcast Answer Man." Cliff takes us behind the scenes of his massive transformation, from the early days of 2005 when he was producing up to 15 episodes a week to the shocking moment he walked away from a $750,000 per year brand. They explore the heavy toll of misali...

Shane Sams and Vincent Pugliese reunite after a social media misfire and copy-paste misunderstanding nearly derailed their friendship, turning a real conflict into a powerful masterclass on authenticity and male connection. In a world increasingly dominated by AI automation and digital noise, they challenge the temptation to clone voices or outsource relationships, arguing that true integrity mean...

In this episode of  Great Men , Shane Sams sits down with Austin Netzley, the founder of 2X and co-owner of Operations.com, to peel back the curtain on the raw, often messy journey toward high-level success. Austin shares his transition from a "rocky road" in small-town Ohio—marked by multiple arrests and a reliance on alcohol—to helping his clients generate over  $250 million  in revenue. The con...

In this episode of Great Men, Shane Sams sits down with Scott Lamm, a global speaker and real estate mogul who walked away from a high-level corporate career at Morgan Stanley by age 37. The two dive deep into the reality of "achieving the dream," debunking the common myth that lifestyle design alone leads to fulfillment. Through Scott's story of building a massive portfolio and Shane's personal r...

What truly separates the great from the good? In this episode of Great Men, Shane sits down with Travis Chappell, the high-capacity host of Travis Makes Friends and Travis Makes Money. With over 1,300 episodes and 15 million listens under his belt, Travis has spent more time than almost anyone on the planet deconstructing the habits and mindsets of elite performers. He shares his hard-earned persp...

On April 19th, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to speed up reviews of psychedelic drugs including ibogaine, psilocybin, and others for treating severe depression, PTSD, and addiction. Standing next to Donald Trump in the Oval Office was Joe Rogan, who told reporters he texted Trump about ibogaine and the president responded "Sounds great. Do you want FD...

In this episode of Great Men with Shane Sams , Shane sits down with Markus Gerszi — former CrossFit affiliate owner, gym business coach, and host of the Best Hour of Their Day podcast. Markus built and sold CrossFit Active Performance, voted the #1 CrossFit gym in Orange County, and has since spent over 11 years coaching more than 1,500 gym owners. Shane and Markus dive deep into the emotional and...