The Alpha Quorum Show

Taco Mike reveals one of the sources of his profound inspiration lately: thoughts he is channeling from his ancestor dubbed the "Price of Preachers," the great Charles Spurgeon from 19th-century England. The quorum tells of lessons they have learned from stories in their family histories.  Negative emotions are futile to try to harbor.  Taco Mike teaches how he lets anger go by realizing...

 BEST EPISODE EVER!!  Derik, Brad, Taco Mike, and Mike Olsen discuss the adventures that helped them become grown-ass men.  Brad discusses a recent trip to Zion National Park and shares a lesson about what to do when you get lost in life.  Derik describes a recent experience in a sauna with an elderly man in a Speedo and the colorful adventure he took traveling alone from Marse...

In yet another voyage into new territory, the Alpha Quorum speaks with ordained Rabbi and licensed psychologist, Dr. David Brownstein. Our topic is LEADERSHIP .   We each describe our personal leadership mentors or heroes and describe what it means to be a leader and the attitudes, actions, and attributes are of effective leaders.   We discuss Brad's first clinical director: author, pres...

In part two of a two-part series for WOMEN about how to understand men, we discuss some feedback from the previous episode (040 Bring the Honey).  Taco Mike teaches how men 'doing their part' isn't necessarily an aphrodisiac, but failing to do your part at home during the day can definitely kill her mood for 'business-time' at night.  We discuss Gary Chapman's book, The Five Love Languag...

 In a ground-breaking move, the Alpha Quorum addresses WOMEN for the first time as they review some of the principles illuminated in the best-selling book, "For Women Only," by Shaunti Feldhahn.     We specifically talk about two common complaints of men: 1) that the emotional environment is negative and what he needs is appreciation and 2) the importance of physical touch...

As part two of a two-segment episode, we discuss mortality and why we should consider the finite nature of our lives and how this helps men develop an attitude of reverence, which is the openness to all valuable things.  Derik discusses 'rock bottom' and how men can find the gifts in his worst and darkest hours.  We must tell the truth in order to grow.  Telling the truth requires h...

Mike recounts some special moments where he and his dirt-biking brothers brought some love and service to an orphanage on the most recent of his 'Taco Tours' in Baja, Mexico.   After last weeks episodes on porn, we decide to turn our discussion to reverence: the respect and awe of all valuable things.  We discuss the need for a having a framework for understanding the bigger-picture of l...

Segment 2 of a two-part episode about porn and compulsive sexual behavior.  We answer the following questions: When does it become "an addiction"? What is the cycle of compulsive sexuality? What keeps men stuck in it? What do they need to do to get out of it? Taco Mike and Brad disclose their own struggles with this and other addictions and discuss ways men can get out of this cycle.  We...

In what is sure to become our most popular episode to date, we explore the topic of pornography and answer the following questions: What's the big deal with porn anyway, it isn't hurting anyone? How serious a problem is this? Why is porn so addictive? Why does it hurt relationships? What predisposes men to this problem? We discuss the neurological and chemical reasons that pornography can be so ad...

 Introducing a new one-minute series called #alphashots . This one is about how much your woman DOES want to have sex. 

In this important episode, we discuss the ways that men struggle to control their impulses: rude comments, sexual mismanagement, anger and aggression are all explored as well as ways to take better control of urges coming from the surges of testosterone. Mike describes the differences between men and women as evidenced by their behaviors in their respective prisons, where he spends time every day...

Taco Mike hosts his first show while Derik is at home with heart troubles. This episode is a deep-dive discussion on forgiveness.  Clean-shaven Taco Mike reports on his recent trip to Spain and Italy and confesses to placing 'Taco Tours' stickers in front of the  Colosseum and somewhere in the Vatican and explains how he is now an international fugitive. Chad catapults himself into manho...

You might laugh *and* cry listening to this episode!  Brad, Jeremy, and Derik share the most important lessons they've learned from their parents.  These deeply-personal experiences help you get to know these three in a new way. Jeremy illustrates the most important thing he learned by his parents' example which he has carried into his own life. Amid his usual cheeky humor, Derik shares...

Derik insults the driver of an orange Camaro while gassing up.  We discuss mindful, proactive awareness vs. the reactivity and the victim stance that people often like to put themselves in.  The conversation evolves into parenting and how to help children most: by letting them fail.  Brad describes 'the paradox of control' and Jeremy teaches how we manifest our own outcomes by our t...

The Alpha Quorum Show is proud to introduce a brand new series of podcasts where we interview influencers in the field of personal development. For our first interview, Derik spends some time with Rainier Wylde, host of the Lost Man Standing Podcast , and discusses how sometimes our calling in life can come from our most painful experiences. Rainier gets raw and personal about some of his greatest...

Jeremy reviews the book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" and highlights the part of the book about values. Guest Chad Harmon teaches how clarity of values helps you set healthy boundaries.  Chad and Jeremy describe the need to focus on values which you have 100% control over.  Derik is pleased to hear Chad's position that we aren't quite as fat as we sound on the show. 

Derik wins the weekend by going Ghandi and fasting for 74 hours (except for Coke Zero). He returns fully alive and fully crushing on Tom Brady, but willing to leave his Patriots party for this show. The guys discuss what boundaries are, how to set them, respect them, and maintain them. Resentment or other negative feelings signal the crossing of boundaries which likely still need to be identified,...

Master Ninja Leavitt teaches the Quorum how to break boards with their bare hands.  Working through some initial nervousness and lack of know-how, everyone succeeds in tonight's mission: to visualize, slow it down, and not be afraid.  But first, Derik ends up on the floor and almost needs to use his new Christmas present: the iPhone EKG machine. This is one you won't want to miss!  

Derik begins by busting Brad's balls about drinking a Monster Energy drink at 8pm and we explore whether or not "taurine" is extracted from bull semen. Mike details the very positive experiences he's had since implementating his wife's feedback. He details his approach, how he asked, what she shared, hows he's taken the initiative to fix his prior failures at home and how this has dramatically imp...

Hear the things we've each had to learn the hard way regarding avoidance, not using your voice, foreboding joy, committing to things you shouldn't, and running sideways.  Brad talks about passing kidney stones and what he learned from his kids' great grandmother one day while being stuck in a room with her at Christmas.   Jeremy discusses how gratitude is the antidote for foreboding joy....

Derik, Jeremy and Brad describe the old man gifts they hope to have for Christmas and Thunt shares about the chicken-head-phone-stabilizer thing he hopes Santa brings him. Another humorous look into the real-life situations of the Alpha Quorum.

Thunt makes his best contribution ever: a new name for Taco Mike. While Mike is gone riding motorcycles with the Tom Brady of dirt bikes, Tyler takes advantage of his inability to spell to give him a new name. We discuss what our wives told us we need to work on to make our relationships more meaningful and complete. Derik is looking for a new cardiologist and Brad teaches Thunt how not to overthi...

In Episode 019, the guys planned to ask their wives and family for feedback about what they need to be doing better. This was recorded the same night, BEFORE asking for this feedback. Hear what each man predicts will be the answers to his question. Listen next week to find out what they were ACTUALLY told.

The guys share the support they've received from their wives about this project which takes a significant amount of prime family time on Sunday nights when we record the show.

Going back to 1984, the Quorum shares awkward and confusing songs they secretly love to sing. Jeremy defends his "dreamy" boy band and Derik overshares (like always) and takes off his pants.