Primal King Podcast

Do you ever feel like you are living in a world that seems "cultish?" If you say or do the wrong thing whether it be anti-mask mandates, anti pop culture fads and so on, you will feel shamed and become an outsider? Joe Marfoglio grew up in a fundamentalist-type religion and talks about how the exact same things that he went through are actually being used right now in our culture. Having been thro...

Derek tells a story about a flight tour of Mt. McKinley several years ago and how the absolute fear of doing it changed everything. Fear holds most of us back from doing the things that we truly want to; it can be fear of a life change, starting a new business, building the best marriage possible and a number of other things. In this episode, you will be left with one very simple yet insanely impo...

Derek and Jess wanted to hop into the unforgiving conversation around gender. Rather than taking the approach of what seems to be common now with choosing genders and gender fluidity, they break down their thoughts from a more traditional sense and why they believe what they believe. Truth is still important. It may not be comfortable or culturally acceptable sometimes but it still needs to be put...

In today's episode, Derek talks about how much we all like to judge the lottery winners that go broke shortly after winning. We like to judge the pro athlete that goes broke within a couple of years of retirement. However, do you know the odds of you *actually* being you?  If you need a quick "pick me up" or maybe even a little nudge to help you live a better lifestyle, you HAVE to check out this...

Jamey Shirah is part owner and CMO of the asset management company South Capital Partners. He grew up in a very small town but after graduating from the University of Georgia he has gone on to be successful with several different ventures. Ultimately his roots led him to start the Hunter Recruitment Project which helps first-time hunters experience the power of harvesting their first animal. Jamey...

Derek talks about how he recently started doing something COMPLETELY different than most would think is acceptable. In fact, most people look at him cross-eyed when he tells them about it. This episode covers the consideration that most of what we "know" isn't actually known but rather passed down and may or may not actually be true. Whether it is dealing with fitness and nutrition or relationship...

Ryan Michler has built an empire around helping males become men. He started Order of Man first because of his pursuit to become the best man that he could be. After growing up without a father in the home, he realized how important it is to understand that the inherent qualities of a man are not bad despite what our culture will tell us. Derek talks with Ryan about how he first started leading me...

How many times as a kid were you told that "you should know better?" I know I heard it a LOT. Sometimes you may have known better and did it anyways but sometimes you may not have known what you were doing was wrong. There is so much information out there that is available now, we can literally learn just about anything that we want. You don't even have to attend college to attend college level cl...

There is no shortage of people that pitch the whole "live your passion" dream. If you want to actually hear from someone who has been and is currently doing that, you have to listen to this episode. Aron Snyder started out working for the outdoor backpack and gear company called Kifaru around 2012. In only a few short years of working his "dream job" that fulfilled his passion of being outdoors te...

We all look for that "hack." We all want to fast track our success no matter what we are trying to accomplish. We teach our kids to fast track their careers by going to college. We tell people to fast track their weight loss by taking snake oil. The list goes on and on. In this episode, Derek reflects on a conversation that he had with his daughter about a really hard time she was going through. I...

Lindsey was a thriving business owner. She had recently built her dream home. She was finally seeing the years of hard work that she had put in produce massive results. Then Covid hit.  She went from having multiple business locations to nothing. She went from a thriving business owner to facing bankruptcy. She lived in Oregon and her state was one of the hardest locked down states in the country....

Derek heard someone recently say something that really caught his attention when it comes to dealing with the pressure that we all feel at certain points in our lives. "Pressure is a privilege." Just think, if you are feeling pressure right now, be it in your job, business or any other area, you may actually be much more "privileged" than you think. If you have done or plan on doing anything great...

We've all heard about people that have a "chip on their shoulder." What is one thing that just about everyone that is elite at something, whether it be sports, business or any other area, have in common? They have a fuel that feeds their fire and it typically comes from something that someone said or did to them at some point. Derek struggled on whether or not to talk about this for fear of soundi...

Bart Miller a.k.a. the "Billion Dollar Cowboy" shares what has made him successful in almost everything that he's done; from competitive cycling to a decorated body builder to building multiple successful businesses and raising an amazing family...but it may not be what you think. Bart has an attitude around pain that isn't like most other people. In fact, he talks about pain and how God uses it t...

Derek takes you on an adventure today... Most people don't think about what life will look like down the road. We are usually consumed with what we missed out on yesterday or what will happen today but after going through a "woo woo" exercise, he saw a different perspective that he hadn't considered; IF he had accomplished his goals and was looking back at his life at 80, what would he have wanted...

Most people don't work with their spouse. In fact, for many couples, they don't see each other all THAT often. When you factor in jobs, kids, responsibilities and on and on, sometimes it can feel more like passionate roommates than husband or wife. The pandemic and subsequent shutdowns has meant more "quality" time then ever for most couples though. For the first few weeks it may have seemed liked...

It's officially 2021! Everyone will be doing their best to stick to their New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, most will fail. Why? They will try to simply use willpower and discipline to get through them and that doesn't work long term. Derek walks you through exactly HOW you can do the most important thing to achieve your goals in this episode (hint: it doesn't require discipline or extreme wi...

Howard Getson has been successful in just about everything that he has done; from sports in high school and college to earning his J.D. Law degree and Masters Degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University and then to building an Inc. 500 company and now to the founder of an algorithmic hedge fund company called Capitalogix. So, what has been the key to his success? Howard talks ab...

We all know how "normal" life can be sometimes. Days are chaotic and things may not seem to be going as great as you'd like. As we move towards Christmas, buying presents for your family can be stressful. Covid has pushed everyone close to their breaking points in different ways... If your "normal" life isn't going quite how you planned it, you HAVE to listen to this episode. Most of the big thing...

Cody Neer was ranked as one of the the top high school baseball players in the world. He had dreamed of playing in the major league from the time he was old enough to walk. After receiving a scholarship from the University of Florida, he was well on the path to accomplish his dream. Within a few short years in the majors, he was cut and back to square one. His entire identity had been built on bei...

There is a ton of talk going on about freedom. Government restrictions are a huge topic. Lockdowns. Mandates... What if we look at our freedoms from a foundational level though? Are you free to move your body the way that you want? Are you free to do what you want financially? Are you free to live the way you want to? Derek may sprinkle in a little bit of that forbidden fruit known as politics in...

This week Derek has on his partners in the 75 Hard Challenge. Ty Medley is a school teacher, football coach and great family man. Tyson Smith is currently working at an optics company but is also the father to two beautiful girls and the founder of Idaho Adventurer. The three of them decided to go through the 75 Hard Challenge as a way to combat complacency and build strict discipline. They talk a...

When people feel like they don't have a voice or don't have any power, they resort to some pretty bad things. Derek lays out in this episode how to take your power back. Too often we put our happiness on other people and other circumstances in which we don't have any control. Because of this, we feel helpless and sometimes, even hopeless. There are a ton of different examples of this happening in...

Derek's son is 7 years old. He is at that stage where just about everything that comes out of his mouth ends with a question mark. For those of you that have or have had kids, you know what he's talking about. Derek explores why we lose that curiosity. Is it ego? Is it complacency? Is is because we are just so smart we suddenly know everything as we age? In this episode you will get a complete und...

This has been a crazy year. A pandemic, layoffs, bankrupt businesses, gyms closing down, school closures, a crazy political cycle and now an insane election. There are probably more things to complain about right now than most times in our lives. However, the question becomes this; what are you going to do about it? Complaining gets us nowhere. The only thing that will change a situation is action...