The Anthony Bradley Show

Analyzing land policy, labor, and legal history, Keri Leigh Merritt reveals what happens to excess workers when a capitalist system is predicated on slave labor. With the rising global demand for cotton and thus, slaves in the 1840s and 1850s, the need for white laborers in the American South was drastically reduced, creating a large underclass who were unemployed or underemployed. These poor whit...

Connor Kilgore is the 2022 president of the Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Arkansas. Connor is leading his fraternity in the effort to dispel the bad stereotypes of college fraternities by creating a culture of respect. On this episode Connor explains how they turn good men into great men.

On April 9th, 2021 the Christian Post announced that Paul Maxwell, a former writer at The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and the author of The Trauma of Doctrine, was no longer a Christian. In this "Rogan Style" episode, you'll hear the good, bad, and ugly of his journey from abusive parents to neglectful seminary professors and what contributed to the deconstruction of his faith. Dr. Maxwell tra...

Chad Frick, the 2021 president of the Alpha Sig fraternity explains why he joined a fraternity and become president as someone who does not drink alcohol, why geographic diversity is so vital for their friendships, and the ways that they keep each other accountable to be better men.

Up to 44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for college students. For men on college campuses fraternities have emerged as a refuge for students to have a safe space to process their emotions. Kent Carroll, president of the Chi Psi fraternity at Clemson University joined me for a brief chat about what they're doing t...

Steve Christoforou of the Greek Orthodox Church of America joins Anthony Bradley to discuss the distinctives of Eastern Orthodoxy on issues like the understandings of the authority of Scripture, the gospel, original sin, salvation, the sacraments, and more.

Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in fraternal lodges and engaged in exercise to invigorate their bodies. One form of this new manly culture, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. In this fascinating stu...

The aftermath of the murder of George Floyd ripped the scab off of America's racial history. This country has yet to formally address its racial history. Transitional justice provides us an opportunity and move our country forward. Dr. Colleen Murphy joins Anthony Bradley explain what transitional justice is and how it can help America healing our racial wounds. Many countries have attempted to tr...

Shay Ryan Douglas became internationally known after staring in the documentary "Liberated," a film about college students on Spring Break. "Debauchery" is the best way to describe the depiction of Shay's experience on spring break but after the film Shay experience and transformation. We'll talk about the man that he is today. Shay is now on a mission. His goal is to empower people with the knowl...

A discussion with psychologist Dr. Robert Tyminski on the struggles of alienation in the life of adolescent boys and young adult men and what those who work with them need to know to help guys process their emotions.

Rev. Jeff Hemmer discusses his book, "Man Up." Jeffrey Hemmer is the husband of (in his opinion) the most wonderful woman in the world, the father to the five most delightful children he's ever met, the pastor of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a wannabe farmer, maker of some things, fixer of some other things, grower of beards, and general curmudgeon. His big tr...

God has designed a path for helping men know what it means to be a man made in God's image. Led by men who have gone before us, sons and younger men follow in the footsteps of their fathers, generation after generation. In this podcast, John Eldredge author of, Fathered By God, discusses a framework for understanding how boys become men. In life's struggles, pains, joys, and successes God initiate...