The EVRYMAN Podcast

We're back after a week off! Evryman wrapped up their June expedition in Yellowstone National Park and it was incredible. We're heading back to Yellowstone in August. But this one is different. We'll explain more towards the bottom of this post. This week's guest is one rad dude. Brendan Leonard, creator of Semi-Rad.com sits down with Dan and just lets loose. Brendan is also an author, filmmaker,...

This week's guest is a powerful one. Sanyika The Firestarter sits down with Dan at his new California home. Sanyika is a keynote speaker, storytelling expert, and performing artist. He speaks, performs, and inspires people around the world by teaching audiences the art of Innovative Storytelling. He shows businesses and people "How To Be A Firestarter." He has worked with many brands such as Ford,...

This week Dan chats with an esteemed guest. Jed Diamond the Founder and Director of MenAlive , a health program that helps men, and the women who love them, to live well throughout their lives. He is a licensed psychotherapist with a Ph. D. in International Health and the author of 15 books including international best-sellers Surviving Male Menopause and The Irritable Male Syndrome. His latest bo...

What is the American Dream? Is it being a race car driver or living a wealthy life where you don't work? Or is it modified from perspective to perspective? "There's so many simple ways of simple living, that make so much sense, and also increase your enjoyment of life." - Sam Mascari This episode is being deemed by Dan as a part of the "American Dream" series being released over summer 2018. Sam M...

"What does it mean to be a man in today's day and age?" Kris Karuna met Dan almost six years ago at a men's group in New York City. Now he sits down with Dan shortly after the recent Joshua Tree retreat in California and their conversation revolves around the transition theme. The early part of the conversation showcases Kris's early work as a Talent Agent and Business Owner in the music industry...

Through exploration and adventure, Colin O’Brady embodies what it means to overcome obstacles, test limits, dream big, set goals, and never give up. His inspirational path showcases making the impossible, possible. Becoming a two-time world record holder was a long journey for Colin from 2008. On a backpacking trip to Thailand Colin suffered a tragic accident and was severely burned in a fire. His...

One month from now Evyrman will be hosting the Yellowstone Expedition . This week Aaron and Dan did a little scouting of the area for the expedition. They decided to make a stop along the Gallatin River and do an impromptu episode. To hype up the upcoming expedition this episode covers a little bit of Aaron's start with Evryman, Evryman's view of veteran integration and a hint towards their second...

This week's guest has a bit of history. Michael Hebb, founder of Deathoverdinner.org ,  Drugsoverdinner.org , EarthtoDinner.org , WomenTeachMen.com and The Living Wake, joins Dan this week to talk about the upcoming Women Teach Men event and partnering with Evryman. To sum it up in Michael's words, "We want men to learn the depths of spirituality, meditation, boxing, dancing, yoga, wilderness surv...

This week is a huge episode for Evryman. Coming off the last retreat Dan sits down with his own father, Blayne Doty. They talk about Dan's expectations of having his dad come to a retreat, how Blayne has grown as a father, a grandfather, and a person and they talk about their early years as a family growing up in North Dakota as well. Blayne loves good hard rock, he's a master homemade pizza maker...

Welcome, to the first half and half podcast. This episode is with Marc Champagne, co-founder KYŌ . "Everything that we do with KYŌ is all about appreciating today, getting the most out of the present moment, and helping people slow down a bit." - Marc KYŌ is the Japanese word for today. Marc lives for connecting with amazing people and uncovering the powerful questions shaping their lives. He host...

For over two decades Suzanne Tucker has been teaching mindful parenting classes. Her life's purpose is to change the way our society nurtures, educates, and disciplines children, helping families and classrooms connect by adopting evidence-based, affirming practices rooted in mindfulness. This week Dan chats with Suzanne who founded Generation Mindful, a social-mission driven company creating educ...

This week's guest is life-long New Yorker, author, Comparative Literature degree holder Matthew Stillman. Among the long list of titles and accomplishments is Co-Founder. Matthew is the Co-Founder of Primal Derma, a skin care company that attempts to reclaim some older forgotten trails of how people made a deep connection between health of place, animals and humans to making a spot in the world th...

This week's episode is with three of the Evryman retreat facilitators. Owen Marcus and Aaron Blaine sit down with Dan the day after the Joshua Tree retreat wrapped up and they recap and share their thoughts on the retreat. If you are interested in joining Evryman on a retreat we have one coming up really quick. You can find out more about Evryman on our website .   Be sure to subscribe to the Evry...

Farhoud Meybodi, Head of Creative and Co-Owner of Wayfarer Entertainment sits down with Dan to discuss traditional masculinity, storytelling, unity, and so much more.   Wayfarer is a media company creating a variety of productions. One of the productions Farhoud and Wayfarer Entertainment have created is a conversation series titled " Man Enough " which invites all men to open up and cha...

This week on the Evryman Podcast Dan sits down with an interesting guest. Erin Brandt has been a "Man-Coach" for over nine years. Erin is on a mission to work with as many men’s groups as possible for 2018, around North America, by donation. Occasionally working with compassionate women can be crucial to jumpstart and add a valuable perspective to the work men do in group. For the past 4 years, sh...

The Joshua Tree retreat just wrapped up last week. It was a successful weekend with over 50 participants. This episode Dan sits down with Josh Radnor (his new show Rise premieres Tuesday, March 13th) and they share their thoughts and perspective on the Joshua Tree retreat. Josh goes in depth on how portraying his character for years effected him personally and how attending the retreat went for hi...

Have you ever tried to make a New Year's resolution or a life change but needed a way to hold yourself accountable? Having a tool to help you stay on track can be a huge advantage and Paul Churchill discovered just that. Paul moved to Granada, Spain where he purchased a bar. Over the next three years he became dependent on alcohol. Hoping to curtail the drinking with a geographical cure, he walked...

Following the tragedy Florida suffered last week, Dan takes this opportunity in the introduction of this episode to express his thoughts on how we can help men and boys get better physically, mentally, and emotionally. "We all need each other." Our guest on the Evryman Podcast this week is Fred Kluth. Fred is a womb shaman. Yes, you read that right, a womb shaman. Actually he is much more than jus...

Have you ever wanted an example of how all this works, what Evryman can help you with? Brad Golphenee is a seasoned veteran to men's groups. He has been involved for over 10 years and has been a training facilitator for men and men's groups for six years now. "We're also giving men the tools and awareness to maybe even change a family trajectory." In this episode of the Evryman podcast Dan and Bra...

"Something's got to change here." Idling through life wasn't cutting it and finding Evryman was a huge change for Sean Pringle. Discovering the Evryman Yellowstone Expedition was the first step and taking the leap was the next. Sean went to Montana to participate in something entirely new to him. Following the expedition, Sean returned to his home in Kansas City and started the Evryman group there...

"After feeling that fear, I knew I couldn't do this anymore." Following an outstanding collegiate career at Texas A&M Keith Mitchell was not selected in the 1997 NFL draft. He was although signed by the New Orleans Saints and found early success. Fast forward to 2003, an unfortunate spinal injury left him temporarily paralyzed forcing an early retirement from a sport that his life revolved around....

In 2012 the National Health Interview Survey found that eight percent of American adults have meditated at least once. That's 18 million people using a form of meditation to better themselves. Dan Harris joins us for this episode to dive deep into the topic of meditation. He is the author of "10% Happier," "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" and Dan also has an app called "10% Happier" which helps p...

Waking up and seeing not one but two bald eagles during a Montana morning is definitely a treat from the universe. Foster Mobley describes that as experiencing life. From the early age of 15 Foster put his head down, forgot about playing, and ground it out for the next 35 years to build a successful career. Today he is a founder and chairman of FMG Leading.   Foster joins us this episode to discus...

I bet you didn't know that 80% of millennial men do as much or most of the grocery shopping in their household.  The world is not what is used to be and massive changes are happening in real time.   The juggernaut parenting website  Fatherly has taken over the web by helping men become better fathers.  On this episode  Fatherly  co-founder Simon Isaacs joins to talk about his transition to fatherh...

Happy New Year everyone!  Lucas Krump is one of the three co-founders of Evryman.  Lucas co-lead the first Evryman Expedition in Yellowstone and is a co-facilitator on our Open Source Retreats.  On this episode we review and assess 2017 and look forward to 2018, both personally, relationally, and in business.