EP254: Tom Pfanner - Mothers Care, Fathers Prepare

The Sovereign Man Podcast · Jun 24, 2026 · 31m

"A mother's job is to make sure her kids don't get hurt. A father's job is to make sure his kids don't get hurt too much." — Nicky Billou

Thomas Pfanner is back, and this conversation goes somewhere real. If you heard his first appearance on the show, you know he's been through the fire with his own son — and that he came out the other side with something hard-won and worth listening to.

This time, the focus is on how a father actually passes masculinity to his son — not through a list of rules or demands, but through the kind of presence and example that shapes a young man from the inside…