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Goodpain Podcast
Goodpain Podcast is an invitation to reclaim the space for honest, candid conversations about our struggles, about not knowing, about the wisdom found simply in enduring.. Like the ancient tribes, gathering around a fire to share hard-won wisdom, we'll talk about life's true intensities: the raw realities of parenting, the relentless demands of careers, the shattering impact of tragedy, the quiet burden of pain, and the unexpected moments of joy that flicker in between. Because whether your…
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Goodpain PodcastAndy Dehnart Talks Reality, Masks, and Unscripted Truth | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E10
Why do we put on costumes, edit our lives, and find truth in the unscripted stories we tell? In this Halloween weekend episode of Goodpain, our hosts are…
Goodpain PodcastThe Rhythm of Creativity – Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Making | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom | Goodpain Podcast S03E09
When you stop making, do you stop being a maker? In this co-host episode of Goodpain, Tyler and Jeremy explore the cyclical seasons of the creative process…
Goodpain PodcastRoy Henry Vickers and "Making Church" | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E08
What happens when you stop trying to sell your soul and allow divine inspiration to flow straight through your fingers? In this episode of Goodpain, we are…
Goodpain Podcast"The LEGO Movie": Goodpain presents The Tell Show, Ep. No. 01 | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E07
What happens when structure becomes tyrannical, and how does play ("make believe") unlock the courage to create? Welcome to the premiere of The Tell Show, a…
Goodpain PodcastMaking Beauty(ful) with Jess Lin of Cultureful Podcast | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E06
What happens when life knocks down your dream house, and how do you find the beauty in unexpected constraints? In this episode of Goodpain, we sit down with…
Goodpain PodcastThe Creativity Gap – A Process of Self-Discovery (or Being Discovered) | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E05
What happens when your vision outpaces your skill, and how do you embrace the tension between impulse and craft? In this episode of Goodpain, hosts Jeremy and…
Goodpain PodcastMaking a Way Back Home, Part 2 with Tarek Mounib | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S03E04
What does it mean to lose your way, collapse under spiritual exhaustion, and find the quiet path back to yourself? In Part 02 of this moving conversation on…
Goodpain PodcastMaking a Way Back Home, Part 1 with Dr. Patricia June Vickers | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom | Goodpain Podcast S03E03
What happens when we reach the end of ourselves and surrender to the Great Mystery? In this episode of Goodpain, hosts Tyler is joined by Indigenous…
Goodpain PodcastTK Dutes – Making. Breaking. Remaking. | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain S03E02
What happens when the systems designed to support your dream end up crushing your spirit? In this episode of Goodpain, hosts Jeremy and Tyler sit down with…
Goodpain PodcastThe Compulsion to Create | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain S03E01
Why do humans paint on cave walls, wear jewelry, and build things that serve no survival purpose? In the season three premiere of Goodpain, hosts Jeremy and…
Goodpain PodcastGoodpain Unplugged: Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. – Unedited Conversation about Geeking Out
Goodpain Unplugged is a raw, unedited conversation that pulls the curtain back on the conversations we have in preparation for our seasons. Tiffany is the…
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Goodpain: Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom: Season 03 Trailer – The Artful Life: A Season About Making
Every human life is a work in progress – literally. We are all making something: our days, our relationships, our stories, our selves. Season 3 of Goodpain…
Goodpain PodcastEnd of Season Wrap & Preview of Season 03 | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain S02E21
In this episode, we take a final sprint around the track that is Season 2. Jeremy and Tyler share their brief reflections on the topic of Mature & Immature…
Goodpain PodcastRelando Thompkins-Jones, "This Just Ain't Working for Us", Social Justice Origin Stories | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom | Goodpain Podcast S02E20
This just ain't working for us...and it does not have to be this way. About This Episode Can we be strong enough to name what is broken without demanding…
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The Architecture of Legacy and the Wisdom of Maturity | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom | Goodpain S02E19
Episode Summary In this episode, Jeremy and Tyler explore the profound responsibility of becoming a good ancestor in a world that often prioritizes immediate…
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Fred Rogers' Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S0E18
We have a couple more interviews coming for Season 2, but this week we take another break to bring a voice of wisdom to our audience. This week it is the man…
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Sam Pressler & Soren Duggan of Nobody to Call – Men Without College Degrees & the Yearning to Connect | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom | Goodpain Podcast S02E017
IN THIS EPISODE What the Disconnected survey (2024) established about the college degree as the dividing line in American civic life Why the male loneliness…
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Robyn D. Walser, PhD – Making Space for Masculine Vulnerability | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E16
What if our attempts to protect ourselves from pain are the very things keeping us isolated? In this candid conversation, Tyler sits down with Dr. Robyn…
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Male Maturation and Becoming – Remembering to Intentional Choice & Genuine Living | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E15
What if happiness isn't something we arrive at, but something we choose to remember in the present moment? In this candid conversation, hosts Tyler and Jeremy…
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Sacred Inconvenience Pt. II, David Foster Wallace | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain S02E014
We will return next week with more long form conversations, however, this week we continue borrowing from another voice to explore the notion of sacred…
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Sacred Inconvenience – A Reflection Under 20 Minutes | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E13
This week we are taking a short break from our long form conversations to reflect on the idolatry of convenience. Following a short introduction from Tyler, we…
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Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary and Puerto Rican Flavor | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E12
This week we sit down with Chef Jay Anthony Irizzary of Cabo Rojo Cocina Caribeña, a Puerto Rican-inspired culinary brand based in Reno, NV, offering bold…
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Amanda Jepson, LPC, CST, ACS: Men's Maturity with Relationships, Sex & Intimacy | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E11
What if consent isn't a transactional checklist, but a dynamic, ongoing conversation? In this candid conversation, Jeremy and Tyler sit down with Amanda…
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Inside the Manosphere, Lord of the Flies, and Finding Purpose and Meaning | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E10
What happens when a culture trades mature mentorship for status, power, and transactional success?. In this candid conversation, Jeremy and Tyler return after…
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Western Masculine Seductions: Addictions to Certainty, Superiority, and Power | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E09
What if the very things men are taught to chase — control, status, and certainty — are actually addictions keeping us trapped in immaturity? In this candid…
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Bill O'Melia: Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleep – Loss, Grief & Resilience as a Father; Sharing Grief as Men | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E08
What if the greatest sign of strength as a man isn't holding everything inside, but having the courage to wear your heart on your sleeve? In this moving deep…
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Fletcher Galeano: Finding Self within Estrangement: Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast Goodpain S02E07
This week we speak with Fletcher Galeano, author of Letters to a Living Ghost, a memoir of his personal journey that explores themes of identity, grief, and…
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Deremiah *CPE: Leaving It Better Than You Found It – on Poverty Mentality, Faith, and Resilience | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E06
What if the greatest disruption in your life was actually the rite of passage that unlocked your true strength? In this candid conversation, Tyler sits down…
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The Siren Song of Winning: Authentic Masculinity, Ego Traps, and Purpose and Meaning | Candid Conversations. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E05
What happens when we trade authentic human connection for the fragile validation of winning at all costs? In this candid conversation, hosts Jeremy and Tyler…
Goodpain PodcastKyle Quincey: From Weapon to Elder – on Authentic Masculinity and Transition, Self-Worth, Play | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S02E04
About This Episode What happens to the gladiator when the arena doors close for good? In this deep dive interview, former NHL defenseman Kyle Quincey joins…
Goodpain PodcastCharlie Moss, Associate Editor SPIN – Men's Mental Health and Storytelling | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast: S02E03
About This Episode What happens when the "stoic" mask we wear finally cracks?. In this candid conversation, Tyler sits down with Charlie Moss, Associate Editor…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 020: Relationships of Abundance or Transaction
We've explored how community begins with an inner capacity for connectedness, and how that capacity must be large enough to hold intensity without flinching…
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Goodpain Podcast: The 12-Year-Old Self: Roles, Expectations, and Authentic Living | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. (S02E02)
About This Episode What expectations about being a man did you inherit that nobody taught you how to actually embody?. In this excavation of masculinity…
Goodpain PodcastGabrielle Martin – Hold My Hand, Mama: Storytelling, Vulnerability, and the Art of Letting Go | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Bonus Holiday Episode
This week Tiffany and Tyler sit down with the author of Hold My Hand, Mama, A touching story that walks readers through the circle of life from a daughter's…
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Goodpain Podcast: Introduction to Masculinity & Role of Initiation | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom.
About This Episode What if becoming a man isn’t something that happens just by getting older?. In the premiere of Season 2, hosts Jeremy and Tyler begin an…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 019: Community as a Flowing Gift & Civic Duty
We've reduced civic duty to voting, but community emerges from deliberate cultivation of beliefs, attitudes, and rituals practiced between solitude and…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 018 - Community Series Prologue: The 9 Problems Undermining Community Foundations
The patterns that destroy community aren't random failures or unfortunate side effects. They're the logical result of certain assumptions about value, scale…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 017: Apprenticeship Wisdom & Series Wrap
In this final installment of the Apprenticeship Model for Leadership series, we talk about Generational Maintenance, synthesizing all domains for lifelong…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 016: Apprenticeship from Natural Wisdom, On Forgetting and Remembering
Different cultures have developed sophisticated approaches to leadership, mentorship, and wisdom transmission that may conflict with Western apprenticeship…
Goodpain PodcastSeason Wrap Up & Season 2 Preview | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S01E13
"Our struggle is not our shame. Whatever we are carrying today, we don't have to carry it alone." About This Episode In this season finale of the Goodpain…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 015: Social Stewardship & Self Governance (Apprenticeship Leadership)
This week we discuss the reality of our present moment: what does it mean to self-govern through the lens of the Apprenticeship Model for Leadership in the…
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Special Guest: "Can I bring my iPad?" | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S01E12
About This Episode In this special bonus episode, the Goodpain podcast welcomes an extra special guest: 18-year-old Claire, whose 2010 near-drowning injury…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 014: Break Week and Giving
We are taking a break in the Apprenticeship Model for Leadership Series this week, with a short reading from Kahlil Gibran's classic collection, The Prophet.
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Aaron's Story: "Everyone has their battles. Mine is just a little more visible and in your face than the next person's." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast: S01E11 Bonus:
About This Episode In this special bonus episode, the Goodpain narrative shifts from Tyler’s family to a candid conversation with Aaron, a friend Tyler met…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 13: The Requirements of Professional Leadership Psychology (Apprenticeship)
Credentialist systems serve legitimate purposes: quality assurance, risk mitigation, professional legitimacy. The challenge isn't eliminating credentials but…
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What Does it Mean to Help During Crisis: "This is what we do when someone's in pain. We sit." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S01E10
About This Episode In this concluding session of the season's primary narrative arc, Tyler and Jeremy tackle the complex ethics of support. This candid…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 012 - Leadership of Tribe & Community
We begin this episode with the context of this last week's events (September 20205) Different cultures have developed vastly different approaches to tribal…
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Uncanny Emergence of Collaboration: "Real growth doubles back on itself because it is messy and it is unclean." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S1E09
About This Episode In this candid conversation, Tyler and Jeremy explore the difficult transition from the "frenzy of activity" found in denial and defiance to…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 011 - The Hidden Grammar of Leadership: Family (Apprenticeship Leadership Model Series)
The second in the Leadership Series where we discuss the family as the living laboratory for leadership, cultivating the "grammar" of leadership. In Khasi…
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More Defiance, Petulance, & Bringing Back the Playful | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast: S01E08:
"Without the defiance, I'm not convinced that playfulness would have been retained." About This Episode In this candid conversation, Tyler and Jeremy explore…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 010: Leadership Within Self (Part 01, Apprenticeship Leadership Model)
We launch our series on the Apprenticeship Leadership Model this week. The Khasi people know something about trees that modern arborists are only beginning to…
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Defiance: "Being outsmarted by life is where real teaching begins." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast: S01E07
About This Episode In this candid conversation, Jeremy and Tyler pivot from denial to the complex landscape of defiance. Tyler explores the pursuit of…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 009: The Demiurge Problem - Axioms for Complex Thinking
Discover three essential axioms that prevent rigid thinking from contracting your world. Learn how to navigate complex questions about human development…
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"We are stronger than we think we are." Mid-Season Check and Acceptance | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast: S1E06
About This Episode In this candid conversation, Jeremy and Tyler pause for a mid-season "wellness check" to reflect on the feedback from the first five…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 008: Being Human Together
This episode explores six research-backed practices for building learning communities that preserve human connection and collective wisdom while thoughtfully…
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Denial: Friend or Foe? "Denial is your tool because you need to keep your powder dry for the battles that matter." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcas: S01E05:
About This Episode In this episode, Tyler and Jeremy explore the paradoxical nature of denial—not as a failure of character, but as a necessary "teammate" in…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 007: The Conscious Choice & Human Agency
Human consciousness remains irreplaceable in the AI age through three core capacities no machine can replicate: self-awareness that allows us to observe our…
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Good Grief Part 2: "Grief isn't meant to be shared, but comfort is." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain Podcast S1E04
About This Episode In this conclusion to their two-part exploration of grief, Jeremy and Tyler examine the transformative power of giving physical voice to our…
Goodpain PodcastSparks + Embers Episode No. 006: Thinking Made Visible
This is our most practical and pragmatic episode in the Goodpain Guide to Authentic Human Learning Series. This episode summaries how the Kindling article…
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Good Grief Part 1: "Grief isn't meant to be shared, but comfort is." | Candid Conversation. Underdog Wisdom. | Goodpain: S1E003
About This Episode In this candid conversation, Jeremy and Tyler transition from the "initiating event" of trauma to the sprawling, non-linear landscape of…