LATEST EPISODES
EPISODE 1: Why this podcast...
In this intro episode and we share a bit about why we feel this project is relevant in these times. Through honest conversations with a man each episode, we uncover the complexities of masculinity, vulnerability, and identity—revealing that becoming a man is a lifelong journey, full of both growth and challenge.
EPISODE 2: Joe Cimato
Joe epitomizes resilience and optimism, shaped by military discipline and a passion for making a difference. His leadership spans guiding soldiers in combat, coaching his sons' sports teams, serving on boards for sports and college alumni organizations, leading a large team at work, and nurturing his family. Joe thrives in adversity, inspiring success through his steady hand and an ability to bring out the best in others. Through his example, he helps those around him to build confidence, adapt to change, and achieve new heights. Joe and his wife, Brooke, live in Dripping Springs, TX with his 16 year old son, while his 21-year old pursues a culinary career in Denver.
EPISODE 3: Ralph Sledge
EPISODE 4: Scott Wild
Scott is a high-performance coach who blends elite athletic discipline with mastery in relationships and communication. Formerly ranked #15 globally in professional racquetball and a leader of top-tier software engineers, he now channels his expertise into coaching on feedback without conflict, resentment-free living, and deep, devotional relationships. As a husband and father of two, Scott applies his relational mastery where it matters most--at home.
EPISODE 5: Dr. Richard Massey
Rich began his medical career as a medic in the USAF in 1974. He then attended pharmacy school then medical school ultimately becoming a Board Certified physician. After leaving his work as an anesthesiologist in 1997, he opened the Integrative Medical Center in 1998 with a passion to help people recover their health and happiness using only natural remedies. With a deep commitment to healing the root causes of illness, he combines modalities such as Recall Healing, Gestalt therapy, Heart biofeedback, and Family Constellations. Specializing in Family Biology and Ancestral Medicine, Dr. Massey helps individuals uncover the emotional and ancestral patterns that shape their health. Through his integrative approach—blending blood matrix microscopy, German New Medicine, and emotional healing—he guides clients on a transformative journey.
EPISODE 6 & 7: Rob Durazo-Sanchez (episode 7 in Spanish)
Rob is a certified life coach through Don Miguel Ruiz’s Toltec Philosophy teachings, a Certified Attachment Theory Relationship Coach, and an IIN Certified Health Coach. He draws upon the wisdom and practices he has personally embraced to serve as a mirror for his clients, guiding them toward greater well-being, mental clarity, and the fulfillment of their goals. Rob’s deepest fulfillment lies in guiding individuals back to their hearts, back to love, and to their most authentic selves. His vision is to open as many hearts as possible, awaken individuals to their hidden potential, and guide them back to their natural human state—a state of love.
EPISODE 8: Angel Gammel
Angel is a writer, massage therapist, and professional Storyteller. His decades-long mantra is "better stories, better humans", be it in fiction, a person's physical form, or in their relationships with others or with Spirit. He was a combat medic (Hospital Corpsman) in the United States Navy from 1999-2004, and served in Iraq from the beginning of the 2003 invasion there. This experience would go on to redefine his understanding of geopolitics, the place of war and violence in the development of the human species, and his approach to others and himself."
EPISODE 9: Bruce Tria
Bruce grew up in the Washington DC suburbs and graduated from Virginia Tech in 1996. He then moved to Chicago, obtained a degree in graphic design, worked at a large membership organization, a small award-winning firm and then founded Tria Designs in 2007.
Two years later he married Julie and they moved to Austin in 2011 to continue their careers and start a family that today includes Braxton (13), Ainsley (9) and their black-lab-mix Angie (11). He loves his role as a husband and father, and still finds time to play in a wood-bat baseball league.
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As a woman, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first tuned in, but I’m so glad I did! This podcast provides a unique and powerful perspective into the world of masculinity, offering intimate and often vulnerable stories shared by men who are navigating their own struggles, triumphs, and journeys of self-discovery.
- Alexis B.
RESOURCES
Books recommended by our speakers for both men and women.
No More Mister Nice Guy by Dr. Robert Glover (available in Spanish)
The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida (available in Spanish)
Men’s Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom by Connor Beaton
King Warrior, Magician, Love by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette
Man vs Male by Dondre Whitfield
Iron John by Robert Bly
The Boy Problem by Julia Grant
The Unplugged Alpha by Richard C. Perry
From the Core by John Winland
The Masculine in Relationships by G.S. Youngblood
From the Core by John Winland
You Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Keys to the Kingdom by Alison A. Armstrong
The Queen’s Code by Alison A. Armstrong
Nominate Someone for The Man Within Podcast
Do you know someone who embodies the qualities of conscious manhood? A man who lives and engages with the world in a way that is intentional, self-aware, and aligned with values of integrity, respect, and emotional intelligence? We invite you to nominate individuals for The Man Within Podcast.
Share the name and a brief description of why you believe this person would be a great fit for our podcast below.
Please share some details about this individual’s grasp of emotional intelligence, integrity, self-awareness, and authenticity in both their personal and interpersonal lives.
Optional: What is a question you would like us to ask them on the show?
Nominations can be submitted by peers, colleagues, friends, mentors, or anyone who has witnessed the nominee's embodiment of conscious masculinity. Self-nominations are also accepted, encouraging individuals to reflect on their journey and growth.
