The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

In this 15-minute bonus episode, Brian talks straight to the guys heading home from MAN CAMP, offering practical coaching on getting back into the “real world” after the weekend. With valuable insights into the experience, this episode provides great context for spouses, family members and friends looking to encourage returning MAN CAMPERS. Presale for next year’s MAN CAMP is open for one week only. Get tickets for the lowest possible price, a 40% savings, at mancamp.us. Man Camp 2023 is October 20-22. 

In a split second, Rob Paylor’s life changed forever. Playing in the biggest rugby match of his life, with a national championship on the line, an illegal headlock ended with Rob paralyzed on the field. Approaching nearly 2,000 days since his injury, Rob has never given up on his dream to walk again—and along the way, he’s learned forgiveness, motivated thousands of people to overcome their adversities, and learned the secret to turning a curse into a gift. He’s already beaten the odds, and he’s not finished yet. This aggressive man will push your life forward. 

Sir Isaac Newton once remarked that he’d only been able to see further than others because he’d “stood on the shoulders of giants.” For Brian, one of those giants is his friend, Brian Wells. Get to know Beem, as Brian calls him, and trace his aggressive story from selling his dead grandfather's belongings as a child, to building a church from the ground up, to producing TV films for NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX and the Hallmark Channel. One of Brian’s oldest friends in Cincinnati, Beem tells the story behind the story, offering wisdom and insight along the way. 

After six years in the porn industry, Joshua Broome seemed to have made it. He was a multi-millionaire and named the male adult film star of the year. But on the inside, everything was crumbling. He was depressed, separated from his loved ones, and contemplating suicide—until a chance encounter with a bank teller turned his life around. With remarkable honesty and candor, Joshua shares the darkest parts of his story, and the light he’s found on the other side. 

Max Dickins thought he had a lot of friends… until he got engaged. When it came time to pick his best man, he stumbled into a shocking revelation: he didn’t have any male friends close enough to fill that role. This set him on a quest to understand how that happened, and to fix it. The lessons he learned about male friendship—why we need it, how to grow it, and what to do with it—just might change your life. It’s time we stopped settling for the lone wolf narrative. Find your pack, and thrive. 

For a decade, Perry Noble was a superstar of the church world. Under his leadership, the church he started, NewSpring, exploded into 16 different campuses reaching 40,000 people a weekend. His church was doing great, but underneath it all, Perry was not. Unchecked alcohol abuse eventually led NewSpring to fire him, news that sent shockwaves around the world. Perry found himself in rehab, facing divorce, and contemplating suicide. How did he push through? He refused to call himself a victim. His incredible comeback story will inspire you to keep pushing forward, no matter what you’re facing. 

Pete Muller has traveled the world with this camera. A National Geographic Storytelling Fellow and conflict photographer, he’s chronicled everything from Ebola, to African civil wars, to modern forms of masculinity. That last project brought him to south west Ohio last year for a little thing we call MAN CAMP. Pete shares his adventurous and aggressive life—and a critical look at masculinity and MAN CAMP—in this powerful conversation.  Get your tickets for MAN CAMP at www.mancamp.us

Labor Day is over, which means summer is coming to a close. Brian and Dirt catch-up on their summer activities and travel before jumping into a power-packed conversation with Curtis "Chap" Browder. His aggressive life as Alabama's first African American prison chaplain brought him face-to-face with Klan members, racist governors, and murderers. His boldness, bravery, and forgiveness is a stunning example of living history. 

Most people have their work life, their home life, and their friends life. But what if your life was just that… your life, where everything was integrated and nothing was compartmentalized? That’s the kind of living Joby Martin is running down. After accidentally starting a church, Joby has chased an integrated life—and it’s one full of positive aggression, a hunting paradise, and making comfortable people uncomfortable. 

When does a boy become a man? Jon Tyson has an idea, and it has nothing to do with age, job status, or relationship goals. Author of “The Intentional Father,” and creator of the “The Primal Path,” Jon Tyson followed the examples of the great men of history and created an initiation path for his own son to move from boyhood into manhood. His insights into culture, authentic manhood, and what it takes to raise a man are invaluable.