Basecamp for Men E329: My Recent Health Crisis

E329: My Recent Health Crisis with Special Guest Lisa Rezac

 

E329 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. I have been sitting on an episode for the better part of a year now and today’s the day. Without a lot of buildup, I am going to give it to you straight, no chaser.

Back in Aug of 2025, I discovered a sizeable lump on the left side of my neck. My wife was on retreat in CA. So I preceeded with tests and in Oct, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Now, as fate would have it I was immersed in alternative health for my entire adult life. I was a practicing Structural Bodyworker in NYC for a decade. So I was exposed to lots of effective natural ways of treating the body-mind-and spirit. It has became part of my value system that is evident in the fact that I really take no pharmaceutical drugs.

I have also gathered all sort of ways to treat cancer in an alternative way (i.e. no chemotherapy. So even before I got diagnosed, I was already doing “anti-cancer” treatments and diets. I took a sort of “starve the cancer” of glucose and sugar. I also took things like Fenbendazole, Ivermectin, and Chorine Dioxide, things that are considered good anti-parasite treatments.

When I went to a traditional oncologists, he (of course) was advising a chemoimmunotherpy approach. Rough stuff but effective on cancer. I resisted in Oct. I told him to hold a spot for me but I wanted to try my natural approach for 6 months to see if it would work. He warned me that my cancer was a Stage 3 or 3+ and if I let it go to Stage 4 (where it metastasizes into other systems) our treatment would need to go away from the gentle/effective one to a more aggressive form of treatment. I understood the stakes.

Today’s Intro is a bit shorter as I thought you would like to also here how my wife of nearly 30 years handled it as she has been great with me.

My Final Thoughts segment is a bit longer as I wanted to write that after talking to Lisa to see what insights and wisdom emerged.

Thank you for your support Basecampers (and the prayers), let’s get a word from our sponsor and then go talk to Lisa.

Basecamp for Men E328: Happy 250th America!

E328: Happy 250th America!

 

E328 Introduction

 

Well we are coming up on our great nation’s 250th birthday and we are hosting the World Cup (which has been a smashing success) and DC is getting ready to host a big blowout celebration.

Have you seen all these Europeans, Aussies, Asians, and African tourists raving about our great nation? There is some great videos on IG where these World Cup fans are talking about how great America is. They are raving about the food and the beautiful land and the people and how gracious they have been to the visitors. Doesn‘t surprise me.

The interesting thing is that many have commented that the America they see on social media is a lot different than being here and seeing it and meeting the people in real time. Social media, with all of its Collectivist and anti-American bots can paint an unflattering picture of a group of good people or even a whole nation.

I hope all sorts of Americans can see their country through the lens of all these tourists who are loving America. America is not perfect. We never claimed it was. But to not recognize Lady Liberty and the global appeal our country, its people, our land have on the rest of the world is to be woefully ignorant of the great gift that is America.

Happy 250th America. We love ya!

 

Basecamp for Men E327: Counter Punching

E327: Counter Punching with Special Guest Floyd Brown

 

E327 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. We have written and talked about the narrative war for the past few seasons and today I have the great pleasure of interviewing an American who has had his sleeves rolled up for 40 years or more.

He has written a book that talks about the narrative and cultural war and it is full of truthful and steely-eyed descriptions of the challenges we face. However, it is also strategic and tactical and full of practical advice for Conservative Americans.  He is incredibly optimistic and you all know that I gravitate towards American optimism. I believe that keeping the faith and staying optimistic along with our “can do” attitude and work ethic are our superpowers. I also believe that America has a Divine assignment; a God-chosen nation that is the greatest hope humanity has against the Globalist authoritarian and Marxist adversary that work to demean, demoralize, and diminish our numbers.

Today’s interview is a good one. My guest and I range from the formation of the Uniparty, to looking at how the Marxist influence in education has been the absolute worst thing for kids. We also touch on the legalization of marijuana and how did Covid REALLY come about? We also talk about why getting involved locally is the best way to make a difference.

Let’s get to it Basecampers but first a word from our sponsor.

 Floyd Brown Bio

My guest today is Floyd Brown. Floyd has long been an influential Conservative, working on Ronald Reagan’s team. He is an author many times over, a keynote speaker, and the founder of the Western Journal. He is a former radio host here in Seattle and has appeared on many TV shows including 20/20, The Bill Maher Show, Fox News, CNN, Good Morning America, and many others. He is also a devout follower of Jesus. Here is my interview with Floyd Brown.

E327 Final Thoughts

What a great American Floyd Brown. It’s not an exaggeration to say that he’s a national treasure. And his book is as good as I am raving about. The name is Counter Punch- An Unlikely Alliance of Americans Fighting Back for Faith and Freedom. Go get yourself a copy!

 

Basecamp for Men E326: The Collective Narrative Fatigue

E326: The Collective Narrative Fatigue w Special Guest Dr. Chase Spears

 

E326 Introduction

I heard a new term this week….enshitification. As in the entire population is witnessing the enshitification of everything. Politics, education, culture, morals, the degradation of our cities. People all over the country have immense battle fatigue. We are tired of being punched in the face at every turn.

Politicians watch out for themselves or carry a Globalist/anti-America agenda. Government schooling dumbs down our kids or turns them into weak transgenderists. The cities look like shit (at least all the liberal ones do) and people are just fucking tired. I live here in Seattle and have bought a new house in the central part of the state. Far away from the drug addiction, homelessness, garbage and graffiti, and all the mental illness that so many of our citizens have here.

One of the great goals of the Marxist/Globalist agenda is to utterly demoralize humans and get them more and more dependent on the state. As far as I can see, they have done a really effective job on both of these and its downright depressing.

I don’t mean to hit such a bummer of a note this week but good Americans and good Christians seem over it all, don’t they? Even liberals look weak and defeated. I would say the consensus morale is bruised and bloodied and sick of being ruled over by Globalist pedophile Satanic elites who hate us. Pretty much sums it up the trenches.

But, on a better note (before we get to our excellent guest)

A couple of quotes for you before we get to today’s guest. First one is from the Hodge Twins who posted:

“A school in Washington state allegedly transitioned a girl without her parents knowledge or consent. They reportedly encouraged her to identify as a boy, roomed her with boys on school trips, gave her a secrete burner phone, and even pushed her to live with another family. Thankfully, her parents found out, immediately removed her from the school, moved out of state, and got her away from the situation. She is now reportedly thriving. This case highlights a growing and deeply disturbing problem: schools and staff actively working to undermine parental authority and push gender ideology on children in secret. Parents are being treated as obstacles instead of the primary decision-makers in their child’s life.”

From Dr. Paul McHugh, Professor of Psychiatry at John Hopkins School of Medicine who says: “Transgenderism is the only mental illness demanding that the rest of society adopt the patient’s delusion as part of the patient’s treatment.”

Oh, but you can‘t criticize the transgender narrative, that means you are an awful and hateful person, right?

My guest today is a military veteran and podcaster and the conversation gets into some great topics: the infestation of DEI in the military, the long-march of Marxism through our institutions and culture, and the attack Christians and their values throughout the past few decades.

Before that, let’s hear from our sponsor.

Chase Spears Bio

Dr. Chase Spears is a combat veteran who served as a U.S. pubic affairs officer for 20 years. Chase holds a PhD in leadership communication from Kansas State U. Dr. Spears is passionate about holding the military accountable to its Constitutional purpose. Chase is widely published in civil-military matters and is the creator and host of the podcast Finding Your Spine. Here is my interview with Dr. Chase Spears. 

E326 Final Thoughts-

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did with Chase Spears. Go check out his Finding Your Spine podcast wherever you listen to your pods. Thank you!

 

 

Basecamp for Men E325: Tick Tock Tick Tock

E325: Tick Tock Tick Tock

 

E325 Introduction

I have been wanting to do a Firestarter and talk to you directly this week. As you know, the Firestarter format comes in at usually 10 minutes or so. Sometime a bit longer, sometimes a bit shorter.

What a holding period we seem to be in, huh? People are mad at Trump for a variety of reasons….Iran, Israel, and whatever else is in their craw. I’ve been saying this for a long-time and I still think it holds true. There are layers and layers of information that we are not privy to or rather we are given the information in a sort of drip-drip-drip fashion. No matter the topic, WE THE PEOPLE are not fully informed. We don’t know what President Trump and military white hats (aka the Alliance) and Space Force insiders know about the time we live in. It makes the whole thing a bit murky and this ambiguity is part and parcel of this narrative war we all witness and participant in.

I get the frustration. We continue to see election fraud (again) and nobody has been arrested from the Epstein satanic pedophilia blackmail racket. I guess they fooled us, or so it seems. Does President Trump take orders from Netanyahu? He might. Or is it just made to look that way for the time being? I understand the argument. Yet, something big seems to be lurking under of all this, doesn’ it? We do not live in ordinary times, not by a long-shot.

Is America a nation of Divine Providence, as our mythology suggests? These may well be the years we find out. Let’s keep the faith Basecampers. Faith in God and Christ. Faith in the destiny of our nation. And (the left and center will hate this) but faith in Donald Trump to represent us well in whatever challenges we face next.

There is a burning question at the center of much of this. Can America and the world enter into a new Golden Age? It’s possible but can be difficult to imagine, even for us optimists. Everyone seems so beaten down by the relentless black pilling. The corruption and deception of the U.S. Corporation (a foreign owned entity based in DC) is staggering in its complexity, fraud, and deception. Could Donald Trump dismantle the Corporation? He could. But as much as I can see this in a series of jaw-dropping steps (starting perhaps with a dismantling of the unlawful IRS). For almost everyone, this will seem like a pipe-dream. And if we can’t picture something happening, does this in itself prevent it from happening? Hmm.

Which leaves us with God saving this ragged story in the 11th hour or the Galactic Federation (which we have spoken about on a number of occasions) stepping in. With all the President’s posts about Space Force, this timeline still seems in play to me. What about you? Are you able to hold onto a timeline of our future that has some interesting possibilities?

Remember, the Globalist/Luciferians want to dictate the terms in our minds. So they project lots of fear and deception and hopelessness about humanity. We win when we don’t buy what they’re selling. With that being said, let‘s keep our wits about us Basecampers.