Basecamp for Men E245: On Being a Man

E245: On Being a Man with Special Guest

Dr. Mark McDonald

 

E245 Introduction

As many of you know (and by the title of this show), this podcast started out as a show and a resource for men as they navigate their lives and their Hero’s Journey. As many of you know, one of my big transformations in life was from a nice guy, people-pleasing liberal into a rough-and-tumble, masculine Warrior Dog. I am only half-kidding. Today, I am man who is comfortable in his masculinity and in his own skin. This was done through my own initiation that I have talked about plenty, especially in those first episodes.

But over the years, something happened with the show. God was asking me to expand my repertoire of topics to include, well, all of the topics you have come to listen to over the years. Everything from the war with the Deep State to the truth about Covid and vaccines to ET’s to Bitcoin and everything in between. I have done my best to always try to show a through line and a Hero’s Journey or Awakening that was and is unfolding. God was picking the subjects and the guests, I was riding shotgun with microphone and ears and heart as open as I could manage.

With that being said, today’s is a bit of a throwback and I am grateful to do this one. I don’t talk about men and the state of masculinity as much as I did 10-15-20 years ago. I have taken my place in the narrative war as a voice of truth and a stand for courage, freedom, and strength in my tribe, humanity.

Today‘s episode is another with Dr. Mark McDonald and we break out Jack Donovan’s The Way of Men to talk about being a man today and what is at stake (for men, women, and children). What is the difference between being a good man/nice guy and being good at being a man? We’ll explore this in depth.

The world will always need strong, courageous men. And thankfully, we still have them. Men like my guest today. I have done many episodes to build bridges for the left……today may not one of them. Enjoy the interview!

Dr. Mark McDonald Bio

My guest today is Dr. Mark McDonald. Mark is trained in both adult and child and adolescent psychiatry at UCLA, he now works primarily with children in private practice in west Los Angeles. His opinions on topics such as the need to re-open America’s schools, and the pandemic of fear in the United States today, have been widely published in local and national news, including the Wall Street Journal and The Federalist.

He is the author of both United States of Fear: How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis AND Freedom From Fear: A 12 Step Guide to Individual and National Recovery.

Dr. McDonald also publishes a podcast with Dr. Jeff Barke called Informed Dissent.

You can find Dr. Mark at https://dissidentmd.com/

Here is my interview with Dr. Mark McDonald.

 

 

E241: Navigating Transgenderism

E241: Navigating Transgenderism with Special Guest

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger

 

E241 Dedication

 This episode is dedicated to all the parents out there. All the ones who got swept up in this Transgender insanity and all who are about to go through it. My heart goes out to you and I hope this episode and the resources mentioned assist you in finding a healthy and sane path for your young person and your family. May God Bless you all.

 E241 Introduction 

Today’s topic is a good one……navigating the Transgender minefield as a parent who may not have an inkling about what the so called “authorities” have in mind for your kids.

I like what Dr. Miriam Grossman said when she wrote “I want the following truths- recognized by everyone on the planet aside from gender studies professors and grad students until about 2 weeks ago- do be acknowledged. That sex is not assigned at birth, it’s established at conception.” AHO.

There is a movement afoot that tells your kids (and expects everyone, adults and children alike, to meekly follow) that whenever a boy SAYS they are a girl then the ARE a girl. Whenever a girl SAYS she’s a boy, then she IS a boy.

Basecampers, they are coming for your kids. Are you awake yet? There is a cult-like crusade that targets them 24/7.

Let’s be clear. To indoctrinate children and young adults with falsehoods and drive a wedge between them and their loving parents is evil. To encourage them on a path of that leads to harm is evil. To describe it all as a journey to authenticity and to entice children with glitter and rainbows is evil.

To echo last weeks sentiments with Dr. Mark McDonald, child psychiatrist extraordinaire. Schools cannot be trusted. They are a major site of indoctrination for the Transgender ideology.

And before we get to today‘s excellent interview, I wanted to read you a quote by the great author JK Rowling, who has been a very vocal critic to all this insanity. She said “I don’t believe that even a 14 year-old can truly understand what the loss of fertility is. At 14 I would have said that I don’t want children but motherhood has been the most joyful, wonderful thing in my life.”

She goes on to say that the best cure for gender dysphoria is the let children go through puberty. I couldn’t agree more. And now, onto our sponsor and our guest.

Pamela Garfield- Jaeger Bio 

My guest today is Pamela Garfield-Jaeger. Pamela has been a licensed clinical social worker for over 20 years. She has ben an op-ed contributer to the Epoch Times and is the author of an important new book titled “A Practical Response to Gender Distress: Tips and Tools for Families”, geared for families who are trying to make sense and skillfully navigate the gender issue.

E241 Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did. Pamela mentioned a great documentary that she participated in called Gender Transformation: The Untold Realm. You can find it at www.gendertransformation.com

Pamela mentioned all the ways you can find her but her website again is www.thetruthfultherapist.org. Thank you Basecampers and we’ll see you around the fire next week.

 

 

 

 

Basecamp for Men E239: Truth is Awakening Us

E239: Truth is Awakening Us with Special Guest

Dr. Mark McDonald

 

E239 Introduction

One thing I have noticed in this fog of war is that voices that carry truth act as a bell for awakening those that are destined to awaken. You can hear the clarity and strength in them and they give us hope and courage, and carry the future of humanity.

On the other side of truth and humanity is the Globalists using the ideas of Karl Marx, a man who HATED humanity and all that we stand for. Marxist ideas are everywhere (in our schools and universities, in Hollywood, in our government and corporations, and certainly in our media) and you will recognize them by the insanity, hatred, division, and confusion they always create in an unsuspecting population. 

Today’s interview is a good one. We cover what exactly is happening in our government run schools? Should parents of young children pull them out for an alternate way of educating them? What is going on with all the transgenderism? What is behind it all? Could all of this be a Marxist-induced mass psychosis? How can we know? How do we navigate all this and keep our sanity?

We also cover why the left is so triggered by President Trump. Hint……he is an unapologetically STRONG male figure. And this triggers women and weak men alike. Strong individuals (both men and women) tend to recognize and appreciate President Trump’s strong leadership.

It’s not that he is without flaws. We have never implied that. Only that his clarity and strength, masculinity, and LOVE of this country are what is needed for this nation right now. In my opinion, there is no second best.

Come sit around the fire with a guest who really embodies truth and clarity right now. Enjoy the interview.

Mark McDonald Bio 

My guest today is Dr. Mark McDonald. Mark is trained in both adult and child and adolescent psychiatry at UCLA, he now works primarily with children in private practice in west Los Angeles. His opinions on topics such as the need to re-open America’s schools, and the pandemic of fear in the United States today, have been widely published in local and national news, including the Wall Street Journal and The Federalist.

 He is the author of both United States of Fear: How America Fell Victim to a Mass Delusional Psychosis AND Freedom From Fear: A 12 Step Guide to Individual and National Recovery.

Dr. McDonald also publishes a podcast with Dr. Jeff Barke called Informed Dissent. Here is my interview with Dr. Mark McDonald.

E239 Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed our conversation as much as I did. I hope to have him back on soon to take a look at some other important issues. I love how Mark pointed out that liberals and conservatives actually hold very similar views on many important issues and that it’s the radical left and their activists that are opposing all of us. Interesting dynamic, isn’t it?

You can find his excellent content on www.dissidentmd.com and his podcast with Dr. Jeff Barke is Informed Dissent.

 

Basecamp for Men E238: Basecamp Classics

E238: Basecamp Classics

 

E238 Introduction

It seems we have crossed a rubicon with the Trump assassination attempt. As in things are about to get REAL INTERESTING for everyone regardless of political affiliation. Personally I was reading on the wires for weeks and months that there would be a FAILED assassination attempt on President Trump. It is one of the markers in the military game theory that is playing out before our eyes. It seems everything they do to Trump makes him stronger, doesn’t it? His following grows as they have attempted everything: impeachment, character assassination, indictment, arrest, trial, and now an attempt on his life.

The left looks disheveled. They are stuck wishing the CIA/Deep State had succeeded in murdering a President, a Patriot, a father because the MSM has told them incessantly that he is dangerous to them. Yet, they can’t express that or they look like a shell of a human, void of morality, brainwashed by the Marxist/Globalist enemies of our true tribe, which is WE THE PEOPLE and humanity. It must be a sort of nightmare for the left, who look flat-footed, spouting off tired old fake news/ Mockingbird Media sound bites about President Trump and his loyal band of America First patriots.

One of the interesting things that came through the fog of war is that the MSM was not reporting it as an assassination attempt. They all said that he had fallen and scraped his ear. Even thought there were hundreds of videos taken that captured the gunfire and Trump coming up off the ground, surrounded by Secret Service with blood running from his ear and down his face. None of the video evidence is hard to find, its ubiquitous. Think about that for a second. An assassination attempt on President Trump and YOUR news source, what YOU rely on to shape your understanding of things, tells you he merely fell. Are you starting to see why the Mockingbird Fake News can’t be trusted. They are LYING to you constantly.

Well I have been preparing a solo episode and a couple of great interviews coming up but I just wasn’t happy with the finished product. Not yet anyways. I will get this one to you soon. I like to save the Basecamp Classics, reruns of episodes I feel are top shelf, when I get in a pinch and I try to only do one per quarter. Today is the day.

I tried to pick one that fit with the news of the day and may give you some inspiration and insight. We are going to make it through the fog of war Basecampers. We keep ticking off markers that show us that things are moving in our direction. Things are likely to get pretty chaotic in the coming weeks and months. Our strength is in our fellowship, standing in our values, knowing who we are as WE THE PEOPLE and that we represent something to the world as Americans. It is our divine right to stand against tyranny and the totalitarian dreams of petty Marxists who are no match for us.

Today is a Basecamp Classic from back in Season Four titled My Favorite F-Word, which is FREEDOM, of course. Enjoy the Classic and we’ll see you around the fire next week.

 

Basecamp for Men E234: The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers

E234: The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers

 

E234 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. Today is a short format episode, a Firestarter as I call them. Which simply means a solo episode that is relatively short compared to my normal 30-45 minute episodes.

Today’s title is The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers. What is the rabbit that hunts tigers? It‘s truth, of course and this little bugger is bagging all sorts of big game lately, hasn’t he? This is a good time to revisit what is happening with the military psy-op known as Q and the citizen journalist Anon movement that followed in its wake.

I will be using Erik Carlson’s article “Why Did Q Stop Posting?” along with my own thoughts, naturally. Enjoy the episode.