# young men (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover young men. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 232 Bill Matthews: Sobriety Is the Starting Line](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-232-Bill-Matthews-Sobriety-Is-the-Starting-Line-e3jh5s2) _2026-05-18 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ In this episode, I sit down with Bill , the founder of Story State Solutions , a coaching business focused on helping men navigate post-sobriety recovery and helping professionals get unstuck in their personal and professional lives. Bill’s message is powerful because it goes beyond sobriety. For him, sobriety isn’t the finish line—it’s the starting line. With 37 years of sobriety , a Level 3… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/120149314/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-18%2F424365812-44100-2-e98114c2a03bb.mp3) ## [EPISODE 231 Lawrence C. Harris: Your Past Doesn’t Define Your Future](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/EPISODE-231-Lawrence-C--Harris-Your-Past-Doesnt-Define-Your-Future-e3imj93) _2026-05-01 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ In this episode, I sit down with Lawrence C. Harris , a youth speaker who is on a mission to help young people believe in themselves, think differently about their future, and start making better decisions today. Lawrence’s story is real. It’s raw. And it’s exactly the kind of conversation young men need to hear. Growing up, Lawrence faced serious challenges—navigating life with autism ,… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/119278307/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-30%2F423187148-44100-2-ea183e1341598.mp3) ## [Episode 230- Nico Diaz: Wrestling Through Adversity](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-230--Nico-Diaz-Wrestling-Through-Adversity-e3hjnej) _2026-04-10 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ In this episode, I sit down with Nico Diaz , an NCAA Wrestling All-American who placed 4th in the country this past season . But what makes Nico’s story powerful isn’t just what he’s accomplished on the mat—it’s everything he’s had to overcome to get there. This is a conversation about resilience in its rawest form. Nico opens up about losing his father while he was in high school, a moment that… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/118135699/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-8%2F421645290-44100-2-70820a10d3735.mp3) ## [Episode 229- Chris Romulo: Building Resilience Under Pressure](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-229--Chris-Romulo-Building-Resilience-Under-Pressure-e3g16hg) _2026-03-27 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ In this episode, I sit down with Chris Romulo —a six-time Muay Thai champion, World Cup bronze medalist, former North American professional titleholder, resilience speaker, and mental performance coach. Chris has spent nearly 30 years in combat sports, and what makes his story so powerful is that he’s taken everything he learned through discipline, pressure, adversity, and high-level competition… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/116479984/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-6%2F419409639-44100-2-600de4f76ff81.mp3) ## [Believe what they do, not what they say: Syracuse coaching search recap](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/believe-what-they-do-not-what-they) _2026-03-23 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ A combination reporting, commentary, and light speculation on the last month of Syracuse athletics hiring. ## [Episode 228 — Brock Schenck: When Your Body Says “No,” Your Mind Can Still Say “Go”](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-228--Brock-Schenck-When-Your-Body-Says-No--Your-Mind-Can-Still-Say-Go-e3ed6gu) _2026-03-06 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ Today’s guest is someone I’ve known for years: Brock Schenck . I first met Brock through youth sports. My son Danny was a year older, but Brock always played up—and he was a problem on the basketball court. More importantly, he was always the same dude off the court: respectful, disciplined, shook your hand, looked you in the eye. But Brock’s story really becomes powerful when you hear what he’s… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/114776030/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-30%2F417130915-44100-2-ab1c125a9d4dc.mp3) ## [Episode 227 — John Ulsh: Turning Setbacks Into Strength](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-227--John-Ulsh-Turning-Setbacks-Into-Strength-e3ed5pe) _2026-02-13 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ John Ulsh is a speaker, coach, author, and resilience expert who survived a near-fatal car crash that led to 45+ surgeries , years of recovery, and a complete reset on his life. He’s been featured in People Magazine , Men’s Fitness , and on Good Morning America , and he’s the author of The Upside of Down . John shares the moment everything changed: a head-on collision after a swim meet, an 18-day… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/114775278/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-30%2F417129970-44100-2-a9ebb7dc88d6a.mp3) ## [Episode 226 — Brendan Shaw: Grief, Brotherhood, and Finding a Way Forward](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Episode-226--Brendan-Shaw-Grief--Brotherhood--and-Finding-a-Way-Forward-e3dvjpo) _2026-01-23 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ This conversation is raw. It’s honest. And it’s one of those episodes that I know is going to help a lot of people, especially anyone who’s carrying grief and doesn’t know what to do with it. In this episode, Brendan and I talk about what it means to lose a brother, especially in a sudden, traumatic way. We talk about the anger that can show up for men, the guilt that older brothers carry, and the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/114330872/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-21%2F416545152-44100-2-bedb9d7f5deea.mp3) ## [Weekly Wrap: To be better, you have to run towards discomfort](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/weekly-wrap-to-be-better-you-have) _2026-01-19 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ It's been a helluva week, again ## [This is Chapter 2 of the Building Men Podcast! Episode 225](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/This-is-Chapter-2-of-the-Building-Men-Podcast--Episode-225-e3doho5) _2026-01-17 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ Alright folks, welcome to Chapter 2 of the Building Men Podcast. This episode is real. No fluff. Just truth. The last solo episode I recorded was Anthony’s eulogy in October 2024. Since then, life forced me to slow down, grieve, heal, and really ask myself what this podcast is meant to be moving forward. Losing my brother changed everything. It strengthened my family, reshaped my priorities, and… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/114099397/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-16%2F416249149-44100-2-8d703d00c0624.mp3) ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/s6sdC8eubvul) _2026-01-17 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Weekly Wrap: Do something, do something, and eventually the somethings add up](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/weekly-wrap-do-something-do-something) _2026-01-12 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Sorry I've been on a break, I promise I'll try and make it up to you all ## [This is the hire you absolutely have to nail: A Syracuse University 2026 story](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/this-is-the-hire-you-absolutely-have) _2026-01-12 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Things are changing on the hill in an era of massive change across the higher ed and collegiate athletics landscape ## [Young men are being brainwashed and we let it happen](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/young-men-are-being-brainwashed-and) _2025-12-19 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ The modern media machine has failed and the "victims" are a generation of young men who think they're victims everywhere else ## [Deserve's got nothing to do with it: The Playoff Committee conundrum](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/deserves-got-nothing-to-do-with-it) _2025-12-08 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Turns out people have opinions about a subjective process to create a product that was not ever really needed. Who knew! ## [The Sports Media Ragnarök is coming in 2029-30](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/the-sports-media-ragnarok-is-coming) _2025-11-21 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ A flurry of contracts this week met with ridicule actually are leagues preparing for an industry determining year. ## [EARLY ACCESS: Disloyal Idiots x Bennet College Basketball Show](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/early-access-disloyal-idiots-x-bennet) _2025-11-20 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ My yearly-ish check-in with Bennet is just for you subscribers (for a bit until it hits the podcast feed) ## [Righteous War, Anger, and Love: The DC Absolute Universe is really good](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/righteous-war-anger-and-love-the) _2025-11-17 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Been a minute since I wrote about comics, so here's what I've been reading recently ## [Sports gambling, growth over all else, and the snake eating a tail (Part 2)](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/sports-gambling-growth-over-all-else-9aa) _2025-11-13 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Things aren't going to stop anytime soon, but if/when they do, where's the money? ## [Sports gambling, growth over all else, and the snake eating a tail (Part 1)](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/sports-gambling-growth-over-all-else) _2025-11-10 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ This has been a looooong time coming ## [The American Dream is a standard, not a goal](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/the-american-dream-is-a-standard) _2025-11-05 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ The takeaway from Americans after yesterday: we are not happy with just hope ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XvGCJdyXO3Px) _2025-11-05 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Syracuse vs the Bye Week: the half season outlook](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/syracuse-vs-the-bye-week-the-half) _2025-10-08 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Things are not doom and gloom, but there are areas of improvement that could derail the best case scenario ## [Adaptation, Penn State, and the state of Northeast football](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/adaptation-penn-state-and-the-state) _2025-10-06 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Why 100K podcast degree has me thinking of Penn State football ## [The economy of apathy and the power of giving a shit](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/the-economy-of-apathy-and-the-power) _2025-10-03 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Turns out that late stage capitalism does have some weaknesses ## [What we learned about college football in September](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/what-we-learned-about-college-football) _2025-10-02 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Somehow, a third of the regular season is already complete ## [Syracuse and the unbearable weight of small expectations](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/syracuse-and-the-unbearable-weight) _2025-09-27 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ What else can you say after a game like that? ## [How Syracuse beat Clemson, and what happens next](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/how-syracuse-beat-clemson-and-what) _2025-09-24 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ Another busy week of Syracuse news, and oh yeah, Cuse did something historic ## [Mourning the result instead of the process of political violence only leads to more violence](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/mourning-the-result-instead-of-the) _2025-09-11 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ The Charlie Kirk assassination was not a tipping point or a singular incident, but the natural result of the last five years of political hate. ## [Syracuse defeats UConn, we’re all running laps now](https://acpregler.substack.com/p/syracuse-defeats-uconn-were-all-running) _2025-09-07 · Andy Pregler · High Variance_ The Syracuse Orange win over the UConn Huskies 27-20 in overtime wasn’t pretty. ## [Anthony Morolda's Eulogy | Building Men Podcast Ep.224](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Anthony-Moroldas-Eulogy--Building-Men-Podcast-Ep-224-e3dhfht) _2024-10-30 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ Dear Anthony, Starting Building Men together was one of the best decisions of my life. That studio became our sanctuary—a place where we laid down more than just words into a mic. We shared pieces of ourselves, woven together with laughter, late-night talks, and the kind of moments most people only dream of having with their brothers. That last episode we recorded, In Service of Others, keeps… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/113867773/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-12%2F415953000-44100-2-039e6572b43b7e6e.mp3) ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TDj7QZpOeSjF) _2024-10-30 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [Special Episode-Interview from Return to Authenticity with Eric Sardina |Building Men Podcast Ep.223](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildingmen/episodes/Special-Episode-Interview-from-Return-to-Authenticity-with-Eric-Sardina-Building-Men-Podcast-Ep-223-e3dhfjs) _2024-09-07 · Dennis Morolda, Building Men · Building Men_ Alright, so picture this—I'm sitting here with my buddy, Eric Sardina, and we're diving deep into some real talk on his podcast, Return to Authenticity. Now, Eric's hit a major milestone, episode 100, and I'm honored to be a part of it. This is more than just another chat; it's a celebration of the work we've both been doing to uplift young men, to really get them to understand what it means to be… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/10dcd8b84/podcast/play/113867836/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-12%2F415953035-44100-2-740684714bfdc271.mp3)