The Will Spencer Podcast

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Why This Podcast Is Changing (And What Comes Next) Dec 28, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, I share why I’m changing how The Will Spencer Podcast works—and where it’s headed next.

After five years of interviews, something has shifted. I talk about moving from a posture of learning into a season of teaching, why interviews will become less frequent, and what kind of original content I’ll be creating going forward.

I also introduce a new book club launching in January, explain why I’m investing more deeply in Substack, and share what led me to begin mentoring men directly.

This is a short, honest update about growth, responsibility, and what it looks like to build something with intention over time.

Thanks for being here.

LINKS

Subscribe on Substack:

👉 https://willspencer.blog

Basic: $60/year • Book Club • Solo Essays • Four Doors book chapters

Signature: $297 one time • Personalized Message • Four Doors full book

Book Club (starts January 7, 2026):

Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity

by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

📘 https://www.willspencer.blog/p/this-isnt-a-political-problem

Mentorship (Free Clarity Call):

👉 https://willspencer.co/mentorship

ROBERT BORTINS - Public School Was Built for This: Why Parents Lost Authority Dec 19, 2025

Show notes

Public school did not fail by accident. It did exactly what it was designed to do.

Robert Bortins—CEO of Classical Conversations and co-author of Woke and Weaponized—joins me to explain why education is never neutral, how parental authority was displaced by the state, and why efforts to reform public schooling consistently miss the point.

We trace the historical and ideological roots of the modern education system, discuss social-emotional learning, AI, homeschooling, and classical education, and examine what happens to families, faith, and culture when formation is outsourced.

This is not a rant or a political argument. It’s an explanation of how education actually works—and who it ultimately serves.

If you’re a parent, a father, or anyone trying to understand why education feels increasingly disconnected from truth and responsibility, this conversation will bring clarity.

CONNECT WITH ROBERT BORTINS

https://classicalconversations.com

https://robertbortins.com/woke-and-weaponized/

https://x.com/TheRobertBshow

https://refiningrhetoric.com/

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

PASTOR MATTHEW STATLER - Trauma, Suffering, and Counterfeit Healing: Psychedelics & the Gospel Dec 12, 2025

Show notes

Pastor Matthew Statler is an Army veteran with four Iraq deployments, a former cavalry scout, and a biblical counselor who knows the trauma system from the inside. After years of PTSD diagnoses, alcoholism, and failed therapeutic models, Matthew encountered a biblical theology of suffering that radically transformed his life.

In this conversation, we confront the rise of the “Trauma Mindset” as a counterfeit gospel — one that dissolves responsibility, cannot handle guilt or shame, and increasingly turns to psychedelics as a false path to healing and revelation.

We explore why Scripture offers a deeper, more honest account of suffering than modern psychology, how psychedelics function as a pseudo-sacrament, and why true healing requires repentance, endurance, and hope in Christ rather than therapeutic escape.

This is a serious conversation for men seeking clarity, strength, and a worldview capable of bearing real suffering.

📌 Guest Links

Pastor Matthew Statler

X: https://x.com/StatlerMatthew

Substack: https://matthewstatler.substack.com

Sierra Vista Baptist Church: https://sierravista.church

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

ANDREW CRAPUCHETTES - Make Work Christian Again: Why Christian CEOs Are Finally Reclaiming Business Dec 05, 2025

Show notes

Andrew Crapuchettes is a pioneer in labor market analytics and the visionary founder of Red Balloon, a job platform connecting freedom-loving employers with employees who won't compromise their values.

In this conversation, he shares how he transformed from a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to building a company that rejects woke ideology in the workplace. The episode explores the false promise of workplace neutrality, the $800,000 difference between A-level and B-level engineers, and why young men must reject the lie that prosperity ladders have been pulled up.

CONNECT WITH ANDREW CRAPUCHETTES

Red Balloon - https://redballoon.work

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/acrapuchettes

ANDY FELTON - Metabolic Mayhem: Why Modern Food Is Sabotaging Your Spiritual and Physical Health Nov 28, 2025

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Andy Felton is a former nuclear submarine officer and author of "Nourished by Design," exploring faith, food and health from a Christian worldview. His journey from personal health struggles to writing a comprehensive theology of nutrition reveals how the secular wellness space has captured territory the church abandoned.

The conversation challenges both progressive food co-op culture and conservative McDonald's Christianity, arguing that neither understands God's design for human flourishing through food.

CONNECT WITH ANDY FELTON

https://NourishedByDesignBook.com

Buy on Amazon: https://a.co/d/2Wajhsm

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

DOUGLAS WILSON - Breaking the Cycle of Envy: Pastor Wilson's Bold Advice to Young Men Nov 21, 2025

Show notes

Doug Wilson is a Reformed pastor in Moscow, Idaho, and author of over 100 books on theology, culture, and family. In this conversation, he discusses his recent whirlwind of mainstream media appearances including CNN, The New York Times, and his conversation with Sam Harris.

Wilson explains why the media's panic reveals a shifted Overton window, shares wisdom on generational faithfulness from his first-generation Christian parents to his fifth great-grandchild, and offers practical advice to young men navigating the modern dating landscape while critiquing both big-box evangelical feminization and toxic incel resentment.

CONNECT WITH DOUG WILSON

https://noquarternovember.com

https://douglaswils.com

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

JOEL BEEKE, GEOFFREY THOMAS, RICK PHILLIPS, PAUL SMALLEY - Where Are the Godly Men? 4 Pastors Expose What's Missing in Modern Churches Nov 14, 2025

Show notes

Legendary pastors Joel Beeke, Geoffrey Thomas, Rick Phillips, and Paul Smalley unite to discuss their groundbreaking collaborative work "The Redeemed Man" - a comprehensive guide addressing biblical masculinity across every domain of life.

The conversation features powerful testimonies spanning seven decades of faithful ministry, from Thomas's 1950 conversion to Phillips's dramatic transformation at age 30. These four distinguished Reformed pastors reveal the vision behind creating a book that equips men not just spiritually, but in work, family, physical health, and finishing well.

The discussion emphasizes that true manhood flows from redemption in Christ and must permeate every area of life.

BUY "THE REDEEMED MAN"

At Reformation Heritage Books - CLICK HERE

Pre-Order on Amazon.com - CLICK HERE

CONNECT WITH MY GUESTS

Reformation Heritage Books: https://rhb.org

Joel Beeke Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joelbeeke/

Rick Phillips' Church: https://spcgreenville.org

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

ADAM COLEMAN - Christians In Name Only: False Teachers and the Marriage Crisis Nov 07, 2025

Show notes

Adam Coleman is a husband, father and author of The Children We Left Behind who speaks openly about fatherlessness, marriage and masculinity.

In this conversation, Coleman exposes the growing problem of Christians In Name Only (CINOs), where people weaponize Christian rhetoric without living out the faith, driving seekers away from Christ. The discussion challenges victim ideologies in both feminism and the Manosphere, reveals why online dating creates resentment toward the opposite sex, and demonstrates what genuine biblical marriage actually looks like in practice.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Victim ideologies render you helpless by blaming external forces instead of building internal strength

2. Online dating's stranger-based format creates massive failure rates and opposite-sex resentment

3. Christians In Name Only drive people from Christ through brow-beating and theological narcissism

4. Biblical marriage requires the wife to trust her husband's leadership even through failures

5. Show don't tell works better than preaching when advocating for marriage and family

6. Win the man not the argument when engaging skeptics about Christianity online

CONNECT WITH ADAM COLEMAN

https://substack.com/@adambcoleman

https://x.com/wrong_speak

Buy "The Children We Left Behind" - https://a.co/d/aO2Be0m

The Will Spencer Podcast was formerly known as "The Renaissance of Men."

EXITING THE NEW AGE COURSE

I spent twenty years in the New Age. This is what I learned on the way out.

13 chapters, study guide, practices inventory, 30+ book bibliography.

A new section on Christian apologetics to the New Age is in production. Buy now at $29 and get the upgrade free when the price goes to $49.

https://willspencer.co/exit

MENTORSHIP FOR MEN

I mentor men one-on-one through 12 weeks of biblical mentorship, with daily accountability.

If you've built something real but you're stuck at a transition that competence alone can't solve, book a free clarity call:

https://willspencer.co/mentorship

CONNECT

SPONSORS

ROB AGER - Movies Seeking God: Spirituality In Filmmaking, Past and Present Oct 31, 2025

Show notes

Rob Ager is a film analyst who reveals Hollywood's deliberate destruction of classic cinema culture. In this conversation he exposes how modern filmmakers no longer care about making good movies but instead seek to destroy traditional storytelling and values. The episode explores how scientists in the 1960s sought God through AI and alien contact, paralleling themes in Kubrick's 2001. Ager also discusses how Hollywood accepts negative spirituality like demons while rejecting positive religious themes.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Modern filmmakers increasingly reject spiritual and narrative depth, aiming to dismantle classic cinematic conventions and heroes.
Science fiction frequently reflects humanity's spiritual yearning, displacing God with AI, alien contact, or technological utopias.
Many classic films used subtle spirituality, allowing viewers to interpret deeper meanings rather than providing explicit answers.
Old movies encouraged audience engagement with ambiguity, while today's films often over-explain and avoid challenging mysteries.
Social engineering in cinema is complex; propaganda can originate from both top-level institutions and individual creators' biases.
Negative spirituality—demons, possession, dystopian technology—is widely accepted in film, while positive redemption stories often face skepticism.
The destruction of traditional narratives and values on screen mirrors broader cultural attempts to erase inherited social frameworks.

CONNECT WITH ROB AGER

https://collativelearning.com

MELISSA DOUGHERTY - Exposing Happy Lies: The Hidden Movement Infiltrating Every Church in America Oct 24, 2025

Show notes

Melissa Dougherty is a Christian apologist with nearly 400,000 YouTube subscribers and over 18 million video views. In this conversation, she unpacks her groundbreaking book "Happy Lies" which exposes the New Thought movement—a spiritual philosophy most Christians have never heard of yet encounter constantly.

Melissa reveals how this century-old movement has infiltrated American evangelicalism, progressive Christianity, and secular self-help culture while masquerading as biblical truth. Her personal journey from New Thought deception to authentic Christianity provides urgent warnings for believers navigating today's spiritually confused landscape.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

New Thought disguises itself as Christianity while promoting self-deification and manifestation theology
Most Christians unknowingly encounter New Thought beliefs in churches, self-help books, and worship music
Unity churches exist in most cities yet few believers recognize them as New Thought centers
The "living your truth" movement has direct roots in transcendental and New Thought philosophy
Progressive Christianity shares significant theological overlap with New Thought's rejection of biblical authority
True wholeness comes only through Christ's blood, not recognizing supposed divinity within yourself