Jeremy Pryor's Podcast

I've been a guest on his podcast 4 times now, so I'm excited to welcome Jeff Zaugg of DadAwesome onto the podcast.
He's got a book coming out in March, so make sure to check that out (link below!). I think you'll get a good sense of Jeff in this interview, particularly the way he brings so much positivity and joy and amazement to fatherhood.
If you take one thing away from this (other than that you should go RVing!) it's that idea: amazement at fatherhood itself. Let that awe be fuel to you during the dips and valleys.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
1:02 The Journey to Intentional Fatherhood
2:32 How To Becoming More Intentional
5:14 Counterintuitive Wisdom
8:30 Dealing With Family Resistance
11:16 Stay Amazed
16:13 RVing as a Family?
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Resources Mentioned:
Dad Awesome Book by Jeff Zaugg: https://dadawesome.org/book/
DadAwesome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadawesome/
DadAwesome on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dadawesomepodcast
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Welcome to Jeremy Pryor's Podcast, or what I like to call, "Jeremy Pryor Unfiltered." We are excited to bring you seasons of content all the way from Tolkien to Theology, from Business to Family. If you like to contemplate deep philosophical ideas across a wide range of topics, you've come to the right place. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

I'm joined today by Johann Kurtz, author of the amazing new book Leaving a Legacy.
We discuss the idea of the Thousand Year Family, and talk about what modern American families can learn from aristocratic families that have lasted hundreds (or more) years.
This is a deep episode that covers everything from foundational beliefs and mindset about family, wealth, theology, and legacy, to a defense of nepotism versus meritocracy (seriously), to lessons from families that last for centuries.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
1:13 The Thousand Year Family
7:09 How To Pass On Great Wealth Without
17:26 Theology of Legacy
24:13 For Families Considering a Liquid Exit
34:44 Creating a Ruling Family
44:14 Defending Nepotism?
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Resources Mentioned:
Becoming Noble on Substack: https://substack.com/@becomingnoble
Leaving a Legacy by Johann Kurtz: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2CK4M59/
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Welcome to Jeremy Pryor's Podcast, or what I like to call, "Jeremy Pryor Unfiltered." We are excited to bring you seasons of content all the way from Tolkien to Theology, from Business to Family. If you like to contemplate deep philosophical ideas across a wide range of topics, you've come to the right place. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

People are starting to wake up to this, and call it for what it truly is, but I still think they're hedging too much. They're not going all the way, because many people are ignorant of the freedom-obsessed sea in which they swim.
This is a hugely important topic that will impact how our kids and grandkids grow up and experience life, and I want to call it out right now:
We're moving into a period where there will be a cultural war between polygamy and monogamy as the Christian sexual ethic continues to be cast off in our society.
In this episode I break down a recent article and share why this is so devastating and why Christians still have the best response, as long as we actually respond.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
3:00 Framing the debate
6:31 The most powerful incentive of all
8:43 Everyone hedges (and I wish they wouldn't)
11:03 The root of the problem
13:26 Polygamy vs. Monogamy
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Resources Mentioned:
Aaron Renn's Newsletter Article: https://substack.com/home/post/p-184845957
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Welcome to Jeremy Pryor's Podcast, or what I like to call, "Jeremy Pryor Unfiltered." We are excited to bring you seasons of content all the way from Tolkien to Theology, from Business to Family. If you like to contemplate deep philosophical ideas across a wide range of topics, you've come to the right place. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Just as there are anti-christs who will come to take the place of Christ, I believe there could be anti-families that come to take the place of family.
Now I'm not saying that corporations are antichrists.
But I am saying that the analogy might hold.
When we shifted the locus of economic activity from the family to this new entity called the corporation...what did that actually do to the family?
I'd argue it did a lot.
And if we want to have flourishing families that obey God's original mandate in Genesis 1:28, perhaps we need to start thinking about how we can build within our own multi-generational family instead of building another corporate entity.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
1:11 Are modern corporations The Anti-Family?
3:47 Why didn't God create corporations?
8:48 Corporations vs families
Subscribe on Substack ➡️ https://jeremypryor.substack.com
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Resources Mentioned:
Rory Groves Podcast Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPPClJbq2fc
Take Back Your Family by Jeff Bethke: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400221765/
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Welcome to Jeremy Pryor's Podcast, or what I like to call, "Jeremy Pryor Unfiltered." We are excited to bring you seasons of content all the way from Tolkien to Theology, from Business to Family. If you like to contemplate deep philosophical ideas across a wide range of topics, you've come to the right place. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

The biggest distinction between people in the next generation will be between those who live by accident and those who live by intention.
Specifically, it will be those people who grew up with parents who were intentional about technology, and kept it mostly away from their kids, and those who just "went with the flow" and passed on their screen/technology addiction.
How do we buck the trend of "going with the flow", though?
If only there were something about humans and how God made us that could protect our kids...
Oh yeah, there is.
It's called a patriarch.
Join me in considering what's coming down the pipeline and how families can raise intentional kids.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
1:28 Wise cultures
3:48 How to avoid the vortex of the techno dystopia
9:44 A strong will and community
13:01 We MUST protect children
18:14 What to do now
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Subscribe on Substack ➡️ https://jeremypryor.substack.com
 
Follow Jeremy on:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jeremympryor/
X: https://x.com/jeremympryor
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Welcome to Jeremy Pryor's Podcast, or what I like to call, "Jeremy Pryor Unfiltered." We are excited to bring you seasons of content all the way from Tolkien to Theology, from Business to Family. If you like to contemplate deep philosophical ideas across a wide range of topics, you've come to the right place. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!