“Welcome to Underline This—the podcast where we unpack the big ideas hiding in the margins. Because the best parts? They’re between the lines.”  What does it mean to be a man in 2026? In a world where one in seven men reports having no friends, where men account for three out of every four deaths … More Notes on Being a Man

Before Tony Robbins ever took a stage… before Bob Proctor taught paradigms… before Earl Nightingale told the world we become what we think about there was a slim book written in 1903: As a Man Thinketh. Napoleon Hill studied it. Jim Rohn taught from its ideas. Modern success icons still credit it as a quiet … More You Do Not Rise to Your Circumstances—You Descend to Your Thoughts (As a Man Thinketh)

Og Mandino once sat in a closed garage, engine running, convinced his life was over. A decorated World War II pilot, he’d lost his job, his marriage, and himself to alcohol. That night, he planned his own death. He pulled his car into a garage, windows down, and closed the garage door behind him. As … More Success Is Not Persuasion but Mastery of the Self (The Greatest Salesman in the World)

Change is inevitable. At times we can ease into like we’re slowly dipping into a cold swimming pool, or at other times it comes at us without warning like being sucker punched in a New York subway. There’s been a lot of turbulence, unpredictability, and change recently with the economy (tariffs) and the AI wave. … More Sniffing Change 🐭🧀

We Live in Fear 💀  Fear is inescapable, and for that reason we must learn to manage it. A life skill that’s highly underrated, is developing a fearless mindset. To be clear, a fearless mindset isn’t without fear. It’s a mind that feels the fear, but learns to overcome it as a barrier. How do … More Developing a Fearless Mindset ❤️‍🔥

Few novels capture the brilliance and tragedy of ambition quite like The Great Gatsby. Often called the great American novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece echoes an ancient myth  the story of Icarus. 🕊 The Fall of Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus and his father, Daedalus, were imprisoned on the island of Crete by King Minos. … More The Great Gatsby: Flying Too Close to the Sun 🦅 ☀️ 

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Look Who’s Back here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ What happens when history’s darkest figure is dropped into today’s world, and people laugh instead of recoil in fear? Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes is an incredible satire. And satire has always been one of the sharpest … More Look Who’s Back – A Warning for Today 🚨

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of The Road here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ Recently, I’ve had a fever for Cormac McCarthy’s writing. In 3 weeks I’ve read Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and the one I finished last night at 12:48am on Saturday, was The Road. One more of the … More Carrying the Fire – The Road Review

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Blood Meridian here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ There aren’t many books that I can sit down and read in one sitting, and No Country for Old Men is one of them. I’ve read this book three times now.  I’ll start with some background on the author, … More No Country for Old Men

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Blood Meridian here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ Of all the books I’ve ever read, and I don’t say this lightly, the best written is Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. It’s a challenge to read for its extreme gritty violence, unique biblically written style and bleakness. I’ll start … More Bloody Blood Meridian