Ep. 411 - The Self-Help Trap: Therapy, the Passions, and the War for the Soul, with Fr. Turbo Qualls
Apr 28, 2026
We’re living in a moment where everyone is “doing the
work”—therapy, healing, boundaries, trauma language—and yet people
seem more anxious, unstable, and internally fragmented than
ever.
In this episode, Fr. Turbo Qualls joins me to challenge the
assumptions behind modern mental health culture and to ask
a...
Apr 21, 2026
In this episode, I talk with Darryl Cooper, host of the Martyr
Made Podcast, and cohost of the Provoked Podcast (with Scott Horton
as well) to talk about war, power, and the unseen forces shaping
both.
With a background as a Navy Aegis technician and a decade as a
DOD engineer, Darryl brings a unique perspective on...
Apr 15, 2026
In this episode, I chat with Fr. John Valadez—Orthodox priest
and the man behind Death to the World—to talk about what it
actually means to die to the world in a culture that’s built to
keep you comfortable, entertained, and constantly distracted.
We get into why modern life makes it almost impossible
to...
Apr 7, 2026
In this episode, Buck sits down with Dr. Mark Faries, professor at Texas A&M and researcher in behavior change, to explore one of the most frustrating realities of modern life:
Why do we know what’s healthy… and still fail to do it?
Dr. Faries breaks down the science behind human behavior—why people change, why...