Best Men In Stripes Podcasts (2026)

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2026 POLITICAL PREDICTIONS 41:51

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It's time to see what I got right for this year and throw ahead to 2026. Will Starmer survive the the year? (spoiler alert - no). Will Kemi Badenoch continue the Tory's modest revival? Will Nigel Farage manage a lot of games over the tricky Christmas period? And will Ed Davey ever say anything of consequence. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: The…

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[Ep. 315] Cracking The Code For Weight Loss: Insulin, Calories, and Stress 15:53

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3 Oreos and 1/2 an Avocado join Luis on the podcast today. Their calories are the same, but how each affects our glucose levels is very different. Refined carbs spike glucose, which increases insulin, and puts us into fat storage mode. Another factor to weight is stress and trauma, especially when in functional freeze, where we produce adrenaline, …

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[Ep. 314] Food Therapy: How Nutrition Impacts Addiction & Recovery (Webinar Replay) 1:17:35

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Today's episode is a replay of the recent free Food Therapy session. Recovery is different from abstinence, though both are important as you heal from addiction. Abstinence is the avoiding of an addictive substance, while recovery is the balancing of your body from years of addiction. For example, some people go from cocaine to coffee so the same a…

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 - Feat. Romesh Ranganathan 51:28

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Romesh returns for another Christmas cracker. We discuss what's in Keir Starmer's Christmas dinner, what films Kemi Badenoch watches and how insufferable Ed Davey is. Then it's onto festival games where we laugh a lot and somehow come up with a collective noun for a group of anus. In the Patreon only Romesh shares a bad gig death story which means …

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[Ep. 313] The Connection Between Weight Gain & Trauma 18:18

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Quick and dirty, Luis outlines the science between insulin and fat storage. It's not the least amount of calories that is the golden ticket, instead, it's the least amount of glucose spike. He teaches us which foods, and the ideal combination of those foods, that results in the least amount of glucose release, so that the body goes into fat burning…

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Who's Had A Good 2025? - Feat. Simon Evans 57:30

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In this bumper episode myself and Simon Evans consider all the big moments from the main political parties and give their leaders a score out of 10. No spoilers, but it's extra tuition for Ed Davey, keep it up for Kemi, gold star for Nigel and special measures for Starmer. In the patron only Simon gives us a DEATH STORY to make the blood run cold. …

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[Ep. 312] How This Blue Collar Carpenter Became An Embodied Man w/ Colin Safranek 45:32

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Colin is our fourth and final small group facilitator for the Embodied Masculinity program starting January 6th 2026. His journey to somatics, and Luis, started with a nail gun, and the pain resulting from repetitive use. He realized he was holding tension around accuracy in physical labor, and relationally around important topics. Somatics helped …

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BREAKING NEWS - Nigel Farage Vs The Black & White Minstrels 33:41

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I react to one of the more surprising political stories of the year as Nigel Farage goes on the counter-offensive against the BBC's back-catalogue. We also talk about Calamity Lammy's attempts to sell jury-free trials to the public. However there's praise for Wes Streeting as he shrewdly attempts to prove the blindingly obvious about mental health.…

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Rachel Reeves or Rachel Misleads? - Feat. Konstantin Kisin 42:48

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The brilliant Konstantin Kisin makes a welcome return to discuss the storm around the chancellor after her 'creative' relationship with hard economic facts. We also discuss Your Party dramatically changing their name to 'Your Party'. Then Konstantin talks about a special report he's made in a town which has fears about housing 600 undocumented migr…

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"FOR GOD IS MY KING OF OLD"-"WORKING SALVATION IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH" 28:25

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CORRECTION:(FROM GENESIS 12:2-TO-GENESIS 12:3) - (FROM 2 KINGS 17:5-TO-2 KINGS 17:35) (FROM 1 CHRONICLES 16:26-TO- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:26) THIS PODCAST TAUGHT ME THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST PORTIONS-OF THIS EARTH-TO THE LORD GOD IN CHRIST JESUS-IS HIS PEOPLE-OUT OF ALL THAT I UNDERSTAND-GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO RETURN FOR-TO TAKE FROM THIS EARTH-WHEN GOD I…

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---"FOR GOD IS MY KING OF OLD"-"WORKING SALVATION IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH"--- 28:25

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CORRECTION:(FROM GENESIS 12:2-TO-GENESIS 12:3) - (FROM 2 KINGS 17:5-TO-2 KINGS 17:35) (FROM 1 CHRONICLES 16:26-TO- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:26) THIS PODCAST TAUGHT ME THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST PORTIONS-OF THIS EARTH-TO THE LORD GOD IN CHRIST JESUS-IS HIS PEOPLE-OUT OF ALL THAT I UNDERSTAND-GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO RETURN FOR-TO TAKE FROM THIS EARTH-WHEN GOD I…

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[Ep. 311] How S*x Apps Affect The Gay Community And Men 1:51:00

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Do YOU know any gay men in long term relationships who aren’t hooking up on sex apps? Al Romano, Naveed Heydari, Tim Paula, and Rio Allen join Luis for a collaborative conversation about sex apps in the gay community, and what men really want. Men are conditioned to discover their sexuality as boys, isolated with porn. And yet, all bodies want secu…

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* BUDGET REACTION SPECIAL * 32:38

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I had to re-record as this as my first effort was far too angry ! I get into the budget Rachel promised she'd never have to do again. I'm undeniably angry that it hit me in the balls, but also will it hamper growth too? I then look at increasingly confident Kemi's response and suggest her growing popularity is because we're all crying out for stron…

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A Very Taxing Week - Feat. Dominic Frisby 39:51

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In the week of the budget there was no better guest than comedian and financial oracle Dominic Frisby. We make predictions, but also consider bizarre forfeits for leaking to the press. With a deal in Ukraine looming, we apply our limited knowledge to developments and wonder why Trump gets golf clubs out of these deals while our guy only gets free g…

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[Ep. 310] "They Called Me Gay Just For Singing" Why Men Shut Down & Isolate w/ Steven Rasovsky 51:41

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2025 and it's still fringe as f*ck for men to do somatic work. Why? Because men are conditioned to suppress the parts of themselves that are tender and vulnerable with dissociation and porn. Join Luis and his friend Steven as they discuss masculinity and the upcoming 6 month Embodied Masculinity Slow group, starting January sixth. Steven reminisces…

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[Ep. 309] Share This With A Man You Know: How P*rn Affects Their Relationships 17:45

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Our boys, too often, grow up using porn as a formulaic way to self soothe. They experience the dopamine rush, stimulation and sexual gratification in isolation. There is no touch or feedback in return, no boundaries to navigate, just dissociative pleasure.This stress loop, repeated chronically in a young body becomes a developmental trauma. The pat…

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LABOUR TALK TUFF ON IMMMIGRATION - Feat. Pierre Novellie 40:23

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The whip-smart Pierre Novellie returns to discuss Shabana apparently being in the Mahmoud to fix the home office. We also ask whether Trump bankrupting the BBC is such a great outcome after all, while also examining some of the emerging splits in MAGA. Then it's onto censorship, as establishment p**ck Paddington forces the removal of jokes about hi…

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[Ep. 308] "He Called Me A F*ggot For Wearing Striped Socks"... How One Man Reclaimed His Masculinity From Toxic Modeling w/ Atarah Valentine 55:41

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Atarah Valentine joins Luis on the podcast today. They warm up talking about how we can practice self hatred, and we can practice gratitude. It's all a practice. What choices and practices have adapted you to be the person you are? Men, Atarah saw, hurt women. He did not want to hurt women. As a result he practiced hating masculinity. He evoked fem…

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BREAKING NEWS - Starmer Coup Drama 28:39

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A lot to digest since this week's main episode. I discuss Keir Starmer 'stabbing himself in the front' by letting his own paranoia give Wes Streeting to demonstrate he might be a better option (funnier at least). In another tricky week, growth is down and unemployment is up...I think we all know how this movie ends. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke…

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[Ep. 307] Mystic Nomad: A Woman’s Wild Journey to True Connection w/ Annette Knopp 47:28

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On today's episode, Luis is joined by Annette Knopp - meditation teacher, somatic educator, nature mystic, and author - to discuss her newly released book Mystic Nomad: A Woman's Wild Journey to True Connection. In her book, Annette shares the personal experiences that shaped who she is as a person, and then how these events developed her way of te…

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TRUMP VS THE BBC - Feat. Rachel Fairburn 40:06

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The lovely Rachel Fairburn returns this week and we get into how the hell the BBC ended up on the wrong side of a fake news argument with Donald. Then it's another beeb scandal as Have I Got News For You airs not one, but two C-bombs! In the Patreon only I get Rachel's view on rising misandry and women who are gutted about giving birth to boys. CAT…

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[Ep. 306] When Men Don't Have To Hold It All Themselves w/ Zach Kalatsky 47:31

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Meet Zach Kalatsky, a mentor for the Embodied Masculinity 6 months slow group, as well as a member of the HLN retreat team. He joins Luis today for a chat about their experience as friends, and as part of a team that holds the all male slow group members. So many men identify as being fatherless sons, sons of men who could not connect and support t…

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BREAKING NEWS - Hammy David Lammy 34:13

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A lot to digest this week after Rachel Reeves dumped on everyone's cornflakes on Tuesday then David Lammy almost made us throw up our lunch the following day. In between times needy Nigel continued his desire to be a news story once a week by rowing back on everything he said about tax - plus the Tory MP who missed an open goal. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR…

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[Ep. 305] Why Men Don't Practice Somatics 15:54

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Somatics is naturally an inward focused practice involving the noticing of internal feelings and sensations, something that sociatally, in America at least, only women are "allowed" to notice. Men often feel like they need to be loud and dominant, focusing their energy outward lest they seem weak, whereas women can be fluid, sensuous and internally…

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Who Should Pay More Tax? - Feat. Vittorio Angelone 46:32

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Was a pleasure to welcome back Vittorio for this week's show, as I took the advantage of a younger man's perspective and asked exactly who should be taxed more (spoiler alert, not me). We also respond to mad article in Vogue suggesting young women are 'embarrassed' about having boyfriends, where we lament not being fully paid up members the patriar…

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[Ep. 304] The 2nd Puberty & Embodying Masculinity w/ Naveed Heydari 42:40

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Naveed and Luis connect over their work in the 6 month Embodied Masculinity Slow Group, a vulnerable, male only, space. Often boys traverse the transition of puberty in isolation, taught only by porn. After a lifetime of objectification from porn use it's common for men to have dissociative relationships with their penises and masculinity. The slow…

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[Ep. 303] How I Stopped Hating Men 18:11

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Join Luis as he gets vulnerable about his history with dysphoria around masculinity. His DNA is coded to express as female, yet he has male sex organs that produce testosterone. Feminine attributes made him the target of male abuse, and as a result he learned to reject his masculinity (associated with abuser energy) and femininity (associated with …

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IS THIS GOVT CURSED? - Feat. Mark Steel 46:57

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Mark Steel returns this week to shed light on Labour's lowest ever polling, as we contemplate if they're unlucky or just a bit crap? Mark also nearly tempts me other to the Leftie dark side as he puts forward an argument for why we should all gang up on the super rich (especially those giving human jobs to computers). In the Patreon only we pick th…

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BREAKING NEWS - Labour Not Very Caerphil 29:11

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I respond Labour's battering in Caerphilly (and the Tories dismal 2%). I also investigate Farage's flounce out of PMQs and ask whether it's political or performative. The Lib Dems get some flak too, as it turns out they may have been feeding Starmer advance warning of their questions. And then there's the question of the small boats hokey-pokey... …

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THE PROBLEM WITH ED MILIBAND - Featuring Simon Evans 44:02

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Simon Evans returns this week, on blistering form as we get our teeth into Ed Miliband's precarious career, Zach Polanski's loose grip on economics and Prince Andrew's creative relationship with the truth. I also provide a happy epilogue for the 'Aldershot Debacle' and - in the Patron only - we discuss how silly AI clips might subvert our democracy…

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REVISED #2: 10.25.2025-"THE RAIN"-"THE FORMER"-&-"THE LATTER RAIN"-"IN THE LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK "-AND-"HONEY" 29:45

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CORRECTION: HEBREWS 6:3--GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD IS TRULY AMAZING-WE MUST FIRST REMEMBER-WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD-MANKIND LIFE LIKE SCENERIOS -SITUATIONS-&-DILEMMAS-EXTEND FROM THE SPIRITUAL WORLD- OF GOOD AND EVIL-(BEFORE THE GARDEN OF EDEN)-MANKIND ARE JUST INSTRUMENTS USED TO FULFILL SPIRITUAL SCRIPTS-MANY FULFILL ROLES WITHOU…

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BREAKING NEWS - Rachel Reeves Ready to Max the Tax 27:44

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I recorded this in the midst of being cancelled by the people of Aldershot!! In more real world affairs, I discuss Rachel Reeves 'rolling the pitch' to make us all poorer (again). Then I dissect a fiery PMQs which didn't quite last the pace, and why spy scandals need to be sexy. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Bo…

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STARMER UNDER THE MICROSCOPE - with Francis Foster 43:38

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Francis returns for this week's episode as we ponder whether Keir Starmer will be able to escape questions over china and income tax (or whether he had any positive role in the middle-east whatsoever). Then we discuss whether younger women, fuelled by Tik-tok, have become actively hostile to men (or to put it more bluntly 'do birds hate blokes?') I…