Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Hey everyone, a few things. So far, reception for Troy's new segment "Troy's Rabbit Hole" has been well received. We are going to make that a permanent part of the show.

Next I will be streaming live on Saturday from Armenia, Colombia in a presidential candidate caravan through the city. I will be streaming from my car with fellow supporters. Not sure how it will go, but we are going to give it a shot.

Lastly, this image is something I am seeing more and more of.

Let's help this guy out. What do you say? Either way, why not go watch the video and sub: we need to support each other!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LZl3...

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Hey you,

I am never one to tell anyone else what to do because you have your own choice, as do I, and whatever comes to that is a direct result. That said, I mention from time to time that I have a diverse set of channels on YouTube that I either outright support or always watch their latest content. There are more, particularly in music and other non-linear spaces, but here is a basic list.

Main Recommendations:

David Hookstead
Details: Run by reporter and commentator David Hookstead.

Content: Focuses heavily on breaking global news, military conflict breakdowns, geopolitical events, and interviews with special forces veterans.

Valhalla VFT
Details: Hosted by Nate Cornacchia, a retired Green Beret (1st SFG) with combat experience in Afghanistan.

Content: Features deep-dive military commentary, political live streams, and unfiltered discussions on current events and veterans' issues.

Speak The Truth
Details: Hosted by military veterans Matt Tardio (former Green Beret) and Robert Terkla.

Content: A heavily news- and military-focused commentary channel providing real, fact-based tactical and political breakdowns from an operator's perspective.

Black Scout Survival
Details: Led by Marine veteran Jack Richland.

Content: Focuses on tactical mindset, disaster preparedness, bug-out guides, gear reviews, and combat-ready survival skills.

The Young Turks
Details: Created and hosted by Cenk Uygur alongside Ana Kasparian. (Cenk is a free thinker not a shill)

Content: A long-running progressive news and political commentary show covering Washington politics, current events, and social issues.

Dr. Steve Turley (Turley Talks)
Details: Hosted by Dr. Steve Turley, a former classical guitarist, author, and educator known as "The Patriot Professor." (yes, he comes across as a shill, but he always provides receipts)

Content: Provides daily conservative political commentary analyzing global populism, traditionalist culture shifts, nationalism, and the decline of globalist structures.

Secondary Favorites
Julian Dorey Podcast
Details: Hosted by independent creator and interviewer Julian Dorey.

Content: A highly immersive long-form interview podcast featuring deep, uncensored conversations with CIA operatives, federal prisoners, cartel whistleblowers, scientists, and adventurers.

Theo Von
Details: Hosted by stand-up comedian and internet personality Theo Von.

Content: Home of the This Past Weekend podcast, featuring eccentric storytelling, solo riffs, and deeply human interviews with both celebrities and everyday workers. (this guy is the closest to Troy and I off camera)

Emil Cosman
Details: Run by commentator Emil Cosman.

Content: Provides direct, daily commentary on American law, viral legal cases, the political landscape, and social commentary.

Nick Shirley
Details: Run by independent creator Nick Shirley.

Content: Features on-the-street interviews, cultural deep dives, and travel vlogs exploring political and social shifts directly from the source.

JD Delay
Details: Hosted by JD Delay, a former inmate who completely turned his life around.

Content: Focuses on prison culture, street life breakdowns, addiction recovery advocacy, and real-talk motivational content.

Personal Interests
Chasing Hope - Angie Marie
Details: Run by creator Angie Marie.

Content: Documents personal healing, mental health advocacy, lifestyle vlogs, and journeys through emotional resilience. (similar path and brutally honest)

Sara Burdick
Details: A personal lifestyle and legal/commentary creator.

Content: Features close-up deep dives into high-profile court cases, true crime investigations, and legal breakdowns. (US Expat in Colombia, and she gets it)

Green Beret Chronicles
Details: Run by a veteran U.S. Army Special Forces operator.

Content: Offers a peek behind the curtain of the Special Forces lifestyle, military training advice, and mental toughness breakdowns.

Asmongold TV
Details: The massive reaction and gaming channel for Twitch streamer Asmongold (active for over a decade, and I have been following him far longer than any other the others 10+ years).

Content: Features sharp, witty commentary on gaming industry drama, MMORPGs, internet culture, and trending news.

Jumpsuit Pablo
Details: An underground commentary and internet culture channel.

Content: Best known for comedic, unfiltered deep dives into community drama, viral internet phenomena, and subculture critiques.

Relax & Fun
Alluring Arctic
Details: Hosted by Juho, a Finnish sailor.

Content: Incredible, high-production cinematic vlogs documenting his journeys sailing a sailboat through freezing Arctic waters, remote islands, and stunning northern landscapes.

Davie504
Details: Run by Italian virtuoso bassist and internet meme creator Davide Biale.

Content: Pure entertainment revolving around insane bass guitar challenges, musical comedy, and highly engaging community interactions.

Threads from the National Tapestry
Details: Hosted by modern historian and storyteller Fred Kiger.

Content: A deeply relaxing yet educational podcast-style channel focusing on deep-dive historical stories from the American Civil War. (my focus in college, and the subject of my first two books in the mid 90s)

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Hey everybody! As you know, we cover a lot of ground here—from our NWOBHM roots and Gen X "never give up" attitude to the chaotic health journeys that led to both my brother and me receiving liver transplants. Whether it's me living as an expat in Colombia or Troy on the banks of the Mississippi, we keep it real.

This week is easily the one I’ve been most excited about since we started this channel last October (over 1k subs, TYVM!). This story embodies it all: metal, resilience, and a historical discovery that completely changes the timeline of extreme music.

We’re diving into the "Ultra Metal" scene of 1980s Medellín—a sound born in a war zone that predated the legends of Scandinavia. We have guests who aren't just historians; they were there then and are still touring today.

Hold on folks. Part one drops tomorrow. It’s raw, it’s loud, and we’re all learning this together for the first time. (Tip to Hedberg). 🤘

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Everyone, I just uploaded a video of the new home my wife and I signed another one-year lease on. We’re waiting to see if our immigration into the United States is going to be approved; as you know, Colombia is on the list of banned nations now, so our application for my wife—which was 15 months in—stopped last January. We are currently in limbo. I posted a video so you can take a look at the place; we move in in a couple of weeks.

In other news, we only live about two miles from that place, and I just ran out to the store—the same store in the same small town that doesn’t even have stoplights and really just one intersection. When I came out of the store, four members of the Colombian military had set up a little stop at that intersection. That’s fairly typical, though I’d never seen it right in town.

I was the only car to approach. Now, you have to picture what I mean by "Colombian military." These guys look like they just came out of a jungle warfare school, complete with full camouflage, long guns, helmets, and two motorcycles for the four of them. All of them looked about 20 years old.

As always, they were extremely polite. They just looked and waved me through, no problem. I wasn’t expecting anything remotely like a problem, and I wasn’t nervous; I was actually kind of excited to get to see them up close. It’s a weird relationship, with the police and military being loved by the people so much in this area because they provide security—and the bad guys definitely are out there.

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Hey everyone. If you have any comments, questions, or insights on anything I say, or discuss with my brother Troy in the various versions of the podcast, please feel free to reach out.

Ask away, share your thoughts—whatever.

I am trying to present this as just real conversation, which it literally is between my brother and me, after not being in contact much for about 20 years before we both oddly received liver transplants.

That is why we seem all over the map. We are remembering in real time, commenting on real time, and genuinely doing this because we want to. That’s it.

Me personally, I want us to archive as humans what it is to be a human American that lived this life. Not a movie about the '80s, or some jaded or overly glossy slop—just how it was, how it is now, and what happened.

So please, comment. Sometimes we don’t really have anything to talk about and do it anyway, so let us know what is on your mind.

Steve

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

We just wrapped recording and it's rendering now.


This one's different.


Steve and Troy — two brothers, two completely different frameworks — sat down today to talk about where religion actually fits in the world right now. Not from a pulpit. Not from a party. From the ground.


We covered Hegseth telling troops they're fighting for Jesus. Vance calling UFOs demons. Trump posting "Praise be to Allah" on Easter Sunday. The Pope telling everyone to knock it off. The Strait of Hormuz. What history actually looks like when God-talk precedes conquest. And what it means to a Cold War vet with two sons at draft age watching all of it happen in real time.


No sides. No agenda. Just two guys calling it as they see it.


Episode drops ASAP. Subscribe so you don't miss it.
— Steve & Troy


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Hey everybody, just a quick heads-up—the next few weeks might be a little rocky. I’m getting ready to be spun up at a new location here in Colombia. It’s still going to be near where I am now, but it’ll give me a much better setup for the podcast.

In the meantime, stay safe, stay cool, stay calm—and don’t OD on the stressful world news: most of it is AI slop.

We’ll keep posting as we can, and once I’m settled in, I’ll give you all a full tour. This is easily going to be one of the best places I’ve lived since being here in Colombia, so I’m looking forward to showing it to you. That should be toward the end of the month.

Between now and then, we’ll just take it as it comes. Appreciate all of you—keep the feedback coming. We really do pay attention to it.

The move will be complete by May 1.

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Hey everyone. Troy and I are going to be on this evening with a reaction to the No Kings Protests, the Iran War, and the increasing news of US citizens opting to leave the US.

Why? A question for each topic.

This not our typical episode, it is very reactionary and unscripted.

We hope you will comment!

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Is it worth it surviving a diagnosis leading to terminal prognosis? Is being "born again" worth it? My brother and I, both liver transplant survivors, will discuss this in Friday's edition of the show.

We have mixed reviews, we hope you will chime in.

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Free Will Burning Podcast - Gen X Transplant Bros

Tomorrow at 10 AM.



We’re dropping a new episode where we take a direct look at something most guys don’t hear straight:

**What women actually think about Gen X men right now.**



Not filtered. Not cleaned up.


We break it down by generation:

* Boomer women
* Gen X women
* Millennial women



What they respect.
What they don’t.
And where things start to fall apart—especially when it comes to dating.



No defending. No attacking. Just looking at it clearly.

If you’re a Gen X man, this one’s go

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