The ManKind Podcast
The ManKind Podcast is a space where modern masculinity gets redefined by real men doing real work.
In a world full of outdated blueprints and noisy stereotypes, hosts Brandon Clift and Boysen Hodgson unpack what it means to be a man today with humor, honesty, and heart.
This isn’t about telling you WHO to be. It’s about helping you pick up the pen and write your own story of manhood. Whether we’re breaking down leadership blind spots, sharing the messiness of personal growth, or talking to mission-driven authors and change-makers, this show offers tools, stories, and soulful conversations to help you show up as the man you're destined to become!
If you’re ready to stop performing and start becoming, tune in. We’re here for the messy, meaningful, and often hilarious journey of becoming the kind of man and human you actually want to be.
Created by the ManKind Project USA.
Hosted by Brandon Clift & Boysen Hodgson.
The ManKind Podcast
253 - Bison Medicine and the National Pilgrimage Back to Belonging with Brandon Peele
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What kind of people does a healthy democracy require?
In this thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation, Boysen sits down with author, purpose guide, and ManKind Project brother Brandon Peele to explore the deeper questions underneath our current cultural moment: belonging, responsibility, freedom, purpose, and what it means to grow into mature adulthood in a fractured world.
Brandon returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Bison Medicine: The Cure for a Troubled Nation, where he offers a provocative but hopeful vision for healing division—not through outrage or ideology, but through purpose, community, rites of passage, and what he calls a return to “good mind.”
Together, Boysen and Brandon unpack:
- Why America may be suffering from a crisis of initiation
- The difference between freedom and mature responsibility
- What “all men are created equal” might actually ask of us today
- The role of rites of passage, men’s work, and authentic community in healing isolation
- The powerful metaphor of eagles and bison—and what each teaches us about power, belonging, and collective life
- Indigenous wisdom, democracy, and the forgotten roots of interdependence
- How to stay hopeful in a time of outrage and uncertainty
- Brandon’s upcoming national pilgrimage across America, visiting historical sites and communities that embody our nation’s struggles, painful history, and hard-earned victories as a people
Along the way, Brandon shares why he believes healing begins in local communities, in honest conversations, and in the courageous work of becoming fully human.
This episode is ultimately an invitation: What would it mean to become the kind of man who leaves things better than he found them?
Key Questions from This Episode:
- How free are you, really?
- How happy are you, really?
- What kind of community is helping shape the man you are becoming?
This summer - June and July of 2026 - there is a powerful opportunity to be part of Brandon's Pilgrimage across the US.
Learn more: https://www.nationalpilgrimage.us/
Learn more about Bison Medicine: https://www.bisonmedicine.com/
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