Episodes

24 hours ago
360 | Joe Ryan | Having Compassion for Yourself
24 hours ago
24 hours ago
On this episode:
Nate confesses his love for WhataBurger, and Aaron fills his jugs at his neighbors house.
Our Guest: Joe Ryan. Podcaster, coach, Italian and Irish, New Yorker, former bartender and comedian. Sober from drugs and alcohol. Joe hosts a podcast: Its Not You, Its Your Trauma. Owning your actions and apologizing. Having Compassion for yourself.
Links:
Joe Ryan: Podcast, Youtube, Instagram, Contact, Coaching
Book: The Body Keeps the Score
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
359 | Brody Holloway | Shared Experiences Strengthen Relationships
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
On this episode: Aaron is getting his home repaired.
Nate holds Aaron accountable for going to England on The Path Retreat.
Nate invites you to go on the Path Retreat too (deadline for signup Mar 31, 2023).
Our Guest: Brody Holloway, co-founder and lead pastor of Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters in Andrews, NC. Adrenaline and fear break down walls. Shared experiences are critical for leading and investing in others. Sin management versus holiness. To live in Jesus is to live in the purity effect.
Links: Snowbird Outfitters
Book: Life Together by: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
358 | Wendell Moss | Working Through Racial Trauma
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
On this episode: Nate is home, energized, and has internet. Aaron announces all the announcements.
Our Guest: Wendell Moss: therapist, minister, educator, and speaker. There is not always a side to take - just listen. Sometimes the response to abuse is more abusive than the abuse itself. My feast will never fulfill you.
Upcoming Events:
48 hours of Frankness (Illinois), Walking The Path in England (June 11-17, 2023)
Links:
Wendell at the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, Wendell at the Allender Center
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
357 | Robby Angle | Growing in Relationships, as God Designed Us
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
On this episode:
Aaron and Justin answer a listener's letter and offer support. Nate has junk internet in Florida.
***Silas training April 15, 2023. Look for more info soon.***
Our Guest: Robert Bruce Angle III, president & CEO, counselor, minister, achiever, striver, @$$hole, type A and enneagram 8. Former director and expert of small groups.
We commonly experience love to the degree we can trust. Love: giving and receiving of needs being met. What love does: sees, soothes, is safe, is secure. Protecting weaknesses and supporting strengths. Relationship with God is not about doing. I am not useful to God, but I am delightful. God has designed us to grow through the context of relationships. Three steps in building relationships. Ask the next question, and the one behind that one too.
Links:
Contact, books, and other resources
Our guest this week was booked via The Expert Bookers www.expertbookers.com.
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
356 | Duane Osterlind | Healing Doesn’t Happen in Isolation
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
On this episode: Aaron tells an embarrassing story of his maturity. Justin takes his kids to the park.
Our Guest: Duane Osterlind, therapist, podcaster, and husband. Duane brings many years of personal and professional experience to the addiction recovery community. When listening to others, the reply is never: “its worse for someone else”. Compassion for the human. We heal through the eyes of others; we need others to see us and lets us know its ok. You can be confused and have hope. The world needs the compassionate and the @$$holes.
Links: Contact and podcast
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
355 | Sathiya Sam | Prevention, Community, and Daily Recovery
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
On this episode:
Nate and Aaron discuss the truths behind the 1985 book: Amusing Ourselves to Death.
Our guest: Sathiya Sam, coach, author, podcaster, preacher’s kid.
“If you are unaware, you cannot repair.”
There’s no faith without unbelief. Knowledge is potential; knowledge with action is where real power comes from. He who is most vulnerable, heals the quickest. Learning to articulate your inner life. Prevention: confess a temptation before needing to confess a mistake. Community doesn’t bring change, it sustains it.
Links:
The Last Relapse Book
Unleash The Man Within Podcast: Podbean, Apple
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
354 | Jean Masukevich | Guided Meditation
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
On this episode:
Our THREE hosts: Erin, Nate, and Aaron.
Erin takes a break from a road trip.
Nate has a prophecy.
Aaron gets butt dials.
Our guest: Jean Masukevich, mom, yogi, spiritual director, trauma informed.
Topics: Enjoy a guided relaxation exercise and meditation. Learning to connect the body to the mind. Listening to your body and responding with love.
“What are you running from, and what are you running toward?”
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
353 | Michael Basta | Using Science to Grow Relationships
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
On this episode: Nate and Aaron discuss God’s will.
Our Guest: Michael Basta, clinical social worker, certified Gottman method couples' therapist. Michael conveys hope for relationships, using science. History can predict the future of the relationship, but it is not set in stone. We can change the future, despite past wounds and trauma. The Four Horseman of the apocalypse, and the nine factors of relationship success. Forming a culture of appreciation.
Links:
Michael Basta
The Gottman Institute
Books:
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
What Makes Love Last?
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
352 | Quincee Gideon | Working Through Religious Trauma
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
On this episode: McCreary’s follows Nate around. Aaron watches Hallmark movies.
Our guest: Dr. Quincee Gideon, clinical psychologist.
Topics discussed: Loading the language: creating language inside a group that separates and excludes. Being safe within yourself. Religious trauma, denial of human experience. Stepping into a larger life that isn’t filtered, or second guessed, is grander, is at peace, and is safer. Feeling generally safe within your body, relationships, and environment. Sharing specifics with the correct audience.
Contact info: https://www.quinceegideon.com/, tiktok, instagram
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.

Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
351 | Marnie Ferree | Hope for All Parties in Recovery
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
On this episode:
Nate prepared for the greatest thanksgiving dinner of his life. Aaron loses 12 pounds.
Our Guest: Marnie C. Ferree, recovering addict, director of Bethesda Workshop, therapist (CSAT, IITAP).
Topics include: Reframing hope. Expertise, in helping others, from experience. It's never a bad thing to re-up with God. “Despite all the pain, anger, grief, I’m living my best life.” The importance of support systems. Women in sexual recovery (too).
Bethesda Workshops, resources, and contact: Marnie C. Ferree
If you have thoughts or questions that you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.
The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society.
For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com.
The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.