Your new favorite show hosted by Jonas Kilker and Dane MillerHass discussing topics history, mythology, philosophy and all much more
Barbarian Banter
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Your new favorite show hosted by Jonas Kilker and Dane MillerHass discussing topics history, mythology, philosophy and all much more
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2/1/2026
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Recent Episodes
June 28, 2026
Why Everyone Wants To Be Deep | Episode 22 ft. Jett Franzen
<p>Tolos Barefoot Shoes | Code: BARBARIAN for 10% off: https://weartolos.com/?ref=Barbarian Follow Jett:YouTube: <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCRBMUySQ2syRKfqaBb7oVaw"> @Jett.franzen </a> </p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jettfranzen/</p><p>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jettfranzen?lang=en</p><p>Podcast: https://tr.ee/UIMTEtuQeCBarbarian Banter Episode 22 with Jett Franzen.</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Jett Franzen for a conversation on internet philosophy, authenticity, faith, content creation, youth alienation, and why our generation seems to praise intellect more than previous generations.</p><p>Jett has built a massive audience by speaking directly to the struggles, confusion, and inner lives of young people in a raw and unpolished way, but that same visibility has also made him a target for projection, resentment, criticism, and accusations of being performative.</p><p>The conversation explores why philosophy has become a modern status symbol, why Gen Z is so drawn to literature, intellectualism, and existential questions, and why the internet often rewards the appearance of depth more than the actual pursuit of truth. We discuss Jett’s early life as a loner, his discovery of Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard, his struggle with depression, his return to Christianity, the problem of ChatGPT accusations, and the difference between good faith criticism and bitter projection.</p><p>Later, the episode moves into faith, nihilism, atheism, discernment, debate culture, sophistry, hierarchy, equality, nature, AI, technology, content creation, and the importance of creating more than you consume. We also answer audience questions on formative thinkers, honoring God through your gifts, productive aggression, Icarus, Faustianism, favorite quotes, guilty pleasures, and battle songs.</p><p><br></p><p>Jonas’ Links:</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Jonaskilker">https://www.youtube.com/@Jonaskilker</a> </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/">https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/</a> </p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilker">https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilker</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/jonaskilker">https://x.com/jonaskilker</a></p><p>Jonas’ Merch: <a href="https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism">https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism</a> </p><p>Website: <a href="https://jonaskilker.com/">https://jonaskilker.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Danes Links: </p><p><br></p><p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatdane269">https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatdane269</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/">https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/</a> </p><p>Tiktok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13?_t=8s6TjlAlLmZ&_r=1">https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20">https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20</a> </p><p>Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@danemillerhass">https://substack.com/@danemillerhass</a></p><p>Dane’s Merch: <a href="https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction">https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction</a></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:02 – Introducing Jett Franzen<br>04:11 – Authenticity and online authority<br>10:43 – Projection, resentment, and success<br>19:15 – From loneliness to philosophy<br>23:04 – AI scripts and internet labels<br>37:54 – Good faith and criticism<br>42:17 – Philosophy as status symbol<br>56:21 – Faith, Kierkegaard, and Christ<br>01:03:31 – Nihilism and loving life<br>01:12:31 – Intellectual honesty and debate<br>01:26:21 – Pleasure, AI, and nature<br>01:43:34 – Formative thinkers and worldview<br>01:49:23 – Honoring God through gifts<br>01:53:10 – Starting content creation<br>02:01:23 – Aggression, Icarus, and final questions</p><p><br></p>
June 21, 2026
The Death of Nuance | Episode 22 ft. Andrew Briggs
<p> Tolos Barefoot Shoes | Code: BARBARIAN for 10% off: https://weartolos.com/?ref=Barbarian </p><p>Follow Andrew:</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCG1nuUC9iyu1qO1Qx70pVhA"> @RealAndrewBriggs </a> </p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actualandrewbriggs/?hl=en</p><p>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/<a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCG1nuUC9iyu1qO1Qx70pVhA"> @RealAndrewBriggs </a> </p><p>X: https://x.com/theandrewbriggs</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Andrew Briggs, a writer, commentator, creator, former fitness coach, and professional nuance provider for a wide-ranging conversation on fitness, culture, pseudo-intellectualism, online discourse, belief, masculinity, content creation, and why nuance feels increasingly impossible in the modern internet age. Andrew begins by reflecting on his years in the fitness industry, the burnout that came from repeating the same fundamentals, and the strange transition from being valued for expertise to being known for cultural commentary, argumentation, and long-form thought.</p><p>The conversation moves from ancestral dieting, genetic inheritance, fitness optimization, and the limits of aesthetics into a deeper discussion of why people flatten complicated topics into slogans. We get into pseudo-intellectualism, audience capture, parasocial disappointment, hate-followers, social media arguments, and the way people often use “nuance” only when it protects their own position. Andrew explains why disagreement is not always evidence of bad faith, why people believe what benefits them, and why evidence alone often fails to change someone’s mind once a belief has become attached to identity.</p><p>Later, we discuss content creation as a lonely but life-changing pursuit, the hidden labor behind “overnight success,” the difference between aesthetics and morality, why being anti-everything becomes its own trap, and how creators learn to survive criticism without being ruled by it. The episode also branches into friendship, moving away from old environments, religion and agnosticism, Mormons, intuitive eating, language, profanity, nervous tics, feeling unheard, chosen versus inherited identity, manifestation, dating, rejection, and what Andrew would change about modern society.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:01 – Introducing Andrew Briggs<br>01:18 – Fitness burnout and expertise<br>06:34 – Ancestral eating and genetics<br>15:01 – Fitness myths and nuance<br>19:17 – Aesthetics are not morality<br>22:01 – Pseudo-intellectualism and disagreement<br>31:45 – Filters, razors, and clarity<br>36:09 – Hate-followers and creator sanity<br>46:11 – Why beliefs rarely change<br>01:04:24 – Anti-movements and negative identity<br>01:13:16 – Content creation gets lonely<br>01:30:49 – Influences and creator pivots<br>01:40:01 – Disagreement without hatred<br>01:50:03 – Food, language, and public etiquette<br>02:10:21 – Tics, identity, and dating</p>
June 14, 2026
Cryptids, Folklore, and Dark History | ft. Layla Cullen
<p>Follow Layla:</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layla.s.cullen/?hl=en</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Layla Cullen, an amateur historian, mythology enthusiast, and storyteller drawn to the darker, stranger, and more supernatural corners of history. As our first female guest on Barbarian Banter, Layla brings a new perspective to many of the themes we return to often: heroism, masculinity, folklore, history, mythology, Christianity, and the unseen forces that shape how people understand the world.</p><p>The conversation begins with Layla’s love of cryptids, Mothman, paranormal stories, Catholic supernaturalism, and the strange historical details that make the past feel alive. From there, we discuss the “dirty man with a sword” archetype, why women are drawn to heroic men of action rather than hollow images of masculine beauty, and why looks, confidence, character, gentleness, duty, and courage all matter in different ways. We also explore the darker feminine relationship to history through true crime, morbid curiosity, ancestral memory, powerful women, and the feeling that forgotten stories often reveal more about human nature than textbook history ever could.</p><p>Later, the episode moves into cryptids, fairies, changelings, Mothman, Bigfoot, Wendigos, Skinwalkers, Wild Men, missing people in national parks, cave horror, and the question of whether old folklore may contain more truth than modern people are comfortable admitting. We also discuss Victorian mourning culture, Civil War spiritualism, Mary Todd Lincoln, ghostly premonitions, female intuition, modern internet folklore, Slenderman, SCP stories, AI hoaxes, Canadian war crimes, historical education, favorite empires, Gordon Lightfoot, and what it means to embody the dirty man with a sword in the modern world.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:11 – Introducing Layla Cullen<br>01:43 – Cryptids, Catholicism, and dark history<br>07:35 – The dirty man with a sword<br>20:13 – Women, history, and true crime<br>29:42 – Fairies, folklore, and American cryptids<br>38:27 – Are cryptids actually real?<br>49:20 – Wild men and missing people<br>57:53 – Movies that shaped Layla<br>01:04:31 – Victorian death and Civil War mourning<br>01:10:18 – Lincoln, spiritualism, and weird history<br>01:19:38 – Female intuition and prophetic dreams<br>01:30:06 – Women and historical curiosity<br>01:39:05 – Internet folklore and modern mythology<br>01:59:50 – Fan questions and favorite topics<br>02:19:44 – The modern dirty man<br>02:25:33 – Layla’s upcoming projects</p><p>Jonas’ Links:</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Jonaskilker">https://www.youtube.com/@Jonaskilker</a> </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/">https://www.instagram.com/jonaskilker/</a> </p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilker">https://www.tiktok.com/@jonaskilker</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/jonaskilker">https://x.com/jonaskilker</a></p><p>Jonas’ Merch: <a href="https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism">https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/mythic-vitalism</a> </p><p>Website: <a href="https://jonaskilker.com/">https://jonaskilker.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Danes Links: </p><p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatdane269">https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatdane269</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/">https://www.instagram.com/the_great_dane469/</a> </p><p>Tiktok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13?_t=8s6TjlAlLmZ&_r=1">https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreatdane13</a></p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20">https://x.com/thegreatdane269?s=20</a> </p><p>Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@danemillerhass">https://substack.com/@danemillerhass</a></p><p>Dane’s Merch: <a href="https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction">https://constantinegraphicsco.com/collections/under-construction</a></p>
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