What kind of man are you becoming? Fight for Manhood puts real stories beside the questions men face but often never learned to ask. Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin talk with men about faith, responsibility, fatherhood, identity, and the brothers who help them stand. This is a call to stop drifting, tell the truth, and live as a son of God. Learn about the ten-week Fight at fightformanhood.com.
What does faith look like when fear makes the next step hard?
Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin talk about trusting God, obedience as freedom, and how faith grows through experience. They bring the conversation home to family life, learning from mentors, and choosing one wise next step.
Learn more about Fight for Manhood at https://fightformanhood.com.
Music: "Apple For The Preacher" by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech for the podcast opening and closing.
2 Nov 2026
Session 7: Law vs. Grace — Living from God’s Acceptance in Christ
Session 7: Law vs. Grace. Living from God's acceptance in Christ.
Fight for Manhood: following Jesus in everyday life, together.
Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com
20 Oct 2026
From Self-Doubt to Courage | Jerry Fu on Faith, Leadership, and Starting Again
What changes when a man stops living for everyone else's approval?
Brad Maynard reconnects with Fight for Manhood graduate Jerry Fu for an honest conversation about faith, courage, and learning to take responsibility for your own life. Jerry shares how he moved from self-doubt and playing it safe into new opportunities in Houston, leadership coaching, and a relationship that led to his engagement.
This is a story of growth through setbacks: career disappointments, difficult conversations, learning to say no, and choosing to try again. They talk about the brotherhood that challenged Jerry, how salsa dancing helped build his confidence, and what he would tell his eighteen-year-old self today.
In this episode:
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Jerry's life today
02:20 Life before Fight for Manhood
09:11 Moments that started the change
15:44 From pharmacy to leadership
23:50 What stayed with him from Fight
29:10 Advice for a man who feels stuck
35:20 Coaching college students
38:52 Engagement, dating, and taking risks
42:51 Salsa dancing and confidence
45:54 Contributing to a book
48:23 Advice to his eighteen-year-old self
49:39 Book and coaching business
51:59 Closing reflections
Connect with Jerry: https://www.adaptingleaders.com
Book discussed: Secrets of Next-Level Entrepreneurs, with a chapter contributed by Jerry Fu.
Explore Fight for Manhood: https://fightformanhood.com
Fight Like a Man Ministries: https://fightlikeamanministries.com
This week's challenge: name one place where fear or the need for approval is keeping you stuck. Talk with a brother you trust and take one concrete step forward.
Recorded October 15, 2026. Host: Brad Maynard. Guest: Jerry Fu.
17 Oct 2026
What Changed at Home | Becka Horton on Marriage, Family, and the Fight
What does a man's growth look like to the people who live with him?
In this special video conversation, Becka Horton joins Brad Maynard to share what changed for her and her family as her husband, Greg, went through Fight for Manhood. She talks about listening more, yelling less, everyday affection, taking responsibility, being present at home, and friendships that helped carry their family through difficult seasons.
Becka also speaks honestly about the work that continues. This is a story of faith, growth, and change over time, told from a wife's perspective.
Hear Greg's side of the story in Episodes 1 and 4 of Fight for Manhood: The Podcast.
Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com
CHAPTERS
00:00 What changed at home
00:23 Meet Becka
01:33 The early marriage
03:48 Understanding the hurt
06:59 Choosing to attend the Fight
09:34 Changes the family could see
11:37 What made change believable
13:19 What she needed as a wife
15:21 Everyday affection
16:55 Seeing her children love their dad
18:45 Learning to affirm and control himself
20:34 Service and its effect on her
23:09 Listening with understanding
24:16 Taking responsibility
25:19 Strength directed toward love
26:43 Choosing to be present at home
29:31 Friendships that support the family
30:49 Still learning
32:35 Hope for another wife
34:22 What emotional steadiness means
35:59 What she is grateful for
37:12 Now he helps other men
37:42 Other families benefit
38:00 The men showed up for him
38:52 Thanks and sign-off
16 Oct 2026
Understanding Changes Everything | Doug Shock on Healing and Letting Go
What changes when a man stops asking only what happened to him and starts asking what he still needs to understand?
Brad Maynard and Jody Griffin sit down with longtime friend and current Fight participant Doug Shock for Session 5: Healing and Understanding. Doug shares how hearing Brad and Jody on the Hallerin Hill radio show led him to join the Fight, why he calls it an answer to prayer, and what is beginning to change in his life.
The conversation moves through the absence of a father, the letter Doug wrote, forgiveness, sobriety, and taking responsibility for healing in other relationships. Jody also shares why this is his favorite session to teach and how understanding changed the way he saw his own story.
Doug is still going through the Fight. This is an honest conversation about doing the work while the story is still unfolding.
We close with our recurring question: If you had five minutes with your 18-year-old self, what would you tell him about becoming a man?
Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com
Stand as a son. Fight like a man.
Chapters
00:00:00 Opening: what do I still need to understand?
00:00:30 Meet Doug Shock
00:05:30 The radio interview and an answer to prayer
00:09:39 Why this session changed Jody
00:16:24 Growing up without a present father
00:22:16 The letter, forgiveness, and finding release
00:27:35 Sobriety and a new beginning
00:31:14 Healing in other relationships
00:43:55 Living honestly with his daughters
00:48:09 How understanding changes our response
00:54:02 Jody on forgiving yourself
00:58:20 A practical first step toward healing
01:04:41 What would you tell your 18-year-old self?
01:10:58 The challenge for this week
Music: Apple For The Preacher by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech.
9 Oct 2026
Protected but Not Prepared | Greg Horton on Marriage and Fatherhood
Growing older brings responsibilities. It does not automatically prepare us to carry them.
Greg Horton joins Brad Maynard for an honest conversation about the outcomes of Session 4: becoming better prepared for marriage, fatherhood, and the everyday work of being a man. They talk about unmet expectations, learning from older men, managing reactions, listening, and giving our children the affection and affirmation they need.
Through personal stories and practical lessons, Brad and Greg explore how men can recognize someone who is struggling, ask for help, and take responsibility for what happens next. The challenge this week: name one responsibility you want to carry better, have an honest conversation with a trusted, mature man, and take one concrete step.
Learn more about Fight for Manhood and upcoming courses:
https://fightformanhood.com/
https://fightlikeamanministries.com/
Music: Apple For The Preacher by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Excerpted, faded, and mixed with speech.
2 Oct 2026
Faithful Fatherhood | What a Good Father Gives a Son with Tom Franklin
A good father gives a son more than provision. He gives him a place to stand.
Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin welcome Tom Franklin for a positive, honest conversation about the gifts of faithful fatherhood: presence, consistency, encouragement, faith, and love that lasts. Tom taught the father-figures session at this fall's Fight for Manhood cohort and previously led and taught a cohort at First Baptist Concord.
Tom knew his father loved him, even though his dad did not say "I love you" or show affection through hugs. We look beyond "we just knew" to explore what that meant to Tom and what he chose to do differently as a father himself.
Whether you had a loving father or carry a different story, this conversation offers a way forward: receive from God, learn from good men, and pass the blessing to the next generation.
This week's challenge: do not make the people you love guess. Be present. Speak the words. Pass the blessing forward.
Learn more: https://fightformanhood.com/podcast/
Ministry: https://fightlikeamanministries.com/
Music: "Apple For The Preacher" by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Edited to create the podcast opening and closing cues; excerpts were faded and mixed with speech.
25 Sept 2026
Wounds and Shame | An Honest Conversation with Will and Gage Maynard
A man can spend his whole life protecting his image and never become free. What are you working so hard to keep people from seeing—and what is hiding it costing you?
In Episode 2 of Fight for Manhood: The Podcast, Brad Maynard sits down with his two older sons, Will and Gage, for an honest conversation about wounds and shame. They talk about the pressure to have it all together, the difference between making a mistake and letting failure define you, and the courage it takes to let someone really know you.
From football and the job hunt to friendship, fatherhood, and faith, this conversation explores how shame can make us withdraw—and how honesty, grace, and trusted brothers can help us bring what we carry into the light.
This week’s challenge: name what you are carrying and reach out to someone you trust.
Learn more about Fight Like a Man Ministries and Fight for Manhood: https://fightformanhood.com/
Music: “Apple For The Preacher” by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Edited to create the podcast opening and closing cues; excerpts were faded and mixed with speech.
17 Sept 2026
How Did We Get Here? | Greg Horton on Brotherhood and Becoming a Man
What kind of man are you becoming? In Episode 1, Brad Maynard and Dr. Jody Griffin talk with Greg Horton about Session 1, “How Did We Get Here?” They explore identity, responsibility, fatherhood, faith, and the men who help us grow. Listen for an honest conversation and one step you can take this week.
Chapters
00:00 What kind of man are you becoming?
02:10 Meet co-host Jody Griffin
06:30 Greg Horton’s story
19:07 Walking into the Fight
23:16 Providing for a son versus forming him
28:52 The “suck it up” myth
32:01 Own your past; do not enthrone it
34:17 From shame to brotherhood
38:32 The courage to be honest
46:19 What our children need from us
54:55 Advice for a younger man
59:26 One step to take this week
Learn more at https://fightformanhood.com/.
Music: “Apple For The Preacher” by Shane Ivers (Silverman Sound Studios), licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/apple-for-the-preacher — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Edited to create the podcast opening and closing cues; excerpts were faded and mixed with speech.
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