by Anthony Astbury
The world needs strong men. https://www.wholemanacademy.com/quiz The Whole Man Academy podcast, hosted by Anthony Astbury, is here to help you build your ideal life. Anthony talks to inspiring men from all walks of life, whose stories and strategies will help you to improve the important areas of your life.
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June 25, 2026
<p>Want more from yourself and success in your life?The Whole Man Academy has three membership levels — Spark, The Network, and Nexus — for ambitious men who want more from themselves and the men around them.JOIN HERE → <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa09pY2hkWHlzb1hkUnpIdndFaGh2bjVSNXZzd3xBQ3Jtc0tuaGVDTEhNX0M2QjhGTTA3U0FrNTJ3aXhfLXVOS0RWaWxUQ2VHY0R1X3BJQVk1b3k5MmFoUjNqa0hESXFPbjRRTWZpYTZJcDFIWHNrZnFLSllYMDU4dU16NDEwVDJxUXlQWmRLaWVZR0Y1bUxFTTBDZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skool.com%2Fthe-network-whole-man-academy%2Fabout&v=ZOcI1LXwB9w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.skool.com/the-network-who...</a>Geraint Anderson spent 12 years in the City of London — four banks, one anonymous column read by half a million people every Friday, and a lifestyle that involved everything you'd expect and a few things you probably wouldn't.He's best known as City Boy — the pseudonymous columnist for the London Paper who pulled back the curtain on the debauchery, corruption, insider trading, and sheer madness of pre-2008 banking. The column became a book. The book came out the month between Bear Stearns collapsing and Lehman Brothers falling. The timing was, to put it mildly, interesting.Now he's back with a new book — How to Con Friends and Manipulate People: The Subtle Art of Being a Titled Psychopath — out 2nd July. It's a parody of the tactics used by the Musks and Logan Roys of the world, a darkly funny manual on what it actually takes to get ahead in a post-shame, post-truth world, and a serious question about whether any of it is worth it.Geraint now lives in the Black Mountains of Wales. No coke, no strippers. Just dogs, chickens, and a half marathon PB of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOcI1LXwB9w&t=104s">1:44</a> at 53. He seems to have landed well.In this episode, we get into:— The real reason he jumped four banks in five years (it wasn't ambition — it was imposter syndrome in full flight)— What the trading floor was actually like: why it rewarded banter, quick wit, and a certain kind of ruthlessness— The anonymous column that became his confessional — and what happened the day City Boy was uncovered— Why the bonus system turns ordinary men into something close to psychopaths, and whether that's actually useful— His new book: what psychopaths have that the rest of us don't, and whether you can fake it convincingly enough to matter— The 2008 crash, the K-shaped economy, and why conspiracy theories took off the moment bankers got bailed out— AI, the one-person billion-dollar business, and what the next decade actually looks like for ambitious menThis one's for you if:You've worked in a competitive environment and recognised the game being played around you. You've got imposter syndrome but kept going anyway. You're building something and want to understand the landscape — economic, psychological, human — more clearly. Or you just want an honest, funny, no-bullshit conversation between two blokes who've been in the room and aren't pretending otherwise.Geraint's new book How to Con Friends and Manipulate People is available now.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEx0SnNfT2ljdk44UWVEUWNCSjNTbDd4VE1ZQXxBQ3Jtc0trTV9vRU9QQjNXSVRodzhQRk9KeVJHVkdDc0FrUzRYdDZPSkIycjBSZzFJOWJWRXpOaDNFNm5PMXZXNzNKamdIeWR3cm02QzRoVk5zUk5HdVlxek52bjZrSEJoSzU5dUFjbEsydFJud1JnOFcxREZ3SQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgeni.us%2FYsMum&v=ZOcI1LXwB9w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://geni.us/YsMum</a></p>
March 2, 2026
<p>Four years after our first conversation, Neil Kramer returns to unpack media manipulation, elections, spiritual warfare, and the psychological battle modern men are facing.</p><p>Join ambitious men building better lives here → </p><p><a href="https://www.skool.com/the-network-whole-man-academy/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.skool.com/the-network-whole-man-academy/about</a></p><p>If you’re doing well on the outside but know there’s more in you, join the Whole Man Academy membership.</p><p>It’s a private group of guys who want clarity, direction, and momentum again, without overthinking everything alone.</p><p>-----------------------------------</p><p>Neil Kramer is back.</p><p>We go deep on Media, Empire, Elections, Immigration, Universal Basic Income.</p><p>Scrolling addiction, Faith, and Purpose.</p><p>And the psychological war being waged on modern men.</p><p>Neil suggests what we call “news” is theatre.</p><p>That elections may not be what we think.</p><p>That mass distraction is spiritual bleeding.</p><p>And that the real battlefield isn’t physical — it’s your mind, your soul, your will.</p><p>We explore:</p><p>Why constant scrolling is modern-day blood loss</p><p>Whether Universal Basic Income is compassion… or control</p><p>The architecture of power: religion, money, military, media</p><p>Why men feel lost in an age of comfort</p><p>The difference between surviving and maturing</p><p>Why suffering may be part of the curriculum</p><p>And why, despite the chaos… this might be the most exciting time to be alive.</p><p>This isn’t a surface-level political chat.</p><p>It’s a conversation about spiritual reality, responsibility, masculinity, and truth.</p><p>If you’ve felt something is “off” in the world…</p><p>But you can’t quite articulate what…</p><p>This one’s for you.</p><p>Find out more about the great work Neil does here, listen to his Roamcasts, and buy his brilliant and thought provoking books.</p><p><a href="https://neilkramer.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://neilkramer.com</a></p>
December 18, 2025
<p>If you’re an ambitious man who feels like you’re drifting in your career, relationship, or your direction in life — take The Blueprint Quiz.</p><p>It’ll show you your Whole Man Score so you can see exactly where you’re solid… and where you’re quietly falling apart.Take the quiz now and get your score.<a href="www.wholemanacademy.com/quiz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.wholemanacademy.com/quiz</a>____________________________________The UK feels like it’s flashing red.Taxes up.Pressure up.Founders quietly breaking.In this episode, I sit down with Simon Watson (Revenue & Beyond).He’s helped build, scale, and sell companies.He’s been in the rooms where the numbers get serious.And he’s also been the bloke standing outside at 3am in the snow, burnt out, not knowing what the hell is happening to his own mind.We talk about:How “hockey stick growth” actually feelsWhy founders need optimism… but also a reality checkBurnout signs men ignore until it smacks themThe fake commute and why remote work messes with your headWim Hof, breathwork, cold showers — and why it works for men who won’t “meditate”AI in business: it’s not AI vs humans… it’s AI + humansSelling a company, earn-outs, and the stress nobody tells you aboutThe real danger of ambition: losing your sense of funAnd the quiet question behind all of it…What are you building this for?If you’re high-performing… but feeling the cracks…this one will hit.Connect with Simon on LinkedIn here<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonwatson13/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonwatson13/</a></p>
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The world needs strong men.
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The Whole Man Academy podcast, hosted by Anthony Astbury, is here to help you build your ideal life.
Anthony talks to inspiring men from all walks of life, whose stories and strategies will help you to improve the important areas of your life.
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