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189: How to Exit Your 9-5 in 18 Months (The "No-Bank" Real Estate Strategy)

Release Date: 01/10/2026

220: From Terrible Teacher to Teacher of the Year (Twice)

The Modern Man Podcast

Daryl Williams Jr. was called a "detriment to student safety" his first year teaching. Two years later he was Teacher of the Year. He did it twice. On The Modern Man Podcast, Daryl sits down with Ted Phaeton to break down the transformation, the ceiling moment that made him walk away from his dream job, and the 3 Drivers of New Teacher Retention that any leader (in any industry) can steal. Daryl is an educator, speaker, author of 99% Human, 1% Amazing, and the founder of a teacher-retention consulting company he launched in 2021 after sitting in a principal's chair being told he...

219: I Wasted 15 Years of My Sex Life. Here's What Fixed It.

The Modern Man Podcast

I wasted 15 years of my sex life. Alex Grendi, former professional soccer player turned certified men's sex coach, joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to talk about the silent battle 20 to 30 percent of men face — performance anxiety, premature ejaculation, ED — and the 4-step method he uses to fix it. Alex spent 15 years battling this himself while competing at the elite athletic level, hiding it behind marijuana and locker-room bravado. This is the conversation that unpacks how sexual confidence directly shapes how a man shows up in business, leadership, and marriage —...

218: Ex-Special Forces on the 10 Minutes That Fix Every Day

The Modern Man Podcast

Ex-Special Forces commando Tim Thomas on why elite soldiers break — and the 10 minutes a day that fix every exhausted man. From down under, Tim joins Ted Phaeton on The Modern Man Podcast to unpack the Performance Pyramid, the Two Golden 5-Minute Windows, and the warfare tactic he learned in Afghanistan that maps directly to how modern men are burning themselves out. Tim served with Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan, competed as a pro MMA fighter, survived PTSD, and has spent the last decade in the veteran recovery space. He's the founder of Breathwork in Bed (an app, a method,...

217: My Testosterone Was 198. Now It's 800. All Natural. No TRT.

The Modern Man Podcast

Ted's testosterone was almost 200 — 198 to be exact — and he looked healthy on the outside. Muscle, working out, doing the podcast. On the inside his hormone floor was gone. Then he did the work Mark Holman coaches men through, and now he's at 800. No TRT. All natural. Mark Holman is a mental/physical health and testosterone optimization coach. Creator of the Unchained program (formerly Revival) and the 5-Day High-T Leadership Challenge. He was on the Modern Man Podcast before — this is Round 2. He's since moved his own total T to 1,100, doubled his free testosterone, broke his...

216: He Was Terminated Twice and Filed for Divorce. Sober Since May 5, 2018

The Modern Man Podcast

He was terminated twice. He filed for divorce. He gained 60 pounds and drank on the highs AND the lows. Then May 5, 2018, he walked out of an AA meeting and hasn't touched alcohol since. Nick Jonsson is a licensed specialized counselor, best-selling author of Executive Loneliness (the book coined a term that now has its own dedicated Wikipedia page), leads one of Asia's largest networks of senior executives, is a TEDx speaker on sleep, and an Ironman triathlete who splits time between Sweden and Asia. He's also the father of a 17-year-old son and a working husband. In this...

215: He Filed for Divorce After His Affairs. Then He Heard God at 2 a.m.

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I was having affairs on my wife. We filed for divorce. I woke up one night and God was showing me what I was about to wreck. Jonathan Berryhill left home at 15 with no foundation under him. He found structure in the Army infantry, adrenaline in law enforcement narcotics and undercover work, and then success across real estate, healthcare, and government contracting — multiple seven- and eight-figure businesses. He's been married 30 years to his high school sweetheart. He has seven children and three grandchildren. He's the author of Warrior to Wealth and leads three real estate...

214: You Won't Lose Your Job to AI. You'll Lose It to Someone Who Understands It."

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You're not going to lose your job to AI. You'll lose it to somebody who understands it. Chris Sowa has been inside the boardrooms where the AI conversation is theater. Senior tech executive at Accenture, IBM, and Oracle. Co-founder of Redacture, an AI security startup. He's also a Wim Hof Method instructor who walks into the Atlantic Ocean before most men are awake. He's a father of two sons. He buried a daughter almost five years ago. In this conversation, Chris and Ted walk through the gap between how AI gets talked about publicly and what actually happens inside enterprise — why most...

213: 45,000 Coaching Calls Later: The 3 Brothers Every Man Needs

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One day six men are going to carry your casket. Do you have those six men identified now? Joe Moffett has logged over 45,000 peak-performance coaching calls. He holds a master's in performance psychology, spent nearly a decade with Tony Robbins, served five years in the Marine Corps, and is now Chief Development Officer at Millionaire Man Cave. In December of 2024 he buried his father, and he was the only man out of the six pallbearers who truly knew him. In this conversation, Joe and Ted go deep on why strong men isolate when the weight hits, the difference between isolation and...

212: He Built Yoga for 100,000+ Men. He Still Can't Feel Joy.

The Modern Man Podcast

He built one of the largest men's fitness movements online. He still can't feel joy. Dean Pohlman is the founder of Man Flow Yoga — a community that has helped over 100,000 men reduce pain, build functional strength, and reclaim their bodies. He's also the host of the Better Man podcast. On paper, he's the kind of high-performing man this show is built for. In this conversation, he opens up about the cost most successful men never talk about: the gap between looking like you have it figured out and actually feeling well. We go deep on aging, mobility, the 3x/week protocol that reverses...

211: The Self-Made CEO: I Ate Ketchup Packets To Survive, Now I’m In 16 Countries! — Tim Rexius

The Modern Man Podcast

Tim Rexius went from sleeping in his car and eating ketchup packets to building 5 companies across 16 countries and ~60,000 retail locations — with zero outside investment. In this episode, he breaks down why he FIRED his own AI agent (98% response rate vs AI’s 5%), how he’s hit rock bottom 4 times and gotten more efficient each time, and how his protein popcorn brand beat the Kardashians. This one’s for the man who’s chasing success but feels isolated, overworked, and one wrong move from the edge. Tim’s lived it — homeless at his lowest, a self-made operator at his peak — and...

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Are you an ambitious professional feeling overworked and ready to reclaim 10-20 hours of your week? In this episode of The Modern Man Podcast, Ted Phaeton sits down with real estate mogul Chris Prefontaine to break down the exact real estate strategy you need to exit your 9-5 and achieve financial freedom without ever stepping foot in a bank.

Chris reveals his "Three Paydays" framework—a proven system for creative real estate investing that uses owner financing and principal-only payments to build passive income and long-term wealth. If you’re a family-oriented leader looking for structure, brotherhood, and clarity, this is your roadmap to becoming a time-confident Noble Knight.

Chapters:

00:00 – Why most men feel isolated and unfulfilled in their pursuit of success.

02:18 – Resiliency: How Chris navigated the 2008 crash and came out debt-free.

05:14 – The 3-7 Year Rule: Why "Shiny Object Syndrome" is killing your progress.

07:48 – No-Bank Investing: A deep dive into owner financing and principal-only deals.

10:08 – The 18-Month Blueprint: How to transition from a W-2 to full-time investing.

20:48 – The Three Paydays Framework explained.

31:32 – Living the Dream: What life looks like with zero debt and total time freedom.

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