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Restoring a Culture You Were Never Given w/ Trae Bailey of Fraternus

The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast

Joe Coleman sits down with Trae Bailey, editor, contributor, and key figure at both Sword&Spade and Fraternus — to talk about what it means to be a man, a father, and a neighbor in an age of broken traditions. In This Episode, We Cover: What Fraternus and Sword & Spade are, who they're for, and how they work together to form men as sons, brothers, and fathers The relationship between vice, virtue, and the body — and why the spiritual and physical can't be separated as cleanly as we'd like to think The case for stopping the move: why rootedness, proximity to family, and staying put may be the most countercultural thing a man can do right now Why loneliness is properly understood as a hunger — and how technology has dulled the ache without feeding it The quiet comeback of physical things: print media, live events, and what trends like craft beer and vinyl tell us about what people actually want Chapters: 00:00: Introduction 00:16: What Are Fraternus and Sword & Spade? 07:02: What Do We Do About Missing Traditions? 14:12: Vice, Virtue, and the Body 24:29: Proximity to the Land — Pig-Killing, Real Food, and What It Teaches 31:10: Alaska, Becoming a Father, and the Pull Back Home 35:03: Stop Moving — The Case for Rootedness 52:25: The Loneliness Epidemic and Living in Unreality 01:02:07: Signs of Hope — Church, Physical Media, and the Craft Revival 01:14:53: Smartphones, Self-Control, and the Muscle You Have to Work Resources Mentioned: Fraternus Sword&Spade The Ways of the Fathers Leaving Boyhood Behind by Jason Craig The Commonplace My Mom's Motorcycle The Brick Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com