Talk Truth 08.17.26 – Leighton Grey | Leighton Grey, lawyer, author and host of The Grey Matter Podcast, discusses his new essay, Led Astray: The Toxic Assault on Masculinity and Muscular Christianity. He explores why young men are searching for meaning, how self-improvement culture can become self-worship, and why being a “good man” isn’t the same as being a faithful one. The conversation also tackles passive Christianity, the loss of male mentorship, and what happens when men stop accepting their God-given responsibilities.

00:00 Canada needs revival, not just better politics
03:43 Guest comes in
04:17 The self-improvement lie
05:47 The problem with being a “good man”
08:33 What passive men cost their families
10:58 What biblical masculinity requires
13:41 When self-improvement becomes self-worship
15:41 What young men are really searching for
18:59 Why young men need mentors
21:27 The “mission audit”
23:10 Have we forgotten how to grow up?
24:04 What happens when men abandon their role
26:24 Mentorship and spiritual fathers
27:31 Supporting Talk Truth and the Allison Inquiry