KneeToKnee

Career strategist Amir Muradali explains how blue ocean strategy, curiosity, and a career pivot took him from fifty job rejections to executive job offers in oil and gas and beyond.

In this episode of KneeToKnee, Mark sits down with Amir, a career strategist based in Calgary who spent eight years as a research engineer before finishing an MBA and hitting a wall of fifty job rejections. Amir walks through the process he used ...

Nice guy syndrome, covert contracts, male isolation, and why men going it alone die earlier — Jason Lange breaks it all down with honesty and no performance.

Jason Lange is a certified No More Mr. Nice Guy coach and men's work practitioner. He spent years doing his own inner work before helping other men do the same. In this conversation, he and Mark unpack the two dominant male archetypes — the macho jerk and th...

In 2008 I fell 40 feet out of a tree. Thirteen surgeries later, the hardest part was not my legs. It was watching everyone keep moving while I stopped.
My book, Connection the Ultimate Force Multiplier, launches Tuesday, July 14. Over the next four days I am walking through all five pillars, one a day. Today is the E in CREWS. Energy. Your body does not recover, perform, or improve in isolation. The crew is the mechanism.
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This episode covers men's mental health, male suicide, the I Love You Bro Project, Joe Tuia'ana, men's support groups, male connection, and men and isolation. All of it, backed by data and story.
A few years ago, Joe was two weeks sober and had double pneumonia. On the way to a basketball game, he pulled over at an overpass. A man was in crisis on the railing. Joe climbed up and said the only words that came to him: I love you, ...

A conversation about the RE method, inherited beliefs, and what it actually takes for a man to reflect, reframe, and rebuild his identity. Randy Bishop joins KneeToKnee to talk men's mental health, vulnerability, brotherhood, and why adult male friendship and connection are harder to find than they should be. Men's groups, faith, and what it means to stop carrying a version of yourself you never chose.

Randy spent twenty yea...

I went back through four conversations from the KneeToKnee archive and pulled the moments that stopped me. Not the moments with the best talking points. The moments where someone just decided to show up.

Chris Williams lost his wife, two of his kids, and an unborn child in a single accident in 2007. He talks about the friend who came by every Sunday with a pie and never said a word. Ward Clapham ran a Canadian police department and ...

Andrew Drasen, author, addiction advocate, and identity repair speaker, joins KneeToKnee to talk about rebuilding your sense of self after addiction, loss, and incarceration.

Andrew went through eight treatment programs before finding any meaningful change. He finished writing his memoir five minutes before walking out of prison in 2019. He lost the woman he loved to suicide. And now he's briefing U.S. senators on drug polic...

This episode of KneeToKnee sits at the intersection of men's health, functional medicine, and what it actually means to lead yourself well in midlife. Mark Marrott sits down with Stretch Rayner, a personal trainer and health coach from Australia, to talk male burnout, blood work for men, genetics testing, gut health, sauna benefits, testosterone decline, and the warrior to king shift that men in midlife need to hear about.
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Male intimacy, sex therapy, couples connection, emotional vulnerability, radical listening, men and loneliness, marriage advice, EFT therapy, attachment styles, KneeToKnee podcast

Melissa Barton is a licensed therapist, couples therapist, and sex therapist based in Utah. Her husband Brad was on KneeToKnee a few weeks back and told us we had to have her on. He was right.

This is one of the most honest conversations we have had on this...

Eric Robinson spent years pastoring a church built for people who didn't normally go to church. The work was meaningful. The stress was unsustainable. So he made a call most people would never consider: he applied to the FBI.

What followed was a 25-year career that included 15 years on FBI SWAT, roles as a tactics instructor, firearms instructor, and fitness instructor, and front-row seats to some of the deepest male bonds y...

Darren Parry, former chairman of the Northwestern Band Shoshone Nation, on Bear River Massacre, indigenous wisdom, male leadership, service, brotherhood, and reconnecting men to purpose.

What does it actually mean to lead? Not manage, not dominate, but lead. Darren Parry has spent his life carrying that answer.

Darren is the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, an educator at Utah State Uni...

EpicDeca finisher JD Tremblay breaks down blood chemistry, energy regulation & endurance performance. Insert Link

Only 3 people on Earth have completed the Epic Deca — 10 Iron Man distance triathlons across 10 Hawaiian islands. JD Tremblay is one of them. But what makes this conversation different from every other endurance story you've heard is that JD isn't interested in telling you how tough he is. He's here to ...

Veteran mental health, male loneliness, and brotherhood collide in this raw conversation with Lt. Colonel Ryan Reichert on KneeToKnee with Mark Marrott.

Ryan Reichert retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, landed a Fortune 500 job with a multi-six-figure salary, and found himself completely alone. No brotherhood. No mission. No foundation. What followed was an identity crisis, addiction, divorce, and the hard work of...

Introvert strengths, deep connections & male loneliness — David Hall reveals the truth about quiet men. Insert Link

Most men have been told their whole lives that being an introvert is something to overcome. In this powerful conversation, introversion expert and podcast host David Hall joins Mark Marrott to bust the biggest myths and flip the script on what it means to be quiet and strong.

David shares the e...

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What if shame — not lack of discipline — is the real reason men stay stuck? Kurt Francom built a 20-million-download podcast on human connection, mental health, and the healing power of authentic storytelling. In this conversation, we explore the difference between guilt and shame, why self-acceptance is the foundation of personal growth, and how vulnerability and mindfulness unlock real change. Kurt shares his leadersh...

Kathy Kinghorn (Therapy Utah) breaks down what betrayal trauma really is, how Internal Family Systems helps men understand their own emotional reactions, and why the most powerful thing a man can do with his partner might be choosing to fail together.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Introducing Kathy Kinghorn & Therapy Utah

00:43 - Building Therapy Utah: The Whiteboard Method

02:19 - What Betrayal Trauma Really Is (And Isn't)

05:08 - Defensivenes...

What does it mean to have a warrior heart — and are you actually living from yours? In this episode of KneeToKnee, Mark sits down with certified speaking professional, licensed psychotherapist, and author Doug Nielsen to explore what it truly means to get unstuck, wake up, and live the life God designed for you.

Doug breaks down the three core desires at the heart of every man — a battle to fight, an adventure to live, a...

In this episode of KneeToKnee, Mark sits down with Olaolu (Lou) Ogunyemi — proud U.S. Marine officer, award-winning author, and founder of Parent Child Connect. Lou breaks down his "Lead Last" philosophy, the importance of knowing yourself before you can lead others, why strategic vulnerability is actually a strength for men, and practical tools for building deeper connections with your kids and your team. Whether you're a fa...