Louder with Crowder - May 22, 2026


Conquering the Insecurities of Your Manhood : Tough Love with Guru Crowder

Hosted by
Steven Crowder
Mentioned
Training Gerald Guru Crowder C. First Jerry
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Episode Stats


Length

11 minutes

Words per minute

177.33

Word count

1,992

Sentence count

195

Harmful content

Toxicity

2

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Summary

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Guru Crowder is back and better than ever, and the boys are here to tell you all about it. This week, the boys talk about how they got into the business of podcasting, how they met, and what it's like to be a podcaster. Plus, they talk about the new Star Wars movie Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

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00:01:02.000 for today Hello.
00:01:17.000 Gerald was sitting in my chair at one point.
00:01:18.000 It's never true.
00:01:19.000 It's just, it's all these accusations.
00:01:22.000 There we go.
00:01:23.000 I have to set it to normal human height.
00:01:25.000 I have to set it to not shortened by 10 years average life expectancy height.
00:01:32.000 Getting up there.
00:01:33.000 Is it really 10 years?
00:01:35.000 That's putting it generously.
00:01:36.000 Oh, no.
00:01:37.000 Only one way to find out.
00:01:39.000 No, I mean, I'm sure you're fine.
00:01:40.000 Oh.
00:01:42.000 That was a ringing endorsement of my health.
00:01:45.000 Well, it's, by the way, we're not wearing headphones, which is why I was like, oh my gosh, I got to make sure that my hair is the thing.
00:01:50.000 Because the headphones just make it no matter what.
00:01:54.000 So I don't actually spend time doing anything.
00:01:57.000 I look like a baby bird caught in an oil spill with the weather spoken.
00:02:01.000 Aching for some dawn.
00:02:02.000 It's uncanny.
00:02:03.000 If you notice, it's a little bit of a different tone.
00:02:05.000 That's because we haven't done one of these in a while, but you guys need it.
00:02:09.000 I've been following up on you.
00:02:10.000 And first, you need Jesus.
00:02:16.000 And then a little bit of tough love.
00:02:21.000 Tough love!
00:02:23.000 With Guru Crowder.
00:02:26.000 And of course, it is my duty to inform you that I am, in fact, a certified guru.
00:02:31.000 Yes, the check cleared.
00:02:32.000 Yep, and the stamps.
00:02:35.000 By the way, it's okay.
00:02:35.000 We're not doing the stamp sponsorship, right?
00:02:37.000 No, we're not doing the stamp sponsorship.
00:02:38.000 Okay, good.
00:02:38.000 Well, they came to me like, you guys want to do it?
00:02:40.000 I was like, no.
00:02:42.000 It's 2026.
00:02:45.000 I don't remember the last time I handled the stamps.
00:02:49.000 You want me to push too?
00:02:49.000 Come on.
00:02:50.000 I mean, you know what?
00:02:51.000 Honestly, if they could, they should, you know how they always have a product that they sell to like a professional market and then they sell it to a consumer market?
00:03:00.000 They need that with catheters.
00:03:01.000 They need the medical market and then the convenience market.
00:03:05.000 I don't want to break from the middle of a movie.
00:03:06.000 Yeah, but you got to.
00:03:07.000 I don't know if I'm binge watching or I'm playing a game or whatever it is, you know, just to be able to.
00:03:11.000 Just shove a tube in your keyhole.
00:03:14.000 Yeah, that's.
00:03:15.000 What are we talking about here?
00:03:17.000 I grew attached to mine the last time I had surgery.
00:03:19.000 Like, okay, we're here to remove your catheter.
00:03:20.000 I was like, no.
00:03:25.000 I've never known like that.
00:03:26.000 I get to do so little.
00:03:28.000 Yeah.
00:03:30.000 That's awesome. 0.96
00:03:30.000 Yes, please take the needle out of my pee hole. 0.96
00:03:32.000 Thank you.
00:03:33.000 It's not a needle, Jerry.
00:03:34.000 The tube, whatever.
00:03:35.000 There's a big difference between a tube and a needle.
00:03:35.000 I don't care.
00:03:38.000 Well, yeah, but I don't know.
00:03:39.000 It's the difference between a straw and a needle.
00:03:43.000 You can't define things like that.
00:03:44.000 And of course, you can send in your requests, your letters at toughlove at louderwithcrowder.com.
00:03:50.000 We finally have that email going because at first it was like life advice, and then we realized it always ended up being unnecessarily mean.
00:03:55.000 Yeah.
00:03:55.000 So we were like, it's tough love.
00:03:56.000 Some so mean, we've actually cut them in the past before.
00:04:00.000 Yeah.
00:04:00.000 I don't think we have.
00:04:01.000 Yeah, we did.
00:04:02.000 Did we?
00:04:03.000 Yeah.
00:04:04.000 Because of me.
00:04:06.000 Oh, really?
00:04:06.000 That was so brutally mean in one.
00:04:08.000 I was like, hey guys, can we cut that one?
00:04:11.000 I've only, people know, I've only ever actually edited three interviews that were pre taped.
00:04:17.000 Yeah.
00:04:18.000 And two were by request from the person.
00:04:22.000 And then one was just so long and boring.
00:04:26.000 Yes.
00:04:26.000 I was like, that can't, we can't do this.
00:04:28.000 Yeah, we'll just, yeah.
00:04:30.000 All right.
00:04:31.000 Nothing recent, by the way.
00:04:32.000 No, no, nothing recent.
00:04:33.000 And it didn't alter the content of anything, but there was, yeah, one of them.
00:04:37.000 It was actually the guy's manager.
00:04:38.000 One of the guests was very, very high.
00:04:40.000 It's like, hey, when I said the E word 15 times, can we cut that part out?
00:04:43.000 Yeah, no, it was worse than that.
00:04:45.000 And the guy was, he was out of rehab and went back in for a stint.
00:04:49.000 And the manager was like, hey, he was.
00:04:51.000 And I said, you know what?
00:04:52.000 Totally fine.
00:04:52.000 That's fine.
00:04:53.000 I don't want to, you know, I don't want to put him out there like that.
00:04:56.000 Then I did it behind the scenes so you guys can still go watch it.
00:04:58.000 All right.
00:05:00.000 First one Dear Guru Crowder and Permanent Guru in Training Gerald.
00:05:06.000 Okay.
00:05:06.000 Yeah.
00:05:07.000 Fine.
00:05:07.000 I mean, we started off.
00:05:07.000 At first, I read Permanent Guru and I didn't like it.
00:05:10.000 But then I read the in training part and I went, okay.
00:05:13.000 So my wife, 26, and I, 26, those are good ages.
00:05:17.000 It's a good start.
00:05:20.000 Are expecting for our first time, and we are really excited, it's early proof that everything works.
00:05:26.000 Sorry, it's early, but proof that everything works, which is reassuring.
00:05:29.000 I always keep in mind, I always get shadows on a specific page here.
00:05:32.000 As a preparing first time father, what can I do to quiet the insecurities as they get louder and louder in my head and I feel like I'm going to fail my budding family?
00:05:40.000 I feel like of those insecurities.
00:05:43.000 A tough love.
00:05:44.000 I feel like those insecurities stem from the fact that I was raised mostly by my grandmothers at a young age.
00:05:49.000 Sorry, I mean, obviously, good on your grandmothers, but I know that can be tough for a young man.
00:05:52.000 I had very little interaction with my dad as he was a trucker, and my parents divorced when I was seven, with my mom taking primary custody.
00:05:58.000 I've had very few positive male role models in my younger years.
00:06:01.000 Sorry to hear that.
00:06:02.000 It's also tough as I see a lot of my father in me and his supposed suicide weighs on my conscience as I don't want to follow in those footsteps.
00:06:10.000 It just keeps getting worse.
00:06:12.000 So it started off good with your 26, and then just.
00:06:15.000 And really.
00:06:17.000 Well, first off, the first advice there if you don't want to follow in his footsteps, don't.
00:06:21.000 Don't do it.
00:06:21.000 Yeah.
00:06:22.000 Set your brain to it.
00:06:23.000 And I know easier said than done because believe me, like the last time I got nothing right going through the McDonald's drive through when I was with kiddos, I mean, I considered it because I'm always carrying, but it would be a mess.
00:06:36.000 My whole detailing membership had lapsed.
00:06:42.000 What are some.
00:06:43.000 They couldn't get a.
00:06:44.000 Nuggets?
00:06:45.000 Quarter pounder.
00:06:47.000 Would you like a double?
00:06:48.000 Yes.
00:06:50.000 Two kids' meals, one cheeseburger, one chicken nuggets.
00:06:54.000 They said, What to drink?
00:06:55.000 Apple juice.
00:06:56.000 And then one more cheeseburger.
00:06:59.000 None of it was correct.
00:07:00.000 Well, yeah, but his dad committed suicide.
00:07:02.000 No, I know, I know.
00:07:03.000 But my point is, we all have our cross to bear.
00:07:06.000 That wasn't a failure on your part.
00:07:09.000 No, I didn't do anything wrong.
00:07:10.000 That's on the $15 an hour.
00:07:12.000 You still, I mean, the sins of the father fall on you, so you're still partially guilty.
00:07:17.000 I didn't mix up the nuggets.
00:07:18.000 Fudge.
00:07:19.000 I'm better than you.
00:07:20.000 We love you guys.
00:07:21.000 I'm significantly better than you, which is why I'm the guru.
00:07:23.000 That's right.
00:07:26.000 Are we going to have to edit this one?
00:07:27.000 Amazing.
00:07:29.000 What are some practical things I can do to drive off the insecurity and just focus on here and now?
00:07:35.000 I know I fall short as a Christian with my time and the word, but I do try and talk with God daily.
00:07:39.000 But I want to know direct actions I can take to pull me out of those thoughts.
00:07:42.000 I'm not necessarily concerned about the costs, as I only have my wife's little remaining student debt, my mortgage, and small bills.
00:07:49.000 I am paid very well by my employer as well.
00:07:51.000 I'm just worried about who I am as a person, and I don't know how to change that.
00:07:55.000 Thank you.
00:07:58.000 Do we say their name?
00:07:59.000 No, no.
00:08:00.000 Generic name.
00:08:02.000 Name.
00:08:02.000 Thank you, name.
00:08:03.000 Thank you, C. First name starts with a C.
00:08:09.000 Well, first off, there is a lot of good here.
00:08:13.000 And what I mean by that is it seems like you're excited about this.
00:08:17.000 You and your wife are the same age, you're getting started at a good time.
00:08:20.000 You seem to already recognize that maybe you. didn't have some tools that other people had.
00:08:26.000 And, you know, you don't want to overthink it, but it is good to be self aware.
00:08:30.000 So I really do mean that.
00:08:31.000 There is, and you're obviously trying to work on yourself and your Christian walk.
00:08:34.000 I will say, you know, this kind of goes back to generic advice, which is always kind of focus on those things that you can control.
00:08:41.000 I will say this if you are worried about who you are as a person in combination with everything else here, that means you're probably a more decent person than people who aren't.
00:08:53.000 I think everybody here.
00:08:55.000 At some point, they have been worried about that or asked themselves that.
00:08:58.000 I know certainly Gerald, myself, and the friends that we're close with, we've all had those conversations, especially if you're in a position of authority where you have to make decisions.
00:09:06.000 Like, for example, no one I know likes firing anybody.
00:09:10.000 But sometimes it has to be done, and you really, really want to make sure that you are making the right decision.
00:09:15.000 So, questioning your judgment is indicative of better judgment itself.
00:09:21.000 There was something else I was looking at here.
00:09:23.000 Very few files are done, but I want to know the direct actions I can take to pull me out of those thoughts.
00:09:30.000 As far as insecurity, I don't know if you're just talking about suicidal thoughts or if you're talking about your ability as a father.
00:09:37.000 To raise them well.
00:09:38.000 And the truth is, I think every man, Gerald, you can tell me if I'm speaking out of turn, every man has those thoughts.
00:09:44.000 And I think more men have those thoughts now because the lines aren't so clearly defined as to what the expectations are.
00:09:52.000 And I mean, I know I went through this fear.
00:09:54.000 That's why I didn't have children younger.
00:09:56.000 And if I was in a different situation where I wasn't afraid of having to be, you know, run a company and be Mr. Mom, it would have been very different.
00:10:02.000 But societally, you're told your life ends and, you know, kiss everything else goodbye.
00:10:06.000 And at that point, I was working sometimes 16 hour days and I just thought it wouldn't be fair until I. Realize that's not how it used to be.
00:10:12.000 It used to be you each take your share and you each have jobs and roles.
00:10:16.000 So I would say your wife needs to be included in this.
00:10:19.000 First and foremost, focus on disciplining your mind, body, spirit across the board.
00:10:26.000 Creating a framework for yourself, for your life, helps keep everything in line because there's a consistent but a healthy self evaluation, not narcissism.
00:10:35.000 It really is I hate to use the term holistic, though I am a guru, a holistic approach because that just better disciplines you across the board.
00:10:44.000 And then I would enlist your wife and talk about these things and what your roles are and who's going to be doing what.
00:10:52.000 Maybe even drafting up like a whiteboard, something for men, sometimes knowing exactly where responsibility falls gives you the ability to throw yourself into yours a little more effectively.
00:11:02.000 And it's a team effort.
00:11:04.000 It is a team effort.
00:11:05.000 On the suicide stuff, if that's your primary concern, I mean, just don't do it.
00:11:10.000 And I will tell you this think of, and I