What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! At a time when Americans are tired of scripted outrage and elite-approved talking points, Three for the Founders is doing something different—speaking freely and living with the consequences. In Episode 30, the hosts look back on Season One and tell the truth about what happens when you stop chasing applause, stop curating a “target audience,” and start saying what you actually think. The result? Real conversations, real pushback, and real growth. T...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! We know something about endings. We know when a beloved teacher hangs up the chalk, when the church mothers finally step down from the usher board, when a job no longer fits, or when a season of our own lives is quietly tapping us on the shoulder saying, “Baby, it’s time.” That’s why this week’s episode of Three for the Founders feels like it was recorded for every one of us. Episode 29 closes out the podcast’s first season with an unflinching conve...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! The Power and Politics of What We’re Called December 15, 2025 • 1 hour, 19 minutes On this episode, Three for the Founders are taking on a single idea—names—and stretching it across culture, politics, history, comedy, and the intimate corners of family life. Reynaldo Antonio Macias, Lybroan James, and Jon Augustine open with the spark: pop culture and present-day politics giving them déjà vu. Succession’s slime, a debate-night “empathetic” performa...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! 1 hour, 2 minutes We know something about pressure. You can feel it in the church aisles, in the grocery line, in who gets stopped driving down Main after dark. But lately, that pressure isn’t just local — it’s national, creeping in through our screens, our newsfeeds, and the voices of men who look straight into a camera and tell America that power belongs to whoever claims God sent them. That’s why Episode 27 of Three for the Founders is not just a...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! 🎙️ NPR meets Charlamagne tha God — thoughtful, provocative, and deeply human. Welcome back to Three for the Founders — where classroom truths meet kitchen-table honesty. Today, we’re diving into part two of a conversation that every educator, parent, and student in America needs to hear: “Private Schools, Public Lies: Who Gets to Belong in Education?” Our guests — Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author, parent, and public school teacher — an...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! How do you raise and teach children to be kind and accountable in a world that often rewards neither? This week on Three for the Founders, hosts Reynaldo Antonio, Lybroan, and Jon get real about “gentle parenting,” classroom culture, and what education is actually for—with two powerhouse guests who’ve seen it all from both public and private school perspectives. Julie Clark—veteran Santa Monica public school educator and New York Times bestselling a...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! Three for the Founders November 17, 2025 • 34:40 Jon’s solo surf trip to Bali was supposed to be about chasing waves — but it turns into a meditation on power, privilege, and what it means to travel without leaving a footprint the size of your passport. This bonus episode opens with salt spray and adrenaline — double-overhead surf at Uluwatu, a sea cave entry straight out of myth, and the quiet terror of being “8,000 miles from Los Angeles” with not...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! 🎙️Ep. 23 - “Travel Is Fatal to Prejudice — But America Keeps Rebooking the Trip” November 10, 2025 • 1 hour, 36 minutes The hosts unpack how global travel broadens empathy even as America clings to the same old routes of racism, denial, and selective memory. Mark Twain wrote that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” This week, our hosts update that line: travel is fatal to prejudice in people. And as this conversation unfo...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! 🎙️ Three for the Founders Oct 27, 2025 • 69:16 minutes This week, the hosts of Three for the Founders head to the gun range with guest Alan Wright—better known online as @2A-N-LA—and come back with more than just ringing ears. What follows is a raw, layered conversation on what firearms mean in America: as lived experience, as cultural symbol, as constitutional right, and as public hazard. From the bing, bing of a Glock that sent one host sprinting,...

What do YOU think? Text us and let us know! Oct 14, 2025 • 56:26 minutes This week on Three for the Founders, we invite you to play America’s favorite quiz: What’s scarier—fraternity hazing or an AR-15? Spoiler alert: one of them can be survived with juice boxes and patience. The other requires ear protection. Our guest is Alan Wright—fraternity brother, Sigma stalwart, and the one-man YouTube machine behind 2A-N-LA. He walks us through pledging philosophies (“What you gain too easily you val...