#106 The End Of Safety: Chaos And Conviction
MCMANUS (Formerly Mind Shift) with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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In episode 106 of the Mind Shift Podcast, Aaron and Erwin Raphael McManus open up about the challenges of life in Los Angeles, including a disturbing stalking incident. The conversation unfolds around major life updates—the launch of the 20th anniversary edition of The Barbarian Way, now available on Amazon, and the introduction of a new $99-a-month Arena for pastors and leaders featuring live two-hour sessions with guests like Tim Ross, Tim Moore, and Eric Johnson. Erwin discusses he and Kim’s decision to sell their home after 15 years in LA, citing increasing chaos, public indecency, and unsettling protests that have made city life hectic. Aaron recounts recent encounters with protests, while Erwin shares how neighborhood instability and lack of police responsiveness have heightened their concern. The two reflect deeply on the emotional and spiritual toll of living in a city plagued by poor policies and safety issues, touching on Erwin’s political evolution from socialist ideals to a libertarian outlook shaped by firsthand work with the urban poor. Together, they critique the cultural extremism of Los Angeles politics and the moral contradictions of empathy turned destructive. Despite the fear and fatigue, they emphasize faith, resilience, and the importance of building strong, supportive communities. The episode closes with gratitude for the Mind Shift audience, encouragement to join the new Arena, and a reminder that courage and connection are essential when facing the chaos of modern life.
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| 0:00.0 | You were listening to the Mind Shift podcast. |
| 0:01.6 | My name is Aaron McManus, and I'm here with my dad, |
| 0:03.7 | Orwin Raphael. How are you doing today? I'm doing good. How you doing? I'm doing well. We scrapped an episode last week that we're going to dive into and redo this week, because there's new evidence, new, I feel like Candace Owens now, there's new evidence that you need to hear. But we're actually going to tell you. Well, we did a podcast last week, |
| 0:21.7 | and then we thought it was a little bit too sensitive information. Yeah. But it's still going on. So now you're going, okay, let's just go ahead and dive in. Yeah, but before we do, we have a new book. That is an old book. It's 20th year anniversary, Barbarian Way with a brand new cover. you're on it. It's beautiful. It's beautiful. I mean, I'm not beautiful, but the cover is beautiful. No, you are beautiful. |
| 1:11.0 | You're beautiful, but the cover is beautiful. No, you are beautiful. You're a beautiful man. And the book is now available on Amazon. And we did our most recent, uh, arena call. We have a new stream for arena, a new part of our business that just has been unlocked where it's arena for pastors. And it's $99 a month. It's a two-hour session. It's you. It's Tim Ross. It's Tim Moore. It's Eric Johnson. It's a lot of our friends that are all over the country. Kevin Lou, Kevin Moore, Kevin Moore. Yeah, a bunch of amazing people who are all over the world who are coming together, |
| 1:28.3 | amazing pastors. And so we did a two-hour session, an hour of content, an hour of Q&A, and really, really special. We want to join that. The link will be in the bio. We had, I think we had about 37 unique pastors, which is really, 33, like, which is a great start. So great. And I'm very excited and then we're going to keep growing this as we do. |
| 1:28.2 | What's so interesting is that the arena for... 33, like, which is a great start. So great. And I'm very excited. And then we're going to keep growing this as we do. |
| 1:34.3 | And what's so interesting is that the arena for business people, there's so much overlap because everything in the scriptures is a brilliant principle for the business world. |
| 1:40.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.3 | And then the arena for pastors, there's so much overlap there because when you're leading |
| 1:45.3 | in a volunteer context, you're dealing with leadership skills that really transfer into the |
| 1:49.3 | business space. |
| 1:50.3 | So it goes both ways, which is to me really interesting and exciting. |
| 1:53.6 | Yeah, it's amazing. |
| 1:54.6 | And it's also just who you are and who we are and it's part of our world. |
| 1:58.1 | And so it's amazing to have a special space with a special price we do it at tuesdays at 12 p.m. Pacific standard time it's once a month for two hours so |
| 2:07.3 | it's really special join that also guys we don't do ads the only ads we run are the things that |
| 2:11.8 | we do so we really appreciate you guys when you do buy in and everybody's a part of the |
| 2:15.4 | mind shift podcast community this week has been unique because yes a lot's happening and we'll maybe overshare and then |
| 2:26.7 | maybe pull it back with some editing but you're selling your house currently we are selling |
| 2:31.9 | our house and we're beginning a new chapter in our home journey. We lived in |
| 2:38.8 | L.A. for the last really 15 years. And I've loved our home. I've loved our neighborhood. |
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