Guys, if you turn on the news or any social media apps, you're likely to be met with a myriad of fantastic headlines, the latest political scandal, racial tensions, violence, or any number of issues these outlets use to get our attention.

Of course, most of this is exaggerated to get us worked up without providing any real solutions to some of the issues that actually do exist.

My guest today, Sir Esh Madhavan and I begin to break down some of these issues and work towards unpacking and discussing solutions rather than focusing on the outrage that is used against us.

We talk about the importance of men's rights of passages, breaking down the concept of systemic racism, crying wolf on the real issues, which you see a lot.

The movement is against masculinity and ultimately the role of men in a fatherless society.

You are not easily deterred and defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. This is your life, this is who you are, this is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.

Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan Mickler. I am the host and the founder of the Order of Man podcast and movement. I'm glad you're here, I'm glad you're back. I'm back as well. I've been on vacation with my family for about three weeks, which was nice.

It's also nice to get back into the office and get back after this because we have a lot of work to do. It's interesting as I was getting back into the swing of things I've been doing a lot of work on social media, as is my life and my business revolves around making sure that I'm sharing my life.

I'm making sure that I'm sharing this information and this mission via social media. Instagram is playing games with my accounts.

You may not be able to tag me, you may not be able to mention me on Instagram, on your accounts, reaches being limited. You may not even see it, or you may be asked if you really truly want to follow me because apparently I've been putting out false and misleading information, I think is the term they use.

Guys, we need to spread this mission. I don't know how else to say it other than the social media overlords do not like us talking about masculinity. They don't want us talking about it.

If you've got any value from any of the conversations and resources that you've gathered here, all I ask is that you share, take a screenshot, tag it if you can, share it on Facebook, share it on Twitter, share it on Instagram, and let people know what you're listening to.

I try to put out real information, I try to put out the truth, I try to put out things that are going to serve you and your families and your businesses and your communities well.

We're trying to do a good thing here, and I ask in return that you help spread the word because that's what's going to fight against the silencing that seems to be taking place more and more, especially with my social media accounts.

So please do that, leave a rating review while you're at it because that will help us climb in the charts as well and in a way overcome some of the shadow banning that may be taking place. So I need your help in that. So please do that.

That's all I have by way of announcements. I'm going to make another announcement later in the podcast that I think you, especially if you're a father, are going to be excited about.

But for now, I just want to get into the conversation. My guest today is a fascinating individual. We've been connected for some time now on Instagram, speaking of Instagram. His name is Sir Esh Madhavan and he is a 13 year veteran police officer.

He's also the founder of an extremely, extremely successful company which provides law enforcement officers innovative protective gear. It's called 221B Tactical.

But guys, he's got some incredible insights into some of the most polarizing subjects today. And as a black police officer, he's seen both sides of the increasing issues and tensions and challenges between the public and also law enforcement.

So guys, it's always been my goal with the podcast to have powerful conversations with men from all walks of life so that we individually can all round out our perspective of masculinity and our roles in society.

And this one gentleman does not disappoint.

Sir Esh, what's up brother? Glad to see you, man. I know this has been a long time in the works.

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