Are men like Ashton Hall really the gold standard of success and Masculinity? Especially for Christian men? Or are we missing something in all the viral clips?In this episode of Sunrise Culture, we break down two radically different visions of manhood. One is the hyper-polished, high-status male dominating Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts—think Ashton Hall and his sparkling lemon water skincare rituals, luxury cars, and power poses. The other? A grounded, resilient man who chooses quiet strength over loud validation.This video explores the cultural rise of what we call the “Hyperluxury Alpha”—a masculinity built on attention, dominance, and aesthetic wealth. But we contrast him with a man who leads by service, embraces adversity, and finds value in protecting and providing, not performing.If you're a young man navigating modern culture, masculinity, and purpose, this is the video you didn’t know you needed. Inspired in part by the viral lifestyle of Ashton Hall, this breakdown goes beyond the surface to ask: Which man are you becoming?Whether you're seeking meaning, discipline, or just clarity in a chaotic culture—this one's for you.Watch now. Rethink what strength really means.//Get Connected! https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠. Support the music artists! See credits below//Check out more Sunrise Culture content!Why we've always been wrong about the news media: https://youtu.be/9KOltzQXs_ALove it or hate it, we're obsessed with the mainstream media: https://youtu.be/EyLzCNhfFF8What the Alaila Everett incident tells us about real masculinity: https://youtu.be/Ibxukwl-S3o//Research Sources:Literally my phone and the internet. It's 2025.//Music Credits:A Few Jumps Away by Arthur Vyncke | https://soundcloud.com/arthurvostMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_UTrue by Moavii | https://www.youtube.com/@MoaviiMusicFree To Use | https://freetouse.com/musicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comNeon Metaphor by ESCP | https://www.escp.spaceFree To Use | https://freetouse.com/musicRising Dawn by Ethereal 88 | https://ethereal88.bandcamp.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Too High by Enlia | https://enliamusic.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_USSolar Winds (Cosmic Horror Atmosphere) by Aila Scott | https://ailascott.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Lost in Time by Aylex | https://freetouse.com/music/aylexFree To Use | https://freetouse.com/musicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com#masculinity #culture #alpha

The Alaila Everett baton striking incident took over social media and news media overnight. And there are tons of opinions on it. But there's one thing that the whole scenario exposes that no one is talking about... until now.So what can the Alaila Everett baton attack teach us about what's real and what's fake masculinity? In this video, we break down how modern culture and social media norms are pushing young men toward **weak character**, selfishness, and a constant need for attention. We compare two personality types: the **weak man**—narcissistic, validation-hungry, and always playing the victim—and the **strong man**—humble, disciplined, and respected for his actions, not his image. Today’s culture and social media platforms are designed to keep you soft, distracted, and self-obsessed. But real masculinity isn’t about attention—it’s about purpose, growth, and influence. If you're a young man looking for **real strength, real masculinity, and real purpose**, this video is for you. We’re done wasting time. It’s time to build, to lead, and to live like men. **Topics Covered:** - Social media's effect on men - Real masculinity vs. fake masculinity - How to become a respected and grounded man - The trap of constant validation and how to escape it //Get Connected! https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠. //Check out more Sunrise Culture content!Why we've always been wrong about the news media: https://youtu.be/9KOltzQXs_ALove it or hate it, we're obsessed with the mainstream media: https://youtu.be/EyLzCNhfFF8what can YOU learn from awkward interviews and car crashes?: https://youtu.be/kCmQCceotr4?si=qdDiFcLt1XjysB86//Research Sources:Literally my phone and the internet//music credits:Outro: Exit Strategy by Enlia | https://enliamusic.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Discontinued By Leonard Richter is licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License.https://soundcloud.com/leonardrichterMusic provided by https://plugnplaymusic.net#masculinity #socialmedia #alailaeverett

A story for those who feel regret...- AZ / Captain RetroFox //Get Connected! It's all literally RIGHT HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠.You can buy me a book, sub to the YouTube, read the Substack, buy Sunrise Lounge merch, become a member on Patreon or just listen to my awesome custom curated playlists on Spotify!//Direct Support!Check out my Creator Wishlist at https://throne.com/sunriseloungecastYour real tangible support is DEEPLY appreciated!//Music Credits:Felicity by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ //This poetry are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, and others. The narration style is inspired by Tom O'Bedlam, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan and Michael Cain. This video style is inspired by illneas, ISOBOTO, Col Poetry, a kid with a camera, & John Cogs among others. Go check them out! //Fair Use Disclaimer: All footage was acquired via Canva professional sources and the open use font Poppins was used. I do not own and did not create any of the video footage or the font used. The music is used with fair attribution at the request of the creator/composer Scott Buckley via free-stock-music.com//useful hashtags:#poetry #poem #nostalgia

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We journey not without someone beside...A contemplative, thoughtful poem about humanity by Addison Zane Mills//MONUMENTSWe don’t know with whom we’ve spoken, or who we’ve taken from. We don’t know of those we’ve shaken - who we’ve kept from getting home. All we know is we feel – broken. We feel as if we’re here alone. When the Sun is hid behind the nightand all in mind comes to bare,It’s only then the Void will stareAnd bring your emptiness to light.Could we know the day or seasonOr even know the time?Does everything have its reason - days unkindAnd life too long?All we know - is all that’s brokenWhen we see the end and hear the song.Count the stars to compare the mass -To trim your view or make it wide.To judge your place along the sideOf those who live and those who pass.We know it’s ours to place the questionBut dare not break the line.We fear unknown yet loathe our station - and view green fields and shut behindAll we’ve known - all we’ve broken,And lay our claim to feel alone.We journey not without someone beside -Yet here we are and looking through the glass;Each a monument to passOur story down for future years to find.We don’t know with whom we’ve spoken,Or who we’ve given hope;With whom we’ve shared our own time golden - who we’ve loved or seen grow old.It heals to know we’ve all been broken -In knowing this, we’re not alone.- AZM//Get Connected! It's all literally RIGHT HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠.You can buy me a book, sub to the YouTube, read the Substack, buy Sunrise Lounge merch, become a member on Patreon or just listen to my awesome custom curated playlists on Spotify!//Music Credits:Cornfield Music by Sergii Pavkin from PixabayUsed with license. (link to Pixabay license for music useage: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ )//This poetry are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, and others. The narration style is inspired by Tom O'Bedlam, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan and Michael Cain. This video style is inspired by illneas, ISOBOTO, Col Poetry, a kid with a camera, & John Cogs among others. Go check them out! //Fair Use Disclaimer: All footage was acquired via Canva professional sources and the open use font Poppins was used. I do not own and did not create any of the video footage or the font used. The music is used with fair attribution at the request of the creator/composer Scott Buckley via free-stock-music.com

a poem about discovery, adventure, risk and truthHere's to the original pioneers//Synodic.How stars aligned as Navigators forged the path to a novel and strange worldAs said Navigators changed societal tides by sailing ocean tidesFreedom seekers, desiring Truth, forsaking convention, abandoning comfort,Visionaries in whose ideals we now live, presumptuous in our entitlement. Rhapsodic.The rapturous delight as the sea greeted these Navigators with its salty salutation,Archaic ideals crashing as vehemently as the crashing waves; this same seaCarrying them forward to a new horizon brimming with promise and possibility,The dawn of a new age, deserting the familiar for the extraordinary. Hypnotic.The sights, the scents, the shore, the sand, as Navigators made landAfter a tumultuous and devastating journey, well worth the sacrificeAs these Navigators became Pioneers, stepping forth into the lush foliageOf this exhilarating, uncharted territory eagerly beckoning them forward. Embryonic.A new society, rudimentary, as Pioneers gave up the ghost, laboringTo birth the vision that burned hotly like a fire shut up in their bones,Blazing the way for these freedoms to which we are now boundAnd for which it is our duty to uphold, to embrace, to preserve. Psychotic.To think said freedoms remain without sacrifice, without the voiceOf the New Pioneers, whose forefathers cried “Give me liberty, or death!”And likewise shall we cry or our freedom will surely die, stolen before our eyes,Disregarding the price for our privileges paid by the Navigators, the Original Pioneers.- The Wandering Poet//Get Connected! It's all literally RIGHT HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠.You can buy me a book, sub to the YouTube, read the Substack, buy Sunrise Lounge merch, become a member on Patreon or just listen to my awesome custom curated playlists on Spotify!//Direct Support!Check out my Creator Wishlist at https://throne.com/sunriseloungecastYour real tangible support is DEEPLY appreciated!//Music Credits:Affirmations by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ //This poetry are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, and others. The narration style is inspired by Tom O'Bedlam, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan and Michael Cain. This video style is inspired by illneas, ISOBOTO, Col Poetry, a kid with a camera, & John Cogs among others. Go check them out! //Fair Use Disclaimer: All footage was acquired via Canva professional sources and the open use font Poppins was used. I do not own and did not create any of the video footage or the font used. The music is used with fair attribution at the request of the creator/composer Scott Buckley via free-stock-music.com//#poetry #poem #narration

Chaos is an unknown friend...A contemplative, melancholic, nostalgic poem by Addison Zane Mills//WE, THE PIONEERSHere we stand at the edge and look beyond this distant shore.Yet not the stars nor oceans deep, here, hold our gaze.This frontier stands within the mind, a mountain calling;A fearful place.A valley in a shadow -We the pioneers;To trace the hidden riverAnd bring the sun to bear.On this edge we hold fast to weather storms and fear no more;Look now and see the sunrise glow to start the dawn.Longing eyes may not look back at safety callingTo bring us home.Our home now on the edges -We the pioneers;To chart the open wildsEmbracing what we fear.Chaos is an unknown friend; an unforgiving looking glass.‘Tis not an enemy to fear, but shows the wayReflecting only who we are, what we are missing,What we don’t say,Vast unknown or unspoken,We the pioneersCrave only to discover;To chart our values dear.Here we stand at the edge and look beyond this distant shore -We the pioneers.- AZM//Get Connected! It's all literally RIGHT HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠.You can buy me a book, sub to the YouTube, read the Substack, buy Sunrise Lounge merch, become a member on Patreon or just listen to my awesome custom curated playlists on Spotify!//Music Credits:Absolution by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckleyMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ //This poetry are inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, W. H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, and others. The narration style is inspired by Tom O'Bedlam, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan and Michael Cain. This video style is inspired by illneas, ISOBOTO, Col Poetry, a kid with a camera, & John Cogs among others. Go check them out! //Fair Use Disclaimer: All footage was acquired via Canva professional sources and the open use font Poppins was used. I do not own and did not create any of the video footage or the font used. The music is used with fair attribution at the request of the creator/composer Scott Buckley via free-stock-music.com

Welcome to the Sunrise Lounge Podcast!Caution: THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE//Why We’re All Wrong About the Media | The Sunrise Lounge PodcastThe mainstream media isn’t just broken—it was never built to be trusted. In this episode of The Sunrise Lounge, we’re exploring into the history of media manipulation, the profit-driven agendas of corporate news, and the dark reality of our addiction to information. Are we really free thinkers, or are we just consumers caught in an endless content loop designed to keep us outraged, divided, and distracted?//Topics We Cover in This Episode:✔️ The true origins of fake news – How William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer pioneered yellow journalism✔️ Why mainstream media profits off of outrage, fear, and division✔️ Only a few corporations (The Big 6) control almost everything you read, watch, and hear✔️ The dopamine loop – How social media and news keep you addicted✔️ Echo chambers & algorithms – Why the content you see is designed to reinforce your biases✔️ The death of real conversation – How our obsession with being "informed" is making us disconnectedWHY IT MATTERSWe think we’ve outgrown the media’s influence, but the real problem isn’t just biased reporting—it’s the constant need for information itself. We’ve replaced real human connection with content consumption, and that’s exactly how media and tech giants want it. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?💡 Think critically – Stop taking headlines at face value💡 Challenge your own biases – Seek out independent sources of information💡 Prioritize real relationships – Put down the phone and have actual conversations🎙️ Join the conversation! Drop a comment below: Do you trust mainstream media? Or have you already unplugged?🚀 Subscribe to The Sunrise Lounge for more short-form, high-energy takes on modern culture, free thinking, and breaking out of the media’s control.🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.#psychology #culture #mainstreammedia #fakenewsmedia #mediamanipulation #viralvideo #doomscrolling #echochambers #independentmedia #culturepodcast #thinkforyourself #freethinking #pulitzer #podcastclips #mediabias //Get Connected! It's all literally RIGHT HERE: ⁠https://linktr.ee/sunriseloungecast⁠. You can buy me a book, read the Sunrise Papers Substack, sub to the YouTube channel, buy Sunrise Lounge merch, become a member on Patreon or just listen to my awesome custom curated playlists on Spotify!//Check out more Sunrise Lounge: New Perspectives videos!What Happened To X?!: https://youtu.be/H2SmktO4JHg?si=QHtFm0HyxVCypahm what can YOU learn from awkward interviews and car crashes?: https://youtu.be/kCmQCceotr4?si=qdDiFcLt1XjysB86Love it or hate it, we're obsessed with the mainstream media: https://youtu.be/EyLzCNhfFF8 //Boost the Sunrise Lounge Content! Contribute to specific technology items to skyrocket the quality level that Addison can produce!– https://throne.com/sunriseloungecast//Research Sources:Literally my phoneNational Press InstituteBritannica and OxfordBusiness Insider @MotleyFool //Chapters:00:00 Intro01:13 Cliffhanger1:58 Why The Captain Was MIA3:08 Origins of Modern Media4:49 How Did We Get Here?8:10 Command & Control11:40 The Sinister Secret14:25 What Now?//Music Credits:VOYAGER 1 by John Tasoulas | https://soundcloud.com/john-tasoulas Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_ @WhiteBatAudio DistanceThe Last Tears - Music by Ashot Danielyan from Pixabay