About Ian
From a trailer park to building a brotherhood
I grew up poor in a trailer park in upstate New York. No connections, no safety net, no roadmap. Just a chip on my shoulder and a stubborn belief that where you start does not decide where you finish.
I served an LDS mission in Nicaragua, which taught me more about service, grit, and gratitude than any classroom ever could. After I came home, I earned my communications degree at BYU-Idaho and started putting my voice online in 2011. I have been building ever since.
What I'm building
- The Ian Wendt Show: honest, unfiltered conversations about faith, family, freedom, and what it takes to build a life that matters. Watch on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
- The Modern Exodus: a brotherhood I co-founded with Clyde Bosch for men ready to leave the modern decaying world behind. Inter Fratres Ordo Restitutus: order restored among brothers. Join the brotherhood.
- Official merch: gear for people who stand for something. Shop the store.
Home base
Today I live in Rexburg, Idaho with my wife Maddie and our two kids. They are the reason for all of it.
Every single day I wear a bracelet that says leave a legacy. It is a reminder that the clock is running, that the people around me are watching, and that what I build has to outlast me. This site, the show, the brotherhood, all of it is me trying to live up to those three words.