The Author

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Brian Weber writes true stories of men engaged in AWE- Adventure, War, and Escape. All episodes relate to man’s universal Striving for Heroism, Integrity, and Truth.  If you detect another acronym in the second line, then Weber is the author for you. We’re going to have some serious fun together. If you think there’s nothing funny about adventure and war, you’re in for a Rube awakening.

Weber’s alter ego, the Rube, is an agitator who challenges the prevailing cultural ideas about most things, including the new concepts of manhood. He’s been known to provoke more than just thoughts. But even if you disagree with him, you may end up with a new friend anyway. And you just might change your mind about faith, war, and all things manly.

Weber is a seasoned veteran of the Cold War and a facilitator of men’s outdoor adventures. He’s been down a few rabbit holes and off on many a spur trail. Like you, sometimes he has to go further and deeper than he’s comfortable. The Rube knows what you’re going through. He’s walked in your zapatos. 

Weber served as the captain of a nuclear missile combat crew during the Cold War. After protecting the free world from Armageddon, he is occupied in riskier activities—small business and freelance authorship. His first book, Thud and Wonder, debuted in 2018. His second book, To Hill and Back, premiered in 2022. 

He is active in men’s faith study groups and has led men on outdoor adventures since 2001. Weber is an Air Force Academy graduate, and earned his MBA from the University of Arizona. 

He and his wife have three adult children and nine grandchildren. They live outside Flagstaff, Arizona, on a rutted, dusty wagon trail with the crows, ravens, prairie dogs, dust devils, and tumbleweeds.