Helping men find their best selves in the 21st century. A weekly discussion about manhood guiding men towards wholeness, kindness and positive masculinity.
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The typical response to men experiencing performance anxiety is "deal with it! Take pills. Study Tantra. It's your problem." Today's rumination is all about whether we have to take responsibility for our performance at all. Intimacy should be about celebrating - and not judging - each other's pleasure. This offers a different way of working with it.
Apologies for the audio issues. I'm still ironing out my setup with OBS. You'd think it would be simple, but... apparently it isn't.
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28 Dec 2023
The Male Loneliness Epidemic - Causes and Solutions
It’s official – men are in a loneliness epidemic. Equimundo recently published its “State Of
American Men 2023” report, showcasing some alarming statistics related to men’s social and mental health. Some of the most striking statistics:
40% of all men show depressive symptoms; 44% of all men had thoughts of suicide in the prior two weeks; 65% of men aged 18 to 23 say that “no one really knows me well” ; 48% say their online lives are more engaging and rewarding than their offline lives ; and almost 30% of younger men reported not spending time with someone outside their household in the past week.
Find the full report here: https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/STATE-OF-AMERICAN-MEN-2023.pdf (https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/STATE-OF-AMERICAN-MEN-2023.pdf)
There are so many reasons for this, some of which are covered in the episode: men are lacking the soft skills (relational skills) that would help them build social infrastructures that support their wellbeing. Today’s discussion covers how this hurts men, especially when things take a turn for the worse in their lives, and how men can proactively address this. Men need to get better at finding and growing emotionally deep and resilient relationships.
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This episode references a previous episode, "Men's Groups - Why They're Critical to Everyone's Wellbeing". Listen to that here:
https://pod.fo/e/20ec84
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20 Dec 2023
Videogames and their Role in Male Violence - Robin Nelson
Gentle Man is proud this week to host a longtime collaborator, Robin Nelson. Robin is a podcaster and lifelong enjoyer of videogames. We discuss videogames and their role (if any) in perpetuating real-life violence. We examine how gaming intersected our other childhood influences and the role it plays in our adult lives. Robin also explores gun ownership and how gaming fostered that interest in him. This conversation is a critical meditation on the role that outside and media influences play on male violence.
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Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
94
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
15 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
17
Social presence
94
YouTube
65
Engagement
51
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