Learning how to be a better option than the bear. If men can’t listen to women, LGBTQ+, minorities, or anyone with a different perspective, then maybe they can listen to another man’s journey to become a better listener by having a conversation with these people and maybe meet some intriguing people along the way. This podcast is meant for everyone who wanders in with an open mind, from skeptics looking to better understand their fellow citizens, to the mildly curious looking for personal growth, all the way through die-hard feminists and activists; anyone who wants to work together towards understanding and making the world a better place.
Social media - BlueSky, Instagram, Threads, and Facebook - Ifmencantlistento
Email - shane@ifmencantlistento.com
Spoken word - What happens if I just let go - a truce with my oldest enemy
Host [Host Name] shares a deeply personal account of their lifelong struggle with depression and suicidal ideation, offering hope and connection to those experiencing similar challenges.
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Plastic bread and circuit circuses
This mini-episode explores creative impulses and the uncertain future of shared content.
4 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 13 - Cari - I am not your lawyer and this isn't legal advice
Host [Host Name] interviews Cari, founder of Lotus Legal, discussing human-centered law, ethics, and justice.
13 Mar 2026
Michelle Glogovac - The Woman Explaining the News From Her Kitchen
If men can't listen to the news, maybe they can listen to a man listening to a woman explaining the news from her kitchen in 3 minutes or less.
A conversation with Michelle Glogovac, the podcast matchmaker (one of many, many hats she wears) helps me knock the rust off the podcast and release the first episode in about 8 months. We talk about big things happening in a surprisingly small world, juggling four podcasts of her own on top of the work she does matchmaking guests and hosts, the fascination in the details of other people's stories, writing books, and how there's no such thing as "just" a podcast host.
You can find Michelle at @michelleglogovac on Instagram, @thepodcastmatchmaker on Substack, and by searching her name on your preferred podcast platform to find her four podcasts:
BURNT Podcast
Beyond The Campaign Podcast
Read The Damn Book
The MLG Collective
13 Jun 2025
Episode 11 - Heather - sculpting one's heaven on earth
Heather Friedli discusses snow sculpture, activism, and the role of art in defining one's spirit in this interview episode.
19 May 2025
Episode 10 - Maggie Winzeler - Reclaim Your Worth
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man having a conversation with one of the women that inspired him to do a podcast! Maggie is the founder of Every Women is Worthy, an organization that strives to build a world where all women are valued. We talk about her organization, protecting women's rights globally, building a better world, what women find attractive (hint, it's not being a jerk), what bodily autonomy means, peer pressure from dead people, and so much more!
Find Maggie and her organization at:
www.everywomanisworthy.com
Instagram - www.instagram.com/everywomanisworthy
Instagram - www.instagram.com/maggiewinzeler
Youtube - www.youtube.com/@EveryWomansWorthy
12 May 2025
Episode 9 - Jen - Who you're meant to be finds yourself where you are
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man having a conversation with Jen about how who you're meant to be finds yourself where you are, leaps of faith when trusting your intuition, how to reconcile the feminine and masculine, Slurpees, dueling measurement systems, the superiority of Canadian fast food, and much much more.
Jen can be reached online at https://www.instagram.com/jenocbodytalk/
6 May 2025
Episode 8 - Florence - Average Seattlite
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man having a conversation with someone who can summon birds to land on her hands.
From the guest:
My name is Florence and I am an artist, naturalist, early childhood educator, and a typical polyamorous Seattlite. In this episode my ADHD and I talk about how biology affects my worldview, how much I hate strip malls, and how I want to be treated as a persona and not just a woman.
From the host:
Surprise guest appearances by my cat and the omnipresent whirring of my 3D printer (my apologies!).
The lecture mentioned in the episode, Eve's Byte of the Apple - Sandi Toksvig
https://youtu.be/UG6Ier4UC_8?si=OtRLI8woiyhRllwb
30 Mar 2025
Episode 7 - Eve - Squeezing lemons
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to someone on their journey to becoming openly the authentic woman they have always been. I talk with Eve about music, transitioning, emancipating one's true self from societal demands, music, the selfishness of trans-panic, acts of persistence and mantra; squeezing lemons, and also music! So much so that there's a companion playlist for this episode at:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4vMqzYS2sszuKfslzP2Lgo?si=2be67ec4b0134f6f
Links discussed in the episode:
https://www.instagram.com/transequalitynow/
https://www.instagram.com/aclu_nationwide/
https://www.instagram.com/humanrightscampaign/
https://www.instagram.com/pointofprideorg/
https://www.instagram.com/plannedparenthood/
https://www.instagram.com/ppglobe/
https://www.instagram.com/trans_week/
https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Darling-Dreamer-Icon-Superstar/dp/1250371740
24 Mar 2025
Episode 6, part 2/2 - Amber Mason - Evolving parenting with empathy
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to Amber talk about parenting, masculinity, and femininity evolving through empathy. The conversation wanders on many wonderful tangential journeys through psychology, history, learning being an infinite journey through life, dating, and solving disconnections in communication between genders.
Links from the podcast:
https://www.instagram.com/amber.overthinking/
https://www.instagram.com/fairplaylife
https://www.instagram.com/gottmaninstitute
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/The-Science-of-Resilience2.pdf
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684838656?bestFormat=true
https://www.instagram.com/thejeffreymarsh
https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon
22 Mar 2025
Episode 6, part 1/2 - Amber Mason - Evolving parenting with empathy
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to Amber talk about parenting, masculinity, and femininity evolving through empathy. The conversation wanders on many wonderful tangential journeys through psychology, history, learning being an infinite journey through life, dating, and solving disconnections in communication between genders.
Links from the podcast:
https://www.instagram.com/amber.overthinking/
https://www.instagram.com/fairplaylife
https://www.instagram.com/gottmaninstitute
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/The-Science-of-Resilience2.pdf
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684838656?bestFormat=true
28 Feb 2025
Episoide 5 - Zoe Larkey - Without shame
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man having a conversation with Zoe Larkey - a survivor advocate, founder of the It Will Pass project, and member of It's On Us. We talk about reclaiming life, joy, and safety after an assault, the workings of Title IX, preventive college campus resources, and... avocados?
You can find Zoe on Instagram @zoeraelarkey and @itwillpassproject and Zoe Larkey on LinkedIn
Links and resources:
https://itsonus.org/
https://endrapeoncampus.org/
https://www.nsvrc.org/
https://takebackthenight.org/
22 Feb 2025
Episode 4 - Nicole Davenport of the podcast "Great in the sack: when misogyny leads to mayhem"
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to Nicole Davenport of the podcast "Great in the sack: when misogyny leads to mayhem". Nicole's podcast approaches the inaction in solving misogyny and femocide by bearing witness through storytelling to the way the world uses women and girls as expendable objects. We dive into the mechanisms of insecurity, incel culture, and lifting each other up instead of tearing our perceived competition down, and how the competition itself originates in downward manipulation.
You can find Nicole's podcast in all of the major podcast distributors and on social media:
Instagram - @great_in_the_sack_podcast - https://www.instagram.com/great_in_the_sack_podcast/
TikTok - @greatinthesackpodcast - https://www.tiktok.com/@greatinthesackpodcast
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod.bsky.social
8 Feb 2025
Episode 3 - Speak up, don't speak over
If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to Colleen - also known as "The Abortionfluencer" on social media - discussing reproductive rights, when (and how) supportive men should step up, and when they should step back to center and amplify women's voices. Plus, a deep dive into leftist and resistance collaboration, working around social media algorithms that are preferential to and programmed by the right-wing, and how to win the messaging war.
Find Colleen on TikTok, Instagram, Mastadon, and Threads as @theabortionfluencer and on Bluesky as @abortionfluencer.bsky.social.
24 Jan 2025
Episode 2 - In their authenticity
A conversation with Brown about unconventional thinking, how we move forward not only as individuals but as a society, and the book she's writing giving guidance on love and relationships. Find her online at @brown19170 on most social media.
11 Jan 2025
Episode 1 - Be Curious
Author and activist, Kiese Laymon, shares his personal journey of success and career reinvention in 1990s tech, highlighting the power of self-discovery and perseverance in navigating life's challenges.
Inside a recent episode
Spoken word - What happens if I just let go - a truce with my oldest enemy
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Feeling myself alone, interested in what I have to say. The same day lived since I was nine, with different actors, settings, and seasons. Objectively, I'm doing fine, but feelings seldom heed reasons. Terrifying at the start, repeating this compulsion. But forty years have taught my heart that pain becomes propulsion. I see myself, far outside, unsaid volumes flung against walls. Of the pity party held inside. Do I need help? No thank you, hold all my calls. The pity party ends, and I sweep up clearing space for joy's return. The good times soon speak up, drowning out the bitterness burn. Thirty years, declining help. […]
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