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Episodes

1. 6

   #6 The Past in the Present

   The third and final installment of Boys Don’t Cry. Tom Lutz wrote the book on crying. I say the book because if you’ve read any modern studies of tears, you inevitably come across a reference to his book. And as we near the end of our crying series, we’re going to hear from Tom Lutz himself,...

   Nov 19, 2017

   24m
2. 5

   #5 Muskie Today (Part II)

   In recent years, we’ve seen politicians cry, many of them men. It makes you wonder: is the Muskie Rule, that there’s no crying in politics, finally dead? In Part II of Boys Don’t Cry, a series Man-ish is doing on men and crying, we find out how much things have changed. If Muskie got into a time...

   Apr 27, 2017

   16m
3. 4

   #4 The Muskie Rule (Part I)

   Today’s show is the first installment in a series on men and crying. We will revisit the incident that lead to the Muskie Rule, which is an unwritten maxim in politics that candidates who cry in front of the press will end up like Edmund Muskie, whose 1972 presidential bid imploded when he choked...

   Nov 7, 2016

   18m
4. 3

   #3 Beneath the Dome

   If I say body image, what do you think of? Stomach fat? Thigh gap? Laser hair removal? You probably think of women. And for good reason. Because women get a lot of pressure to look a certain way. But this happens to men, too. And that’s worth talking about. In this episode, we’ll home in on one...

   Sep 22, 2016

   32m
5. 2

   #2 I Watch Porn

   Internet porn. We’ve all seen it. It’s popular and loved. And yet, for fairly obvious reasons, it’s also reviled for its misogyny, as something that perpetuates cycles of violence against women. In this episode, we wade into the murky waters of sexual fantasy. In part one, we hear from a...

   Jul 8, 2016

   42m
6. 1

   #1 The Family Funeral Band

   Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better understand my dad, I revisited the audio cassettes of those funerals and the deaths that prompted them. Music Credit: "Upbeat" by Jon Luc Hefferman is...

   Jan 21, 2016

   28m
7. 1

   Trailer

   A preview of Mannish: a show that explores the meaning of masculinity through storytelling. Song Credit: "Netherland" by Podington Bear, Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Curious/Netherland

   Dec 16, 2015

   2m