The MasculiniTea Podcast
by Melina Cassidy
MasculiniTea is a new podcast that invites you to pop the kettle on, brew up a mug of your hot beverage of choice, and join us for a relaxed and open conversation about masculinity, men, and our relationships with them. In the wake of #metoo and #timesup, what can men do to create a paradigm shift, how can they apply this to their everyday lives, and what can those who aren’t men do to support them, without exhausting themselves? Support the Patreon Here! I’m a queer radical who guides social misfits and cultural rebels to experiences of joyful, embodied, authentic relationships. And, I love men. I really do. I see so many men struggling to reconcile how to embrace their identities in healthy, empowered ways, being held back by fear of call outs, judgement, and shame. I see men who truly want to learn how to be part of a solution, and not part of the problem, shutting down from con
Episodes
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Inescapable Consequences ~ With Niels Petersen
"If you shove that emotion down and push it away, it waits for you and, in fact it accumulates... it's getting ready to come back at you so it will be acknowledged." ~ Niels Petersen Niels is a polymath with an engineering background. He has worked as an engineer, brewer, ski designer, sailor…
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Trans-forming Masculine Narratives ~ A Conversation With Oliver
"You can do masculinity howerver you want to do it. But, it's about getting the people around you to be alright with it, to be on board with it, and having the difficult conversations with them.... because that's the thing that holds us in these really hard roles: the people around us." ~ Oliver...
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The Somatic Man ~ A Conversation with David Yates
"When movement and dance isn't happening, what's left? Are we sitting around at home or at a coffee shop acting as talking heads on top of bodies that have lost the ability to be at ease?..... The path towards being whole beings— not just whole men— is to include movement." ~ David Yates An...
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes ~ with Van Connor
For this episode I'm joined by a very dear friend, the wonderful Van Connor: London-based film critic and all-around pop culture aficionado. We get to chatting about male role models in film and television media, the changing personas of super heroes, action heroes, James Bond, men's sexuality on...
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The Sensual Man ~ A Conversation with Devi Ward Erickson
"Reclaiming your birthright to your full sexual pleasure is a revolutionary act." ~ Devi Ward Erickson Tantra educator Devi Ward Erickson joins me to talk about supporting men's sexuality. What traumas do men hold from childhood around their sexual expression, how do these impact our…
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Reimagining Masculinities ~ A Conversation with Sheldon Kitzul & Tanille Geib
In this episode I'm joined by Tanille and Sheldon, two of the people behind the Reimagining Masculinities Conference in Victoria, BC. We chat about what the healthy masculine role model of the future might be, accessing emotions, and the importance of not doing this work in isolation from one...
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From Bangladesh to Burlesque: A Conversation with Khan
In this episode I sit down with my friend Khan. His journey is an inspiring one. Our conversation explored the expectations of masculinity in Islamic cultures, the liberating power of rave culture and electronic dance music, to the transformation potential of burlesque. Khan has been a community...
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Men's Work & Vulnerability : with James Bell & Devin Gleeson
"We have this culture that says there's something really wrong with feelings... Starting to feel, you can direct your anger, you can use your sadness to deeply connect with someone. Feelings are one of the greatest gifts we have as human beings, they are the house of intuition, and to not have...
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Consent & Accountability ~ A Conversation with Kim Dee, Victor Salmon & Justin Roll
"Being in a situation where someone is telling you, okay you have to sit down and learn about this and you are forced into this conversation — they're not consenting to being in the room to talk about consent, and there's a problem there. If we want to move forward as a society, everyone needs to...
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Queering Masculinity ~ A Conversation with Levi Chase & Bram Singleton
"What are you saying is not masculine— and how can you turn it around and include it?" ~ Bram Singleton. This week I'm joined by Bram and Levi. Both identify as queer, having been assigned male at birth. It was an absolute joy to chat with both of them about queer perspectives on masculinity, and...
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The Beast Within ~ a conversation with Mehdi Darvish and Cosmo Meens
This week I'm joined by Mehdi and Cosmo, two of the wise beings behind The Apollo Project. Mehdi is a trauma-focussed bodyworker and Somatic Sex Educator with two decades of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and attachment. Cosmo is a Sex Educator and Chef- two skills which…
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The Man Code ~ a conversation with Chris Dierkes
To launch the show, I sat down with my friend Chris Dierkes. A former monk and later Anglican priest, Chris is a husband, father, and spiritual coach, and was the co-founder of Beams and Struts. We talked about Chris' experience growing up within the white-christian-western-male trope of…
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About this show
MasculiniTea is a new podcast that invites you to pop the kettle on, brew up a mug of your hot beverage of choice, and join us for a relaxed and open conversation about masculinity, men, and our relationships with them. In the wake of #metoo and #timesup, what can men do to create a paradigm shift, how can they apply this to their everyday lives, and what can those who aren’t men do to support them, without exhausting themselves?
Support the Patreon Here!
I’m a queer radical who guides social misfits and cultural rebels to experiences of joyful, embodied, authentic relationships. And, I love men. I really do. I see so many men struggling to reconcile how to embrace their identities in healthy, empowered ways, being held back by fear of call outs, judgement, and shame. I see men who truly want to learn how to be part of a solution, and not part of the problem, shutting down from con
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Melina Cassidy
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