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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  

If men can't listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man listening to a new friend talk about snow sculpture, activism, Hallmark movies, indigenous world views and displacement, MEETING KERMIT THE FROG (OMG OMG OMG), the role art plays in defining one's spirit, and so much more! You can find Heather at www.linktr.ee/Friedliarts and both of us this weekend at the No Kings day protest on June 14 in Saint Paul, MN.

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, if tradition is malleable, 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

If Men Can’t Listen to women, maybe they can listen to a man having a conversation with Jennifer Oborne Crolly, a settler who has found the joy of ‘existing’ as a Healer, and shares thoughts on the relief and healing available for men and our Masculine-centered world by embracing Feminine ways of being… 7-11 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/ www.energeticexplorations.com    

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

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  

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    

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

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/

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

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.

If men can't listen to women, maybe men can listen to a man having a conversation with Brown about unconventional thinking, addressing intellectual dismissiveness, how we move forward not only as individuals but as a society, the book she's writing giving guidance on love and relationships, and many side-quest tangents.  Find her online at @brown19170 on most social media.

If a man can't listen to women, maybe he can listen to a man listening to his mother talk about being a woman succeeding in the 1990s tech boom, changing careers, and somehow winding up back in tech.