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Host Jack Kammer, a long-time activist, author, social policy researcher, jail guard, parole & probation agent and journalist, knows how important it is for men and boys to have as...

Host Jack Kammer, a long-time activist, author, social policy researcher, jail guard, parole & probation agent and journalist, knows how important it is for men and boys to have as many opportunities for happiness, fulfillment, acceptance and understanding as women and girls do. So far — for 60+ years — the discussion has been about ensuring all those good things for females. Now we have this podcast. We're talking about what we want and need, what stands in our way, and how to get over, under, around or through it. (Sometimes just talking can be a revolutionary act.)

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Men Are Talking

MAT EP 13 - Reversing The Decline of Males, with Lionel Tiger

30 SEP 2021 · A 1999 book, "The Decline of Males" by anthropologist Lionel Tiger, has proven prescient. By multiple measures the decline is real, it has deepened and it shows few signs of abating. Women have thrived by entering the domain of men; many of us men seem stunned and dazed and have fallen further into ennui, hopelessness, bitterness and despair. Can anything reverse our fortunes? We talk with Professor Tiger about the possibilities.

1h 13m 37s
MAT EP 12 - Paul Beam - Not Red, Not Blue, Just True

16 SEP 2021 · Paul Beam is a lot of good things. Mostly he is man striving to be a better man and helping other men, too, live out their highest purpose. He is a former Marine Corps sergeant. He is an ordained minister. And he is the founder of ManCamp. He is also a great Guest I almost CANCELLED -- for no good reason. ManCamp is an annual event that helps men achieve "VIP" status by helping them see their Vision, understand their Identity and be challenged to live out their highest Purpose.

1h 2m 9s
MAT EP 11 - Steven Davidson on Sex, Sexual Integrity and Sexism

9 SEP 2021 · Today on Men Are Talking, we talk with author and Clinical Sexologist Dr. Steven Davidson about his insights into sexual health and happiness from more than thirty years as a sex therapist for individuals and couples. Since Dr. Davidson and I both have backgrounds in Social Work we also talk about sexism and the lack of gender diversity in that profession and increasingly in the social sciences as well, imbalances that can result in men being poorly understood and underserved as a class.

1h 5m 5s
MAT EP 8 - ’Tis the Night Before Father’s Day, With John Francis

19 AUG 2021 · Father's Eve is a new holiday held every year at venues around the country on the evening before Father’s Day. It’s a fun, no-pressure way for fathers to hang out with other fathers – to connect, share and celebrate fatherhood. And have a beer if they like. The man behind it is our guest John Francis, who is exactly the kind of man just about everybody would love to have a beer with. And you can, at least virtually, next Father’s Eve. Maybe being the host of a Father’s Eve is in your future?

40m 58s
MAT EP 7 - Your Most Important Relationship Is Your Relationship With Yourself, With Rick Belden

12 AUG 2021 · Rick Belden had to work hard to become a man of integrity. His upbringing made it difficult for him to make sense of his feelings and establish boundaries around who he was when others wanted him to be someone else. In this episode of "Men Are Talking," Rick talks about his years-long process of getting "unstuck," of learning the importance of understanding "What happened to me?" as opposed to "What's wrong with me?", especially when we're immobilized and demoralized by shame and self-doubt.

1h 15m 36s
MAT EP 6 - Gay Men + Straight Men = ?, with John Lauritsen

5 AUG 2021 · John Lauritsen thinks freely, studies deeply and, as an independent scholar not beholden to academic or philanthropic dictates, is free to speak his mind. One of his main interests is love between men, which he defines as including love, sex, and friendship. On this episode of Men Are Talking we talk about the reasons gay men and heterosexual men so often see each other as different because of our sexualities and so rarely see each other as the same because of our sex.

1h 23m 2s
MAT EP 4 - Oprah, Fred and Me, With Fred Hayward

22 JUL 2021 · Fred Hayward is one of the pioneers of the modern men's movement. In this episode of “Men Are Talking,” Fred explains how he got kicked off Oprah Winfrey's show when Oprah was a local star in Baltimore. Then host Jack Kammer tells his story of taking Oprah out on a sort-of-date to a men's issues presentation. At the end, Fred and Jack express their wishes for some simple men's issues-related things Oprah could say to make a world of difference on problems she cares deeply and sincerely about.

38m 32s
MAT EP 3 - Title IX, Plus or Minus, With Mark Perry

7 JUL 2021 · Mark Perry is an economics professor at the University of Michigan and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also a one-man wrecking crew against "gender-conscious" (AKA pro-female, seldom-if-ever-pro-male) scholarships, programs, services, and facilities provided to a supposedly disadvantaged sex (AKA women, even though they outnumber men) in colleges and universities in violation of Title IX's rules against sexism in higher education. Maybe you'd like to help him? He tells you how.

1h 9m 57s

Host Jack Kammer, a long-time activist, author, social policy researcher, jail guard, parole & probation agent and journalist, knows how important it is for men and boys to have as...

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