In this episode, we welcome Howard Stevenson, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss Professor Stevenson’s family history and connection to the Philadelphia community; gender roles and subverting them; men’s friendships; the PLAAY Project; the importance of emotional regulation; and the wisdom of an African proverb about the lion’s story. You can see more of Dr. Stevenson’s work in…
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Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Charlie Glickman
I have been trying to get Charlie Glickman on the podcast since I started this project, and he finally said yes! Our conversation, ranging from how to navigate sexual consent to the importance of being connected with one’s own body and the importance of shame resiliency, is not to be missed. Talk Like a Man is the podcast of the Men’s Center for Growth and…
Podcast Season 2, Episode 1
At long last, the first episode of Season 2 is ready for your consumption! We open Season 2 with our co-hosts, Alex Bove, PhD and Brother Robb Carter, MSW, interviewing each other. Their long-reaching conversation touches on issues of men’s work, families of origin, male role models, shame and resiliency, and more. We are also happy to…
Season 2 of the Podcast is Almost Here!
In April, Season 2 of the TLaM podcast will launch. This season, we welcome co-host Brother Robb Carter, a community leader, counselor, and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania whose work focuses on anger management and intimate partner violence reduction through a trauma-informed lens, as well as anti-racism and social justice. He is also a Director and Clinical Coordinator for the Men’s Center for Growth and Change.
Podcast Episode 8
In this episode of the TLaM podcast, I talk with Dianne Browne, PhD, CFLE, CSE, project director at Camden Healthy Start and adjunct faculty member at Widener University’s Center for Human Sexuality Studies. We discuss her work with young fathers of color, the importance of male role models in the lives of young men, research…
Podcast Episode 7
This episode features my conversation with Rabbi Shawn Zevit of Miskan Shalom and Menschwork. We discuss his work with congregants of all genders, his personal history in the men’s movement, relationships between fathers and sons, the limitations of language, and how to (and how not to) engage men in consciousness-raising work.
Al Vernacchio Interview
Note: This is one of a series of interviews originally published on the TLaM tumblr. The blog seems like a better home for this material, so in the coming weeks, I will be moving these interviews over (and hopefully publishing a couple of new ones). Al Vernacchio teaches at Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, PA,…
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Talk Like a Man is a social norms “marketing” project, in collaboration with the Men’s Center for Growth and Change, designed to discuss and reflect the shifts in masculinity in the 21st Century. TLaM is written from a male-positive, profeminist point of view. Please visit the Facebook page (and group), Tumblr, and YouTube channel to…
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