We’re back and it’s back-to-school time! Youth anxiety is on the rise with teen boys struggling with mental health more than ever before… This week we delve into the treacherous waters of youth anxiety with mental health advocate and author Kyle Mitchell. Tune in!

What exactly is patriarchy? Can community help men and masc people unlearn MASKulinity? Jeremy Herte from the Let’s Talk Bruh podcast joins us to unpack it all and we dive deep into what led him to start a podcast focused on Black masculinity.

Our podbro and Oreja Peluda host Danny Perez joins us for the last episode in our music series! We’re closing it out with a genre that drew a lot of conversation around masculinity and performance: glam rock!

Get ready for our deep-dive interview with Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie and Tyler Bunzey. Who are hip hop’s actual gatekeepers? How does hip hop help us understand sociology and gender dynamics? Also, why couldn’t these guys have been teaching when us millennials were in school?!

Between hip hop violinists and Lil Nas X, hip hop continues to evolve. This week, listen as professors Joseph Ewoodzie and Tyler Bunzey stop by the pod to talk gender performance in hip hop.

Sugarhill Gang or Band? The beginnings of commercial hip hop help us understand why vulnerability can be hard to find in the most popular music genre… We’re continuing our music series and accountability strategist and masculinity scholar Nalo Zidan joins us to talk hip hop and capitalism.