Podcasts by Man Up
On Man Up, host Aymann Ismail invites men and women to tell embarrassing, funny, and sometimes disturbing stories about their lives as they try to figure out what they still have to learn—and unlearn—about being a man. They’ll talk relationships, family, sex, and identity, trying to understand their experiences to help listeners make more sense of their own.
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A COVID-19 Survivor Warns Other Men from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann tries to make sense of new polling data that shows men aren’t taking the outbreak of COVID-19 as seriously as women. First he talks to David Vega, a medical student who contracted the virus ...
ListenIt's a Tough Time for Men Without Friends from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Aymann talks to Shuheng, a self-described extrovert who wishes he had more friends to talk to and commiserate with. Then Aymann hears from Slate podcast producer Ben Frisch, who talks ab...
ListenSingle Guys Are Really Going for It Right Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As people continue to self-quarantine, single men are still out there trying to date and, in some cases, have sex. First Aymann talks to his coworker Katie Rayford, who was hit on by two men on the...
ListenWhat Women Are Learning About Men During Self-Quarantine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Man Up host Aymann Ismail learns how the outbreak of COVID-19 is changing how men’s partners see them at home. What happens when a husband and wife have very different crisis modes? What...
ListenWhy Men Who Are Sick Insist on Going to Work from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Man Up editor Lowen Liu explains why he’s so bad about taking sick days, even when a serious epidemic is dominating the news. But first, Slate’s culture editor Forrest Wickman lays out why he despe...
ListenBeing an American Ninja Warrior with Parkinson's from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vivek, a man with Parkinson’s disease, tries to get back the confidence he had before his diagnosis at age 38. To help him out, Man Up host Aymann Ismail recruits Jimmy Choi, a husband, father, ult...
ListenThe Secret to a Healthy Porn Habit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man wonders whether his habitual porn use has negatively affected the way he thinks about sex and relationships. Can porn cause erectile dysfunction? Is it even possible to have a healthy r...
ListenWhy Can't My Wife and I Pray Together? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After years of praying in mosques that treat women’s spaces as an afterthought, Aymann tries to find an alternative. First he talks to his wife Mira about the difference between men's spaces and wo...
ListenWhy Valentine's Day is a Scramble for So Many Men from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on the show, a Texas man who struggles with romance tries to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day. But first, Aymann gets the cold hard truth about his past Valentine’s Day performances from ...
ListenWhy Straight Bros Are So Important to Gay Guys from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A gay man in Maine tries to figure out how to develop closer friendships with straight men. But first, Aymann tries to understand why Sam has his heart set on those friendships in the first place. ...
ListenWhy Men Would Rather Suffer Than Ask for Help from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann wonders why he has so much trouble asking for help. First he sits down with his wife Mira, who paints a more detailed picture of the problem. Then Aymann turns to Dan Doty, co-founder of the...
ListenHow to Raise Sons Who Won't Send Dick Pics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann hears from Maria, a mother in Norway who’s worried about raising her two young boys in the #MeToo era. She admits that she originally wanted girls and now wants to make sure her boys grow up...
ListenWhat You Lose When You Don't Drink from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Aymann learns about the military’s machismo drinking culture through the eyes of Claire, a young Air Force officer who’s trying to earn the trust of her peers while also giving up alcohol...
ListenWhy Some Men Refuse to Do Yoga from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Happy New Year! To kick off 2020, we're revisiting an episode we love, where writer Terrell Starr takes Aymann to do yoga for the first time. When Terrell started doing yoga in his 30s, it opened u...
ListenWhy a Dad Dancing to Frozen is Still a Big Deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Early in 2019 Ørjan Burøe had an Instagram video go viral. It showed him and his young son wearing dresses and dancing to the song Let it Go from Disney’s Frozen. The response online was mostly pos...
ListenA Man Learns to Cry Again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann talks to a college student named Sammy, who feels like he should allow himself to cry more. First, they talk about why so many men resist the urge to cry in the first place and why re-learni...
ListenWhy So Many Men Still Dress Like They’re 16 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A listener named John tries to figure out how to upgrade his wardrobe. First, he and Aymann bond over their fear of taking fashion risks, and then they talk to Israel “Izzy” Bermeo, owner of the cl...
ListenA Father Tries to Talk to His Daughter About Sex from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann hears from Adam, a father who wants to talk to his teenage daughter about sex without coming off as weird, overbearing, or inappropriate. In other words, Adam wants to be the opposite of the...
ListenWhy Men Won't Tell You What They Want for Xmas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann talks to former Man Up producer Danielle Hewitt and her sister to help them think of Christmas gift ideas for their dad. Also joining the show is Micky Onvural, CEO of the menswear company B...
ListenCan a 30-Year-Old Man Change His Worst Habit? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann makes some adjustments to his life in an effort to stop being late for everything. Joining him as a guide is Brigid Schulte, director of the Better Life Lab and author of "Overwhelmed: Worki...
ListenA Virgin in His Mid-20s Starts to Worry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the first episode of season 2, Aymann talks to a 23-year-old virgin who's looking for dating tips in all the wrong places. To get him back on the right track, Aymann enlists the help of Andrea S...
ListenHelp Man Up Help You! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ahead of Season 2, Aymann wants listeners to get in touch and share their stories. Give us a call at (805)-626-8707, or email us at manup@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
ListenThe Aftermath of a Public Proposal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Flashy public proposals are all over social media, but people seem divided over whether they’re adorable or cringeworthy. This week on Man Up, Aymann learns about two different public proposal stor...
ListenAbout Guys Who Insist on Paying the Bill... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Aymann looks back at some of his dating habits from before he was married, specifically his policy of always paying on the first date. First he talks to Sarah Crow, who wrote a piece for ...
ListenThe Joy of Quitting Football from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After his sixth documented concussion, NFL linebacker Joshua Perry decided to retire. He was only 24, but he knew that if his brain suffered anymore trauma, it could impact his cognitive functionin...
ListenHow Not to Be a Reply Guy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Aymann talks to several women (and one man) about the phenomenon of “reply guys” where men reply to women on social media in order to pester them, correct them, or to just be noticed. Fir...
ListenThe Real Threat of Video Games from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Video game scholar Megan Condis joins the show to explain why white supremacists have been targeting online gamers. She says there's a specific subset of men, whose fear of newcomers in the gaming ...
ListenHow a Drag King Parodies Masculinity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pretty Rik E, a DC-based drag king, talks to Aymann about what it means to treat masculinity as a performance. Rik E is part of a group called Pretty Boi Drag, whose drag shows involve lip syncing ...
ListenThe Fear of Male Birth Control from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann realizes he’s a little squeamish about the current birth control options for men. First he talks to writer Angela Anagnost-Repke, who’s been trying to convince her husband Brad to get a vase...
ListenBecoming "Man of the House" Too Soon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What exactly was going through Kareem Rahma’s 20-year-old head when he found out his father only had 6 months to live?As he tells it, nothing. He was entirely fixated on how the family dynamic was ...
ListenWhere Mass Shootings Often Start from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Man Up, Aymann talks with Kim Gandy about the link between mass shootings and domestic violence. Gandy has been an advocate for survivors of domestic violence for over 30 years, so she...
ListenMy First Therapy Session, on Tape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Man Up, Aymann sits down for his first-ever therapy session with psychotherapist and host of the Hey Man podcast, Avi Klein. He learns something about how he copes, and about how some ...
ListenThe Trouble With Being an Asian Guy on Tinder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week on Man Up, writer Eddie Kim talks with host Aymann Ismail about sexual racism, why he thinks Asian men are at a disadvantage on dating apps, and how some toxic subcultures react to that. ...
ListenChefs Don’t Have to Be Jerks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When J. Kenji López-Alt landed a job as a line cook at the elegant No. 9 Park restaurant, he wasn’t expecting to spend his first day standing in the corner with a figurative dunce hat on his head. ...
ListenYour Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Noor Tagouri knows better than most what it feels like to have everything she does under a close watch. Her interview in Playboy Magazine caused an international firestorm not for what she said, bu...
ListenMen Try to Attract Women in All the Wrong Ways from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nichole Perkins knows what straight women look for in a man. She’s a romance novel enthusiast and former co-host of Thirst Aid Kit, a podcast that focused on sexual desire and celebrity hotness. In...
ListenAn Intervention from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the weekend, Aymann was going viral on the less savory, right-wing corners of the internet. An admittedly poorly worded tweet had exposed him to an avalanche of criticism, some understandable,...
ListenWhy Men Refuse to Do Yoga from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Terrell Starr started doing yoga in his 30s, it opened up his mind to new possibilities of what his body could do—not to mention what he could do as a man. He realized he’d been restricting hi...
ListenWhat Brown Men Do to Make Others Comfortable from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Simran Jeet Singh has worn a turban his entire life. It’s a requirement of his Sikh faith but it has also made him a target for racist harassment. This week on Man Up, Aymann and Simran share their...
ListenA Black Trans Man Meets the Police Again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trystan Cotten was not prepared for the way his relationship with law enforcement would change after he transitioned in his late thirties. As he wrote in the Washington Post last year, it all came ...
ListenMen Aren’t Doing the Dishes at Work, Either from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In an effort to distribute office tasks evenly, Slate’s New York office implemented a sign-off sheet for loading and unloading dishwasher—when you do it, you cross your name off. After a quick, uns...
ListenWhat Hollywood Gets Wrong About Black Manhood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Growing up, Cord Jefferson never really saw himself reflected in the characters on TV. Now, he’s a script editor for shows like Master of None and The Good Place. Aymann talks with Cord about what ...
ListenHow Kids Can Change You from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aymann talks to his brother, Mohamed, about how they grew up and why he's chosen a distinctly different parenting style from what they grew up with. Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt and Camer...
ListenA Ghost Story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What happens when you finally meet an absent father who haunted your childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenLet's Talk About Sex from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jessica Valladolid is a sex educator in New York city. Her deep friendships with boys during her formative years helped her understand how they start thinking about sex and helped set her on the pa...
ListenWhen Fighting Comes First from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Kelly was so successful at fighting off bullies as a kid in Brooklyn, that he grew up to become an Olympic level boxer, until a bar fight ended his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
ListenIntroducing Man Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Man Up, host Aymann Ismail invites men and women to tell embarrassing, funny, and sometimes disturbing stories about their lives as they try to figure out what they still have to learn—and unlea...
ListenIntroducing Man Up from 2019-03-22T19:27
On Man Up, host Aymann Ismail invites men and women to tell embarrassing, funny, and sometimes disturbing stories about their lives as they try to figure out what they still have to learn—and unlea...
ListenIntroducing Man Up from 2019-03-22T19:27
On Man Up, host Aymann Ismail invites men and women to tell embarrassing, funny, and sometimes disturbing stories about their lives as they try to figure out what they still have to learn—and unlea...
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