S1 / E8: Some emotions are easier to show than others. For many men, anger, fear, and grief are learned early as things to manage, suppress, or carry alone. In this episode, two men reflect on what happens when those feelings are buried for too long, how they surface, how they shape relationships, and what it takes to give them space without causing harm. These are honest conversations about restraint, release, and the quiet strength that can emerge when men learn to face what they’ve been taught to hide.

S1 / E7: Gay men often move through the world carrying stories they’ve never said out loud - about rejection, desire, trust, and the search for a love that feels like home. In this episode, they share those quieter truths: what intimacy costs, what it gives back, and how masculinity can expand when you’re no longer performing for it. These are stories about connection, heartbreak, healing, and the power of being seen as you really are.

S1/ E6: As men move into middle age, the body becomes a quieter, more complicated place. This episode explores how men think about appearance, ageing, and the things we tend to avoid - from unspoken dress codes to check-ups we delay. We look at how denial shows up, why so many men downplay what they notice, and what it might take to stop treating our bodies as afterthoughts. It’s an honest conversation about noticing change, paying attention, and learning to show up before something breaks.

S1 / E5: Many men have mates, but few they can be fully open with. This episode explores the gap between banter and real connection - and why isolation can persist even in a room full of people. We ask why male friendships so often feel passive compared to the way women tend to nurture theirs, and what it might take for men to move beyond surface-level camaraderie toward deeper, sustaining bonds.

S1 / E4 From “provider first” to the quiet pressure to always deliver, this episode explores why so many men still measure their value in work, and what happens when that stops feeling enough.

Three voices, American, British, and Finnish share how success, stress, and self-worth collide, and what they learned when stepping back became the only way forward. At its heart, we ask: if you’re not what you do, who are you?

S1 / E1: We open Season 1 with a conversation about why so many men struggle to talk about what really matters. Not because they don’t care, but because they’ve been taught not to. This first episode sets the tone: open, human, and unpolished. Three voices from the UK, the US and Zimbabwe explore why silence isn’t strength, and how honest conversations, even the messy ones, can help us feel more connected, understood, and less alone.

S1 / E3: Being a dad is often framed as provider first, person second. In this episode, two voices, British and Italian, explore the joys, worries, and unspoken weight of raising children. We talk about identity, guilt, pride, and the quiet pressures that come with wanting to be a good dad. From neurodivergence to legacy, we ask what we pass on, what we carry, and what showing up really means.

S1 / E2: What does it mean to be a man? In this episode, we look at the early blueprints we were handed from dads, coaches, media, or mates, and how those roles shaped us. Alongside two Australian voices, we explore how bravado can mask vulnerability, and what it takes to step outside the stories we were taught and find our own way.