Detoxicity: By Men, About Men, For Everyone
What does it mean to be a man in the 21st century? Detoxicity is an interview podcast designed to explore the many possible answers to that question The podcast will cover a wide range of topics from relationships to creativity, from psychology to sexuality with thoughtfulness, sensitivity, and humor. Detoxicity is hosted by radio personality and mental health/sexuality educator Mike Joseph.
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Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
The interview subject on this episode is Garrett Gonzales, who co-founded the neighborhood discovery site nextdoor.com and runs Fight Game Media, a platform for wrestling and MMA-related blogs and podcasts. Despite being a multi-hyphenate, Garrett defines himself primarily as a dad. In addition to discussing what it's like to be a divorced father of two kids by the age of 30, Mike Joseph and Garrett talk about the need for mentors, the dangers of celebrity worship, and giving marriage another try.
They also discuss how important recognizing "your people is", and how that's allowed them to maintain and cultivate a friendship for the last 20 years despite living across the country from one another.
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Friedman is the first guest on the Detoxicity podcast. He discusses his "hardcore humanism" approach to psychology, and discusses the factors that led him to work in the mental health field. He also talks about getting along with patients that have ideological differences with him, warns against reductive thinking, explains a few best practices to deal with urban living, and offers up a "Breaking Bad" spoiler alert for those of us who are 2000-late.
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
This episode is an introduction to the Detoxicity podcast: an interview series designed to shine a light on what it means to be a man in the 21st century. It's a quick monologue in which host Mike Joseph discusses the conversation around toxic masculinity, unsettling mental health stats for men, and the need for more communication and better conversation beyond the standard small talk about sports and cars. The Man Show this is not! It's also stressed that while the creator and guests on the show will be male or male-identified, the hope is that the conversation includes all genders and gender presentations, as well as all races, ethnicities, ages and sexual/romantic orientations.