Take care of yourselves, and give your heart a little break with this very special episode of Other Men Need Help. In this follow up to Season 2's Boy Talk, Mark and the team catches up with one of our favorite people, Richard Cardillo. We find out what's transpired in Richard's love life since last we spoke, check in as he plans to take the plunge, and ask what compromises he'll make for true love (hint: it might involve "the figure skating channel".)

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Boy Talk pt. 2

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Mark is getting married. And in the final episode of the season, he investigates the one wedding tradition that he’s been having an issue with.

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Caitlin Mae Burke and Ben Goldberg. Caitlin Mae Burke, Ben Goldberg, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.

Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.

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Some of My Best Friends Are Groomsmen

In his search for someone, anyone to talk to about his complicated road to becoming a father, hopeful dad Kirk enlists Other Men to help document the solitary, but optimistic journey many men face in infertility spaces.

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Ben Goldberg and Navani Otero, with production help from Cierra Franco. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.

Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.

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A King of Wishful Thinking

He shot! He scored! And then…? What happens to an athlete’s identity when age and new responsibilities ask him to add “former” to his title? 

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Navani Otero. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.

Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.

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A Dad's Bod

What lessons from childhood are you still trying to make sense of? Zak comes across a decades old photo that leads him to literally relive a middle school rite of passage.

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Zak Rosen, with production help from Caitlin Mae Burke and Shaneez Tyndall. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.

Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.

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Dance Dance Evolution

Who gets to be on the cover of your romance novel? In the hunt for a greater range of culturally desirable body shapes and identities, Mark meets with Ronald, a recently single man who has decided to take the way the world sees him into his own hands.

Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán. This episode was produced by Rebecca Seidel and Shaneez Tyndall. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecca Seidel are lead producers. Navani Otero is producer. Shaneez Tyndall is associate producer. Rebecca Seidel is lead engineer. Ben Goldberg is lead editor. Our researchers are Bei Wang and Shaneez Tyndall. Tuck Woodstock is this season’s sensitivity listener.

Original music by Fulton Street Music Group with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

Episode illustration by Daniel de la Huerta.

You can find Ronald Young Jr.’s upcoming podcast, Weight for It, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Boy Talk pt. 2

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