Men The Podcast

Mama, nani kama mama? Hakuna kama mama.

Kwa wanaume wengi, mama ndio maana halisi ya upendo. Ukiwa mtoto, mama ni mlinzi, mama ni mtetezi, mama ni muuguzi, mama ni mwalimu, mama ni kila kitu. Na ndio maana wataalam wa masuala ya akili na saikolojia wengi hua wanasema kua mara nyingi sana, mtu wa kwanza kupendwa na mtoto wa kiume anakua ni mama.

Frank, ameishi kama “mtoto wa mama” kwa miaka 14, na ghafla Mungu akaamua kumchukua mama yake. Frank aliachwa na wadogo zake wawili pamoja na baba ambae aliona kua katika umri wa miaka 14, Frank ni mkubwa wa kutosha, na ana uwezo wa kuwaangalia wadogo zake vizuri huku pia akijiangalia na yeye mwenyewe. Je, baba alikua sahihi? Ni kweli Frank alikua tayari kwa majukumu hayo? Kuondoka kwa mama kumemfanya Frank awe na mtazamo gani kuhusu maisha, mahusiano na namna ya kuishi na watu kwenye jamii?

Kwa mara nyingine tena, Michael Baruti na Nadia wanaketi na Frank kujaribu kuangalia maisha yake yalikuaje mama alivyofariki, na namna gani ameweza kukua bila mama huku wakiangalia athari yake inakuaje kwa wanaume wanaokua wakubwa bila kupata muongozo na mapenzi ya mama

Kweli Maisha si lele mama, kweli Maisha yana changamoto zake nyimgi tu, na nin kweli kua muda mwingine hua tunazidiwa na ugumu wa Maisha mpaka kutamani tuondoke duniani. Umeshahwahi kufikiria kujitoa uhai wako? Nini kilikusukuma kufanya hivyo? Nini ulifanya ili kuondokana na mawazo hayo? Ulipata msaada wowote mahali popote? Vipi jamii inayotuzunguka?

Maswali ni mengi kuliko majibu, na inawezekana baadhi ya maswali yasitoe majibu sasa labda tutakuja kupata majibu yake siku za mbele, ila leo hii Michael Baruti na Nadia wameketi na Khalifa, ambae anazungumzia jinsi alivyowaza kujitoa uhai wake na kutaka kufupisha Maisha yake. Je, jamii ya Tanzania iko tayari kuzungumza kuhusu afya ya akili na mawazo ya kutaka kujiua?

Why do men get abusive? Can men be abused too? What do you do when you’re abused? How do you spot an abuser? Can a person be cured from being abusive? A lot of questions on this episode as Michael and Nadia try to unpack abuse with the help of Isaac Lema from the department of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Muhimbili

our first heroes. But what happens when you realize they are only humans? They have their flaws or sometimes they can not be all we want them to be in our lives? In this episode Michael and Nadia have a talk with Ricky Boshe about him growing up without his father and how that has impacted his life as a man right now

When we were young, we couldn’t wait to grow up, but when we did! Oh what a shock! There was so much we needed to do. We needed to get a job! To succeed! To make money! To get married and to have children! Oh such pressure!

In this episode we tackle the pressure of adulthood and how men face it and survive it!

We spend years in school and in classes perfecting the knowledge that will help us earn a lot of money, yet we spend no time at all learning how to manage money.

For most people, finance literacy is a foreign language. Everybody wants to earn good money; everybody wants to save money and everybody wants to spend money wisely. However, this is easier said than done.

On Episode 14, Michael and Nadia have a chat with Sam Ndandala about financial literacy and what it means to men

Mwezi March Mwaka 2020, Tanzania ilitangaza kesi ya kwanza ya mtu aliyegundulika na virusi vya Corona. Kwa Mussa (sio jina lake halisi) hakuona kama hili jambo linamhusu. Musa ana mke ambae ni Daktari, ana watoto wawili lakini pia anaishi na mama yake pamoja na baba mkwe wake. Pale wafanyakazi wanaofanya ofisi moja na mke walipogundulika kua na virusi vya Corona, ilimbidi Mussa aiweke familia yake yote katika “karantini”,na hapo ndipo kazi ilipoanza.

Kama mwanaume ambae ni kichwa cha familia, kwenye janga hili la Korona kila mtu anakuangalia wewe kwa majibu ya maswali yao, ili uwape uhakika kua watakua sawa. Lakini, na wewe unamuangalia nani? Nani anakupa majibu ya maswali yako? Nani anakutoa hofu? Na nani anakubali kukupa bega lake pale unapohitaji kupumzika na kusikilizwa?

Michael na Nadia wanajadili hili leo

In the olden days, men hunted and gathered, while women raised the babies. But traditions must, and should change. In today’s world, it’s equal rights for all. Equal opportunities for all. A woman’s voice must he heard and her decisions listened to. This is the progressive era of Feminism. In today’s podcast we look into, what then becomes the role of a man, in the modern day age of Feminism?

Michael and Nadia are joined with Princely Glorious who is a cofounder and Director of Strategy and Storytelling at Ona Stories for this discussion which takes place at Nadia’s office

What makes a man? That’s a million-dollar question. While in the past, a man was respected and be considered a true and real man by his ability to provide and protect, has that shifted now? Does the society still have the same definition of a man as it was in the past or the narrative has now changed?

Michael and Nadia are in the studio with Josh Murunga, Dr Mboni Kibelloh and Leslie to discuss about this topic. What makes a man?

Sex isn't always as available as some wish it could be. But the urges are constant. So what can one do? We all know about it, but we don’t want to talk about it. It is taboo to speak openly about it BUT it is something that is affecting a lot of men. Porn and Masturbation addiction.

On this podcast, Michael and Nadia seat down with Fred (Not his real name) as he takes them down the journey he went through as he battled the porn and masturbation addiction.