Other Men Need Help

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  • Secret Handshake

    Season three starts with a hello - or, in this case: a secret handshake. Childhood best friends Brian and Dimitri tell Mark what's kept their connection over three decades and across an ocean, which opens to a chorus of men exploring how greetings serve as the unique fingerprint of each best friendship. And did you think we’d start the new season off without some singing?! C’mon, you know us better than that.

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

    20 min
  • Other Men Need Help is Back for Season 3!

    We’re baaaaaack. This summer, join host Mark Pagán for a new season of your favorite award-winning deep dive into the whys, hows, and oh mys of masculine mythology. In the past, we’ve the untold stories about financial insecurities, the messages you foolishly send to get your ex’s attention, and finding love at any age. This season, we’re meeting your best friends.


    #OMNHS3

    3 min
  • Boy Talk pt. 2

    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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    24 min
  • Boy Talk Redux

    We’ve got big news for all you listeners—Other Men Need Help has collaborated with WNYC’s Nancy on Richard Cardillo’s story from our Boy Talk episode. It’s beautiful and has some WONDERFUL updates. You can listen to the full episode here.

    We’re revisiting our Boy Talk episode and maybe share some of our own surprises with you this week. Keep those eyes on your podcast feed.

    Boy Talk: Mark creates a weekly hotline with his friend Richard, as they chat about showing up late to the dating scene, taking a chance on new love after loss, and the necessary grooming rituals in middle age.

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    26 min
  • Bonus: En Vivo! Vol. III

    WE ARE LIVE AND SO ARE YOU in this month's bonus ep. Join us onstage as we listen to secrets from our friends Karolena Theresa, Henry Alford, and Thirst Aid Kit. Recorded live at Caveat in October 2019.

    Enjoy because we're now running off for the next few months to finish season 3 of OMNH!

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    Show links:

    • Karolena Theresa

    • Henry Alford

    • Thirst Aid Kit

    • 46 min
    • Bonus: I Have to Ask...Again

      For our two year anniversary, we're finishing up a two-part episode with yet another diner interview a buncha of talented, sensitive guys. In this month's bonus episode, Mark meets with Tim Manley and Naje Lataillade to talk about why their work helped launch Other Men Need Help and why a teenage audience might've been the early key to getting it all started.

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      Special Show Notes:

      • The Feels

      • Tim Manley

      • Naje Lataillade

      • 25 min
      • Bonus: Crazy 4 Swayze

        Guess what? We've got a surprise bite-size bonus episode for you! On the anniversary of the death of one of our favorite screen hunks, Mark talks to four Pagán women in an attempt to solve a long-standing family mystery.

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        7 min
      • Bonus: I Have to Ask...

        It's our two year anniversary, so here's a two-parter! In this month's bonus episode, we're time traveling back to 2012, when a poorly recorded conversation with a personal hero in a diner, in a town with a confusing name, lit the fuse for Mark's exploration of men and connection.

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        Special Show Notes:

        • 4:48 - The New York Mills Arts Retreat and Regional Cultural Center

        • 5:00 - Raymond & Lina (Mark's short film)

        • 6:53 - John Porcellino

        • 7:53 - "Pretty personal work by pretty personal folks":

        • Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor

        • Life is Good by Nas

        • *Dirty Plotte *by Julie Doucet

        • Freddy Stories by Melissa Mendes

        • 9:10 - South Beloit Journal by John Porcellino

        • 9:30 - Nora's Place

        • Mark's video about NY Mills Arts Retreat

        • 21 min
        • Bonus: Salon Boy

          August’s bonus episode is all about HAIR:

          Long beautiful hair

          Shining, gleaming

          Streaming, flaxen, waxen... you get the picture, as Mark tags along with Isaac to get a haircut, and waxes rhapsodic about his own days as a salon boy. Plus, Jiji Lee shares a hairy tale of her own. Special thanks to our friends at (le) poisson rouge.

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          19 min
        • Bonus: The Bottle Open Maneuver

          In this month's bonus episode, our very own Rebecca Seidel shares a cautionary tale that makes Mark reflect on an ill-advised pickup routine from the past. Plus, we have the DELIGHTFUL Alison Leiby telling her own cautionary tale LIVE. Special thanks to our friends at (le) poisson rouge.

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          25 min

        About Other Men Need Help

        From the publisher's feed

        Welcome to Other Men Need Help, an award-winning podcast that playfully looks at how men present themselves to the world—and pulls back the curtain to reveal what's behind the performance. Hosted…

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