S2 / E6: Alcohol is often woven into male identity,  celebration, coping, connection, routine, even belonging. In this episode, Steve and Shane reflect on their changing relationship with alcohol, what drinking once gave them, and what sat beneath it. From Irish pub culture to nights that slowly stopped feeling social, the conversation explores masculinity, avoidance, loneliness, and what happens when men begin questioning the role alcohol plays in their lives.

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S2 / E5: Many men are praised for knowing how to keep going. Far fewer are taught when to stop. In this episode, Tom & Martin talk about strength, caregiving, fatherhood, humour and the quiet cost of carrying too much alone. From staying calm when panic is not an option to bottling things up until someone close notices first, this is a conversation about understanding your limits before you reach them, and learning how to hold your ground without shutting yourself down.

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S2 / E4: Many men spend years building a career, supporting a family, chasing success and ignoring the warning signs. Until the wheels come off. Ewald and Gilles appeared successful from the outside, while quietly unravelling beneath the surface. Together, they reflect on insomnia, the pressure to keep going, seeking help, life inside a psychiatric clinic and the difficult truths they had to confront along the way. Their honest conversation helps demystify an experience many men fear and shows that recovery is not about going back. It is about rebuilding.

Editor’s note: We recorded this episode during one of the worst storms of the summer, so if the sound gets a little lively in places, blame the weather.

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S2 / E3: We all play different versions of ourselves depending on where we are. But what happens when performing becomes the place you feel most like yourself? In this episode, stand-up comic Teddy and Mikey, whose weekends are spent performing in drag as Oh! Beverly, explore masculinity, humour, confidence and belonging. They talk about using comedy to fit in, finding freedom on stage, and the surprising ways performance can become both a mask and a safe space. Funny, warm, occasionally absurd and unexpectedly revealing, The Roles We Play asks a simple question: how much of who we are is real, and how much is just the role we learned to play?

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S2 / E2: Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among men, yet it’s still a subject many struggle to speak about openly. In this episode, we hear from two men, Dale and Tim, whose lives have been shaped by suicide in very different ways: one who has survived multiple attempts, and a father who lost one of his sons. Together, they reflect on the warning signs that are often missed, the quiet battles many men fight alone, and the conversations that might help save lives.

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S2 / E1: We hear a lot about toxic masculinity, but far less about what healthy masculinity actually looks like. In this opening episode, we explore how men can redefine strength, self-worth, and emotional honesty in a world where the rules of manhood are shifting. Joined by George and Pete, we reflect on the expectations many men inherited, the pressures they still carry, and what it means to model something different for the next generation.

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S2 Preview: What do a drag queen, a man rebuilding his life after multiple stays in a psychiatric clinic, and a father who lost one of his sons to suicide have in common?

Quite a lot, it turns out.

They're just some of the voices you'll hear in Season 2 of The Hushed®. After finding listeners in more than 40 countries during Season 1, The Hushed® returns with a new season of conversations about the things men don't always say out loud, but perhaps should.

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S1 / E12: This episode continues the conversation started in Episode 11. A small group of women return to the same questions that have been put to men throughout the season, staying with what emerged last time and noticing what deepens when there’s more space to listen. Together with the previous episode, this conversation brings Season One of The Hushed  to a close.

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⁠Martin Coul on Linkedin⁠

⁠OTII®: Navigating life's journey together

S1 / E11: All season, the questions have been put to men. In this episode, those same questions are answered by a small group of women. They reflect on the questions that have shaped The Hushed so far, noticing where they land, where they don’t, and what shifts when familiar questions are heard through different voices. This is the first part of that conversation.

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⁠Martin Coul on Linkedin⁠

⁠OTII®: Navigating life's journey together

S1 / E10: What do you want to be remembered for? This episode explores meaning and the quiet choices that shape how we live. We talk about the legacies three men hope to leave behind, not just through work or family, but in the everyday impressions that stay with others. It’s about what we carry, what we pass on, and how priorities shift as we move through different stages of life. We ask what it means to let go, and what comes into focus when the goal is no longer achievement, but peace.

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⁠Martin Coul on Linkedin⁠

⁠OTII®: Analysing Data's Human Voice