Man, Listen - Mental Health Conversations for Black Men
by Gamut Podcast Network · 52 episodes
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Man, Listen is a real-talk podcast where Black men and men of color can safely unpack mental health, masculinity, trauma, healing, and emotional growth. Hosted by a black male veteran broadcaster, Mark McCray, each episode explores therapy, self-care, overcoming stigmas, traumas, addressing real life issues and wellness with cultural relevance and honesty. It’s time to break the silence and build a space where mental health that is relevant to you. Let’s open up!
Latest episodes
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15 min
Turn Your Back to the Audience, If You Want to Lead the Orchestra
If you want to conduct the orchestra, you have to turn your back to the audience. In this solo episode, Mark McCray gets personal about one of the most quietly destructive forces i…
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31 min
Nobody Is Coming to Save You - But Community Can Help
Isolation is quietly killing Black men, and most of us don’t even realize it’s happening. In this episode, Mark McCray sits down with Mike Olbel, President and CEO of Community-Bas…
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30 min
When the Church Hurts - Religious Trauma and Healing
A lot of us grew up in the church. And for many of us, the church was everything...community, family, identity, safety.But what happens when the place that was supposed to give you…
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13 min
The Call We Need to Make… Before It's Too Late
I was scrolling through Facebook and found out a colleague passed away. Mid-50s. Gone.And then I watched post after post pour in, beautiful words about who he was, what he meant to…
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13 min
They Don't Like You — Stop Holding the Doors Open
Think of your life as a train. Your life is the train — and it has stops.Some people get on at stop five and get off at fifteen. Some ride with you for decades. Some are meant to r…
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20 min
"I'm Tired, Boss" — The Real Reason Why You're So Exhausted
You may have never heard the term. But you have felt it every single day.Racial battle fatigue, the cumulative mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion that comes from being Blac…
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13 min
Permission to Unplug — Your Reset Responsibility
Mark just got back from a trip. And this episode isn't about where he went.It's about what he gave himself.There's a difference between taking a vacation and investing in yourself.…
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10 min
How Do I Pay for Therapy? — Real Options, No More Excuses
The number one reason people don't go to therapy is cost. And that barrier is real.A single therapy session without insurance averages $174. Over half of people who need mental hea…
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27 min
Depression Doesn't Discriminate — One Man's Journey Managing Depression
Depression doesn't discriminate.Tony Scott is a radio professional, a man of color, and someone who has battled depression and come out the other side. On this episode of Man Liste…
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12 min
Pop Goes the Self-Esteem — What the Balloon Trend Is Really Doing to Us
You've seen the videos. Someone walks down a line of singles and pops the balloon of anyone they're not interested in. Dramatic. Entertaining. Viral.But here's what nobody is talki…
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14 min
Is My Mind My Biggest Hater?
A Black man named Sebastien Vante wrote something this week that stopped a lot of people cold:"I am a Black man who struggles with anxiety and self-doubt, and I am learning, slowly…
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13 min
Is Your Identity Tied To What You Do and Not Who You Are
What’s the first question you ask when you meet someone new?So, what do you do?We all do it. And without realizing it, we use that answer to sort people — to decide how much respec…
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33 min
The Solo Slump - The Loneliness Epidemic Examined with a Mental Health Professional
Solo travel is a flex. Eating alone is self-care. Being unbothered is the goal. Not needing anybody is strength.But somewhere along the way...we celebrated ourselves out of communi…
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13 min
Say Her Name - A Black Mental Health History Lesson
Man of us have never heard her name.Bebe Moore Campbell was a New York Times bestselling author, mental health advocate, and the reason July exists as a dedicated month for Black m…
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13 min
Mental Health Fuel — How the Experts Stay Positive in a Negative World
We talk a lot about what drains us. Today we talk about what fills us back up.Mental health fuel — the real, research-backed practices that clinical psychologists say can reliably…
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12 min
Are You A Part of The Emotional Renaissance?
We've spent a lot of time lately talking about the weight Black men carry. Today we talk about what's happening when they start to put some of it down.Licensed therapist and mental…
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14 min
We Need You Here — The Disturbing Rise of Young Black Male Suicide Rates
For the first time since the government began tracking this data, young Black men are now dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men. The Black suicide death rate climb…
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11 min
The Black Tax - The Cost of Being Black and Excellent
On June 14th, a UFC fighter stood on the White House lawn and reduced one of the most accomplished women in American history to a crude gender insult — and the crowd cheered.Michel…
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19 min
It's Not Your Imagination — The Mental Toll of Black Male Injustice
This episode wasn't planned. The news cycle made it necessary.Two young Black males. Two victims — one dead, one sentenced to 35 years for self-defense.Cyrus Carmack-Belton was 14…
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35 min
Breaking the Brokenness - How Do I Break Generational Cycles?
The patterns you're living right now — where did they come from?Some of what Black men carry was never chosen. It was inherited. Emotional unavailability. Rage. Absent fathers. Tox…