{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"A Mason's Work","title":"Softening Is Not Surrender","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/27dddda3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":415,"description":"The word softening carries social baggage for men, and Brian Mattocks addresses that directly at the outset. Softening is not capitulation. It is not the resignation of someone who tried and got tired. It is not a lowering of standards. It is, more precisely, a refusal to solidify, and underneath that refusal is a deliberate practice of mutual vulnerability. This episode develops that definition a","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0MKwUQPZVqeGzTPM49TdYKYlcgFFnLZO53ZhnhtIa_8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2MzU0LzE2OTgy/ODQ1MjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}