{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Have I Told You Lately","title":"Wake Up, Guys: A National Conversation on Men's Mental Health","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bad3ddd3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4552,"description":"Episode 23 — Wake Up, Guys: A National Conversation on Men's Mental Health\n\nDoug and Ian open with gardening-as-therapy talk and a comedy show gone sideways before diving into the heart of the episode: a real conversation about men's mental health, masculinity, and why so many men wait until they're drowning to ask for help. Along the way they touch on community, self-awareness, and the small moments — a sauna conversation, a friend's \"I love you\" — that say more about connection than people expect.\nInspired by CBC's The Current and host Matt Galloway's segment on the federal government's new national strategy for men's health, Doug and Ian unpack toxic masculinity, vulnerability as actual strength, and why \"I love you, man\" might be the most important thing you say to a friend this year. \nIn this episode:\nThe therapeutic benefits of gardening and connecting with nature, plus surviving the seasonal \"thaw\"\nA sauna-comedy-show story that did not land\nDoug on his friend Rory Scovel, currently out on the \"Know Your Enemy\" tour\nThe real conversation: toxic masculinity, embracing vulnerability, and Doug's \"Alone\" TV show monologue\nValue-based parenting and the \"rhinoceros in the room\" anxiety metaphor\nWhy a friend saying \"I love you\" over car-buying advice hit different\nSauna Stories: lacrosse kids, felony resumes, and trades culture\nWhich Side of the Border: pharmacy body cams, hot glue thieves, and Gordie the dog\nReferenced this episode:\nThe Current (CBC) — \"A 'national conversation' about men's health,\" hosted by Matt Galloway (March 4, 2026)\nRory Scovel — comedian, Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between (HBO), currently on the \"Know Your Enemy\" tour (roryscovel.com)\nNY Post — Walgreens body cam pilot program in NYC stores (March 5, 2026)\nVancouver Police — hot glue break-in targeting method (March 2026)\nThe Dodo — Gordie the dog's rescue from the Detroit River, near the Gordie Howe International Bridge\nNY Post / amNewYork — \"Sauna Comedy\" at Othership Flatiron,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rP3XbL4QKWmXIZskwZLoeQnZ6Pm2ZnaWkJc9VabfBoQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYWYw/MDJkZjcwYmRiNWI5/YTk4MTBhMTdkYWZj/YTY3Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}