menkind

menkind

17 episodes

Michael Chakraverty (Bake Off legend) is gay, brown, and obsessed with girl band Little Mix to a degree that is a bit strange; Mark Watson (scrawny cult comedian) is straight, white, likes football and drinking. The two of them have almost no interests in common. They hadn’t even met until they recorded the first episode of this podcast. Also, Mark is 40 whereas Michael is a baby and doesn’t remember things like Teletext and hadn’t heard of Bovril until recently (Mark is writing this, incidentally). The intersection of their worlds provides a space for a series of fascinating discussions with a diverse range of remarkable people.It’s been observed that there is no shortage of podcasts out there in which men talk back and forth, sometimes – for variety – including a third or fourth man as guest. What you don’t see enough of is men stepping back and examining masculinity itself. What does it mean to be a ‘man’ in 2020? How many of the traditional expectations and tropes of ‘manhood’ still stand up, and how many need to be discarded? How can we be better men, and how can ‘men’ in general be a better, gentler, more positive influence upon the planet they’ve done considerable damage to for (to be generous) a couple of thousand years? How, at the same time, can we celebrate all the things that are good about man-ship? If we were building a new model for a ‘perfect’ man, what would it look like – temperamentally and also dick-wise? And can we address these questions with the sense of fun that only a comedian and a world-class baker-turned-entertainer can offer?

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Podcasts

a brief pause

Published: July 24, 2023, 8:03 a.m.
Duration: 44 seconds

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jordan gray: lgbtqixyz-list celebrity

Published: July 17, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 1 second

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reuben kaye: an intentional disregard for beauty

Published: July 10, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 30 seconds

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john robertson: drawn to darkness

Published: July 3, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 48 seconds

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sian davies: been there, done that, got the uniform

Published: June 26, 2023, 8:20 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds

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sadia azmat: be real

Published: June 19, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds

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chiyo: i'm happy to be classified as sexy

Published: June 12, 2023, 8:18 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 25 seconds

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chris zampese: default setting

Published: June 5, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds

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william hanson: day boy

Published: May 29, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds

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max hovey: the clone wars

Published: May 22, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 49 seconds

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rosie jones: f**king legend

Published: May 15, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 10 seconds

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michael chakraverty: i'll meet you where you need to be

Published: June 6, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 51 seconds

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tom mayhew: we're all just a skeleton

Published: May 30, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 6 seconds

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wil hodgson: barber, rabbi, psychiatrist

Published: May 23, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 42 seconds

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yianni agisilaou: an unambiguous good

Published: May 16, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 13 seconds

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jen brister: two penises are inside you

Published: May 9, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds

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luke kempner: horseradish boy

Published: May 2, 2022, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes

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tom read wilson: modern-day hijra

Published: April 25, 2022, 1:53 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds

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LoUis CYfer: drag king

Published: April 18, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 54 seconds

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john whaite: you are reborn, my darling, and you are f**king glittery

Published: April 11, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds

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series two returns: crossing the cusp

Published: April 8, 2022, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds

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victoria scone: like a clown on acid

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 27 seconds

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paul sinha: you shouldn't be obliged to like steps just because you suck c@ck

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 36 seconds

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jordan stephens: pain isn't forever

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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john-luke roberts: hwusband

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 9 seconds

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suzi ruffell: massive lez

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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freddy mcconnell: seahorse dads

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 17 seconds

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juno dawson: dream about your own future

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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owen jones: life is a tough gig

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds

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ben west: it's not a pretty conversation

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 55 seconds

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rhys nicholson: machine gun fellatio

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 39 seconds

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tim minchin: a hole that needs filling

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 31 seconds

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mark watson: wiring problem

Published: June 28, 2021, 8:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 17 seconds

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jessica fostekew: pansexual kisschase

Published: June 21, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 34 seconds

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lane rogers: persevere and pioneer

Published: June 14, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 56 seconds

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mohsin zaidi: don't ever do this again

Published: June 7, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 10 seconds

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ben hurst: the abc of masculinity

Published: May 31, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 21 seconds

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david atherton: swapping god for federer

Published: May 24, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 19 seconds

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joe black: no offence

Published: May 17, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds

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sofie hagen: emotional labour

Published: May 10, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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ollie ollerton: below zero

Published: May 3, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 2 seconds

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robert rinder: davka

Published: April 26, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 39 seconds

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fred langridge: progressive round robin

Published: April 19, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 14 seconds

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nikesh shukla: radical vulnerability

Published: April 12, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 28 seconds

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devin ibanez: the scarborough incident

Published: April 5, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 51 seconds

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jay hulme: what's the point of being normal?

Published: March 29, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 9 seconds

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bethany black: the importance of e.q.

Published: March 22, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 9 seconds

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nathaniel curtis: in the in-between

Published: March 15, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds

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rufus hound: weak at the soul

Published: March 8, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 40 seconds

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vincint: we can have a conversation

Published: March 1, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 24 seconds

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jackie cox: binerial

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds

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alastair campbell: living better

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 12 seconds

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rhik samadder: the safari of misery

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 5 seconds

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jamie windust: jamie with the face

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds

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adam pearson: a loving correction with volume

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 42 seconds

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andrew o'neill: f@*k glitter

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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thomas page mcbee: amateur

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds

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crystal: hairy armpits

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds

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james mcvey: the bag is where it all began

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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tom daley: i don't particularly like sports

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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travis alabanza: articulate

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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riyadh khalaf: god of all men

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 37 seconds

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menkind, launches 7th december

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 59 seconds

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