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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!
Unknown Host hosts Man, Listen - Mental Health Conversations for Black Men, a health show with 35 episodes published.
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 health advocate Kier Gaines — featured
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 climbed 53% in just one decade — ten times fa
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. Michelle Obama. Princeton. Harvard Law. Forme
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 years old, shot in the back over four
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. Toxic relationship patterns. These aren't
Let's advance the conversation...In Part 1, Dr. S. Kent Butler broke down what Black men are up against. Now we get into what we can do about it. In this second half of our conversation with the PhD, professor of counsel
What does one of the most respected voices in Black mental health in America have to say about where we are — and how we got here? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Man Listen sits down with Dr. S. Kent Butler — P
We've talked a lot about why Black men don't seek therapy. Today we sit down with someone who sees it from the other side of the couch. Ezsa Allen is a mental health professional, advocate, and founder of Mind Over You I
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Almost 30 episodes in — and I've never really told you why I built this. And to open it, I want to go back to the beginning. What I found when I started researching Black male mental
Black fathers who raise their children alone. Black fathers who lose a child and still have to show up for the ones still here. Black fathers who carry a weight that most people never see — and never ask about. This epis
"Fine...I'm Doing Fine". There is something going on with you right now that nobody knows about. You're not hiding it to be deceptive. You're hiding it because you don't want to be a burden. Because silence feels safer t
Simple question. Heavy answer. When's the last time your dad hugged you? Told you he was proud of you? Said I love you — unprompted, no holiday, no crisis? For a lot of men, that question just hit somewhere unexpected. O
Tiger Woods had 15 majors, a global legacy, and a mask nobody could see through — until March 27th. But this episode isn't about Tiger. It's about the man everybody leans on who never lets anybody in. The pastor. The pro
Have you ever felt offended by something and couldn’t explain why it hit so hard? In this episode, Mark gets real about what’s actually happening when we get easily triggered — and why it’s rarely about what was just sai
The most important conversation you’ll ever have isn’t with your boss, your partner, or your boys. It’s with yourself. In this episode, Mark sits down with licensed mental health counselor Heather K to unpack the power o
We’ve been told our whole lives that quitters never win. But what if staying is what’s actually costing you? In this episode, Mark gets real about knowing when to walk away — from the job, the relationship, the habit — a
What happens when your own community questions whether you’re Black enough, or strong enough? In this episode, Mark gets real about growing up a fair-skinned (light skinned) black male, the “harmless” jokes that aren’t h
Ever walk into work exhausted, frustrated, or overwhelmed—but still put on a smile and say, “I’m good”? There’s actually a name for that: surface acting. It’s the practice of forcing emotions you don’t really feel in ord
It's two simple words, that could make a difference. We say it all the time—but how often do we really mean it? In this episode of Man, Listen, I picked up the phone and called two friends I care about and said these 2 w
In this powerful episode of Man, Listen , we ask a hard question: Are you being kind… or are you afraid to say no? People pleasing often looks like loyalty, love, or “just being a good person.” But underneath it can be f
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