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Chapters:

• 00:55 – Performing comedy onstage after a breakup
• 05:00 – Writing jokes and how comedy helps with healing from pain
• 09:41 – Is masculinity under attack?
• 12:34 – Masculinity and self-acceptance
• 15:47 – Manosphere and control
• 22:12 – Centering oneself
• 25:45 – Men defining masculinity

In this episode our guest comedian G Mama Lee discusses writing and performing standup after a breakup and how comedy can heal heartbreak. For the dating trends segment, we take a deep dive into masculinity and male stereotypes.

On comedy and healing from heartbreak:

The best way to heal from pain is comedy.

Comedy is very healing… I’ve had women try to hold me hostage in the bathroom because they were like, ‘thanks for representing us.’

Shout-out to Judy Carter. I read her book years ago before I got onstage. Studying her book all those years made me thinking comedically. So when I write out my problems, when I’m not even looking for the joke, it jumps out.

On masculinity and male stereotypes:

It’s not about women at all. It’s not about some podcaster or a video. It’s about being who you are. Just stand in your masculinity, mean what you say, consider and respect people.

Masculinity is being loving and being yourself. It’s not aggression; it is protecting.