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Dr. Blazina has a unique ability to tackle complex issues and make them accessible. This can be seen across the various dimensions of his career as a psychologist, researcher, and professor. He has been a guest on more than 40 radio shows across the country, ranging from National Public Radio to Sirius XM. He has also been featured in popular magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Women's Health. Dr. Blazina is the author of four books including “The Secret Lives of Men: What Men Want You to Know About Love, Sex, and Relationships.” The Secret Lives of Men radio program is dedicated to a positive exploration about the various facets of male's lives from growing up to growing old, all the while trying to grapple with the central part of their identity, being a man. Dr. Ryan A. McKelley provides special guest commentary each week.
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Self-Compassion: Kristin Neff - May 22,2012 | Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind. Kristin Neff From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more self-compassionate and achieve your dreams in life.Dr. Kristin Neff and other leading psychologists indicates that people who are compassionate toward their failings and imperfections experience greater well-being than those who repeatedly judge themselves. The feelings of security and self-worth provided by self-compassion are also highly stable, kicking in precisely when self-esteem falls down. This book powerfully demonstrates why its so important to be self-compassionate and give yourself the same caring support youd give to a good friend. This groundbreaking work will show you how to let go of debilitating self-criticism and finally learn to be kind to yourself. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iDisorder: Larry D. Rosen - May 15,2012 | iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology Larry D. Rosen. IDisorder: changes to your brain’s ability to process information and your ability to relate to the world due to your daily use of media and technology resulting in signs and symptoms of psychological disorders - such as stress, sleeplessness, and a compulsive need to check in with all of your technology. Based on decades of research and expertise in the "psychology of technology," Dr. Larry Rosen offers clear, down-to-earth explanations for why many of us are suffering from an "iDisorder." Our world is not going to change, and technology will continue to penetrate society even deeper leaving us little chance to react to the seemingly daily additions to our lives. Rosen teaches us how to stay human in an increasingly technological world. Show More Show Less | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Soldier Dogs: Maria Goodavage - May 08,2012 | People all over the world have been riveted by the story of Cairo, the Belgian Malinois who was a part of the Navy SEAL team that led the raid on Osama bin Ladens compound. A dogs natural intelligence, physical abilities, and pure loyalty contribute more to our military efforts than ever before. You dont have to be a dog lover to be fascinated by the idea that a dog-the cousin of that furry guy begging for scraps under your table-could be one of the heroes who helped execute the most vital and high-tech military mission of the new millennium. Now Maria Goodavage, editor and featured writer for one of the worlds most widely read dog blogs, tells heartwarming stories of modern soldier dogs and the amazing bonds that develop between them and their handlers. Beyond tales of training, operations, retirement, and adoption into the families of fallen soldiers, Goodavage talks to leading dog-cognition experts about why dogs like nothing more than to be on a mission with a handler they trust, no matter how deadly the IEDs they are sniffing, nor how far they must parachute or rappel from aircraft into enemy territory. "Military working dogs live for love and praise from their handlers," says Ron Aiello, president of the United States War Dogs Association and a former marine scout dog handler. "The work is all a big game, and then they get that pet, that praise. They would do anything for their handler." This is an unprecedented window into the world of these adventurous, loving warriors. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introverts at Ease: Nancy Okerlund - Apr 24,2012 | Introverts at Ease: Nancy Okerlund Depending on who you listen to, introverts make up 25-50% of the U.S. population, or between 80 and 160 million people. Thats a lot of self aware folks with strong powers of observation, concentration and focus. But many of us dont feel strong or energetic, and even wonder if theres something wrong with us. Some of us dont even realize were introverts. The latest research shows that introverts are hardwired differently, with specific energy and lifestyle needs that sometimes conflict with those of extroverts. Its not about becoming more extroverted; its about allowing yourself to think and behave in ways more suitable to being an introvert in an extroverted culture. Introvert expert Nancy Okerlund captures the essence of the introvert dilemma, and provides realistic strategies and techniques to help you create a more energized and fulfilling life. Show More Show Less | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Da Vinci's Ghost: Toby Lester - Apr 17,2012 | Da Vincis Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image This is the story of Vitruvian Man: Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing of a man in a circle and a square. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the nature of genius, the beauty of the human form, and the universality of the human spirit, the figure appears on everything from coffee cups and T-shirts to book covers and corporate logos. In short, it has become the world’s most famous cultural icon, yet almost nobody knows anything about it. Like Vitruvian Man itself, the book captures a pivotal time in the history of Western thought when the Middle Ages was giving way to the Renaissance, when art and science and philosophy all seemed to be converging as one, and when it seemed just possible, at least to Leonardo da Vinci, that a single human being might embody—and even understand—the nature of everything. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mad Men on the Couch Dr. Stephanie Newman - Apr 03,2012 | Mad Men has captured the imaginations of millions of viewers, winning fifteen golden globes and four Emmys. In Mad Men on the Couch, Dr. Stephanie Newman analyzes the show’s primary characters through the lens of modern psychology. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Henry Jacoby - Mar 20,2012 | An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBOs Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it. George R.R. Martins New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspired fanatic devotion. This book delves into the many philosophical questions that arise in this complex, character-driven series, including: Is it right for a "good" king to usurp the throne of a "bad" one and murder his family? How far should you go to protect your family and its secrets? In a fantasy universe with medieval mores and ethics, can female characters reflect modern feminist ideals? Draws on great philosophers from ancient Greece to modern America. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Way of the Puck" Eric D Anderson - Feb 28,2012 | "Way of the Puck" is a documentary about the history of the sport of air hockey. The growth, decline and near extinction of a sport many people do not know exists. Discover the stories, passion, and lives of the champions who play this sport competitively and keep the sport of air hockey alive. Directed and Produced by Eric D Anderson | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marriage Rules: Harriet Lerner - Feb 14,2012 | Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up Following a unique format perfect for todays world, the author of The Dance of Anger gives us just over 100 rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems ("He wont talk"/"She doesnt want sex") as well as modern ones (your partners relationship to technology.) Harriet Lerner, PH.D., is one of our nations most loved and respected relationship experts. A renowned scholar on the psychology of women and family relationships, she is the author of The New York Times bestseller, The Dance of Anger, and other acclaimed books that together have sold over six million copies. A clinical psychologist in private practice, Lerner is a distinguished speaker, consultant and workshop leader. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and NPR and she hosts the "Dance of Connection" blog on psychologytoday.com. She is also, with her sister, an award- winning childrens book writer. | 2/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Willpower: Roy F. Baumeister - Feb 07,2012 | In Willpower, the pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with renowned New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control. In what became one of the most cited papers in social science literature, Baumeister discovered that willpower actually operates like a muscle: it can be strengthened with practice and fatigued by overuse. Willpower is fueled by glucose, and it can be bolstered simply by replenishing the brains store of fuel. Thats why eating and sleeping- and especially failing to do either of those-have such dramatic effects on self-control (and why dieters have such a hard time resisting temptation). Baumeisters latest research shows that we typically spend four hours every day resisting temptation. No wonder people around the world rank a lack of self-control as their biggest weakness. Willpower looks to the lives of entrepreneurs, parents, entertainers, and artists-including David Blaine, Eric Clapton, and others-who have flourished by improving their self-control. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Secret Life of Pronouns: James Pennebaker - Jan 24,2012 | ?We spend our lives communicating. In the last fifty years, weve zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into who we are, how we think, and what we feel. In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologist and language expert James W. Pennebaker uses his groundbreaking research in computational linguistics-in essence, counting the frequency of words we use-to show that our language carries secrets about our feelings, our self-concept, and our social intelligence. Our most forgettable words, such as pronouns and prepositions, can be the most revealing: their patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints. Show More Show Less | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change - Jan 17,2012 | Show More Show Less What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenagers behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based approach called story editing that can accomplish all of this. It works by redirecting the stories we tell about ourselves and the world around us, with subtle prompts, in ways that lead to lasting change. In Redirect, world-renowned psychologist Timothy Wilson shows how story-editing works and how you can use it in your everyday life. | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The secret power of middle children: Catherine Salmon - Jan 10,2012 | In this counterintuitive book, psychologist Catherine Salmon and journalist Katrin Schumann combine science, history, and real-life stories to reveal for the first time that our perception of middle children is dead wrong. Using unpublished and little-known research from evolutionary psychology, sociology, and communications, The Secret Power of Middle Children illustrates how adaptive strategies middleborns develop during childhood translate into stronger friendships, lasting marriages, successful careers, and effective parenting. Over seventy million adult Americans are middle children, and forty percent of young American families have middle children. With constructive advice on how to maximize the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of being a middle child, Salmon and Schumann help middle children at any age (and their parents) use birth order as a strategy for success. Show More Show Less | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas Ace Collins - Dec 20,2011 | Collins serves up some little-known holiday history in this interesting book that teems with Christmas facts and legends, arranged alphabetically by topic. Readers will be fascinated to learn, for example, that the holiday shopping season used to be only a couple of weeks long, but was extended during WWII so families could get care packages off to soldiers in a timely fashion. Or that St. Francis of Assisi was one of the first people to use a live nativity scene to teach others about Christs birth. Collins tackles customs such as Christmas gifts and cards, and the popularity of cultural events like the Nutcracker and the Messiah (which, intriguingly, fell entirely out of fashion in the decades after Handels death). There are chapters on the history of holly, mistletoe, Christmas trees, candy canes, poinsettias, yule logs, stockings and-of course - Santa Claus. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Dec 13,2011 | The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy Robin S. Rosenberg Show More Show Less Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, is one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her—and to Larsson’s Millennium trilogy—so strong? In The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 19 psychologists and psychiatrists attempt to do what even expert investigator Mikael Blomkvist could not: understand Lisbeth Salander. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Mike Austin - Nov 29,2011 | The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. J. K. Rowlings wildly popular Harry Potter books may appear to be simple childrens tales on the surface, but like Hogwarts, they conceal many hidden chambers, trapdoors, and perplexing secrets. Drawing on all seven books in the Harry Potter series, The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy offers a powerful brew of insights about good and evil, love, death, power, sacrifice, and hope. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Transcendental Meditation: Norman E. Rosenthal M.D - Nov 15,2011 | Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. In this definitive book on the scientifically proven health and stress-relieving benefits of Transcendental Meditation, a renowned psychiatrist and researcher explores why TM works, what it can do for you, and how to use it for maximum effect. Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a twenty-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation helping achieve a greater physical and mental health and wellness. Transcendence demystifies the practice and benefits of Transcendental Meditation for a general audience who may have heard about the method but do not necessarily know what it is, how it is learned, or what they stand to gain, physically and emotionally, from achieving transcendence. Dr. Rosenthal clearly and practically explains the basic ideas behind Transcendental Meditation: It is a nonreligious practice that involves sitting comfortably for twenty minutes twice a day while using a silent mantra, or nonverbal sound, to attain a profound state of aware relaxation. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urban Homesteading: Rachel Kaplan - Nov 01,2011 | Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. The urban homesteading movement is spreading rapidly across the nation. Urban Homesteading is the perfect “back-to-the- land” guide for urbanites who want to reduce their impact on the environment. Full of practical information, as well as inspiring stories from people already living the urban homesteading life, this colorful guide gives a clear understanding of the lifestyle to any reader. It embraces the core concepts of localization (providing our basic needs close to where we live), self-reliance (re-learning that food comes from the ground, not the grocery store), and sustainability (giving back at least as much as we take). Full of beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations and plenty of step-by-step instructions, this is a must-have handbook for city folk with a passion for the simple life. Visit http://urban-homesteading.org/ for more information. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Optimism Bias : Tali Sharot - Oct 25,2011 | The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain. Tali Sharot. From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives. Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali Sharot’s experiments, research, and findings in cognitive science have contributed to an increased understanding of the biological basis of optimism. In this fascinating exploration, she takes an in-depth, clarifying look at how the brain generates hope and what happens when it fails; how the brains of optimists and pessimists differ; why we are terrible at predicting what will make us happy; how emotions strengthen our ability to recollect; how anticipation and dread affect us; and how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional, and emotional decisions. With its cutting-edge science and its wide-ranging and accessible narrative, The Optimism Bias provides us with startling new insight into the workings of the brain. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Real Men Do Yoga: John Capouya - Oct 11,2011 | An excellent introduction to yoga for men. Sports writer Capouya presents a fun and useful guide to yoga that combines clear instructions with humor and that uses a normal-looking American man as its primary model. Beginning versions of classic yoga poses are explained along with "super charged" versions for those wanting more of a challenge. To appeal to the "inner athlete," there are numerous testimonials from well-known professional athletes. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Emotional Awareness: Paul Ekman - Sep 20,2011 | In this unparalleled series of conversations, the Dalai Lama and Ekman push toward answers to the central questions of emotional experience. What are the sources of hate and compassion? What does science reveal about Buddhist meditation, and what can Buddhism gain from the scientific method? Here, they invite us to join them in an unfiltered view of two great traditions and two great minds. Accompanied by commentaries on emotion research and Buddhist teachings, their interplay—amusing, challenging, eye-opening, and moving—guides us on a transformative journey in the understanding of emotions. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Authenticity Hoax: Andrew Potter - Sep 13,2011 | According to Potter (coauthor of Nation of Rebels), the cost of modernitys dismantling of traditional frameworks of truth and meaning has forced meaning and authenticity to become individual searches that are private and consumercentric. Potters lively cultural analysis combines an astute analysis of foundational antimodernist thought (in particular Rousseau) with savvy surveys of mass culture to flag the pitfalls and ironies of the modern obsession with authenticity in its every incarnation (authentically punk, spiritual, environmentally conscious) from our jeans to our celebrities. Potter champions a mitigation of modernitys negative, alienating effects rather than a rejection of modernity, and his characterizations of antimodernists can be dismissive to the point of oversimplifying a large and varied spectrum of dissent from the status quo. But in redeeming modernity from primitivists, apocalyptic doom-mongers, and more subtle critics, the author offers a shrewd and lively discussion peppered with pop culture references and a stimulating reappraisal of the romantic strain in modern life. . | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Sense of People - Sep 06,2011 | Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality. Drawing on extensive research, renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist Samuel Barondes gives you powerful, easy-to-use tools for understanding what people are really like and how they got to be the way they are. These tools will provide you with a system for assessing the person’s traits, character, and sense of identity, and then putting these elements together into a unified picture. | 9/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values - Aug 02,2011 | Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China. Stacey (In the Name of the Family), a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, spent over a decade interviewing and observing families in California, South Africa, and China for this scrupulously researched and moving portrait of family diversity across three continents and cultures. The first section is devoted to gay men living, loving, and parenting in tony West Hollywood. Stacey uses the experiences of her 50 subjects to examine both sides of the gay-marriage debate. The theory that legalizing gay marriage will lead to the legalization of polygamy takes Stacey to South Africa, where both same-sex and plural marriages are legal. She examines the history and modern interpretation of polygamy and asks if the practice might not offer some potential benefits to women and their children. Finally, Stacey turns her keen analysis on the Mosuo people of southwest China, who have rejected marriage for multigenerational households in which children are raised by their mothers and maternal family. Throughout her travels and exhaustive research, Stacey pokes and prods, and eagerly calls into question everything we think we know about love, marriage, and the baby in the baby carriage. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Modern Gentleman - Jul 26,2011 | The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy and Vice. Ladies and Gentlemen, How to LiveYoure a pretty slick guy who always says "please" and "thank you." But do you possess gentlemanly knowledge, such as the correct way to drink Armagnac, or how to make interesting conversation in elevators? And what about holding doors open for women? Phineas Mollod and Jason Tesauro have written The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice to educate men on the finer points of life, from the barber shop to the opera. This thorough guide covers skinny-dipping, flirting, wine, card playing, sleeper trains, apologizing to lovers, e-mail, gift-giving and more, making it a must-have for every etiquette-conscious guy. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Trust: John Gottman - Jul 19,2011 | The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples For the past thirty-five years, John Gottman’s research has been internationally recognized for its unprecedented ability to precisely measure interactive processes in couples and to predict the long-term success or failure of relationships. In this groundbreaking book, he presents a new approach to understanding and changing couples: a fundamental social skill called “emotional attunement,” which describes a couple’s ability to fully process and move on from negative emotional events, ultimately creating a stronger relationship. Gottman draws from this longitudinal research and theory to show how emotional attunement can downregulate negative affect, help couples focus on positive traits and memories, and even help prevent domestic violence. He offers a detailed intervention devised to cultivate attunement, thereby helping couples connect, respect, and show affection. Emotional attunement is extended to tackle the subjects of flooding, the story we tell ourselves about our relationship, conflict, personality, changing relationships, and gender. Gottman also explains how to create emotional attunement when it is missing, to lay a foundation that will carry the relationship through difficult times. Gottman encourages couples to cultivate attunement through awareness, tolerance, understanding, non-defensive listening, and empathy. These qualities, he argues, inspire confidence in couples, and the sense that despite the inevitable struggles, the relationship is enduring and resilient. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mindsight: Daniel J Siegel - Jul 12,2011 | Siegel (Parenting from the Inside Out) combines Western neuroscience with Eastern meditation in an exciting exploration of how a troubled mind can right itself. Drawing on current science and case studies, Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine, reinforces the idea that the power of reflection allows us to approach, rather than withdraw, from whatever life brings us. And learning to stay with a feeling, even a threatening one, is the beginning of discovering that this emotion is just a set of neural firings in our brain. But there is also enormous hope—that therapy, sometimes even without medication, can guide a patient through life. Siegels method isnt a quick fix and doesnt sugarcoat reality: The mindful traits of serenity, courage and wisdom involve accepting our place in the order of things. He challenges his patients to a life of tough work and convincingly suggests it will be well worth the effort. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Christopher Germer - Jun 28,2011 | Christopher Germer presents an exciting synthesis of mindfulness and self-compassion that is much needed. Drawing upon decades of practice as a clinician and meditator, Dr. Germer offers a rich and insightful guide to emotional healing. Germer shows readers how to use mindfulness and self-compassion to open up to their pain and treat themselves with kindness. Ideal for recommendation those who stuggle with issues of shame, guilt and self blame. "The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions." http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Path-Self-Compassion-Yourself-Destructive/dp/1593859759/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309455046&sr=1-1 | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marriage Confidential; Pamela Haag - Jun 21,2011 | Marriage Confidential: The Post-Romantic Age of Workhorse Wives, Royal Children, Undersexed Spouses, and Rebel Couples Who are Rewriting the Rules. Pamela Haag has written the generational "big book" on modern marriage, a mesmerizing, sometimes salacious look at the semi-happy ambivalence lurking just below the surface of many marriages today. The spouses may rarely fight—they may maintain a sincere affection for each other—but one or both may harbor a melancholy sense that something important is missing. Remarkably, this side of the marriage story hasnt been told or analyzed—until now. Meticulously researched and injected with insightful firsthand accounts and welcome doses of humor, Marriage Confidential articulates for a generation that grew up believing they would "have it all" why they have ended up disenchanted. Haag introduces us to contemporary marriages where spouses act more like life partners than lovers; children occupy an uncontested position at the center of the marital relationship; and even the romantic staples of sexual fidelity and passion are assailed from all sides—so much so that spouses can end up having affairs online almost by accident. Blending tales from the front lines of matrimony with cultural history, surveys, and research covert-ops (such as joining an online affair-finding site and posting a personal ad in the New York Review of Books), Haag paints a detailed picture of the state of marriage today. And to show whats possible as well as whats melancholy in our post-romantic age, Haag seeks out marriages with a twist—rebels who are quietly brainstorming and evolving the scripts around career, money, social life, child rearing, and sex. Provocative but sympathetic, forward-thinking and bold, here, at last, is a manifesto for living large in marriage. | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The art of flourishing; Jeffrey Rubin - Jun 14,2011 | In this original and deeply revealing exploration of the self and relationships, Dr. Jeffrey Rubin brings the art of flourishing to life. The idea is startlingly simple: self-care is the foundation of intimacy, and intimacy is the culmination of self-care. The Art of Flourishing provides the reader with the tools necessary to thrive, to live a life of meaning, passion, and fulfillment. An expert on both Eastern meditative and Western psychotherapeutic traditions, Dr. Rubin draws on the best practices of each to create a new and accessible path to living authentically. His unique synthesis provides a remarkably lucid guide for handling our emotions wisely, discovering our purpose, and uncovering barriers to intimacy—the hidden emotional weeds that kill passion, such as conflicts over communication and power, boundaries and sexuality. Drawing from case examples and personal experiences, Rubin explains how to remove these obstacles to nurture empathy and mutual respect. Creating and cultivating a garden of love enables us to grow as individuals and nourish our connections with others. It widens our horizon of possibility, deepens our humanity, and helps us flourish, which is a priceless gift to the world. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Elephant in the Living Room; The Humane Society award - May 31,2011 | Every year, The Humane Society of the United States presents The Genesis Awards paying tribute to the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues. The Elephant in the Living Room won the best documentary. The Elephant in the Living Room is a documentary film about the controversial American subculture of raising the most dangerous animals in the world as common household pets. Director Michael Webber follows the journey of two men at the heart of the issue. One, Tim Harrison, a man whose mission is to protect exotic animals and the public, and the other, Terry Brumfield, a big-hearted man who struggles to keep his two pet African lions that he loves like his own family. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Elephant in the Living Room; The Humane Society award - May 31,2011 | Every year, The Humane Society of the United States presents The Genesis Awards paying tribute to the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues. The Elephant in the Living Room won the best documentary. The Elephant in the Living Room is a documentary film about the controversial American subculture of raising the most dangerous animals in the world as common household pets. Director Michael Webber follows the journey of two men at the heart of the issue. One, Tim Harrison, a man whose mission is to protect exotic animals and the public, and the other, Terry Brumfield, a big-hearted man who struggles to keep his two pet African lions that he loves like his own family. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair Proof Marriage - May 24,2011 | In the classic bestseller His Needs, Her Needs, Willard F. Harley, Jr., identifies the ten most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to satisfy those needs in their spouses. He provides guidance for becoming irresistible to your spouse and for loving more creatively and sensitively, thereby eliminating the problems that often lead to extramarital affairs. This revised and expanded edition has been updated throughout and includes new writing that highlights the special significance of intimate emotional needs in marriage. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The men's project - May 20,2011 | Broadcasting live from Canada this week, we visit with Rick Goodwin Director of "The Mens Project." The Mens Project is a non-profit charitable mens counselling agency that has been providing services to men and their families since 1997.The mens Project provides individual and couple counseling, as well as a specialized healing program for men who have experienced sexual or physical abuse as children, anger management, emotional intelligence and fathering.The services are specifically designed for men and professionally facilitated by accredited psychotherapists. | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House - May 10,2011 | Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House. Wabi-sabi is about appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial—the perfect antidote for a society in recovery from a decades-long consumerist binge. In 2004 The Wabi-Sabi House helped popularize this ancient Japanese philosophy in North America. Simply Imperfect is a fully revised and updated edition of The Wabi-Sabi House aimed at moving past our belief in life, liberty, and the pursuit of stuff to finding beauty in austerity, serenity, and authenticity.Far more than home decor, wabi-sabi is a state of mind: living modestly in the moment, stripping away the unnecessary, and finding satisfaction in everyday things. Simply Imperfect recounts wabi-sabi's rich history, tracing it from its Zen Buddhist roots through to the present day. This beautifully-illustrated book reveals ways to introduce wabi-sabi into your home such as:Clearing clutter and blocking noiseIntegrating salvaged and recycled materials Making and growing things yourself (or supporting local artisans who do)Taking time and space for self-reflectionWabi-sabi is everything that today's sleek, plastic, technology-saturated culture isn't. Simply Imperfect asks readers to see that mass-produced perfection is seductive but boring. This gentle book is for anyone who is overwhelmed by consumerism or whose focus has shifted from getting more to getting by.Robyn Griggs Lawrence is editor-in-chief of Natural Home magazine and a prolific writer and speaker on topics ranging from green building and ecological design to organic gardening. She has been instrumental in introducing the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi to a Western audience. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Facing Divorce: And How to Avoid Them - May 03,2011 | The Knowledge Every Man Needs for a Successful Divorce Each year 500,000 men will face divorce, and most of them make at least one crucial—and often irreversible—mistake. These errors might seem minor, such as moving out while things get sorted out, or thinking of “temporary” orders as being truly temporary. But when they get to court, these men discover they have put themselves in a terrible position. They may have to give up their house, pay impossibly high alimony, or even lose custody.You could be one of these men. But you don’t have to be. Joseph Cordell, the founder of the nation’s largest law firm focusing on men’s divorce and the creator of DadsDivorce.com, has seen the consequences of the mistakes men make. Drawing upon the huge number of cases that Cordell & Cordell has handled, this book identifies the 10 most common mistakes that end up hurting men in divorce. Cordell demystifies the divorce process, explains what judges consider in making their final decisions, and lays out a road map for positive actions men can take to achieve the best possible outcome. No man should face divorce without this book. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Five Friends - Apr 26,2011 | Early American writer and philosopher, Elbert Hubbard, said, “My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, you’ve had a great life.” Five Friends is the story of how one man sought to live that life. Beautifully shot, from the mountains of Southern California to the New England coastline, Five Friends captures the intimate relationships of a 65-year-old man and his five friends as they reflect on their lives together, support each other in personal struggle and mine the depths of meaningful friendship. Success, conflict, marriage, divorce, fatherhood, children and dying. These men reveal their fears and dreams to one another in a profound exploration of vulnerability and transparency among men. From touching moments to horrific tragedy and darkness, the spectrum of human emotion colors this breathtaking portrait. | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon - Apr 19,2011 | Terrell reprises the warts-and-all portrait of the mercurial Steve McQueen, aided by 32 pages of intimate photographs. Building on the foundation of his 1993 Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel, he delves into the actor's turbulent childhood with an alcoholic, free-loving mother and an absentee father, making for a combustible personality, constantly fighting for his sense of self, not trusting easily, and becoming an at-risk teen in trouble with the law. After a stint with the Marines, McQueen broke on the New York theater scene with an Actors Studio pedigree, a highly rated TV series, and a collection of blockbuster films including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Getaway, and Bullitt. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THE LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE - Apr 12,2011 | Skyrocketing phone bills. Layovers and missed flights. Countless hours spent pining, worrying, and wondering, Why do we do this to ourselves? Long-distance love can be one challenge afteranother, but as most committed couples will tell you, the rewards well outweigh the stresses. In this sensitive yet sensible guide, long-distance veterans Chris and Kate provide strategies for making the distance seem shorter and outline eight essential skills for relationship success:Communicating effectively. establishing mutual goals and expectations dealing with issues of trust, fidelity, and independence, having fun in spite of the distance Managing time, schedules, and stress Keeping the relationship real, balancing sex and emotional intimacy, making the transition to same-city livingBased on interviews with more than 100 couples and packed with knowledgeable tips and honest advice, THE LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE proves that, with patience and dedication, a loving relationship can not only survive but also thrive across the miles. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection - Apr 05,2011 | University of Chicago research psychologist Cacioppo shows in studies that loneliness can be harmful to our overall well-being. Loneliness, he says, impairs the ability to feel trust and affection, and people who lack emotional intimacy are less able to exercise good judgment in socially ambiguous situations; this makes them more vulnerable to bullying as children and exploitation by unscrupulous salespeople in old age. But Cacioppo and Patrick (editor of the Journal of Life Sciences) want primarily to apply evolutionary psychology to explain how our brains have become hard-wired to have regular contact with others to aid survival. So intense is the need to connect, say the authors, that isolated individuals sometimes form parasocial relations with pets or TV characters. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy - Mar 29,2011 | According to psychotherapist David Richo, all the major relationship struggles are fundamentally trust issues, whether it’s fear of commitment, fear of abandonment, communication problems, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling. In Daring to Trust, he explores the importance of trust throughout our emotional lives: how it develops in childhood and how it becomes an essential aspect of healthy adult relationships. Richo emphasizes that developing trust in others begins by developing true trust in ourselves—in our feelings, our body, and in our inner voice—and he offers practical exercises for exploring and enhancing our sense of trust. David Richo, PhD, is a therapist and author who leads popular workshops on personal and spiritual growth. He is known for drawing on Buddhist thought, poetry, and Jungian perspectives in his work. He is the author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships and The Five Things We Cannot Change. He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding Cormac McCarthy - Mar 22,2011 | Named by Harold Bloom as one of the most significant American novelists of our time, Cormac McCarthy has been honored with the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for All the Pretty Horses, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for The Road, and the coveted MacArthur Fellowship. Steven Frye offers a comprehensive treatment of McCarthy’s fiction to date, dealing with the author’s aesthetic and thematic concerns, his philosophical and religious influences, and his participation in Western literary traditions. Frye provides extensive readings of each novel, charting the trajectory of McCarthy’s development as a writer who invigorates literary culture both past and present through a blend of participation, influence, and aesthetic transformation. Frye provides scholars, students, and general readers alike with a clearly argued foundational examination of McCarthy’s novels in their historical and literary contexts as an ideal roadmap illuminating the author’s work as it charts the dark and mythic topography of the American frontier. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity - Mar 17,2011 | Which comes first--war or masculinity? The complex and shifting relationship between the two is the subject of this provocative selection, which reads as both military history and an exploration of gender. Leo Braudy is interested in what it is to be a man, particularly in wartime, and how the technological evolution of warfare has altered what makes a male a man. Understanding masculine sexual identity is the key, he argues, particularly in the early modern period, when stirrings of female emancipation led to fear of impotence and inadequacy, while gunpowder simultaneously blew battlefield honor into new forms. Pirates, cowboys, adventurers, and sports figures all emerge as the modern world's masculine archetypes, and manliness in combat becomes a new way of coping with the madness of war. | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Men: Manliness in Early America - Mar 08,2011 | In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote, “What then, is the American, this new man? He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced.” In casting aside their European mores, these pioneers, de Crèvecoeur implied, were the very embodiment of a new culture, society, economy, and political system. But to what extent did manliness shape early America's character and institutions? And what roles did race, ethnicity, and class play in forming masculinity? Thomas A. Foster and his contributors grapple with these questions in New Men, showcasing how colonial and Revolutionary conditions gave rise to new standards of British American manliness. Focusing on Indian, African, and European masculinities in British America from earliest Jamestown through the Revolutionary era, and addressing such topics that range from slavery to philanthropy, and from satire to warfare, the essays in this anthology collectively demonstrate how the economic, political, social, cultural, and religious conditions of early America shaped and were shaped by ideals of masculinity. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Psychology of Superheroes: An Unauthorized Exploration - Mar 01,2011 | Unmasking superhuman abilities and double lives, this analysis showcases nearly two dozen psychologists as their essays explore the minds of pop culture’s most intriguing and daring superheroes, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, and the X-Men. Exposing the inner thoughts that these reclusive heroes would only dare share with trained professionals, heady experts give detailed psychoanalyses of what makes specific superheroes tick while answering such questions as Why do superheroes choose to be superheroes? Why is there so much prejudice against the X-Men mutants? What makes Spider-Man so altruistic? and Why are supervillains so aggressive? Additionally, the essays tackle why superheroes have such an enduring effect on American culture. | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World - Feb 22,2011 | Bestselling author David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam, investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside all of us. David Ewing Duncan takes "guinea pig" journalism to the cutting edge of science, building on award-winning articles he wrote for Wired and National Geographic, in which he was tested for hundreds of chemicals and genes associated with disease, emotions, and other traits. Expanding on these tests, he examines his genes, environment, brain, and body, exploring what they reveal about his and his family's future health, traits, and ancestry, as well as the profound impact of this new self-knowledge on what it means to be human. David Ewing Duncan (San Francisco, CA) is the Chief Correspondent of public radio's Biotech Nation and a frequent commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. He is a contributing editor to Portfolio, Discover, and Wired and a columnist for Portfolio. His books include the international bestseller Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year (978-0-380-79324-2). He is a former special producer and correspondent for ABC's Nightline, and appears regularly on CNN and programs such as Today and Good Morning America. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love - Feb 17,2011 | Profiles of 37 great Western thinkers, detailing the sometimes lurid, always disastrous ways their love lives imploded. The brisk biographies paint a picture of the pitfalls of marriage, dating, and love, but also a philosophy primer. And after learning that Louis Althusser œaccidentally murdered his wife, that Albert Camus divorced his wife after discovering she was sleeping with a doctor in exchange for morphine, that Friedrich Nietzsche engaged in sexual i*********e on several occasions œon doctor™s orders,and that Martin Heidegger discovered his son was the product of an affair between his wife and a family friend, almost everyone will feel better about his or her love life. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop Calling Him Honey & Start Having Sex - Feb 08,2011 | Start Having Sex is a smart, sassy, and honest guide for women of all ages, and looks at the root causes of sexual boredom in a revolutionary way. Authors Maggie Arana and Julienne Davis have discovered that it's the everyday things we say and do that sabotage sexual chemistry. They dare to pull back the sheets to examine the subtle yet powerful ways we're dulling our desire for our partners, while giving simple and practical solutions to rekindle the fire in our relationships. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying - Feb 01,2011 | Premarital Sex in America combines illuminating personal stories and comprehensive research surveys to provide the fullest portrait of heterosexuality among young adults ever produced. Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker draw upon a wealth of survey data as well as scores of in-depth interviews with young adults from around the country, both in and out of college. Digging underneath stereotypes and unexamined assumptions, the authors offer compelling--and often surprising--answers to such questions as: How do the emotional aspects of sexual relations differ between young men and women? What role do political orientations play in their sexual relations? How have online dating and social networking sites affected the relationships of emerging adults? Why are young people today waiting so much longer to marry? How prevalent are nontraditional forms of sex, and what do people think of them? To better understand what drives the sexual behaviors of emerging adults, Regnerus and Uecker pay special attention to two important concepts: sexual scripts, the unwritten and often unconscious rules that guide sexual behavior and attitudes; and sexual economics, a theory which suggests that the relative scarcity of men on college campuses contributes to the "hookup" culture by allowing men to diminish their level of commitment and thereby lower the "price" they have to "pay" for sex. For anyone wishing to understand how sexual relations between young adults have changed and are changing, Premarital Sex in America will serve as a touchstone for years to come. | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, and the Politics of Progressive Era Reform - Jan 25,2011 | Kevin P. Murphy has brought Progressivism, gender history, and the history of sexuality together in a new and entirely original manner. The book helps us understand the gender components of Progressivism, but by bringing in themes from the history of sexuality and gender history. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age - Jan 11,2011 | Our discombobulated Internet Age could learn important new tricks from some very old thinkers, according to this incisive critique of online life and its discontents. Journalist Powers bemoans the reigning dogma of digital maximalism that requires us to divide our attention between ever more e-mails, text messages, cellphone calls, video streams, and blinking banners, resulting, he argues, in lowered productivity and a distracted life devoid of meaning and depth. In a nifty and refreshing turn, he looks to ideas of the past for remedies to this hyper-modern predicament: to Plato, who analyzed the transition from the ancient technology of talking to the cutting-edge gadgetry of written scrolls; to Shakespeare, who gave Hamlet the latest in Elizabethan information apps, an erasable notebook; to Thoreau, who carved out solitary spaces amid the press of telegraphs and railroads. | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bond of Brothers: Connecting with Other Men beyond Work, Weather and Sports - Jan 04,2011 | Why are they so afraid to be known? According to Wes Yoder in Bond of Brothers, a whole lot of insecurity, secrets, shame, and silence keep men from growing strong in the broken places.For Yoder, addressing the problem is not about planting the flag for one's manhood by joining a mass movement for men, nor is it necessary for men to 'sire a herd or shoot a moose to authenticate their manhood.' Yoder calls disappointed, disenchanted, and lonely men to authenticity. To rediscover joy. To find satisfaction. In Bond of Brothers, men will discover: Why your career and performance at work are not your identity * How to defeat the fears that come to a man in the 'Tough Years' What to do when you are too worried to forgive. | 1/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The secret lives of men year in review 2010 - Dec 28,2010 | Join us as we count down the top five most popular programs of 2010 on "The Secret Lives of Men." | 12/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ego-Less SELF: Achieving Peace & Tranquility Beyond All Understanding” - Dec 21,2010 | The Ego-Less SELF is a journey of discovery and a return to the deepest truth. It looks closely at the notion of 'spiritual transformation' by first showing you how the ego develops over time to cause suffering in our lives. Once the ego is stripped away, the pathways to the self—heart, mind, and action—can begin to work. With a broad range of spiritual influences, from the Bible to Zen Buddhism, The Ego-Less SELF sets out to deflate the ego to let the true self shine through. You will begin to learn how to get rid of resentments, surrender the ego's unconscious programs for happiness, and employ simple techniques to increase contact with consciousness. The road to self is not about trying to acquire anything but rather the willingness to surrender all of our egoistic ways, thus taking us back to that which we are—the purest self.Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D., is a partner and board member of American Enterprises Solutions, Inc. An expert in behavioral medicine for over 20 years, he has authored more that 30 journal articles, 14 books and pamphlets, and the bestseller Cocaine: Dependency to Recovery and Roadblocks to Recovery. He has received the Gooderham Award for outstanding contributions to the alcohol and drug addiction field and lives in Apopka, Florida. | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Rethinking Relationships” Steve Duck - Dec 14,2010 | In this book, Steve Duck challenges students to re-examine their assumptions about relationships. Duck shows that in order to understand relationships properly, students must understand the roles that society, language, our taken-for-granted assumptions, and other people who share those assumptions play in the conduct of relationships. Steve has focused on the development and decline of relationships from many different perspectives although he has also done research on the dynamics of television production techniques and persuasive messages in health contexts. Steve has written or edited 50 books on relationships and other matters (including Rethinking Relationships, forthcoming from SAGE), was the founder of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and its editor for its first 15 years. His 1994 book Meaningful Relationships: Talking, Sense and Relating won the G R Miller Book Award from the Interpersonal Division of the National Communication Association. | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Male Gift Giving Survival Guide" TIM CONNER - Dec 07,2010 | This book is must reading for every male. Giving the woman in your life a gift that she doesn't want, like or need can cause tears or even the breakup of the relationship. This book will guarantee that you never again ever give her a BAD gift. The chapters include: Twenty common gift giving mistakes, Twenty rules for better gift giving, real life examples of great gifts as well as terrible gifts that women have received. A gift giving journal and much more. About the Author Tim is the CEO of - Connor Resource Group, Peak Performance Institute and American Conferences in Davidson, NC. He has been a full time professional speaker, personal and business coach, trainer and best selling author since 1973, and has given over 4500 presentations in twenty countries on a variety of sales, management and relationship topics. He is the author of 60 books including the international best sellers, Soft Sell , That’s Life, The Ancient Scrolls and The Last Good Bye. | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"This is the Moment" Walter Green - Nov 30,2010 | "This is the Moment: How One Man’s Yearlong Journey Captured the Power of Extraordinary Gratitude."This transformative work is about to take you on one man’s extraordinary journey of gratitude. Over the course of a year, Walter Green traveled throughout the United States (and even abroad) to visit 44 of the people who have significantly impacted his life at various stages—be it as a young man trying to find his way in the world, a businessman building his career and family, or a man who sold his company and found new meaning in mentoring and philanthropy. During these visits, Walter conveyed his profound gratitude in a purposeful and explicit way. He wanted to tell these men and women how much they mattered to him before anyone’s health or life was compromised and the opportunity was missed. In this inspirational gem of a book, not only will you accompany Walter on his gratitude journey, but you’ll also find yourself greatly moved by all that resulted from these powerful encounters. And as you read, you’ll acquire the tools to create meaningful conversations with your own “road-changers,” no matter what your age or life circumstance. These individuals could be family members, friends, teachers, colleagues, counselors, or any number of others who have influenced you. Your expressions of appreciation will undoubtedly enrich your relationships with them . . . and will provide you with amazing insights into your own life as well. | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dancing inthe Dark Morris Dickstein - Nov 23,2010 | Dickstein a professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center, surveys a panorama of art that includes high-brow masterpieces and mass entertainments, grim proletarian novels and frothy screwball comedies, haunting photographs of dust bowl poverty and elegant art deco designs. He finds the scene a jumble of fertile contradictions—between outward-looking naturalism and introspective modernism, social consciousness and giddy escapism, a hard-boiled, increasingly desperate individualism and a new vision of singing, dancing, collective solidarity—which somehow cohered into extraordinary attempts to cheer people up—or else to sober them up. While tracing the social meanings of culture, like the Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers collaboration, which expressed the inner radiance that was one true bastion against social suffering. The result is a fascinating portrait of a distant era that still speaks compellingly to our own | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force" Daniel Wallace - Nov 16,2010 | This ancient training manual, crafted by early Jedi Masters, has educated and enlightened generations of Jedi. It explains the history and hierarchy of the Jedi Order, and what Jedi must know to take their place as defenders of the peace in the galaxy—from mastery of the Force to the nuances of lightsaber combat. Passed down from Master to Padawan, the pages of this venerable text have been annotated by those who have held it, studied it, and lived its secrets. From Yoda and Luke Skywalker to Count Dooku and Darth Sidious, they have shaped the content of the book by leaving mementos tucked within the pages, tearing out pages, and adding their personal experiences as tangible reminders of the lessons they’ve learned. Created in collaboration with Lucasfilm—along with an acclaimed Star Wars author Daniel Wallace and revered Star Wars illustrators—this volume provides new insights into the history and lore of the Jedi Order while introducing never-before-seen ships, creatures, characters, and details about how one trains to become a Jedi. | 11/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Hidden Truth: Young Men Navigating Lives In and Out of Juvenile Prison" Adam Reich - Nov 09,2010 | Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came to know, and in the process extends theories of masculinity, crime, and social reproduction into a provocative new paradigm. Reich suggests that young men's participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve "outsider masculinity." Once in prison these same youths are forced to reconcile their criminal practices with a new game and new "insider masculinity" enforced by guards and administrators. | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Invisible Presence." MICHAEL GURIAN - Oct 26,2010 | “The Invisible Presence: How a Man's Relationship with his Mother affects all his Relationships with Women.” Whether he’s conscious of it or not, a man’s mother is the model for just about every relationship with a woman he has for the rest of his life. Sometimes it’s obvious (just ask his wife or girlfriend), sometimes it’s more subtle, but when you see it, it becomes crystal clear. For fifteen years, this book has helped men understand their mothers’ pervasive influence over the way they relate to women—both the positive and negative aspects of it. But more than that, it has helped thousands of men break free of old relationship patterns. Gurian gives men a wealth of practical exercises and meditations they can use to recognize their mothers’ influence in relationships, and to establish a healthy and rewarding new basis for relationships that will benefit themselves and the women in their lives as well. | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Is There Anything Good about Men? ” ROY BAUMEISTER - Oct 19,2010 | “Is There Anything Good about Men? How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men.” Roy Baumeister offers provocative answers to these and many other questions about the current state of manhood in America. Baumeister argues that relations between men and women are now and have always been more cooperative than antagonistic, that men and women are different in basic ways, and that successful cultures capitalize on these differences to outperform rival cultures. Amongst our ancestors---as with many other species--only the alpha males were able to reproduce, leading them to take more risks and to exhibit more aggressive and protective behaviors than women, whose evolutionary strategies required a different set of behaviors. Whereas women favor and excel at one-to-one intimate relationships, men compete with one another and build larger organizations and social networks from which culture grows. But cultures in turn exploit men by insisting that their role is to achieve and produce, to provide for others, and if necessary to sacrifice themselves. Baumeister shows that while men have greatly benefited from the culture they have created, they have also suffered because of it. Men may dominate the upper echelons of business and politics, but far more men than women die in work-related accidents, are incarcerated, or are killed in battle--facts nearly always left out of current gender debates. Roy F. Baumeister is the Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at Florida State University. The Institute for Scientific Information lists him among the handful of most cited (most influential) psychologists in the world. He is the co-editor, with John Baer and James Kaufman, of Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will and The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life. | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Being the Strong Man a Woman Wants” ELLIOTT KATZ - Oct 11,2010 | "Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants" is about what a man can do to make things better with the woman in his life. Challenging many of the confusing messages of the past 30 years, it explains why many relationships today aren t working and what a man can do to make things better. | 10/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Possible Masculinity" Jon Davies Ph.D. & David Shen-Miller Ph.D. - Oct 05,2010 | Join my guests Jon Davies Ph.D. & David Shen-Miller Ph.D. to discuss "Possible Masculinity." in which men aspire and set future goals for their identities and behaviors based on what men need to become healthy,responsible, and nurturing in their families and communities. Possible Masculinity is a key component of the Men’s Center Approach (MCA)developed at University of Oregon to help college men.Join us to discuss their new article on the topic in "Professional Psychology: Research and Practice." | 10/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HELEN FISHER “Why Him? Why Her? How to Find and Keep Lasting Love” - Sep 28,2010 | "Why Him? Why Her?" provides a new way to understand relationships, whether you’re searching for one or eager to strengthen the one you have. Fisher tells you not only what type of person you might have chemistry with but how to find them, attract them, and keep them. Once you know the personality profile of the partner you’re with—or hope to find—you can use your knowledge of how your types match up to improve your love life. More than seven million people in forty countries have learned Fisher’s techniques. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SAM KEEN "Fire in the Belly" & “In the Absence of God” - Sep 21,2010 | Keen argued in "Fire in the Belly" that men must redefine their identities, going beyond the modern rites of manhood--alienating work, war, performance-oriented sex--the new male "psychonaut" brings forth meaning by undertaking "a spiritual journey into the self." In his latest book, "In the Absence of God" Keen sets out to recover the elemental experience of the sacred in everyday life. By appreciating emotions like wonder, gratitude, anxiety, joy, grief, reverence, compassion, outrage, hope and humility we may once again find ourselves in the presence of an unknowable but all present “G-D.” Keen suggests we may also regain the commonalities between Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other spirit traditions and end the contentious differences that have divided them and our world. | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MIKE MADRID “Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, & the History of Comic Book” - Sep 14,2010 | The "Supergirls,” is a book about the evolution of female comic-book characters. The portrayal of sirens and supergirls echoes society's ever-changing feelings about women men, and gender roles. Mike Madrid, is a San Francisco-based popular culture editor for Exterminating Angel Press, and the creator of heaven4heroes.com, where comic book fantasies come to life. His book informs and entertains readers with a new look at modern day icons. | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BERTRAND PELLEGRIN: Branding the Man - Sep 07,2010 | Men are purchasing more clothes, shoes, health and beauty products, and personal care services than ever before. To better attract this new wave of interested consumers, products in the U.S. must be merchandised and sold in a completely different manner. The design and branding of a man’s store ought to make men want to go shopping. Branding the Man offers retailers, buyers, and marketers strategic solutions to revolutionize men’s retail via some relatively simple conceptual strategies. Bertrand Pellegrin utilizes his years as a retail strategist to help retailers understand classic men’s environments ones where men are most naturally inclined to spend time and leverage the opportunities which arise from these comfort zones to engage and sell to the male customer. | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DAVID SHEN-MILLER: - Aug 31,2010 | August programs are dedicated to the exploration of men and masculinity on the worldwide level; this approach is in conjunction with the release of the new book, “An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical Innovations" (The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men. This month’s guests, each a contributor to the book, discusses their research and clinical work with men. Today’s guest is DAVID SHEN-MILLER. Our topic is the international psychology of men. | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William Ming Liu: Migration and Masculinity - Aug 24,2010 | August programs are dedicated to the exploration of men and masculinity on the worldwide level; this approach is in conjunction with the release of the new book, “An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical Innovations" (The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men. This month’s guests, each a contributor to the book, discusses their research and clinical work with men. Today’s guest is William Ming Liu, (The University of Iowa). Our topic is migration and masculinity. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gilles Tremblay :Therapeutic Work with More Traditional Men - Aug 17,2010 | August programs are dedicated to the exploration of men and masculinity on the worldwide level; this approach is in conjunction with the release of the new book, “An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical Innovations" (The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men. This month’s guests, each a contributor to the book, discusses their research and clinical work with men. Today’s guest is Gilles Tremblay (École de service social Université Laval, Canada. Our topic is therapeutic Work with More Traditional Men. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lina A Ricciardelli: Health Risk Behaviors - Aug 16,2010 | August programs are dedicated to the exploration of men and masculinity on the worldwide level; this approach is in conjunction with the release of the new book, “An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical Innovations" (The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men. This month’s guests, each a contributor to the book, discusses their research and clinical work with men. Today’s guest is Lina A Ricciardelli (School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia).Our topic is the Role of Masculinity and Femininity in the Development and Maintenance of Health Risk Behaviors. | 8/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Travis A. Ryan - Aug 05,2010 | August programs are dedicated to the exploration of men and masculinity on the worldwide level; this approach is in conjunction with the release of the new book, “An International Psychology of Men: Theoretical Advances, Case Studies, and Clinical Innovations" (The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men. This month’s guests, each a contributor to the book, discusses their research and clinical work with men. Today’s guest is Travis A. Ryan a graduate of the National University of Ireland-Galway. Our topic is men’s body image. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JEFF WILSER "The Plunge" - Jul 27,2010 | The Plunge Blog, Community Forums, Ask an Expert specific questions, Advice on Getting Engaged & Married, Toolbox for Men (i.e., bachelor party, honeymoon guide). Link to the Plunge Press Release: http://www.theplunge.com/inthepress/ the-plunge-press-release | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Love Letters of Great Men" John C. Kirkland - Jul 22,2010 | When words of love do not come to you on their own, then read these letters. Complete, actual love letters of great men like Lord Byron, John Keats and Voltaire. Leaders like Henry VIII, George Washington. Artists like van Gogh, Mozart, and Beethoven, who famously penned, 'Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved...' Dozens of intimate letters, coupled with over a score of period illustrations. Plus fascinating biographies, and insights into the couples' relationships-how they got there, the obstacles they faced, and what happened next. Poet warriors, from the first through the twentieth century, including: Ovid, Sir Walter Raleigh, Goethe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, Shelley, Robert Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Pierre Curie, George Bernard Shaw, Jack London, Admiral Peary, Woodrow Wilson, and many more. | 7/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ROBERT GLOVER "No More Mr. Nice Guy” - Jul 13,2010 | This controversial e-book phenomenon became a best-seller and landed its author, a certified marriage and family therapist, on The O'Reilly Factor and the Rush Limbaugh radio show. Dr. Robert Glover has devoted his career as a psychotherapist to freeing men from what he was dubbed the "Nice Guy Syndrome"-trying too hard to please others while neglecting their own needs, thus causing unhappiness and resentfulness. It's no wonder that unfulfilled Nice Guys lash out in frusteration at their loved ones, claims Dr. Glover. He explains how they can stop seeking approval and start getting what they want in life, by presenting the information and tools to help them ensure their needs are met, to express their emotions, to have a satisfying sex life, to embrace their masculinity and form meaningful relationships with other men, and to live up to their creative potential. | 7/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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KENNETH DOKA Ph.D. "Grieving Beyond Gender" - Jul 06,2010 | "Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn" is a revision of "Men Don’t Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief." In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of "styles or patterns of grieving" – a model that has generated both research and acceptance since the publication of the first edition in 1999. In that book, as well as in this revision, Doka and Martin explore the different ways that individuals grieve, noting that gender is only one factor that affects an individual’s style or pattern of grief. The book differentiates intuitive grievers, where the pattern is more affective, from instrumental grievers, who grieve in a more cognitive and behavioral way, while noting other patterns that might be more blended or dissonant. The model is firmly grounded in social science theory and research. A particular strength of the work is the emphasis placed on the clinical implications of the model on the ways that different types of grievers might best be supported through individual counseling or group support. | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elaine Magee "The Recipe Doctor." - Jun 29,2010 | Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, is known through her nationally syndicated column on WebMD.com as "The Recipe Doctor." She is the author of 25 books on nutrition and health cooking, including the revolutionary Food Synergy, as well as other bestselling titles in the Tell Me What to Eat series, covering type-2 diabetes, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and other important health issues. We discuss her new book, "Tell Me What to Eat If I Suffer From Heart Disease" | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Whip Smart” MELISSA FEBOS - Jun 15,2010 | Melissa Febos came to New York city as a college freshman to attend New School. She found herself two years later juggling her 4.0 GPA along with her job as a dominatrix in Midtown. “Whip Smart” is the story of this double life and the journey she underwent. She offers keen insights about the motivations of her coworkers, clients, and even herself. She holds a MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and teaches at SUNY Purchase college. | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Trophy Kids Grow Up" Ron Alsop - Jun 08,2010 | Alsop, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, explores the emergence of the 80 million strong millennial generation into the workplace and the resulting ramifications in this insightful and in-depth look at Generation Y. Born between 1980 and 2001, millennials are a new breed of student, worker and global citizen, with distinctly different—often paradoxical—values and motivations. Millennials have a high sense of entitlement but are also philanthropic and community-minded; they set a high premium on career success but are incorrigible job-hoppers and rarely exhibit loyalty to any particular place of employment; their commitment is to self-determination and to garnering as many skills as possible before moving on in pursuit of their dream job. Based on data collected from interviews with student recruiters, particularly in management consulting, and at accounting and investment banking firms, Alsop explains how companies can take the lead in understanding and reaching out to Generation Y and what organizations can expect in their new hires. | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America - Jun 01,2010 | We discuss the cultural background of the TV show "Mad Men." This is set in the 1960s world of Madison Avenue advertising executives. Embedded in the show's three seasons there are hundreds of cultural nuggets that capture the historical themes of the mid-century - like the diminution of social order to the giant consumerist boom. Journalist and obsessive "Mad Men" fan Natasha Vargas-Cooper has collected and analyzed these nuggets reagrding the social mores of the mid-century. The book will take the richest references in the show and regard each as a cultural artifact - like the famous 1962 "Lucky Strike Ad", a reference to ad-dynamo Julian Keonig, or an Edo era painting that adorns a wall in Sterling Cooper headquarters. Each entry will highlight the cultural context and social history around each artifact. The book serves as a reader's companion to the show, and a discursive look at American history during the mid century. | 6/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Satchel: The Life & Times of an American Legend” - May 25,2010 | Join my guest Larry Tye to discuss his book “Satchel: The Life & Times of an American Legend.” This is the first biography on Satchel Paige, the premier pitcher of the Negro Leagues. Having interviewed more than 200 veteran fellow players of the Negro and Major Leagues, Tye is able to flesh out the Satchel Paige persona. Through the years in Jim Crow Alabama to his time with the all-black Monarchs, one of the powerhouses in segregated colored ball, Tye dissects Satchel's mastery of pitching, his accuracy, power and velocity, and signature pitch, the sizzler. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2nd National Psychotherapy with Men Conference: AARON ROCHLEN - May 18,2010 | Join my guests Aaron Rochlen Ph.D., & Mark Stevens Ph.D., to discuss the upcoming 2nd "National Psychotherapy with Men Conference" at UT, Austin, June 5th, 2010. For brochure & Complete Schedule: http://www.apa.org/divisions/div51/downloads/ Conference_Brochure_6-8-09%5B1%5D.pdf | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Conscious Bride and Groom" Sheryl Paul - May 11,2010 | Join our guest Sheryl Paul M.A. author of the "The Conscious Bride." Stereotypically, women are encouraged to focus on the planning of the wedding; this may act to contain the normal feelings or fear, grief and confusion; on the other hand, men may be encouraged to distance or defer to the bride on all matters of importance. We discuss the importance of both bride and groom being conscious in the emotionally preparation for a wedding. http://www.consciousweddings.com/ | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Male Studies: A Consortium of Scholars: Miles Groth - May 04,2010 | Male Studies: A Consortium of Scholars. Leading scholars concerned about today's men and boys recently convened at Wagner College on Staten Island to plan for a new academic discipline at the university level: Male Studies. It encompassed a broad range of topics relevant to the study of boys and men in contemporary society ranging from their roles in the family and workforce, as well as their physical and emotional health. Join our guest Miles Groth Ph.D. for this discussion. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'When Parents Hurt': Josh Coleman, Ph.D. - Apr 29,2010 | "When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along." JOSH COLEMAN. Parenting and relationship expert Coleman points out that one can be a devoted parent and still have things run amok. Parents who have made mistakes and those who haven't can both be involved in a hurtful relationship with an older child; Coleman's focus is on helping the parent cope and carry on. Coleman provides strategies for managing the guilt and regret that can arise in parents as children grow into teens and young adults. He advises parents to take responsibility for their past actions, to make amends, to forgive both themselves and their children, and to move guilt and shame to the background and gratitude to the foreground. | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Ticking is the Bomb" NICK FLYNN - Apr 20,2010 | Award-winning poet/author Flynn uses his daughter's imminent birth as a catalyst to examine personal and political precariousness. Flynn jumps back and forth in covering his rocky childhood (his parents: a distraught, hard-living single mother; an ex-con, mentally wrecked father who was largely absent from Flynn's childhood), his struggles with women and sobriety, and adjusting to his daughter's arrival. Flynn’s memoir is a swirl of introspection and anguish. | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men” - Apr 13,2010 | “Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men” Dr. John Rich. The high level of violence in certain African American communities makes young men feel physically, psychologically, and socially unsafe. The statistics startle: homicide death rates are more than 17 times higher for young black men than their white counterparts. However, Rich observes, ironically, these violent young men seem to be looking for safety in a fierce world. Rich, is the Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health. | 4/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Mankind Project” GEORGE DARANYI - Apr 06,2010 | “The Mankind Project” GEORGE DARANYI. The Chairman of the ManKind Project, George Daranyi, discussed various aspects of the organization. This includes: Mature Masculinity, men's rite of passage experiences, and the importance of mentoring. More than 45,000 men have experienced the "New Warrior Training Adventure," over the past 25 years. | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Packaging Boyhood” MARK TAPPAN/SHARON LAMB - Mar 30,2010 | Based upon a survey of over 600 boys from across the U.S., the authors offer an in depth look at what boys are watching, reading, hearing. "Packaging Boyhood" offers keen insights and advice on how to talk with sons about media images and notions of masculinity (e.g., the jock, slacker, cool pose, etc). | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Way of the Peaceful Warrior” DAN MILLMAN - Mar 23,2010 | "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" is a beloved spiritual saga and coming-of-age story. This multimillion-copy word-of-mouth bestseller has been translated into more than twenty languages and has inspired men and women of all ages worldwide. Dan Millman is a world-champion athlete, gymnastics coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor. | 3/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Adonis Complex” ROBERT OLIVARDIA - Mar 16,2010 | The Body Beautiful ideal induces feelings of inadequacy not only among women and girls, but, also increasingly, among men and boys. Drawing upon clinical work, research, Olivardia suggests that a growing numbers of males are exhibiting compulsive behaviors, chronic depressions, eating disorders, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and are engaging in the use of dangerous steroids and "supplements" to assuage their feelings of inadequacy. | 3/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Decline of Men" GUY GARCIA - Mar 09,2010 | GUY GARCIA, “The Decline of Men: How the American Male is Turning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future.” Garcia explores disturbing trends of men leading increasingly socially isolated lives and dropping out of high school and college in record numbers. According to the author, modern men have failed to forge a new and productive role. Garcia charts the changing societal roles of both men and women, illustrating how and why men have become so confused about what defines masculinity; some men flirt with hollow substitute identities: (e.g., Jackass cutlure, gangster culture, etc). These have reductively led men away from compassion, responsibility and family. Garcia offers how men might reclaim their identity and place in modern America. | 3/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Other Side of Sadness” GEORGE BONANNO - Mar 02,2010 | Columbia University Clinical Psychology Professor GEORGE BONANNO takes on the conventional wisdom about grieving. There's little evidence to support the existence of stages of mourning or the corollary that if the stages aren't followed completely, there's cause for alarm. What Bonanno does find is a natural resilience that guides us through the sadness of loss; it also elicits the compassion and concern that humans are hard-wired to offer in response to another's suffering. Bonanno acknowledges that grief is sometimes extreme and requires treatment but he approaches his work in a thoughtful, kindhearted way; stories of loss go far beyond striking a familiar chord—they give us hope. | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: JOSEPH BAILEY - Feb 23,2010 | "Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How to Create a More Peaceful, Simpler Life from the Inside Out." With sage tips reminiscent of those in Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are, Joseph Bailey recommends a "Psychology of Mind" approach that involves being fully present in each situation and not letting the attitudes of others ruin your day. This way, your thoughts become more organized--wiser, if you will--and you get more work done without even trying. This time management trick is what he says will improve your life--not a cell phone or an electronic scheduler or a personal assistant. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Art of Manliness” BRETT MCKAY - Feb 16,2010 | Taking lessons from classic gentlemen such as Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, authors Brett and Kate McKay have created a collection of the most useful advice every man needs to know to live life to its full potential. This book contains a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to social skills to advice on how to improve your character. Whether you are braving the wilds with your friends, courting your girlfriend or raising a family, inside you’ll find practical information and inspiration for every area of life. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide” FRANK MINITER - Feb 09,2010 | Frank Miniter, a former Senior Editor of "Outdoor Life,” discusses “The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide.” Presented in seven sections--survivor, provider, athlete, hero, romantic, cultured man, and philosopher--Miniter teaches guys the skills, attitudes, and philosophies that include: how to fight off a bear; how to set a dislocated joint; how to pick the perfect cigar and bottle of wine. Clearly written and packed with real-life anecdotes, as well as how-to illustrations, “The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide” teaches men that any guy can be the ultimate man whether he is rescuing a lost hiker, plucking a child from a swift stream, or standing up against injustice. | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“ The Good Men Project” TOM MATLACK - Feb 02,2010 | "The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines of Modern Manhood" is a collection of first-person stories about what it means to be a man in America today -- from Pulitzer winners and Poet Laureates to ex-cons, Pro Football Hall of Famers and just regular guys. The authors describe their defining challenges, losses and triumphs through honest and simple truths, and are hoping to spark conversations about what it means to be a good man today. The stories in The Good Men Project are powerful, poignant, funny, and courageous. | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Maxims of Manhood" JEFF WILSER - Jan 26,2010 | Based in New York, Jeff Wilser has been researching the Maxims of Manhood for over 25 years, A former USMC Reserves squad leader, Wilser has been a regular online contributor to sites like GQ, MTV, and VH1, writing about dating, sex, nightlife, and pop culture. | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"The Paleo Diet" Loren Cordain Ph.D., - Jan 19,2010 | According to author Loren Cordain Ph.D., modern health and diet problems didn't start with the advent of packaged snack food, but much earlier--back at the dawn of the agricultural age many thousands of years ago. As humans became less nomadic and more dependent on high-carbohydrate diets, we left behind the diet we had evolved with, which is based on low-fat proteins and plenty of fruits and vegetables. Sugars, fats, and carbs were rare, if they were present at all, and survival required a steady, if low-key, level of activity. Cordain's book The Paleo Diet blends medical research with a healthy sprinkle of individual anecdotes, practical tips, and recipes designed to make his suggestions into a sustainable lifestyle, rather than a simple month-long diet; he even includes cooking recommendations and nationwide sources for wild game. | 1/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daryl Wizelman: Life Planning - Jan 12,2010 | Daryl Wizelman's personal story is that of a man who lived both a troubled and rewarding life. He has overcome a challenging childhood and ADD. Daryl built an incredibly successful business and married the woman of his dreams. Blinded by the attraction of money he saw the company that he built disintegrate before his eyes, leading to serious health conditions. From this personal rollercoaster, Daryl has developed practical tools and lessons that all of us can employ in our own lives and businesses. URL of the Web page to go to http://www.darylwizelman.com/ | 1/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joel SchwartzbergThe 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad - Jan 05,2010 | Joel Schwartzberg "The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad." Amusing, vulnerable essays about how a recently divorced guy learns how to be "Dad" while also growing as a human being. A great read for all fathers. | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The secret lives of men 2009 year in review - Dec 29,2009 | Join Ryan McKelley and I for a secret lives of men 2009 year in review. We will be discussing some of our favorite moments from the program and the world around us. | 12/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cheri Barton Ross MA, CT, “Pet Loss and Human Emotion" - Dec 22,2009 | An episode dedicated to man’s best friend. We are joined by Cheri Barton Ross MA, CT, author of “Pet Loss and Human Emotion: A Guide to Recovery” and “Pet Loss and Children.” On today’s program we discuss the important link between pet ownership and psychological health and well being. Likewise issues of bereavement are addressed when this powerful link is broken. Contact info forCheri Barton Ross MA, CT,: cheribross@aol.com | 12/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeremy Adam Smith "The Daddy Shift" - Dec 15,2009 | A growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who cut back on paid work to focus on raising children. But what happens when dads stay home? What do stay-at-home fathers struggle with—and what do they rejoice in? How does taking up the mother’s traditional role affect a father’s relationship with his partner, children, and extended family? And what does stay-at-home fatherhood mean for the larger society? In chapters that alternate between large-scale analysis and intimate portraits of men and their families, journalist Jeremy Adam Smith traces the complications, myths, psychology, sociology, and history of a new set of social relationships with far-reaching implications. | 12/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Smiler, PhD. "Young Men's Sexual Lives." - Dec 08,2009 | Andrew Smiler, PhD. "Young Men's Sexual Lives." When we think about the sex lives of teenage boys and young men, we expect them to be promiscuous and to be willing to do just about anything to have sex. Yet research into the sexual behavior and desires of teenage boys and young men shows us that few teenage boys and young men fit this pattern. Contrary to the stereotype, most boys are monogamous and want to establish an emotional connection to their partners. Andrew Smiler PhD., joins us to discuss his research. Dr. Smiler is a visiting assistant professor of psychology at Wake Forest University; prior to that, an assistant professor of psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego. http://andrewsmiler.wordpress.com/ | 12/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heroes of the Blue Sky Rebellion. Jack Kammer, MSW, MBA - Dec 01,2009 | Heroes of the Blue Sky Rebellion Do you have a son, a brother, a nephew you love? Maybe a young male friend or student you care about? Does he feel he has to act a certain way simply because he's male - a way that might not be best for him? The central idea of this book is that boys and young men are being harmed by cultural assumptions about masculinity that devalue and disregard both a boy’s inner and outer world. We adults need to address sexism against young men. The book is a quick and easy boy-friendly read. Jack Kammer, MSW, MBA is the director of the Center for Men and Boys in Social Policy, a public interest consultancy in Baltimore, Maryland USA. | 12/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Men and Loss, Dr. Jim O’Neil - Nov 24,2009 | Loss is a universal human experience. With that said, many men have difficulty working through and accepting the various forms of losses that occur over the course of a life time. This difficulty can be traced in part to how men are taught to approach grief related issues by using restrictive emotionality and control issues, both of which can inhibit working through process. We will explore how men can take painful loss experiences and transform them into meaningful life events. Our guest is Dr. Jim O’Neil, a pioneer in the area of the psychology of men. | 11/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shifting Gears: Finding Intimacy in Men's Friendships - Nov 17,2009 | "Shifting Gears: Finding Intimacy in Men's Friendships" is a photo-narrative project by Dr. Robert Heasley and Neal Wecker; photography by Deborah Halpern. This exhibit portrays close and intimate relationships between male friends. Because such relationships are rarely portrayed in popular culture and run counter to many common images of “being a man,” there is little opportunity for men to find models for these friendships or to experience the value they offer. Sadly most people do not know that such relationships exist, or are possible. "Shifting Gears" displays friendships that seem to transcend these barriers - friendships between two men; the exhibit attempted to capture these relationships through a combination of photographs and narratives. http://www.mensfriendships.org/index.html Robert Heasley is the current President of the American Men's Studies Association | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time Michael E. Addis Ph.D. - Nov 10,2009 | Michael E. Addis, Ph.D., joins us to discuss his book, "Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back." "Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time" offers self-activation techniques to: become more engaged with life, enjoy daily activities, feel more able to face challenges, and stop avoiding social situations. The aim of the book is to conquer the obstacles that keep depression going that making decisions based on moods and instead get back on track with life goals. The book offers the reader the ability to recognize the habits and patterns that fuel depression. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New York Times bestselling author, Garth Stein "THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN." - Nov 03,2009 | New York Times bestselling author, Garth Stein joins us to discuss his book "THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN." This episode highlights a bit of the "man's best friend" for a program about "The secret lives of men." Garth will read excerpts and discuss the background of his book. | 11/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Stern "For Certain I’m Hurtin" - Oct 27,2009 | Robert Stern, former television executive and author of “For Certain I’m Hurtin" Stern recounts his search for a lasting relationship at the end of his third marriage, as a well-weathered bachelor. Stern is a full time author and the father of three adult children. He has spent more than 30 years as an executive in the entertainment industry, working for companies such as 20th Century Fox Television, New World Entertainment and a Beverly Hills literary talent agency. Stern is currently writing his third book, “Microman USA.” | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Eric Klein: The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Prostate Cancer - Oct 20,2009 | Dr. Eric Klein: The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Prostate Cancer;Expert medical advice from one of the nation’s top-ranked hospitals for urology and cancer care. This year, more than 230,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, while 1 in 6 men will fight prostate cancer in their lives. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men over age 50. In The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Prostate Cancer, Dr. Eric A. Klein, ranked one of America’s best doctors, offers men the substantive information they need to prevent, treat, and even live well with prostate cancer. This excellent resource gives readers the trusted medical guidance Dr. Klein offers his patients, including: * The best diagnostic tests, new therapies, and medications currently being tested in clinical trials * Insight into the treatments that have been shown to be the most successful * Specific information about how to take charge of their health and live a healthier lifestyle * Personal stories of those who have triumphed over prostate cancer * Plus, advice on how they can treat this disease without losing their quality of life. | 10/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Ron Levant: Men’s reluctance to seek help. - Oct 13,2009 | Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP. MBA, is the former President of the American Psychological Association and current Editor of the journal, “Psychology of Men and Masculinity.” Dr Levant joins us to discuss his unique insights on men’s reluctance to seek help. Dr. Levant is the author of numerous books including “A New Psychology of Men,” a book that has reshaped the field. Questioning the traditional norms of the male role (such as the emphasis on aggression, competition, status, and emotional stoicism), “A New Psychology of Men,” shows how some male problems (such as violence, homophobia, devaluation of women, detached fathering, and neglect of health needs) are unfortunate by-products of the current process by which males are socialized. Dr. Levant is the Dean and a Professor of Psychology, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Akron. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Kiselica Ph.D.: Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals - Oct 06,2009 | Mark Kiselica Ph.D. discusses his book, "Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals." Dr. Kiselica provides clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males. This volume provides practitioners with case examples and shows consideration for race, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors for boys. The book creates a bridge between young men and professional helpers by providing school and mental health practitioners with a practical book on understanding and responding to the developmental and special issues of boys and male adolescent males. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Wexler Ph.D. "Men In Therapy" - Sep 29,2009 | An interview with Psychologist David Wexler Ph.D. discussing his new book, Men in Therapy."Dr. David Wexler presents an honest and valuable overview of the ways in which cultural norms and assumptions color the male experience of psychotherapy. He explains how the traditional notions of masculinity (the “Guy Code”) keep men away from the therapist’s office and inhibit men trying to benefit from counseling and therapy. In this ground-breaking book, therapists are offered a rich understanding of these issues and even richer set of guidelines and strategies for engaging men in new and creative ways.David B. Wexler, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Relationship Training Institute. | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rick Belden - Iron Man Family Outing Poems about Transition into a More Conscious Manhood - Sep 22,2009 | Rick Belden - Iron Man Family Outing Poems about Transition into a More Conscious Manhood. The author embarks upon an healing odyssey regarding the father-son relationship. Iron Man Family Outing is widely used in the United States and internationally by therapists, counselors, and men's groups as an aid in the exploration of masculine psychology and men's issues, and as a resource for men who grew up in dysfunctional, abusive, or neglectful family systems. It has been ranked in the top 20 poetry books and the top 35 books on father-son relationships at Amazon.com, based on reader reviews. We aslo discuss rick’s new book, Scapegoat's Cross: Poems about Finding and Reclaiming the Lost Man Within | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guys-Only Guide To Getting Over Divorce - Sep 15,2009 | This book is a man's guide to recovering from divorce and starting a new life. The emphasis of this book is not on winning money battles, but on helping men manage the emotional issues inherent in a divorce. Written by two psychologists who have been working with men for the past 30 years, the book uses a question and answer format to give guys straight advice on how to minimize conflict, reduce harm to children, face secret fears, and start new relationships. The authors give extensive coaching to men in how to begin dating again, the nature of sexuality post-divorce, and making choices that can lead to a successful future marriage. Sam J. Buser, Ph.D., has worked directly with men and men's issue for the past 25 years. Glenn F. Sternes, Ph.D. is an expert in the field of human sexuality. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Men and sports - Sep 08,2009 | With Fall in the air, we discuss men and sports. Dr. Carolyn Spearman-Teamer at the University of Kentucky Counseling & Testing Center joins us to talk about her work with men who are athletes and some of the difficulties they face. | 9/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Genuine Men: Journeys in Stories and Stills - Sep 01,2009 | “Genuine Men: Journeys in Stories and Stills¸” features candid black-and-white photographs and life-defining stories of 35 men who define what it means to be a man of strength and character. The genuine men project focuses on the lives of life experiences of thirty-five men ranging in age from twelve years old to ninety-one years old. They come from a variety of backgrounds, socioeconomic classes, races, cultures, and parts of the world. They are our fathers, sons, brothers, husbands, neighbors, colleagues, and friends. They are the people you see going to work every day, watching a game with friends, barbequing in the summertime, or working out at the gym. Their images and voices represent the genuine men that live among us every day. Architectural, interior design, and documentary photographer Nancy Bruno joins us. www.thegenuinemen.com | 9/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deepening Psychotherapy with Men - Aug 25,2009 | Dr. Fred Rabinowitz discusses a theoretical and clinical guide for helping male clients look inward to resolve the core conflicts of their lives. This includes isues related to close relationships, sadness, emotional needs, and being rather than doing. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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THYMOS: JOURNAL OF BOYHOOD STUDIES - Aug 18,2009 | During its first three years of publication, THYMOS: JOURNAL OF BOYHOOD STUDIES is the first worldwide journal to focus specifically on the needs of boys and boyhood. The journal has an interdisciplinary platform for the study of boys' lives throughout the world. The journal focuses upon critical discussions ranging through the humanities and comparative literature, anthropology, history, bioethics, and the psychological and social sciences. The editor, Miles Groth, Ph.D. discusses this important work. | 8/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Men's violence against women - Aug 11,2009 | Dr. Christopher Kilmartin discusses his book, "Men's Violence Against Women: Theory, Research, and Activism." The book addresses several forms of violence, including rape, intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual harassment. Although most men do not perpetrate violence against women, such violence is not a “women’s” issue; it will take the strength and courage of both women and men to solve this human issue. | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exploring your sense of being a man - Aug 04,2009 | Ryon McDermott, a doctoral student at the University of Houston, will discuss research about how men develop their sense of masculinity by exploring and committing to various gender roles. Central to this process is the role of gender role dogmatism. It is important to explore instead of foreclosing too quickly on gender roles related to being a man in order to prompt well-being and an authentic self. | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Asian American men and masculinity - Jul 28,2009 | William Liu is the editor of an upcoming book focusing on Asian American men and masculinity, titled, Culturally Responsive Counseling with Asian American Men (Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men). The book aims to fill a gap in the current literature by providing practitioners with a comprehensive and current review of the most relevant issues that Asian American men experience, as well as by presenting culturally-responsive techniques and novel strategies on how to work with them. | 7/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Father Loss - Jul 21,2009 | Men have sometimes been thought incapable of grieving, where as writer/speaker Neil Chethik argues society has not allowed them to do so, especially about such an important topic as father loss. Father Loss features up-close-and-personal profiles of father-son relationships and shows the impact of losing one's father. Chethik will also be discussing his documentary film for public television based on the same theme. | 7/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Men, masculinity, and the denial of global warming - Jul 14,2009 | Today we discuss the evidence for and impact of climate change. Do issues of masculinity somehow contribute to the denial of global warming? Can we integrate the notion of being a good steward of the earth into our sense of being a man? My guest today is Dr. Kirk Rowe. Ryan McKelley Ph.D. is at the Roundtable. | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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College Men's Centers: Helping college men survive "guyland" Part II - Jul 07,2009 | In part II of a two week series we focus upon more of the issues college men encounter in “Guyland.” Jon Davies, Ph.D. will discuss the University of Oregon Men’s Center, one of the first Center’s of its kind, and how they address the challenges college men face. | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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College Men's Centers: Helping college men survive "guyland", Part I - Jun 30,2009 | In a two part series, we focus upon some of the challenges college men face. To offset these complexities, we discuss the work of two leading university men’s centers. In part I, Gar Kellom, Ph.D. will describe the innovative approach at the St John's University, Center for Men's Leadership & Service. Dr. Kellom will discuss how this work is impacting lives of college men. | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Men at Risk - Jun 23,2009 | Research suggests that men can be at risk for a number of harmful behaviors such as substance abuse,sexual STD's, and even violence. Today's guest is Marina Epstein, Ph.D. discussing her important work in this area. Marina Epstein, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center. She will be discussing the complex and sometimes confusing process of negotiating societal expectations about gender, including her recent research on college men’s attitudes and experiences with “hooking up” in casual romantic relationships. | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Counseling Fathers - Jun 16,2009 | With Father’s Day around the corner this program is dedicated to exploring the important roles they play in our lives. We also discuss some of the difficulties men have fulfilling the role of father, which can impact their sense of well-being. My guest today is Chen Z. Oren, Ph.D. Professor, Phillips Graduate Institute. He will be discussing his new book, "Counseling Fathers." | 6/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Group therapy for men: What is it and does it help? - Jun 09,2009 | Research shows men are far less likely to use therapy services of any kind; but expanding counseling to include choices like a men's group may help; My guest today is Ryan A. McKelley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 6/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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