#304: The Lies of Manhood and How to Teach Young Men Its Truths

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Jeffrey Marx, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Season of Life." Today on the show, Jeffrey talks about his relationship with retired NFL athlete and now minister and high school football coach Joe Ehrmann. Jeff begins by sharing what he learned from Joe and other NFL players about what it means to be a man during his stint as a ball boy for the Baltimore Colts in the 1970s. He then shares how Joe went from a party animal to an inner-city minister who focused on helping young men. We then discuss what Joe sees as the lies of masculinity in the popular culture and how they need to be replaced with strategic masculinity. We end our conversation talking about how coaching high school football ties into Joe’s ministry to men and how Joe’s philosophy on masculinity helped Jeffrey draw closer to his father. Lots of great insights on this show so be sure to take notes.

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0:00.0	The Red Micae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Namelyness Podcast.
0:14.1	Well, football is often seen as an incubator of rough and wild masculinity, but one former
0:19.2	NFL lineman turned, church minister, turned high school football coach, seized football
0:23.9	as a platform to teach young men how to be both tough and tender.
0:27.4	My guest today on the podcast has been a season with this sage coach and walked away having
0:31.2	learned what it really means to be a man as well as build a stronger relationship with
0:34.6	his own father.
0:35.6	His name is Jeffrey Marx and his Pulitzer Prize winning book is Season of Life, a football
0:39.3	star, a boy, a journey to manhood.
0:41.3	And today on the show, Jeffrey talks about his relationship with retired NFL athlete
0:45.0	and now minister in high school football coach, named Joe Irman.
0:48.0	Jeff begins by sharing what he learned from Joe and other NFL players about what it means
0:51.4	to be a man during his stint as a ball boy for the Baltimore Colts in the 1970s.
0:55.4	He then shares how Joe went from being a party animal to an inner city minister who focused
0:59.4	on helping young men.
1:00.5	We then discuss what Joe sees as the lies of masculinity in the popular culture and how
1:05.0	they need to be replaced with what he calls strategic masculinity.
1:08.2	We in their conversation talk about how coaching high school football ties into Joe's
1:11.7	ministry to men.
1:12.7	How Joe's philosophy on masculinity helped Jeffrey draw closer to his father.
1:16.2	Lots of great insights on this show to be sure to take notes after the show is over, check
1:19.2	out the show notes at aam.is slash season of life.
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