A Call To Action For Men: Abortion and the Fight for Women's Rights with Giacomo Gianniotti

The Man Enough Podcast

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Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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An incredibly important conversation about abortion, women’s freedom and how men can support. Nominated for a Best Podcast Episode Webby - vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/features/best-individual-episode In this powerful episode, Grey's Anatomy's Giacomo Gianniotti reveals his personal journey with his wife, Nichole, through the heartbreak of losing their unborn child (2:25). Emphasizing the critical need for open discussions on abortion and women's bodily autonomy (10:58), Giacomo shares intimate insights into his family's experience with miscarriages and the vital medical intervention Nichole required. He urges male listeners to actively champion women's rights and equality (21:50). Timecodes: 0:00 Giacomo’s family’s miscarriage while trying to become parents 7:03 The traumas and grief of medical abortion 10:58 Men supporting bodily autonomy 18:25 Abortion isn’t a bad word 21:50 Dispelling the myth of abortion as birth control 33:25: A call for unity in woman’s rights 39:02: Men need a space to grieve too You can help us bring home Webbys People's Voice awards! Vote: Giacomo Gianniotti, Best Individual Episode, Podcasts: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/features/best-individual-episode Zachary Levi, Best Individual Episode, Health & Wellness: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/individual-episodes/health-wellness New episodes every Monday 🎙️ Special video clips each week on https://youtube.com/WeAreManEnough Sign up for the Man Enough newsletter to get full video episodes and positive masculinity news every Monday: http://manenough.com/newsletter The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. About Giacomo Gianniotti: Giacomo Gianniotti is an actor, writer, director, and philanthropist most known for his role as Dr. Andrew Deluca on Grey's Anatomy. His film credits include LUCA, the Jesse Owens biopic RACE, and ACQUAINTED, which he also co-produced. Gianniotti is currently the lead Global Brand Ambassador for Nobis. Quotes: "Men need to speak up." - Giacomo Gianniotti "Even though my suffering can't be compared to my wife's suffering, I still suffered." - Giacomo Gianniotti “We are organizing ourselves by what we are against instead of what we are for.” - Justin Baldoni “If men could have abortions there’d be one at every gas station..Men need to hear more men that have been a part of abortions] speak up.” - Justin Baldoni “This is not radical. We don’t want more rights, we just want the same rights that were gained 50/60 years ago when women couldn’t own a credit card...” - Liz Plank “I don’t believe that we [society] take care of men who go through what you just went through.” - Justin Baldoni Giacomo's Social Links: IG: instagram.com/giacomo_gianniotti Twitter: twitter.com/giacomokg Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com FOLLOW THE HOSTS: Justin Baldoni https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank https://instagram.com/feministabulous https://tiktok.com/@lizplank https://facebook.com/feministabulous https://twitter.com/feministabulous http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ https://facebook.com/jameyjaz http://www.jameyheath.com/ PRODUCED BY: Wayfarer Studios: https://www.wayfarerstudios.com P&G Studios Executive Producers: Justin Baldoni, Jamey Heath, Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg, Marc Pritchard, Anna Saalfeld, Chris Corcoran Producer: Kayla Nicholson #boys #men #masculinity #feminism #miscarriage #abortion #allyship #childbirth #mentalhealth #parenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're going to. Hey everyone is Jamie Heath here from the Man enough podcast and I got some
0:20.1	exciting news for you. Thanks to your support and your compassion for
0:24.2	our show, man enough has been nominated for not one but two webbies. Now for us
0:29.2	that's a really big deal. Two webbies, come on now to celebrate, we're sharing a special re-release of one of my personal
0:35.6	favorite episodes with Giacomo Giunotti, who is nominated for a Webby Award himself for Best
0:41.3	Individual episode here on the Mad Enough Podcast.
0:44.0	Now, a call to action for men is a vulnerable and urgent message about support, compassion, and understanding for women.
0:52.0	So if you enjoy this conversation as much as I do,
0:55.0	please vote for us at vote. Webbies.com. That's v.o.
1:00.0	W e B B Y S dot com.
1:04.4	Thank you so much for your support.
1:06.0	Hello and welcome. Hello and I'm
1:15.0	this is Justin Beldoni.
1:17.0	I'm Liz Plank.
1:18.0	And this is a special episode.
1:20.0	It is.
1:21.0	Because... Number one, we're wearing the same clothes as our finale as our finale why because we are currently shooting our finale and we had an amazing guest come in and the conversation was so important and too good so we've created an
1:36.7	extra episode.
1:37.7	A whole episode.
1:38.7	We could not edit a single word out of that conversation. Every single word was crucial.
1:43.8	So who was on with us today, Liz?
1:45.4	So Giacomo Giunati, who is, I don't know, at this point, one of my favorite humans
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