Alok Vaid-Menon: The Urgent Need for Compassion

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Do you know who you are outside of who you have been told you should be? Acclaimed gender non-conforming writer, performer, and speaker, ALOK, shares their story, and the stories of those who came before them, with an urgency that invites us to step into our power and the power of interdependence. As the creator of the growing movement to degender fashion, ALOK is helping others move beyond the binary into full expression. In a conversation filled with wisdom, historical insight, and radical mercy, ALOK challenges us to value compassion over comprehension, to try harder for each other in the name of love, and reminds us that learning is a sign of being alive. We want your feedback on season 1. Please click here to let us know what you think: bit.ly/manenoughsurvey The Man Enough Podcast, produced by Wayfarer Studios, P&G Studios, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company Launch Partner: P&G HOSTS: Justin Baldoni, Liz Plank, and Jamey Heath JOIN THE MAN ENOUGH COMMUNITY: Instagram: https://instagram.com/wearemanenough TikTok: https://tiktok.com/wearemanenough Facebook: https://facebook.com/wearemanenough Subscribe to our newsletter for behind the scenes, updates, and new episodes: https://manenough.com/newsletter Read the book: https://manenough.com/books FOLLOW THE HOSTS: Justin Baldoni Instagram: https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni Justin Baldoni TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni Justin Baldoni Facebook: https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni Justin Baldoni Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text Justin: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank: https://instagram.com/feministabulous Liz Plank TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@lizplank Liz Plank Facebook: https://facebook.com/feministabulous Liz Plank Twitter: https://twitter.com/feministabulous Site: http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath Instagram: https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ Jamey Heath TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath Jamey Heath Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ Jamey Heath Facebook: https://facebook.com/jameyjaz Site: http://www.jameyheath.com/ ALOK ALOK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ ALOK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlokVMenon/ ALOK Twitter: https://twitter.com/alokvmenon ALOK youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_G2mCoGdNUIOPaPrgorHg Follow: https://manenough.com/podcast #ManEnough #ALOK #Gender PRODUCED BY: Wayfarer Studios: https://www.wayfarerstudios.com Wayfarer Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/WayfarerEnter... P&G Studios Executive Producers: Justin Baldoni, Jamey Heath, Tarah Malhotra-Feinberg, Marc Pritchard, Carrie Rathod, Chris Corcoran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	thanks for tuning in every week on Man Enough. We go in a deep dive and we learn some truths.
0:47.0	Sometimes it's uncomfortable.
0:49.0	And we learn in real time.
0:50.0	So we are grateful that you are on this journey with us. Today, who we got.
0:55.0	We have an incredible poet and author and speaker and activist and humanitarian.
1:05.0	They go by they them pronouns and their name is Alok.
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1:14.8	You talk about learning in real time.
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