Beyond the Echo Chamber: Cultivating Inclusive, Resilient, and Transformative Safe Spaces

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Explore the ins and outs of safe spaces with Jamey, Liz, and guest host Christopher Rivas. They discuss striking the right balance between creating communities that provide a sense of belonging, while fostering growth and resilience (2:30). How do we value diverse voices and avoid the pitfalls of echo chambers that stifle progress (00:00)? By looking at the impact of online algorithms (34:13) and the need for accountability (43:30), we encourage listeners to take an active role in building (39:52) and participating in empowering communities that foster growth and positive change.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. Timecodes: 00:00 - Safe spaces shouldn’t be echo chambers 02:30 - Chris knows the beauty of surrounding yourself in a culture based community 07:36 - How do we learn to tolerate people who do not agree with us? 11:46 - Individual communities need their own spaces to gather 16:19 - How to create positive safe spaces for men 24:11 - Conflict is best met with curiosity, not judgment 28:50 - The power of the witness 34:13 - Your online algorithm may make you more unsafe 39:52 - Safe spaces are best IRL 43:30 - There are no victims, only volunteers 49:45 - Chris’s favorite poem and the importance of giving more than you take Guest Host: Christopher Rivas Christopher Rivas is an actor, author, podcaster, and storyteller. He is the host of two podcast series with SiriusXM's Stitcher: Brown Enough, and Rubirosa. On screen, Rivas is known for his work on the Fox series, Call Me Kat. He has recently released his first book Brown Enough, which explores what it means to be Brown in America. Special Thanks Thank you LMNT for supporting our show! Head to https://drinklmnt.com/manenough to get a free LMNT sample pack with any purchase. Support Man Enough Man Enough Newsletter: https://manenough.com/newsletter Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com Follow The Hosts 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/ Christopher Rivas: https://www.instagram.com/christopher__rivas https://twitter.com/chris__rivas https://podcasts.apple.com › podcast › brown-enough #boys #men #masculinity #echochambers #safespaces #redpill #community #friends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on man enough.
0:02.0	It is so much easier to live from hate than it is to operate from community love.
0:08.0	You have the thousands and the millions by the masses saying it's not fair.
0:12.0	I want this
0:13.0	Andrew Tate's right Trump is right I am interested in spaces for healthy
0:17.4	disruption they have to be people that will hold us accountable I don't mean
0:21.1	echo chambers I mean spaces where you're
0:23.4	being challenged. Healthy conflict. Safety to do work which means at the end of
0:30.0	it someone holds me accountable. Being man enough, what does that mean?
0:37.0	It's really manly to mess up, admit you're wrong, and then grow.
0:40.8	I couldn't accept that I was evil.
0:42.4	So maybe I'm broken broken but those broken things could be corrected
0:46.0	Intimacy between a father and a son is me just wanting to like put my head in your lap and I love your son
0:52.3	You haven't called me benevolent sexist but my experience is women are better.
0:56.8	Even if it's a positive it's still not equality. I don't blame men for that. I just
1:03.0	this is man enough
1:10.0	everybody everybody
1:10.0	everybody
1:10.8	welcome back to Man Enough.
1:12.6	We are here.
1:13.4	Just the three of us, right?
1:15.7	It is.
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