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The Man Enough Podcast

Breaking the Boxes: Race, Gender and Vulnerability with Chris Rivas

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

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

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Actor, author and podcast host Christopher Rivas is constantly breaking the boxes society places around his identity. Today Chris shares his journey towards self confidence, education and peace as a brown man in America. Our hosts get intimate about their relationships to privilege, adolescent insecurities and actionable steps they are taking towards being a “good” person. New episodes every Monday 🎙️ The video version of every episode will always be available on the @wearemanenough YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/WeAreManEnough The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. Show Notes 01:19 Episode Starts 03:20 Where Did The Title "Brown Enough" Come From? 05:33 When Was The Last Time You Didn't Feel Enough? 08:58 The World Isn't Black and White 16:47 Brownness And It's Proximity to Whiteness 19:34 The Real History of James Bond 22:40 Insecurities And The Desire To Fit In 28:04 Expressing Vulnerabilities/ Safe Enough To Be Vulnerable 36:59 Tangible Ways To Be Better Men/Fight for Action 48:25 Ignorance Doesn't Taste Good 56:07 Be Engaged In The World 59:48 What Does It Mean To Be Man Enough 01:00:40 Breathing Exercise Quotes “There isn’t a box that can contain a man” - Christopher Rivas “What stories must die so that new ones can grow?” - Christopher Rivas “I am less interested in better and I am more interested in how do I be more honest.” - Christopher Rivas “I show up in the world everyday knowing that I am going to be somebody's ancestor. ” - Christopher Rivas "I'm moved by not wanting to be in a state of ignorance. I'm moved by wanting to be in a state of peace." - Christopher Rivas Read Brown Enough Brown Enough, part memoir and part social commentary, emerges, asking readers to proudly put their bodies, their identities, into the conversations of race. Brown Enough is a roller coaster of finding one's true self while simultaneously having a racial awakening amidst the struggle to be "perfectly" Latinx, woke, and as Brown as possible to make it in today's America. Buy Brown Enough wherever you buy your books! Support Brown Enough Podcast https://chartable.com/podcasts/rubirosa About 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, which explores the parallel themes of this book through interview-style episodes; and Rubirosa, a 10-episode documentary-style investigation of Porfirio Rubirosa. On screen, Rivas is known for his work on the Fox series, Call Me Kat, opposite Mayim Bialik, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt and Cheyenne Jackson. He has recently released his first book Brown Enough, which explores what it means to be Brown in America. Guest Social Links: CHRIS RIVAS Instagram @christopher__rivas Twitter @chris__rivas Subscribe to the Man Enough newsletter for behind the scenes, updates, sneak peeks of new episodes, and positive masculinity content: https://manenough.com/newsletter Read the Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Order the 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/ Special Thanks Get a 60 day free trial at https://www.shipstation.com/MANENOUGH Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show! #masculinity #manenough #latinx #intersectionality #race #gender #inclusion #activism #mentalhealth 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

I need tangible concrete things that listeners and our friends can then say,

0:07.0

oh, I can grab on to that.

0:08.0

It's not enough to just be a good human.

0:11.0

We're stuck in the distraction of the doing and if we can quiet our

0:16.3

minds then we will have the actual inspiration to figure out well what is my

0:20.0

unique gift of service to the world.

0:22.6

People have wanted results for lifetimes.

0:26.5

I moved by wanting to be in a state of peace.

0:30.7

I can't tell nobody what to do but to be honest with themselves.

0:33.4

Why are you moving through the world in this way? What are you rooted in?

0:36.6

Ignorance is bliss until you have tasted bliss and then the rest is just ignorance

0:40.0

and I don't want any more ignorance in my life. It don't taste good.

0:43.0

Being man enough, what does that mean?

0:48.0

It's really manly to mess up, admit you're wrong, and then grow.

0:52.0

I couldn't accept that I was evil so maybe I'm broken but those broken things could be corrected.

0:57.6

Intimacy between a father and a son is me just wanting to like put my head in your lap.

1:04.8

I love you son. You haven't called me benevolent sexist but my experience is women are better. Even if it's a

1:08.9

positive, it's still not equality. I don't blame men for that I just blame the system. This is man enough.

1:17.0

Hello and welcome to Man Enough. What's up Jamie? I just, should we call

1:27.2

water enough, bottle enough? Do we have a guest host? Do we have a guest host?

1:31.3

What is this thing?

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