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The Two Matts

Caitlin Moran and the trouble with men

The Two Matts

The New World

Politics, Government, News Commentary, News

4.2577 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Matts are joined by author and journalist Caitlin Moran to talk about men and the manisphere. What can men learn from the progress women made with feminism? It’s a broad spectrum conversation veering from pornography to football, from the benefits of banter to why so many men are so bad at friendships. Also - is the new play Boys From The Blackstuff a match for the brilliant 80s Alan Bleasdale television series? The Matts have a night out at the theatre and find out.


Caitlin Moran: What About Men?


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dip your toe into a whole new world of

0:56.5

journalism. Hello, I'm Mac Kelly. And I'm Madancona. And this is the two mats for the weekending Friday

1:01.3

the 24th of May, the podcast that says, go phone an old friend and have good catch-up. Why does it say that,

1:07.3

Matt? Because we're talking about men we are and uh with the great

1:11.0

catlin moran yeah who's not a man who is not a man but has written a very good book about being

1:16.1

a man and she's uh she's going on tall she is with her book so you can go to her website and find

1:21.9

out all the dates but we had a great chat with her about it and the paperback of the book

1:25.2

it's called what about men isn't it what about men on june the sixthback of the book, it's called What About Men, isn't it? What About Men? On June the 6th.

1:28.2

June the 6th.

1:29.0

And Catlin is very, very candid.

1:32.2

And we talk about all sorts of topics that might be described as sensitive in some places.

1:37.3

Yeah, but it's, it was a very, very interesting and as you'd expect with her you know insightful and

1:45.3

witty and clever conversation from her side side i found it really enlightening actually no she's

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