Summary
Note: This episode includes a story that mentions suicide.
At the age of 61, Richard was searching for a boyfriend. But finding love was about more than just getting past the trials of dating. There was also Peter.
— Other Men Need Help is a bi-weekly podcast about the emblems, habits, and struts in the male performance. You can listen to their original episode featuring Richard's story, "Boy Talk", from their first season. Their staff includes Lead Producer Caitlin Mae Burke, and producers Ben Goldberg and Rebecca Seidel.
— Mark Pagán is the host of Other Men Need Help. He's also an award-winning film and podcast producer, storyteller, writer, educator, and former b-boy.
— Richard Cardillo is an educator and storyteller whose work has been featured on The Moth, Story Collider, and RISK!
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. The Trevor Project also has LGBTQ specific resources. The TrevorLifeline is at 1-866-488-7386.
Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Kyle Sanna, & Gangi ("Proton Beat"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | A quick content warning. This episode discusses suicide. |
| 0:05.0 | Kathy? |
| 0:06.0 | Tobin? |
| 0:07.0 | Who's the best podcast host there ever was? |
| 0:10.0 | Why? You are Tobin? |
| 0:12.0 | Kathy, stop it. It's too much. It's too much. |
| 0:16.0 | Okay, just kidding. It's just me, folks. |
| 0:18.0 | Kathy is still feeling a little under the weather. |
| 0:20.0 | Do not worry she's doing fine. |
| 0:22.0 | She just needed a little bit of time to rest. |
| 0:25.0 | So today, it's just going to be me flying solo. |
| 0:29.0 | I don't know about you, but I have been fantasizing about the day we get to stop self-isolating. |
| 0:34.0 | You know, when we get to go out in the world and see each other again. |
| 0:39.0 | For some of you, that moment will be about hanging with your friends again, maybe reuniting with some family, going to your favorite bar. |
| 0:47.0 | And for others, it will mean getting to go out and freaking date again. |
| 0:52.0 | I know the whole dating mess can be not so fun. |
| 0:56.0 | Or just something you're not interested in, totally fair. |
| 0:59.0 | But for those of you who are out on the dating scene, you know that when you meet the right person or persons, |
| 1:07.0 | it can be magic. |
| 1:09.0 | So today, I thought I'd offer up a love story that falls in that second category, the Magic Kind. |
| 1:17.0 | Should we start the show? |
| 1:18.0 | Let's do it, Tobin! |
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