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Hello and welcome to this, the fourth in our series of Man to Views,

coming to you midweek because we talk about quite a lot of stuff in this interview

that it'd just be better if you heard it sooner rather than later.

There will be one more interview coming out on Sunday in which Mickey talks to David Mellie

and Alan Clark about UK Men's Shed Association, an incredible movement of community spaces for

men to connect, converse and create. If you've missed any of our other interviews, you can find

them all wherever it is you listen to your podcasts. In the first, Gen Chats to comedian and author

Dave Chawner and Dr Stephen Anderson about the rise in eating disorders among men. In the second,

Mickey talks about being a feminist ally with Chris Green, who founded the UK Arm of the White

Ribbon campaign. In the third, I chat to comedian, author and top bloke Matt Ford about the love

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