Man Up
On Man Up, host Aymann Ismail invites men and women to tell embarrassing, funny, and sometimes disturbing stories about their lives as they try to figure out what they still have to learn—and unlearn—about being a man. They’ll talk relationships, family, sex, and identity, trying to understand their experiences to help listeners make more sense of their own.

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Why Can't My Wife and I Pray Together?

Why Can't My Wife and I Pray Together?

After years of praying in mosques that treat women’s spaces as an afterthought, Aymann tries to find an alternative. First he talks to his wife Mira about the difference between men's spaces and women...

19 Feb 202027min

Why Valentine's Day is a Scramble for So Many Men

Why Valentine's Day is a Scramble for So Many Men

This week on the show, a Texas man who struggles with romance tries to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day. But first, Aymann gets the cold hard truth about his past Valentine’s Day performances from his...

12 Feb 202024min

Why Straight Bros Are So Important to Gay Guys

Why Straight Bros Are So Important to Gay Guys

A gay man in Maine tries to figure out how to develop closer friendships with straight men. But first, Aymann tries to understand why Sam has his heart set on those friendships in the first place. For...

5 Feb 202027min

A Black Man's Fears About Managing White Women

A Black Man's Fears About Managing White Women

A tech company executive named Jason feels nervous about being the only black manager in an office made up mostly of white women. He wants to create a space where people feel comfortable talking about...

29 Jan 202032min

Why Men Would Rather Suffer Than Ask for Help

Why Men Would Rather Suffer Than Ask for Help

Aymann wonders why he has so much trouble asking for help. First he sits down with his wife Mira, who paints a more detailed picture of the problem. Then Aymann turns to Dan Doty, co-founder of the me...

22 Jan 202029min

How to Raise Sons Who Won't Send Dick Pics

How to Raise Sons Who Won't Send Dick Pics

Aymann hears from Maria, a mother in Norway who’s worried about raising her two young boys in the #MeToo era. She admits that she originally wanted girls and now wants to make sure her boys grow up to...

15 Jan 202026min

What You Lose When You Don't Drink

What You Lose When You Don't Drink

This week Aymann learns about the military’s machismo drinking culture through the eyes of Claire, a young Air Force officer who’s trying to earn the trust of her peers while also giving up alcohol. F...

8 Jan 202028min

Why Some Men Refuse to Do Yoga

Why Some Men Refuse to Do Yoga

Happy New Year! To kick off 2020, we're revisiting an episode we love, where writer Terrell Starr takes Aymann to do yoga for the first time. When Terrell started doing yoga in his 30s, it opened up h...

1 Jan 202030min

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