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Unpacking Modern Struggles: Misguided Relationship Advice and Gender Misunderstandings
April 26, 2026

Unpacking Modern Struggles: Misguided Relationship Advice and Gender …

Episode 95 In this podcast, we welcome Dr. J.R. Andrews - Dr. Andrews is the author of *InnerShift: Spiritual Care in the Age of Distraction* and *Just Sayin’: A Faithful Brother’s Guide to Dating with Purpose, Pace & Peace*. Rather than offering simple advice, he tackles real-life challenges—s…

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The Diagnosis Generation and Defining Identity Through Mental Health
April 26, 2026

The Diagnosis Generation and Defining Identity Through Mental Health

Episode 94 MSO spoke with Dr. Jeremy Thompson, a family practitioner specializing in cognitive, narrative, and solution-based therapies. As the author of UNDERSTAND YOUR TRUE IDENTITY: Discover the Real You and Enjoy Healthier Relationships (Morgan James Publishing, January 6, 2026), he explores ho…

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Reclaiming Personal Agency in the Era of Experimental Psychotherapy
April 26, 2026

Reclaiming Personal Agency in the Era of Experimental Psychotherapy

Episode 93 Listen in as MSO participates in a conversation with writer and conceptual artist Mark A. Michaels as we examine how contemporary therapeutic and psychedelic approaches might inadvertently undermine clients. Put si...

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Blind Spots In Business: What some see but most miss!
April 14, 2026

Blind Spots In Business: What some see but most miss!

Episode 92 - Discover what business builders see that founders often miss in this episode, "Blind Spots In Business." Attorney and entrepreneur Matt Hines joins us to explore the hidden challenges across different business models and shares practical ways to broaden your perspective for greater per…

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Grieving – Do We Really Know How To?
Feb. 27, 2026

Grieving – Do We Really Know How To?

Episode 91 Experiencing the loss of a loved one can be overwhelming. Whether it is a friend or a family member, their absence deeply affects us, especially when they have played a significant role in our lives. How do we adapt? How can we continue to handle the difficulties brought by their absence…

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Hard Time, Enhancements and Risk To Men
Feb. 10, 2026

Hard Time, Enhancements and Risk To Men

Episode 90 - Male enhancement procedures can lead to complications if patients lack proper care, including physical and emotional issues and the need for corrective surgeries. Poor pre- or post-operative care raises the risk ...

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Preventing Human Trafficking and Combating Porn Addiction
Jan. 25, 2026

Preventing Human Trafficking and Combating Porn Addiction

Episode 89 Preventing human trafficking involves raising awareness, strengthening laws, and supporting vulnerable communities to stop exploitation before it starts. At the same time, addressing porn addiction requires education, access to support resources, and fostering healthy relationships. Toge…

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Navigating Emotional Vampires
Jan. 24, 2026

Navigating Emotional Vampires

How do we identify the individuals in our lives who leave us feeling drained, diminished, or overwhelmed. Whether it's friends, co-workers, or even family members, they are ALL quite capable of doing so. So how do we handle i...

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The Impact of 2025 Bringing Change To 2026
Jan. 9, 2026

The Impact of 2025 Bringing Change To 2026

In 2025, several significant personal events shaped the course of our lives, it can be from embarking on a new career path to moving to a different city and forging meaningful relationships. These experiences not only fostere...

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Background Check
Nov. 28, 2025

Background Check

Hey MSO Fans...this podcast is a hot one! Its all about Background Checks... Before you date someone, doing a background check can provide peace of mind and help ensure your safety. It can reveal potential risks such as criminal records or history of deception, protect against romance scams, and ve…

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Closing the Window that Hurts You
Nov. 2, 2025

Closing the Window that Hurts You

We would love to hear your feedback on any episode. Have you ever felt as though you were caught in a repetitive cycle with someone, whether in a relationship, friendship, or with a loved one? Determining when to move on can be challenging, and for many, it may take years to realize that engaging w…

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Quiet, Clean and Under Control
April 13, 2025

Quiet, Clean and Under Control

We would love to hear your feedback on any episode. Episode 84 Men seek peace and desire to be loved, appreciated, and respected. As men, it is important to ensure that our associations contribute positively to our value, hap...

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Black Relationships and 33%
March 5, 2025

Black Relationships and 33%

We would love to hear your feedback on any episode. "Family needs to be at the center of our culture" Quoted by Dr. George C. Fraser Think about that statement for a second? Is family the center of your life. We (black marria...

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How Valuable Is Effective Communication (in our romantic life)
Oct. 13, 2024

How Valuable Is Effective Communication (in our romantic life)

We would love to hear your feedback on any episode. Communication is huge, we all know that. Or I would think most of us do. Nevertheless, are we effective when we communicate? Especially if we are creating dating profiles on...

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Does Size Matter
Sept. 21, 2024

Does Size Matter

We would love to hear your feedback on any episode. One out of Four men are concerned with the size of their manhood. That means at least 25% of men were dissatisfied with their penis. Why? Well listen In to this podcast as I...

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Presidential Election Thoughts
Sept. 15, 2024

Presidential Election Thoughts

Who's a better fit to lead our country in 2025. There is alot of political rhetoric going on, and I decided to have a podcast getting the thoughts of my guests on everything being shared on these two candidates as well as exp...

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Let's Talk Mens Sexual Health
July 24, 2024

Let's Talk Mens Sexual Health

WARNING THIS PODCAST MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR SOME VIEWERS . Anxiety is real! Sometimes we as men may have an issue performing, but why? We all know that as we get older certain functions of our body don't act or respond the s...

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Should African-Americans Celebrate the 4th of July?
July 5, 2024

Should African-Americans Celebrate the 4th of July?

This was a "on the fly" podcast. I was surrounded by family and friends and just wanted to get their input about the 4th of July holiday and it's impact to African-Americans. It's a very short podcast (10 minutes), but intere...

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Toxic Masculinity
June 23, 2024

Toxic Masculinity

What is Toxic Masculinity? How is it being looked upon in our society? How does religion, culture and finances play a role with it? Well we talk all about it in this podcast...Listen in as I am joined by my grad school daught...

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Understanding Love by Experiencing Hurt
April 25, 2024

Understanding Love by Experiencing Hurt

Most of us have been in love at some point in time in our lives, but did we really know what love was at that time. Also, did we appreciate it? Well maybe some of us have to experience HURT in order to appreciate LOVE. Yea, I...

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The Value of Friendship
Feb. 25, 2024

The Value of Friendship

Well once again the fellas and I fellowshipped for the 2024 SuperBowl Weekend (as we do every year). This is a time when come together and work on our "Men Self Care". We've done a few podcast from this location in the past ...

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Is It easier to Blame than Claim and Second Chances
Feb. 16, 2024

Is It easier to Blame than Claim and Second Chances

This is a special edition of Men Speaking Out...why? Because we have seven people on this podcast in two different segments. In the first segment we discuss " Is it Easier to Blame than Claim " that includes our guests (Sprin...

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What Am I Becoming?
Feb. 4, 2024

What Am I Becoming?

Listen while we discuss the conversation of "What Am I Becoming". What exactly does that mean. Well...in life we deal with hills and valleys. Everyone experiences challenges, but how do we come out of them? Also, what do we ...

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Practice Makes Permanent, Not Perfect
Jan. 13, 2024

Practice Makes Permanent, Not Perfect

The great Vince Lombardi - one of the most inspirational american football coaches to ever live coined the phrase "Practice Makes Permanent Not Perfect". As I was researching the history of that phrase, I decided to share my...

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