It was a sunny June day in Virginia. June 10th to be exact - just one day before my 31st birthday. I had just finished enjoying a cup of coffee at Starbucks and an idea struck me…
If I’m being honest, many “ideas” have come to me after a good cup of coffee that ultimately didn’t pan out due to me letting that light go out shortly after the figurative bulb lit up.
The difference this time was I immediately acted on it. I opened up my phone, clicked on a text thread with my brother, and shot him the idea.
“I like it.”
That’s all I needed, from there I made the plan to reach out to Indy & Chris and get their takes. They were in & the cast was set.
I felt this group would be great for it with our different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, places in life, careers, and so much more.
For me, this project was going to be about speaking out openly and honestly on topics that I know as a man I’ve felt sheltered from whether by my own internal dialogue or by society and the “norms” we as men are raised in.
These things ranged from men’s mental health, masculinity, porn, erectile dysfunction, hair loss, getting old, being a man in today’s society, to anything else we decided we wanted the world to be more open and understanding of.
How about the name? Another easy answer: it popped into my head and clicked instantly. ‘Be Honest, Man'.
With the topics I’d envisioned us discussing, it was paramount that we’d be honest, after all, that was the whole point. If we lie about our experiences, it defeats the purpose and I made sure we all knew that we’d be sharing these things with the ‘world’ and we’d all need to be comfortable with that.
Once Indy, Chris, and Shawn were committed we had our first meeting, worked out some of the details, and planned our first recording day.
And so it was born - the Be Honest, Man podcast.
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