Episodes
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
CC090: Daniel Lives with Straight Men
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Daniel returns to discuss his life in SoCal, living with two straight men! Like Andrew, he also moved across America for a new start and a new home from the Midwest. He tells us Andrew's teased "pots and pans" story from our last episode, a snapshot of pursuing healthy communication and expectations with straight roommates. Daniel shares some of the joys of living with straight men, including the activities in which they partake with each other and all of Daniel's queer friends, as well as the challenges. What will happen if and when these straight men choose to marry women and move out? Is there still joy to be found in the seasonality of such a home life?
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Have you lived with straight men? What's been joyous and difficult about sharing space with someone whose sexuality differs from yours? Have expectations been hard to communicate or meet?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Andrew's ConvoCast about moving across America to live in SoCal
- Daniel's first ConvoCast on body image
- Tom's blog, "I Just Wanted to Be a Man and Finish the Race"
- Daniel Black's novel, Don't Cry for Me
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Thursday Aug 01, 2024
CC089: Andrew Moved Across America for a New Home and Queer Community
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Andrew returns to tell the tale of his cross-country move from Ohio to Southern California! What led him to leave the only home he’d ever known to find a new one? He shares about his upbringing in the Midwest, including many years of homeschooling, and a friend who prompted him to ponder the possibility of a new start. Andrew basks in the literal and existential sunshine of his new life in SoCal, talking about his new queer community and an accepting church that makes him feel at home in his faith and sexuality. But what of his masculinity? Where does and doesn't he feel quite "at home" in that arena?
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Have you made a big move for a new start? Do you perhaps want to make such a move but feel incapable, and what's holding you back? Where have you experienced found family or chosen family beyond your biological family? Where do you or don't you feel at home in your masculinity?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Andrew's first ConvoCast, discussing Heartstopper and asexuality
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Saturday Jul 20, 2024
CC088: Matt Has Always Lived with Family while Closeted with Them
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Matt returns to discuss his home life: always living with his family even as he enters his late thirties! He explains the importance of family within his Navajo culture, sharing why he enjoys regularly going home to the reservation after moving away from it. But Matt also shares why he doesn’t disclose anything about his sexuality with his conservative family. Despite this withholding, Matt feels at home with his churches and friends, particularly his male friends, claiming he’s never felt more masculine and comfortable in his body than he does now. Will he always live with family, or does he aspire for another living situation in the future?
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Do you live with family, and if so, what are the joys and limitations of your living situation? How does your faith, sexuality, and masculinity affect your family, and vice versa? Are you out with your family, or do you hope to be one day? Do you aspire toward another living situation outside your family?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Matt's blog, "A Native American with Same-Sex Attraction"
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Saturday Jul 13, 2024
CC087: Marshall, Single and 65, Lives on a Farm with 23 People
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
We spend over half our lives at home; let’s discuss how where we live impacts our faith, sexuality, and masculinity! Join us all summer AT HOME, as we connect with a different YOB community member in a different life stage and living situation. Today we welcome back Marshall to talk more about his unique home life: a 20-acre farm, living alongside 23 people in a central house, cabins, tiny houses, and RV’s. How has Marshall enjoyed living alone in the past, and did he second-guess living with younger single men as an older single man? How did Marshall’s many living situations over six decades lead to his buying this farm, and what’s joyful and also challenging about leading such an intentional community of believers?
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Would you like to live on a large property with lots of people in intentional community, particularly if you live a single life longterm, or does that feel daunting to you? Do you definitively know whether it's better for you to live with others or perhaps alone?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- YOB ConvoCast 064: Tom's visit to Marshall's farm
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Saturday Jul 06, 2024
CC086: Matt Has Had Gay Roommates after 15 Years of Living Alone
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
We kick off a new summer series, AT HOME: how our current life stages and living situations impact our faith, sexuality, and masculinity. Join us each episode for a new member of our YOB community sharing his story from various life stages and living situations. We start with our “plain old gay” Matt, who has been living with other gay men, both affirming and traditional, after 15 years of living by himself. We learn Matt’s home environment growing up, including how that shaped his view of what the future would look like. What have been the joys and challenges of sharing his current and recent homes with other gay men, and what does he think of the “optics” of having fellow gay roommates, if anything at all?
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Have you lived with other gay men: Side A, Side B, or otherwise? What were the joys and challenges of sharing a home with gay roommates? Have you lived alone for an extended part of your life, and how has that shaped your sense of home?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Matt's first podcast on being a "plain old gay"
- Matt's second podcast on Gen Z fashion and a YOBBERS retreat recap
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Friday May 10, 2024
CC085: Tom & Harrison Assess Male Friendship!
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Harrison Bly joins the show to discuss masculine friendship! Harrison is a member of our YOBBERS community and the author of Bent on Men, a book recently featured in our monthly YOBBERS Book Club. Both Tom and Harrison reference their books, sharing what happens after some pivotal friendships change, fizzle, or even disintegrate entirely after the final page. They discuss the friendship dynamics of connecting with straight men as well as fellow "Side B" men. What are the challenges or even road blocks to forming various male friendships? And what do we do with this loneliness epidemic which has hit men hard?
COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE
Where are the victories and struggles alike in befriending both queer and straight men? Have you read Harrison's book, Bent on Men, and do you have any takeaways from the male friendships he's written about?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Harrison Bly's book, Bent on Men
- Harrison Bly's podcast appearance on Husband Material
- Tom's book, Struggle Central
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Saturday Apr 27, 2024
CC084: Tom & Simon Enjoy a Niche Little British Episode!
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Saturday Apr 27, 2024
Simon joins the show from faraway Britain as our first native UK YOBBER! He tells us about his life in Oxfordshire, including a cat and his very own "flat." Tom bonds with Simon over their shared experiences in Oxford, including the very same bedroom. Simon gives us a lovely list of Britishisms, including the definition of a "yob." He also shares some of his story with faith and sexuality, enlightening us about Side B life from a non-American country. We also have an exciting update on the European YOBBERS retreat taking place later this year!
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Are you also from the UK, or do you have another non-American story to lend about faith/sexuality?
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Monday Mar 25, 2024
CC083: Tom & Erin Celebrate Our First YOB+YOS Zoom and Lean into Lent!
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Erin returns to discuss the development of Your Other Sisters, including our recently held coed Zoom call with Your Other Brothers! We recap our YOB and YOS call, including a critical icebreaker of our favorite condiments. We invite all who are interested in these YOB and YOS developments to join us! Man or woman, shoot us an email to learn more: contact[at]yourotherbrothers[dot]com
For the rest of the episode, we discuss this current season of Lent in these weeks leading up to Easter. We share some of our spiritual upbringings, including our experience with, or without, Lent, as well as with fasting in general. What are our motivations for fasting, and how do we practice fasting in healthy, God-honoring ways? How can we take our relationships with God in this season of Lent and continue growing them on the other side of Easter Sunday?
COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE
Are you observing Lent this year, or what is God teaching you in this season before Easter? Have you practiced fasting as a spiritual discipline? What prevents you or guides your motivations in fasting?
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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Tom's Lent blog: "Do I Fast to Punish Myself or Meet with God?"
- YOBcast 088: Advent & Sexuality
- YOBcast 094: Lent & Sexuality
- YOB ConvoCast 071: Erin Resonates with Queer Culture and Pansexuality
- YOB ConvoCast 072: Tom Feels Out "Androsexual" and Recaps the Series with Erin!
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Friday Mar 08, 2024
CC082: Tom & Daniel Pitch this Summer's First European YOBBERS Retreat!
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Our resident Enneagram Seven and unofficial international correspondent, Daniel, returns to pitch this summer's special gathering of YOBBERS -- in Europe! He joins Tom to discuss a smaller-scale retreat or "holiday" somewhere in the Mediterranean, inviting all who are interested to email him ASAP: daniel[at]yourotherbrothers[dot]com
Daniel also catches us up on his life in London -- including the exciting news that he is now a British citizen! He tells us about one country where he's already traveled with his new passport, as well as another on the horizon to see a certain female pop star perform. Finally, we invite AI to listen in on our entire Zoom conversation and summarize the episode! It's...chillingly accurate.
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➡️ Where else should YOB plan a future retreat? What theme should we explore for another YOB ConvoCast series this summer?
LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
➡️ Daniel's Enneagram Seven ConvoCast
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➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.
Friday Feb 23, 2024
CC081: Tom & Andrew Review "Heartstopper" and Discuss Asexuality!
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
First-time guest Andrew joins Tom to discuss Netflix’s Heartstopper! It’s a queer coming-of-age show that many in our YOB community have enjoyed, though its depictions of queer romance could also be distracting for some (nothing sexual in the first two seasons, just lots of same-sex kissing). We discuss what we loved from the characters in romantic pairings to the loyal friendships that ultimately reinforce this show. We devote our remaining time to the show’s lone asexual character as two people in YOB who identify as asexual ourselves. What did we resonate with in this character, and where was the disconnect?
COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE
➡️ Have you seen Heartstopper? What did you enjoy about the show, or where did you find something lacking? If you also identify with asexuality, what did you make of the show's take with its asexual character?
LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
➡️ Keegan's ConvoCast on bisexuality
➡️ Tom's ConvoCast on asexuality
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➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465
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➡️ Tom’s posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/
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✉️ Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802
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➡️ Join our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/yourotherbros
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➡️ “Heart of a Brother” Spotify playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9_-P-9jAEy3Ise3zagEOWdnpdlyAcuaW
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➡️ “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.