All Men Can Podcast

The story was reported in The Age: “A sign condemning violence against women and children erected on Phillip Island after the death of local mother Samantha Fraser has been vandalised. The roadside billboard, erected by Westernport Water as part of a local campaign to fight family violence, has been defaced four times since it was put up more than a month ago.” Ant talks with Tash, and the circumstances around the vandalism, Samantha’s tragic death, and what’s next.

No brainer this time round... we talk Gillette, the tragic murder of Aiia Maasarwe in Melbourne, Kelly O’Dwyer stepping away from Federal politics, plus Damien might...just might, express a fully considered and verbalised idea before moving into the next one. See if you can pick it.

What a year! Is there ANYTHING good to talk about? It's a time to reflect on 2018, cover off on some lingering issues, and look forward to making 2019 waaaay better than this one. In our final ramblings for this year, we deliver some book reviews of all things, focus on what has mattered to Australia (SPOILER ALERT: It's mainly superficial), discover what's been great for women around the world (guess what! positivity can exist OUTSIDE your feed) and identify if New Year's resolutions are even necessary. Have a listen, stay safe, and feel free to explore or previous episodes until we upload our first for 2019. Thanks to everyone for supporting the #AllMenCanAUPodcast so far.

Tracy McLeod Howe, for 12 weeks, was CEO of White Ribbon. The depth of her experience explains why she was asked to become the CEO. In this episode, Ant travels to Sydney to have a chat with Tracy about the impact of White Ribbon and what men who don't want to be Ambassadors can do to reduce violence in our society. There's a Monty Python reference and some career advice.

Dave Grohl IS Jesus...moving on. In a scrambling attempt to cover off on the flood of shite that's been happening between September and now, we throw stones at Piers Morgan, Brett Kavanaugh et. al. In the process, we discover we might not be so innocent, as we call it out and promptly put our hand up! Ping New York Times, SBS The Feed, The Guilty Feminist Podcast.

AMC's Back...ALL RIGHT! Where have we been? We're calling it a “temporary conscious uncoupling”…the end of "Phase 1" for the #AllMenCanAUPodcast. So, let’s launch into “Phase 2" with an incredibly personal (and much shorter) episode around the impact of your career on mental health. A lot has happened around the world since our last episode. We don’t touch on that here. Standby for Episode 14, or Ep 2 of Phase 2 after the weekend. It’s good to be back…and it’s fucking awful to have too much to talk about.

Oh my god, we're back again! While Ant may have looked pretty cool 11 years in this pic, he was broken on the inside. To coincide with #SuicidePreventionDay, Ant shares how he crumbled under the pressure of work and life stuff, and what it took to get back and stay on track. We also touch on the recent billboard vandalism on #PhillipIsland and share some listener feedback, coz that's always nice...when it's actually nice. If you've just found us, catch up with what #AllMenCanAU is all about here: http://bit.ly/AllMenCanAUPodcastSC

Trigger warning - suicide / self harm - Did you hear about Sydney Watson's March For Men? Well, Ant went along...ALONE! Did he get stabbed? Enlightened? Disheartened? Scared? Have a listen to his takeaways and how it's affirmed the course of our #AllMenCanAU discussions. Check out our @AllMenCanAU socials for videos and pics from the day. www.facebook.com/AllMenCanAu. Need to talk? Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491 IMAGE CREDIT:https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/what-the-people-at-australia-s-march-for-men-had-to-say

We have another guest! Glenn is a White Ribbon Ambassador who confesses he is still trying to shake his military-grade potty mouth. In this edited interview, Ant hears from Glenn what drove him to become a White Ribbon Ambassador and the role White Ribbon is playing in shaping the future of our society. Glenn is on Twitter @BluRapDev White Ribbon can be found at www.whiteribbon.org.au @WhiteRibbonAust

We have a very special guest guys! Please welcome Nicole Melanson! Sydney poet & writer(via Boston - NYC - London)Mother of 5 boys and author of "How We Can Protect Women By Empowering Boys". We explore her article, an essential read for all parents; "The way forward is not just to stop bad men from being bad, but for all of us to do our part in teaching good men to be even better”. Find her at @ScaryMommy, @Dogwoodlit, @madisonrevw www.nicolemelanson.com www.wordmothers.com

We're back, bumping our guest til next week as there's too much to talk about THIS week! We start with Sydney Watson's upcoming "March for Men" in Melbourne, coz men are being demonised. In unrelated news, Phillip Island's Samantha Fraser murdered by the man she married. And for anyone listening to actual quality podcasts like "The Teacher's Pet", we draw some obvious but persistent comparisons between the state of Australian attitudes to gender, relationships et al in 1982 and today.

FINALLY! Some expert advice on what #AllMenCan actually do to be more respectful and make the community a safer place. Ant and Damien would like everybody to quietly sit down on the rug as they run through OurWatch.org.au's "Know Your A-Z: Preventing violence against women". Oh, and they have some special guest presenters this time too! How can you prevent violence against women? You don’t have to be an expert to prevent violence against women – we all have a role to play. The new Know your A-Z tool from Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria and Our Watch shows how easy it is for all of us to prevent violence against women just by doing simple, everyday things to challenge gender stereotypes and promote respect. Know your A-Z offers a different prevention action for every letter of the alphabet. Download the poster and other resources to share the prevention message with your friends, colleagues and networks. https://www.ourwatch.org.au/What-We-Do/Know-Your-A-Z-%E2%80%93-Preventing-Violence-Against-Women

OUR SHORTEST PODCAST SO FAR YOU GUYS! Henry Cavill can't flirt because #MeToo, Disney fires James Gunn because he's a tweeting idiot, Newtown's Coopers Hotel manager fired because of idiot Facebook post, ANZ CEO close to not being an idiot after offering something close to an apology.

(UPDATE! Read the article inspired by this chat, try and ignore the comments :http://bit.ly/AllMenCanAUNewsComAUJuly16) We have an expert, you guys! Damien's recent news.com.au article (http://bit.ly/NewsComAuAllMenCan1)addressed the women dying each week in Australia at the hands of men, especially in the home. This saw yelling on social like 'What about men being murdered/Women murdering?" Fair questions, so we got Kat Benson from the https://www.facebook.com/TheREDHEARTCampaign/ to drop some facts like phat beats. There's going to be a LOT of people who won't accept the stark reality of these figures and will swiftly move on to their next irrelevant contention, or fall back on the redundancy of #NotAllMen. Have a listen and see where you stand. Remember, Facts are Facts!

WARNING: Damien DOMINATES this one (sorry :/)! We found out how people REALLY feel about our #AllMenCan manifesto (sic)after Damien wrote for news.com.au: http://bit.ly/NewsComAuAllMenCan1 Subsequently, we address the overwhelming feelings surrounding #NotAllMen. Plus Damien actually calls out a man and instantly becomes THAT GUY! Shannon Noll wants to eff your mum, and the only time Anthony actually speaks, he drops the C-Bomb, so we bleeped him out. Yes, Damien was in a toilet when this was recorded. E.g. Sorry for the poor audio quality. We got our wires crossed after a 3-way chat. NEXT EPISODE DROPS THIS WEEKEND!