This week’s revolutionary is Cleo Stiller: Emmy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-nominated reporter, and soon-to-be author of the groundbreaking book Modern Manhood. Cleo figured out that she is very good at talking to people about topics that typically make everyone uncomfortable, from money to relationships and everything in between. With this, she started her career out with finance and business reporting but quickly got bored with stories that focused on following the money. She was much more interested in telling human stories—which is where Modern Manhood begins.
Throughout our conversation, Cleo shares her experiences around how her YouTube channel turned into a series tackling “awkward” questions that people avoid asking. Taking a step further, Cleo discusses her new book, specifically about how men reconcile what it means to be “a good man” in the #MeToo era, interrogating men’s personal motivates and behaviors along the way.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How Cleo’s YouTube channel turned into a series called Asking for a Friend. (9:52)
- Where the idea for Modern Manhood originated. (16:55)
- How Cleo responds to the anxieties that men have around the Me Too movement. (24:58)
- Why men feel like they can’t verbalize emotion or express love easily. (31:29)
- Why validation is essential to the healing of sexual assault survivors. (41:03)
- Why people should read Modern Manhood. (56:40)
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