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The Naked Man Podcast It’s time to get (emotionally) naked. Join Andy Greene for a conversational podcast that explores honesty, vulnerability and masculinity.

New episodes every other Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts. Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-naked-man-podcast

And now it’s time to spotlight Gabriel Ortiz () and his excellent sketches of yours truly! Since meeting at this life dr...
28/12/2023

And now it’s time to spotlight Gabriel Ortiz () and his excellent sketches of yours truly! Since meeting at this life drawing event, Gabe has proven to be such a wonderfully kind and supportive presence. The kind of artist friend you need to challenge yourself and keep going. 💚

I might have had qualms and worries about sharing my naked self online when we started but at this point? Let’s gooo!

Gabe was joined by & at the weekly Pasadena Life Drawing event hosted by Michael Olivares.

Find our episode on figure drawing and the battle to keep creating while also not losing yourself to commodification, at YouTube.com/ or anywhere you podcast.

Another day, another look at some incredible art by another artist, this time Larry Lee (), who played with watercolors ...
27/12/2023

Another day, another look at some incredible art by another artist, this time Larry Lee (), who played with watercolors that afternoon to tremendous effect.

This first pose was the most difficult of the session — I had planned a relaxing position, marveling at a strawberry, and was in pain for 25 minutes. It was the only time I asked if anyone wanted me to change position. Everyone was adamant about staying in this position, and unsurprisingly, this position brought some of the most fruitful art from my life drawing debut.

To watch me model and see three interviews about art, about creativity, about bravery, about community, find this episode on YouTube.com/ or wherever you podcast.

Wondrous art from my life drawing debut continues with some excellent colored pencil work from . I’ve known Shirley Huan...
26/12/2023

Wondrous art from my life drawing debut continues with some excellent colored pencil work from . I’ve known Shirley Huang for nearly a decade now, and it’s been amazing to witness her growth as an artist and human, and I’m so grateful that she’s welcomed me into her friend group and community.

In our podcast episode, Shirley and I talk about the power of community and how it emboldens us and our art. Case in point: me posing n**e.

To watch my debut and the accompanying three interviews with amazing artists who were there (Shirley, & ), find us on YouTube.com/

This week I made my life drawing debut, sitting, standing and bending for 5 incredible artists and friends. Today we spo...
22/12/2023

This week I made my life drawing debut, sitting, standing and bending for 5 incredible artists and friends. Today we spotlight the digital art from Carrie Chen (), who is the first interview in this week’s podcast, followed by & .

In our conversation we talked about returning to childhood through nakedness, Carrie’s process and the colors that came to mind when watching me — I was giving them strawberry vibes! — while talking about what was going through my head as I posed for up to 25 minutes at a time.

Watch our episode on YouTube.com/ !

Stay tuned for art from Shirley Huang (), Gabriel Ortiz () & Larry Lee ()!

As this new season with & took shape, it was clear that there was an unintentional theme developing — the body. Presen...
21/12/2023

As this new season with & took shape, it was clear that there was an unintentional theme developing — the body. Presence, connection, pleasure and acceptance of the body. It was natural that we ended on me embodying that, me posing naked for artists, for the show.

I’ve lost track of how often in my life I decide to do something and proceed to dread it. I avoid thinking about it while only thinking about it, counting down, stressed, anxious, building up wild expectations of success and failure while avoiding preparation, avoiding the uncomfortable feelings I have. I just want to be on the other side of it having done it, free and ready to start the cycle over again.

I was doing that same thing leading up to my life drawing debut. Pushing away my fear and angst and only allowing the optimistic confident overfunctioning Andy a voice. Until (thanks to therapy with ) I realized how unfair and mean that is to anxious, frightened Andy, who is afraid to put themselves out there, afraid to be seen, afraid to be judged, afraid to be misunderstood. So I started to talk to that boy. I asked him if he was okay to do this. I asked him what he needed from us. He needed rest, he needed love, he needed soothing, he needed acceptance. Love. That was the least I could do for this boy who has been with me through a lifetime of scary things that I continually push myself to do.

And the result was one of the most mindful, freeing and empowering moments of my life. When I was lying down, naked in front of these talented artists, cameras rolling, I started talking to that boy in my head. “How cool is this? Can you believe this?” We were both in awe of ourselves and responded together, “if we can do this, we can do anything.”

I’m beginning to believe them.

Find our podcast episode on YouTube.com/

Wondrous mixed timings and media by , the host of . Art from & coming soon.

“This is the only body we have. Why not love it?”Today’s episode features , a seggs scholar, bestselling author and astr...
01/12/2023

“This is the only body we have. Why not love it?”

Today’s episode features , a seggs scholar, bestselling author and astrologer, and they’re here to teach us how to love our ge****ls once more. Our episode kicks off with an exclusive meditation led by the Pleasure Scientist themselves that reminded me to befriend my body, to talk and be with it, to be kind to it. It’s a relationship worth fostering, particularly, in those particularly sensitive regions.

Nadège blends seggs, neuroscience and psychology with astrology into an intoxicating elixir that helps you become the best lover to yourself and others. Nadège’s mission is nothing less than seggsual liberation. Yummy.

After the meditation, we continue my journey to eradicate the shame around my body and around seggs, and hopefully help you too, dear listener.

PLUS!
-what can we learn from our arousal patterns?
-why does Nadège recommend solo seggs in front of a mirror?
-how there’s no wrong way to have a fantasy
-why taboo is good for the brain
-what is jealousy, really?
-why manifestation is demonstration
-and oh so much more!

Watch this episode on YOUTUBE or wherever you podcast. Take a class or 17 with Nadège. You won’t regret it.

This week’s guest is Jacinda Pender (), a nonbinary beauty and makeup influencer and model who walks me through their tr...
17/11/2023

This week’s guest is Jacinda Pender (), a nonbinary beauty and makeup influencer and model who walks me through their transformation and journey finding beauty and helps me on my path to discover my own. And I’m so so grateful to them for it. 💜💚

Since coming to LA and coming out as nonbinary, Jacinda has continued to push the boundaries of self and beauty and in so doing, found a truer way of being and living. Jacinda shares some of their wisdom and insight and gifts with me, starting with applying lip scrub. Pucker up and join us!

PLUS!
-why shaving their head was the start of their transformation
-the freedom that comes from removing our masks
-how social media inspired their growth
-why self-care equals beauty
-why feeling “comfortable” is a signal to change
-how to take that first step on your beauty journey
-Jacinda’s improvised approach to their fits

Find us wherever you podcast and watch us on YouTube! Links in bio.

Today’s episode features a s*x therapy session with , a Somatic S*x and Intimacy Coach with . My partner took a revelato...
03/11/2023

Today’s episode features a s*x therapy session with , a Somatic S*x and Intimacy Coach with .

My partner took a revelatory program with Rachel, and I was frankly, envious. And also scared. But I reached out to Rachel to try s*x therapy, and in this conversation we focus on fantasies and desires. The number of times I spin out, trail off or awkwardly segue are the number of times I was anxious or uncomfortable, highlighting that this is just the beginning. So grateful for Rachel to gifting me the space to be human and for sharing her light with us.

Find our episode wherever you podcast (links in bio!) to learn more about:

-spontaneous vs. responsive desire
-desire discrepancy and the shame that comes from it
-the two types of fantasies – repetition agency vs. reparative
-the three most common themes in s*x therapy
-how do we bring more pleasure into our life?
-Rachel’s fantasy for our future

Rachel is the author of Finding Feminism, a memoir that chronicles her journey breaking from a fundamentalist evangelical Christian upbringing and her healing from s*xual trauma and domestic abuse. She’s also the author of The Breakup Journal, book that offers hands-on, interactive prompts to help you heal from a fractured relationship.

*xpositivity *xtherapy *xtherapist *xualhealing *xualhealth

My mom didn’t circumcise me because “I didn’t want my baby’s first experience out of my womb to be pain.” Thank you, Mom...
24/10/2023

My mom didn’t circumcise me because “I didn’t want my baby’s first experience out of my womb to be pain.” Thank you, Mom 💚🥹💚

Since listening to our episode, and hearing nuggets like this from ’s Georganne Chapin, my mom said, “I didn’t know any of that information when my doctor asked me about circumcision.” Imagine if she did. Imagine if we all did.

There’s so much not told to parents about this decision, about circumcision, and in many ways, this is their first decision as parents, a hard enough place to be without the burden of information to be on them too.

For more statistics, history and stories of trauma from someone with fo****in and without, find our episode wherever you get your podcasts. Video on YouTube! Links in bio!

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When I joined therapy, fo****in was what I was most scared to talk about. I was shaking. I’ve known I had to do this epi...
20/10/2023

When I joined therapy, fo****in was what I was most scared to talk about. I was shaking. I’ve known I had to do this episode since I started the podcast and I’m proud with how it turned out.

This week, I’m joined by Georganne Chapin, Founding Executive Director of , and W***y Kaye, a circumcision survivor, to discuss the history and myths surrounding the very American medical procedure of circumcision.

We start by taking a 12 question True/False quiz about circumcision, fo****in and the science around it. From there, we talk about W***y’s trauma for having a circumcision, and my trauma around not having one, and the shame and irony that boys and men everywhere, intact or not, are uncomfortable to talk about their pen*ses. But it’s time to talk about it.

PLUS!
-did the guy (Dr. Kellogg) who invented corn flakes popularize circumcision to prevent ma********on?
-is this all about money? (yes.)
-what is the intactivism movement?
-how circumcisions took doctors and rooms away from COVID-19 patients
-how the medical industry doesn’t take a stance on this issue and puts the burden and pressure on the parents

& so much more. Georganne drops nuggets of truth throughout this episode.

Please listen and subscribe. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts, link in bio.

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This week, I had an intuitive eating session with health coach , something that was a long time coming for me.More than ...
06/10/2023

This week, I had an intuitive eating session with health coach , something that was a long time coming for me.

More than a decade ago, when I was around 23, I participated in a scavenger hunt around Seattle with my best bud. By the end of an afternoon of feverish exercise, when we were running to the finish line, I experienced something I had never experienced before. My body wouldn’t respond. I couldn’t keep running. I couldn’t keep up with Ryan. I was running on empty. I was beyond empty.

I went to the doctor for a physical. At the time I was around 250 pounds – weight isn’t the only barometer for health nor should it be – but in my case, it was indicative of an unhealthy lifestyle. So much meat, so much booze, so little exercise.

My blood results came back. I was on the road to diabetes and nearly prediabetic. I panicked. But it also crystallized in me the need to change what I was doing.

I went on to lose 90 pounds through a variety of exercise (including my first personal trainer ever) and most importantly, a huge change in what I ate. But I never quite addressed my eating habits – my weight still fluctuates all the time, I still have shame and judgment around myself when I eat something “bad” and I find myself dissociating when I do.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of my relationship with food, so I knew I needed to explore further with Victoria Yates, who was wonderful enough to give me a taste of what her program looks like. Thank you, Victoria. 💚

Here’s just a few topics we discuss:
-why satisfaction is the best barometer for being full
-the problems with a clean plate mentality
-distracted and mindless eating
-meal plans
-eliminating guilt + restrictive eating
-how it comes back to an all or nothing mindset

If you’re struggling with your relationship with food, reach out to Victoria, join her program or sign up for her FREE minicourse.

Find our episode and conversation wherever you podcast, and the video on YouTube. Links in bio.

“What if it ain’t enough?Don’t wanna push my luckAfraid to f*ck it upI don’t wanna breakdown The mood is IndigoFeel your...
03/10/2023

“What if it ain’t enough?
Don’t wanna push my luck
Afraid to f*ck it up
I don’t wanna breakdown
The mood is Indigo
Feel your magic, feel your glow
It’s your party, here we go.”

is a master of make believe, and reminds us of its power to shape our realities. I have come back to this quote (and this wonderful song) from Indigo a lot since our conversation, empowering me to keep building a life on make believe.

I hope our conversation empowers you too. Find it wherever you get your pods, with the video on YouTube! Links in bio.

Happy Naked Man season 3 premiere day! It's been nearly seven months since the last episode, and that we’re back at all,...
22/09/2023

Happy Naked Man season 3 premiere day!

It's been nearly seven months since the last episode, and that we’re back at all, and more refined with better audio and now PICTURE, is thanks to my friend and producer who has been the supportive ALL IN collaborator for this project I’ve needed all along. Thank you, Freddie. 💚

In true Naked Man fashion, our first episode guest is a connection from Freddie’s life. This week, I am joined by actor and singer , Marlon Meikle’s drag persona, to further explore gender nonconformity and our gender identities.

To do so, the drag queen takes the wheel as Indigo leads all of us through an interactive writing exercise inspired by Imara Jones and Alok Vaid-Menon. Indigo’s kindness and understanding bursts out of them, a gift I’m so grateful to have experienced.

Through our discussion, I realized building my own self outside of the confines of gender is a search for my inner “goober” and the community of goobers who will accept the new, awkward, weird Andy that I’m becoming, and that I was unapologetically as a kid, as evidenced by the “Goobers on Vacation” photo of my sister and I. As Indigo so wonderfully put it: Whose imagination are you living in? From now on, I’m living out my imagination, not the patriarchal American imagination I was socialized in.

We also talk about the importance of Pride, my coming out story and panic attack at Outloud Fest during Pride and the power of make-believe.

I urge you to check out Indigo Dai’s earworm pop bop business card, “Breakdown,” on Spotify. I’ve had it on repeat while writing everything for this episode.

Check out the episode wherever you get your podcasts. Links in bio!

Watch this episode on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/

I’ve been mostly radio silence for a bit, but it’s in order to improve the show and be more regular about it going forwa...
26/06/2023

I’ve been mostly radio silence for a bit, but it’s in order to improve the show and be more regular about it going forward. So excited to announce that I’m bringing on as a producer who has already leveled up everything. It’s so wonderful to have someone on the team who believes in me and what we’re trying to do. We are developing six exciting (and scary) episodes this summer, with more to come.

The Naked Man Podcast returns this fall.

“Could I interest you in everything?All of the time?A little bit of everythingAll of the time”-Bo Burnham, “Welcome to T...
06/02/2023

“Could I interest you in everything?
All of the time?
A little bit of everything
All of the time”
-Bo Burnham, “Welcome to The Internet”

Any mixtape that begins with Bo Burnham’s manic ode to the delights and (mostly) horrors of the internet, is a keeper. That energy seethes through this 7-song stampede through ’s ADHD brain.

It’s a collection spanning a multitude of genres from comedy, rap, rock, country, covers, four chord samples and nu metal.

Bo Burnham - Welcome to The Internet
The Dead South - People Are Strange
Theory of a Deadman - Rx (Medicate)
The Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords
Trevor Moore - Drunk Texts to Myself (feat. Reggie Watts)
Gym Class Heroes - Cupid’s Chokehold / Breakfast in America
Korn, The Dust Brothers - Kick The P.A.

I think the song I most identified with was (unfortunately?) Trevor Moore’s “Drunk Texts to Myself.” Whether I’m drunk, stoned or sober, I am always writing notes to Future Andy, hoping he’d pick up the infinite, random loose threads I leave and spin them into gold.

"’Dude, that's a great idea. You should totally remember that. Send that, you should totally send that to yourself
Right now.’
Drunk texts to myself, messages through time
I don't remember any of these, what was going through my mind?”

Find David’s mixtape on Spotify, link in bio.

Find our conversation on his experiences with ADHD wherever you podcast.

“There’s so many friend circles that I’ve been in and out of where everything starts out great and then I slowly become ...
01/02/2023

“There’s so many friend circles that I’ve been in and out of where everything starts out great and then I slowly become the butt of the joke.” – David Marlowe on His ADHD

This week, I am so excited to have of come on the pod to discuss his experiences with ADHD, starting with a diagnosis in the second grade.

From there, David chronicles a lifelong tale of stigmas and over-explaining that has necessitated a bushel of metaphors at his disposal – ie. Adderall is like glasses for his brain.

He relates a beyond difficult college experience after he went off meds before he understood his disorder, and like so many of us, reveals how his walls are up when it comes to conversations revolving around mental health in a blue collar workplace. Plus, how did South Park do ADHD a disservice?

While "pills don't make skills," we also bemoan the always heartbreaking travails with health insurance and the extreme difficulties in getting Adderall, even with a firm diagnosis.

It was an honor to talk with David, a great model of transparency for us all.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio!

What have your experiences been with ADHD? How are you coping with ADHD? Let us know in the comments. 💜

Our latest playlist, “Messages with Spirit,” is curated by my latest guest, . In Priyanka’s words, these songs “were sen...
20/01/2023

Our latest playlist, “Messages with Spirit,” is curated by my latest guest, . In Priyanka’s words, these songs “were sent to me from Spirit when I ask them a question, a mixture of Hindi/Bollywood, Urdu, Gujarati, and American songs.” She uses them in a practice called “shufflemancy.”

Priyanka goes out on walks, puts the playlist on shuffle, then asks questions to Spirit and whatever song comes on next brings an answer.

I decided to try shufflemancy with her playlist. At the time, I just needed to get out of the house and move because I was anxious, Open for whatever came. Of course, that familiar place can lead to overwhelm/confusion because I’m trying to read into everything.

But as my walk unfolded, a theme emerged – of Release & Advance – in regards to many of my personal and professional relationships, directing me toward which people to align myself with going forward.

Here are the first 7 songs Spirit delivered to me:

5 Seconds of Summer - Best Years, which hinted at a reunion with an old friend who has worked with the band.

Mamma Mia – Dancing Queen reminded me not to be so serious, to be joyful. I’ve had dance parties with myself when I’ve been feeling anxious since.

COIN - Malibu 1992 felt nostalgic and wistful, of missing an old lover, and signaled me to carry those feelings but move on from the person.

Sjowgren - Now & Then brought young love back into my heart and the excitement that comes from learning about other people, directing me to the new connections in my life.

Fleet Foxes - Wading in Waist-High Water took that further, capturing a “love at first sight” feeling, another wink in the direction of new friends and partnerships.

MARO - saudade, saudade brought with it grief and pain over who I’ve lost and who I will lose along the way.

Tony Kakkar - Dheeme Dheeme is a flirty, romantic song but its title translates to “slowly, slowly,” preaching patience yet confidence in my direction. Another translated lyric hits this home further: “Everything has set for me.”

There are so many other great songs on the playlist, which you can find on Spotify. Link in bio! Our episode is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

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