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Founders Larry Pollack and Mike Essrig talk about MANOPAUSE - everything men are facing in their 50s, 60s and 70s. From sex, marriage, divorce, travel, charity, kids, grandkids, taking care of parents, health, diet, exercise and much more! Don't forget about the ever growing bucket list! Tune in weekly to hear discussions with key influencers about subjects to matter to the Manopause Man.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Candid guest conversations connect later-life health with reinvention, relationships, physical ambition and the awkward work of adapting to change.
Larry Pollack and Mike Essrig treat aging as an open-ended conversation, using easy banter and guest interviews to connect physical health with identity, work and relationships.
Ring-light jokes give you a soft landing before Paulina Porizkova talks about fearing nobody would desire her again.
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A grounded midlife conversation about identity, achievement, and learning to begin again.
Chip Conley offers a steady conversation about midlife, identity, and the uneasy moment when success stops feeling like the whole story. It keeps returning to ordinary concerns such as work, self-worth, curiosity, and the discipline of being a beginner again.
Strongman is presented as strategy as much as spectacle.
Mitchell Hooper is framed as the world's strongest man, and the episode stands out for treating strongman as more than spectacle. It gives room to strategy, pacing, and the mental demands of competition, including the idea that a top athlete can conserve energy on one event and…
A loose, grounded conversation that lets John Lindstrom's long TV run and first novel speak for themselves.
John Lindstrom comes off as a seasoned performer with a long track record, from True Detective, Homeland, and Bull to 31 years on General Hospital. He also has a first novel, Hollywood Hustle, a thriller about a has-been film star whose daughter is kidnapped for ransom.
An approachable look at AI coaching for work and life.
Mark Fournier's OmniCoach lands in ordinary territory: work, change, and the awkward job of making a new tool feel usable. The hosts treat the pitch as a practical question, not a grand one.
A funny, plainspoken look at aging and starting over after a long marriage.
Paulina Porizkova gives this MANOPOD visit a candid, lively edge, speaking plainly about separation after a 33-year marriage and the awkward reality of dating again when old expectations no longer fit.
Straight talk for awkward health questions.
Growth talks for men under pressure.
Performance coaching with a systems-level body map.
Testimony first, then the work it demands.
Chip Conley joins the hosts to talk about midlife as a real turning point, not a punchline.
Mitchell “The Moose” Hooper joins Manipod as the reigning World’s Strongest Man, with a first child due in about 10 days.
John Lindstrom sits down to talk shop.
Mark Fournier joins the Manopause show to talk about OmniCoach, a free, 100% AI-driven virtual life and business coaching app.
Larry and Mike discuss manopause with news anchor Dan Ashley, covering life over 50 and his charity Rock the Casa.
The hosts interview former police officer Mike King about his investigation of the Zion Society cult and his book 'Deceived'.
Hosts Larry and Mike interview Doug Frank about his career as a musician and songwriter during the disco era.
Paulina Poroskova joins MANOPOD for a loose, funny, and candid conversation.