Other Men Need Help Podcast Launches Third Season

New York NY, USA—Award-winning podcast Other Men Need Help has launched its third season. Other Men Need Help is a narrative non-fiction audio series that takes a playful look at the emblems, habits and struts in the male performance, and deconstructs how they mask a quiet need for connection. After two seasons focusing on accountability and examining the quiet ways men try to connect, season three zeroes in on friendship between men, celebrating its bonds and gently exploring what goes unsaid. From greetings and secret handshakes; hidden beefs and childhood friends facing cross-country moves, a diverse collection of voices from all over the world (ranging in age, race, and class) will add their experience to the show’s exploration of best friendship in its many forms.

Accolades for the past two seasons of Other Men Need Help have appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, Los Angeles Review of Books, Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, and The Washington Post. In addition to 16 regular season episodes, nine bonus episodes, and four live events, host Mark Pagán and Other Men Need Help have made guest appearances and contributed to WNYC’s Nancy, Spoke Media’s Family Ghosts, and The Gender Knot. The series has won a Latin Podcast Award, Audience Award at IFP’s Made in NY Media Center, and was nominated for a 2019 Webby Award for Best Individual Episode.

The nine episodes in the third season will be released bi-weekly from July through November on all major podcast streaming platforms.

Production team

• Mark Pagán, Host and Executive Producer
• Caitlin Mae Burke, Lead Producer
• Rebecca Seidel, Producer and Lead Sound Designer
• Ben Goldberg, Producer
• Cierra Franco, Associate Producer
• Xochitl Tapia, Production Intern

Biographies

Mark Pagán (Host/Executive Producer) is an award-winning performer, film and podcast producer, writer, and graying b-boy. His stories have appeared on RISK!, The Moth, Story Collider, Spoke Media’s Family Ghosts, Nancy, and his film work and performances have been honored at more than 50 festivals worldwide. He currently produces and hosts the award-winning podcast series and live show, Other Men Need Help, now in its third season.

Caitlin Mae Burke (Lead Producer) An Emmy-winning producer, Caitlin Mae Burke’s films have screened and won awards at top tier festivals including Sundance, Berlinale, and Tribeca, and screened in movie theaters and on televisions internationally. She is an inaugural inductee to DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40” and alumna of Berlinale Talents. Caitlin is currently lead producer for Other Men Need Help and the co-director of Tribeca Film Institute’s IF/Then Shorts, a fund and mentorship program for short documentaries.

Rebecca Seidel (Producer/Lead Sound Designer) is a podcast producer, sound designer, and lover of sonic landscapes. By day, she produces podcasts for Marvel Entertainment. In addition to being a producer for Other Men Need Help, Rebecca teaches audio production classes for all skill levels and leads the NYC chapter of Podcast Brunch Club, a global listening community.

Ben Goldberg (Producer) is a producer and story editor for a variety of mediums. He currently works with the filmmaker Marshall Curry, where he helped produce the Oscar-winning short film “The Neighbors’ Window.” In addition to being a producer for the podcast Other Men Need Help, Ben has worked in film post-production, documentary filmmaking, and television development.

Cierra Franco (Associate Producer) is an audio producer and native West Texan based in Brooklyn. A lover of all things audiovisual, she currently works as a Film Archive Aide and recently participated in The Made in NY Podcast Certificate Program. In addition to being an associate producer for Other Men Need Help, Cierra has worked in documentary film, digital video publishing, and multimedia operations.

Xochitl Tapia (Intern) is a food junkie, environmentalist, womanist, and believer of dreams among other things. Born in Mexico and raised in Kansas City, she is now an undergrad student at College of the Holy Cross majoring in English and Latin American Studies. She is currently spending a semester in NYC working in marketing to see if any of the dreams she believes in can be found on the 23th floor of Corporate Midtown NY.