Men Behaving Honestly Podcast

Nobody ever sat us down and taught us how to do relationships. Not the rows, not the intimacy, not the sex, not even how to stay in the room when it gets uncomfortable. So we blag it, and then we're surprised when the spark goes. This week Johnny and James sit down with relationship coach David Chambers for an honest, unpolished conversation about what actually goes on for men behind the front doo...

When's the last time a mate actually checked in on you? Not a "you alright?" in the group chat. Properly checked in. Most men can't answer that. And most men don't realise they're lonely either, because loneliness doesn't look like sitting on your own. It looks like being in a room full of people, with a partner, kids and mates around you, and still not being able to...

"If you want to know why you drink, stop drinking." That's what a therapist told Sober Dave. And it's the most uncomfortable, honest thing in this whole episode. In 2026, three out of four suicides are still men. A lot of them involve a drink. But this episode isn't really about alcohol. It's about escape. The urge most men know but never name, to get away from how they&#...

Suppressed anger is one of the most dangerous things a man can do to himself. Bottle it up and it goes one of two ways. Outward into rage, or inward into depression. Neither ends well. In this episode, James and Johnny get honest about anger, the emotion James has wrestled with his whole life. From kicking off over a game of pool as a kid, to carrying it through the military, to slowly working out...

Porn will never judge you. It'll never let you down. It'll never say no. And that's exactly the problem. In Episode 4, James and Johnny are joined by Taner Hassan, psychotherapist, addiction specialist and a man 20 years into his own recovery, for the conversation most men have never had out loud: when does porn stop being harmless and start being the thing you hide behind? They get in...

A lot of men know what they're supposed to be. The problem is they never asked whether they actually wanted it. In Episode 3, James and Johnny dig into the question that sits underneath everything else in this series: how do you become the man you actually want to be, not the version that got assembled from everyone else's expectations? They get into how the things you judge in other peopl...

He thought he was fine. Then he ended up in A&E with heart flutters from grief he'd never actually felt. In this one, Johnny and James sit down with Ben Coomber, men's performance coach, founder of Awesome Supplements, husband, dad, and someone who's been through depression and come out the other side with a lot of wisdom. We pull apart what most men have been doing their whole lives without r...

Most men are stuck between "I'm fine" and rock bottom and the only way out is being properly honest with yourself first. This is Episode 1 of Men Behaving Honestly, a new 8-episode limited podcast series from Johnny and James.  In this opening episode they map out the spectrum most men live on (between cracking on and rock bottom), why "I'm fine" is the most expensive l...