Brad Gage, LA Actor, Writer and much more; starting in the summer of 2019 has taken his razor-sharp skills, creative intellect and talent, putting them to use in a profoundly philanthropic/positive way. “Real Feels” is the name of a podcast and YouTube channel (also count Instagram) starting with poetry, and continuing into safe-space conversations where Brad invites people to truly see and share who they are.. I’ve not surprisingly seen people healing on it, he’s quite a warm person! Congruently with those conversations and maybe with a focus-shift for now soley to it, Brad Gage offers a series of video essays with an entertaining look/free educational take on ‘what is masculinity?’, ‘what is toxic masculinity’, ‘why haven’t we seen Mister Rogers for the masculine icon he is?’. Ultimately, this serves (I feel) to ask men to identify what their role is in creating a future (hell, why not now?) that women don’t have to feel like their lives, bodies and minds are always in harm’s way. Since I’m in full agreement on this, it was nice to just listen and appreciate Brad’s soothing voice and well-articulated thoughts, and better understand why he’s so passionate about all of it. He really is a beautiful person, was all too kind to me I’ll say, so thanks, Brad (really feely). I’ll mention at the end here that ‘Brad Gage’ the profile on Channel101 (link below), is still home to the content that introduced me to’m, and will continually bring me joy, so feel free to peruse. : )

Songs/Clips:
Real Feels “The Surprising Masculinity of Mister Rogers”
“Rí Rá” by Denise Chaila
Real Feels “Joe Rogan Doesn’t Understand Toxic Masculinity”

Brad Gage Links:
Brad Gage Website
Brad Gage on IMDB
Brad Gage on YouTube
Follow Brad Gage on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

Real Feels Links:
Real Feels on YouTube
Follow Real Feels on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

Produced, edited and hosted by Todd. V/O by Milo Axelrod. Theme music is excerpts of “Makie Elkino” (Live) by William Chernoff. Piano outro music by JP Sunga. Presented in part by Afternoon Tea - Artist Collective + Record Label. Born of the Shun Club. Shunned since 2012. afternoontealabel.com

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