The MCs briefly transition between segments, reacting to a video message from the ‘Illuminated Apes’ podcast duo (Turtle and Tai) that addresses the male suicide rate and the need for men to embrace emotional wholeness. The hosts riff on the importance of dismantling toxic masculinity and the stigma of men showing vulnerability, with one MC echoing a point he made at a prior SYT event.
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[01:49:01] yeah and we’re back we’re back back to business no no no Joey left gave us some good uh tips
[01:49:12] we’re not always funny we think we’re funny but
[01:49:15] yeah it sounds like we are preparing for we got
[01:49:26] Tammy nope we’ll do um we’ll do Ty here next we’re a little early but hey
[01:49:35] are we on time ahead of schedule guys believe it or not we’re doing it you know I’m on stage like you
[01:49:44] know like let’s go
[01:49:45] um not today we’re we’re ahead of schedule we’re doing it yeah all right
[01:49:54] for uh hi Ryan and um yeah we’ll just mute ourselves here
[01:50:00] okay
[01:50:02] all right
[01:50:09] yeah
[01:50:09] you can get ourselves
[01:50:10] here
[01:50:13] um
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[01:50:25] turtle that’s Tai together we are the illuminated apes thank you for joining our troop and for your
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[01:51:34] As a matter of fact, 79% of suicides in the United States are men.
[01:51:41] We need to do something about this.
[01:51:43] It’s gone way too far.
[01:51:46] We need to make our men be complete, emotional, physical, and spiritual.
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[01:52:34] All right, guys. Back.
[01:52:41] All right.
[01:52:43] We’re back.
[01:52:45] And we’re back.
[01:52:48] Are you illuminated?
[01:52:50] Good question.
[01:52:52] I like what he said there, like how we all need to be, like, whole.
[01:52:57] I like that.
[01:52:58] Like, emotionally whole.
[01:53:00] And, like, you know, I feel like that’s kind of in the theme of the day.
[01:53:04] You know, like, especially what us men is holding stuff in.
[01:53:08] And, you know, just not showing any other emotion besides anger for real.
[01:53:13] So I think that’s what I like that message in that.
[01:53:19] Yeah.
[01:53:20] Yeah.
[01:53:21] I think it’s really important for us to get rid of the stigma of, you know, men having to be, you know, macho or crying be the epitome of weakness.
[01:53:31] Because, like I said last year, you know,
[01:53:34] if we weren’t supposed to cry, we wouldn’t have the ability to do so in the first place.
[01:53:39] So that is what it is.
[01:53:42] Exactly.
[01:53:43] Exactly.
[01:53:44] So, yeah.
[01:53:47] Turtle, he’s a fantastic tattoo artist in Cropping.
[01:53:53] And somebody that, you know, tries to bring a lot of meaning to the art of tattooing.
[01:53:59] So I give a shout out to him in that respect.
[01:54:02] So look forward to the podcast.
[01:54:04] We’ve got a podcast coming out.
[01:54:06] Mm-hmm.
[01:54:07] So, yeah.