How can men show up for women during the childbirth experience and throughout her healthcare journey?


Dr. Vanessa Archil is a board-certified OB/GYN who blends science-based maternity care with a human, deeply empathetic approach to women’s health. She’s devoted her career to improving maternal outcomes, empowering families, and teaching partners how to show up with presence, awareness, and real support during childbirth.


0:00 – Why men don’t know how to protect women in childbirth
1:10 – The maternal mortality crisis (and why Black women suffer most)
3:00 – My family’s story: losing a brother at full term
5:00 – Introducing Dr. Vanessa Archil, OB-GYN
6:00 – How bias, dismissal, and “young and healthy” myths kill women
10:00 – Obesity, chronic illness, and hidden risks in pregnancy
14:00 – Silent grief, stigma, and why families avoid the hospital
18:00 – How men can advocate without being aggressive or ignored
23:00 – Fibroids, fertility, egg freezing, and planning a family
30:00 – Menopause, long-term women’s health, and how men show up
36:00 – Why women’s healthcare determines family health
40:00 – Final message: becoming the man she can trust with her life




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Coach Albert Lee Cruse II is a State of Illinois Hall of Fame High School football coach, a mentor, and man who's dedicated decades to shaping boys into men through discipline, structure, and service. In neighborhoods and environments that often break young men, Coach Cruse has been pulling them out of the fire --- Quietly & Consistently.


00:00 Introduction & Personal Story
00:49 Meet Coach Cruz
01:21 Coach Cruz’s Early Life
02:44 Discovering Football’s Impact
05:05 Coaching Journey
06:35 Coaching in Tough Neighborhoods
09:00 Inglewood’s Untapped Talent
12:00 Community Challenges & Gang Influence
16:00 Building a Team & Family
20:00 Discipline, Expectations, and Tough Love
25:00 Social Media & Changing Times
30:00 Cultural Differences in Coaching
35:00 Family Dynamics & Pressure on Young Men
40:00 Overcoming Adversity & Resilience
45:00 The Power of Exposure & Leaving Home
50:00 Legacy & Final Reflections
52:50 Closing Remarks

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Knox Kronenberg is a Texas-born fine art photographer who wields the power of large-scale black-and-white imagery to tell bold, unforgettable stories, bridging the past and present, the wild and the refined, the familiar and the extraordinary. His work isn’t only about capturing a moment; it’s about pulling the viewer into an immersive world, where history, culture, and raw emotion collide. At the core of Knox’s work is a singular mission: to inspire passion on a massive scale. His work can be viewed in the online gallery at knoxkronenberg.com.

In this episode, we discus how Knox recreates and captures the American Frontier, the mindset and discipline behind some of his most iconic images, why purpose should be the dominant motivator, and why the grit of The West is conceptualized in his work.

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