How to Be a Man - Rylan Clark speaks to David Gandy

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Rylan is joined by fellow Essex boy David Gandy for a candid conversation about his life and career as one of the most successful male models in the world. David opens up about male mental health, the lessons he has learned from female supermodels, what he makes of his own appearance and why he dislikes having his photograph taken. In his new podcast How to Be a Man, Rylan Clark opens up the fault lines of masculinity in lively and revealing conversations with diverse, prominent figures and celebrities. Together they explore toxic masculinity, old-fashioned male stereotypes, gender identity, body image, parenthood, how to educate the next generation, role models and cultural differences to try to understand How to be a Man in the 2020s. Series Editor: Yvonne Alexander Executive Producer: Kevin Mundye A Mindhouse production in association with Simple Beast for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hi guys, I'm Rylann and I'm appearing in the grounded with Louis Theroux feed because
0:09.6	I want to tell you about my Radio 4 podcast, How to Be a Man.
0:14.0	Over 10 episodes I'm exploring what masculinity means today.
0:18.0	What are the problems that men are facing?
0:20.0	How should we educate boys?
0:22.0	And what are the issues around toxic masculinity?
0:25.8	In one interview I speak to fashion model David Gandhi and you're now about to hear
0:30.2	part of the interview.
0:31.8	Enjoy.
0:32.8	Music
0:39.8	I'm Rylann and this is How to Be a Man from BBC Radio 4.
0:44.0	And I'm here to talk about men because in recent years we have all seen the man in Britain
0:48.9	undergo radical change as the rule book has been well and truly ripped apart and with
0:54.0	yet no replacement it's never been a more confusing time for the male of the species.
0:58.8	So I'm gathering together a range of prominent figures and celebs who have all got their
1:03.4	own diverse and contrasting experiences to share on what it means to be a man today.
1:09.1	My guest in this episode is a supermodel and a fellow SX-Wayer.
1:13.8	That's right, a male supermodel who is from glamorous Billuricchi just seven miles down
1:19.6	the road from me.
1:21.2	He first came into the spotlight, modelling for an after-shape campaign, wearing only
1:25.9	a tiny pair of white semerim in trunks which I remember very well.
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