May 4, 2020

EP. 214 — Quarantine Breakup

A trans man talks about what it’s like living with his gf post breakup and still sleeping in the same bed. He and Geth discuss masculinity.

Transcript

[00:00:05] CHRIS: [music transition] Hello to everybody who grew up playing Kill the Man with the Ball. It’s Beautiful Anonymous. One hour. One phone call. No names, no holds barred.   [00:00:18] THEME MUSIC: I’d rather go one-on-one. I think it will be more fun. And I’ll get to know you and you’ll get to know me.   [00:00:28] CHRIS: [music transition] I just got off the phone. This is a layered one. I tell you, the logline would just be this is someone who’s goin’ through a tough breakup, but I’m not going to spoil the ways in which it’s more layered than that. Early in the call, I go, “wait, hold on. I need to just make sure I understand all the dynamics of this relationship.” And I think you’ll have a lot of fun listening to me kind of have to slow down and sort that all out. It’s, I tell you what, I’ll tell you what as well. You’ll see what I mean as the call unfolds. But this caller…this ca

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