When faith becomes an excuse, someone has to say “enough.” In this round-table discussion —recorded April 30, 2025—Malcolm Traverse sits with Greg, Devon, and Swag to pry open the glossy shell of “love-and-light” culture and ask the harder question: Is your spirituality actually helping you grow, or just hiding the mess?

Across laughter, side-eyes, and a few black-church memories, we wrestle with:

• what “spiritual bypassing” really means—and why “everything happens for a reason” can be a velvet-lined cop-out;
• using faith as a launchpad and a crutch: where’s the line?;
• the uneasy marriage of mental health, trauma, and Sunday-morning platitudes;
• comfort food, diabetes, and the spiritual excuses we make for skipped doctor visits;
• reclaiming accountability—whether it’s therapy, a gym membership, or finally checking your blood pressure.

Expect sharp humor, unapologetic sidebars, and a challenge to test every cherished belief for its real-world utility. If your practice doesn’t make you kinder, healthier, and more present, maybe it’s just costume jewelry for the soul.

Listen in, get uncomfortable, and—above all—keep it useful.

Why do we vanish instead of speak?
How soon is “too soon” for sex?
Can confidence feel like arrogance to small minds?
And what happens when pseudo-intellectual nonsense swallows real Black history whole?

In this week’s M3 Bearcast I sit down with our newest panelist, Jameson, and longtime truth-bomb-dropper Greg to pick at the social scabs we’d rather keep hidden. We move from the messy art of ghosting—yes, I confess my own crimes—to the ticking clock of first-time hookups, then zoom out to confront the viral claim that Harriet Tubman was a fairy tale. (Spoiler: receipts are served.) Along the way we torch stereotypes about race, gender, and sexuality, and ask why certainty so often masquerades as knowledge online.

Expect blunt honesty, loud laughter, and a few lyrical gut-punches. If you value raw conversation over polished veneers, press play, share the ride, and keep questioning.

Catch the full panel every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on M3 Live (youtube.com/MaleMediaMind2). Support the movement at patreon.com/MaleMediaMind, or pass this episode to a friend who needs to hear it.

Are tweets a true town square or just neon static? In this M3 Bear Cast, host Malcolm Travers invites 22-year-old communications grad Jameson into a circle usually held by forty- and fifty-somethings. The result: sparks of insight across the age gap.

Together they probe:

• Whether social media builds community or breeds counterfeit intimacy.
• How hope can be both lifeline and shackle in long-distance “situationships.”
• The performance of masculinity in queer spaces—and who gets to call it “real.”
• Coming-out tales that range from quiet inevitability to surprise plot twists.
• Workplace closets, generational blind spots, and the price of respect.

It’s a candid, crackling conversation that punches through clichés and side-eyes easy answers. Pull up a chair in the den—fresh perspectives and hard questions await.