Save the Males Kathleen Parker says it’s in women’s interest to save the males.
Tom Farley talks about his brother Chris Farley’s guy-humor.
Maddox has written an alphabet of manliness.
Ersi Arvizu made music about growing up around her father’s boxing gym.
Kathleen Parker is a cultural provocateur and the author of "Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care." She tells Anne Strainchamps that popular culture portrays men as incompetent fools and classrooms ignore material of interest to boys. She says intelligent women need someone else to talk to, much less to marry and raise children with, so it's in women's interest in fix this.
Tom Farley, older brother of comedian Chris Farley, is the co-author (with Tanner Colby) of "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts." He tells Jim Fleming that the young Chris was always funny, but was funnier when he was sober. He developed a problem with alcohol as soon as he started drinking, which eventually led to his early death from substance abuse. And of course we hear clips from Chris in his glory years.
Maddox is the author of the best selling "The Alphabet of Manliness." It's politically incorrect, testosterone-laden and deliberately outrageous – an example of "fratire." Maddox talks with Steve Paulson about this style of humor and how women react to it.
Ersi Arvizu has been making music for years. She had a hit in the Sixties when she performed with her sisters. She's just released her first solo album, "Friend for Life," produced by Ry Cooder. Arvizu tells Jim Fleming about growing up longing to get involved in the sport of boxing. Her dad ran a boxing gym for boys in their backyard. We hear how this passion for a then boys-only sport has shaped her music to this day with clips from the new album.
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