{"id":44803,"date":"2026-10-23T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=44803"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:21:02","slug":"third-space-the-communities-helping-men-find-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2026\/10\/23\/third-space-the-communities-helping-men-find-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Space: The communities helping men find belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 720;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/THIRD-SPACE-TRAIL_.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women. We are facing a male loneliness epidemic. Some are turning to the manosphere for direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extreme ideas about masculinity are sparking controversy online. Your colleagues, your friends, your brothers&#8230;they could be listening. But what if there was something to drown it all out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This audio documentary explores how young men across the southwest are creating spaces for emotional vulnerability and redefining masculinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout Third Space we hear from a range of diverse male voices, from doctors to designers all with something in common&#8230;a quest for community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third Space invites listeners to see an alternate path, one of community, togetherness, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FMP-EDIT-FINAL-_mixdown_01.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women. We are facing a male loneliness epidemic. Some are turning to the manosphere for direction. Extreme ideas about masculinity are sparking controversy online. Your colleagues, your friends, your brothers&#8230;they could be listening. But what if there was something to drown it all out? This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":44806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1790,1788,1656],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio-docs","category-features","category-home-page-lead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44807,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44803\/revisions\/44807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}