Psychjourney Podcasts

Testosterone 01 - Introduction Part 1 Barry Gordon, MD Video

Testosterone Deficiency - First of a series describing the broad scope of the disease.

Visit Dr. Barry Gordon's website.

Testosterone DeficiencyThe Hidden Disease: A major Health Issue for Every Woman - Every Man

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Length-1 hour, 13 minutes, 46 seconds

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of The North Star Guardians and the Psychjourney podcast, interviews Dr. Barry Gordon, author of Testosterone Deficiency: The Hidden Disease: A major Health Issue for Every Woman-Every Man published by iUniverse, Inc. 

Dr. Barry Gordon received his M.D. degree from the Chicago Medical School in 1965. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1968, and in Hematology at the Montefiore Hospital Medical Center in the Bronx in 1969. Dr. Gordon has served as Chief of Hematology at two Brooklyn hospitals, and has been on the teaching staff of the Downstate Medical School (SUNY Health and Science Center at Brooklyn) as a Clinical Instructor in Medicine. Most of Dr. Gordon's career has been devoted to his Internal Medicine / Primary Care practice in Brooklyn which he continues to maintain. He is the author of, Get Well, Stay Well. Visit his website.

Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Abraham Morgentaler, MD, author of Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health published by McGraw-Hill.



Abraham Morgentaler, MD, is a urologist who specializes in male reproductive and sexual health. He is an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of Men's Health Boston (MensHealthBoston.com). His book, Testosterone for Life (McGraw-Hill/Harvard Health Publications, November 2008) is the culmination of 30 years of research. It is the first consumer book about low testosterone by a nationally noted specialist in the field, and it explains every aspect of this common medical condition and it's treatment (testosterone therapy).

His other books include, The Male Body: A Physician's Guide to What Every Man Should Know About His Sexual Health and The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships. Morgentaler is a regular contributor to television and radio shows, and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN with Anderson Cooper, and NPR's The Connection.

His work on testosterone has been featured in The New Yorker, and his opinions about men's medical issues are regularly sought after by such prominent magazines as Men's Health, Newsweek and US News and World Report. His primary interest is the interface of sexuality, relationships, psychology, and biology. Visit his blog.

Saving Jack: A Man's Struggle With Breast Cancer

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Length-47 minutes, 30 seconds

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Mr. Jack Willis, author of Saving Jack: A Man's Struggle With Breast Cancer published by the  University of Oklahoma Press.

Breast cancer gave Jack Willis a reason to write his first book — a unique story about a man with a disease usually associated with women. Saving Jack would be one of the first books, if not the first, written by a man with breast cancer. Willis kept a journal during treatments, and that prompted the idea for the book. He had worked at the Muskogee Daily Phoenix in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for nineteen years, fifteen as editor, so writing was nothing new. But he’d never created anything longer than a sixty-inch newspaper article. “Take it one chapter at a time,” his book editor told him. So he did, and a new career as an author was launched.

Willis retired in June 2007 as Editorial Adviser of The Oklahoma Daily and Adjunct Journalism Professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. His students had covered the Oklahoma City bombing. They had tracked Zacarias Moussaoui, the man suspected of being the twentieth hijacker in the 9/11 attack. And they had revealed how the OU athletics department was operating millions of dollars in the red before a new coach resurrected the Sooners football program. Saying goodbye to those students and that exciting lifestyle wasn’t easy. It’s never easy to give up something you love. Educating through the newspaper and teaching gave him satisfaction and purpose, and college students kept him young.

Willis is a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and in February 2006 was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Oklahoma Pro Chapter, with its inaugural “Teacher of the Year” award. College Media Advisers named him its national adviser of the year (with less than five years experience) in 1995. He taught journalism part-time at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for eight years while working at the Phoenix.

He received his bachelor’s degree in advertising in 1963 and his master’s degree in journalism management in 1968 from Oklahoma State University. Willis lives the good life with his wife Becky in Norman. Visit his website.

The Decline of Men: How the American Male Is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future

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Length-1 hour, 9 minutes, 29 seconds

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Mr. Guy Garcia, author of author of The Decline of Men: How the American Male Is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future published by Harper.

Guy Garcia is an award-winning journalist, novelist, and multimedia entrepreneur. A former staff writer for Time, he has also published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, Harper's Bazaar, Spin, The Face, Interview, and People. A three-time judge for the National Magazine Awards, Garcia has also written two novels, Skin Deep and Obsidian Sky, as well as the nonfiction book The New Mainsteam. Born in Los Angeles, he lives in Manhattan. Visit his website.

The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics: A Guide for Parents, Women, Men, and Teenagers

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Length-22 minutes, 47 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot podcast, interviews Shobha S. Krishnan, M.D., author of THE HPV VACCINE CONTROVERSY: Sex, Cancer, God and Politics- A Guide to Parents, Women, Men and Teenagers  published by Greenwood Publications.

SHOBHA S. KRISHNAN, MD is Staff Physician at Columbia University's Barnard College Health Services. A board certified gynecologist and family practice physician, she has also worked as a surveillance physician for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to joining Barnard, she was in private practice for 10 years. In addition, Dr. Krishnan has worked as a physician at the Institute on Aging, and as Chief Resident in the Family Practice Department at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis.

Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men

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Length-1 hour, 1 minute, 58 seconds

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the North Star Guardians, interviews Dr. Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men published by Harper; 1 edition.

Michael Kimmel is a professor of sociology and a leading scholar in the field of gender studies. He teaches at State University of New York, Stony Brook, and is the author or editor of more than twenty volumes on the subject, including the groundbreaking Manhood in America: A Cultural History. He lectures extensively on college campuses in the United States and abroad. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.  Visit his website.

The Secret Lives of Men: What Men Want You to Know About Love, Sex, and Relationships

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Length-41 minutes, 41 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Christopher Blazina, author of The Secret Lives of Men: What Men Want You to Know About Love, Sex, and Relationships published by HCI.

Christopher Blazina,Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has published over twenty-five scholarly articles about the psychology of men and masculinity and is the author of the academic text The Cultural Myth of Masculinity. He holds a doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Texas and has been a professor at the University of Houston and Tennessee State University. His goal is to bring the complexity of the secret lives of men to a popular audience. Visit his website