Best Men’s Mental Health Podcasts | Trailer Park Thursday


Parallel Frequencies with Just Blane & Coco, Trailer Park Thursday turns its spotlight toward men’s mental health podcasts that are actively breaking cultural stigma. From All Black Men Need Therapy to raw, vulnerable storytelling from men who refuse to stay silent, this episode explores how masculinity is evolving in real time.
Just Blane and Coco unpack themes of perfection vs excellence, celebrating wins, emotional honesty, and why “I’m fine” is often the most dangerous phrase in the room. They discuss why men need safe spaces to talk about failure, trauma, and mental health without shame — and why this shift is bigger than podcasting.
If you’re looking for the best men’s mental health podcasts or meaningful conversations around vulnerability and breaking stigma, this discovery episode delivers both insight and direction.
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parallel frequencies with Just Blaine and Coco right here on trailer park Thursday. I love trailer park Thursday. What about you Courtney? What do you got? What do you got going on over there on a Thursday? What's going down?
Courtney Pearl (00:12)
Whew, I've just had a week of running around. I've been doing so much. My schedule was like, no room, no wiggle room. Just one thing after another running around this and that, and this and kids and parent-teacher conferences and I don't even know. So it's nice when I get to come and record because I can just be like, huh, it's just a peaceful moment. I get to hang out, watch some trailers. It's gonna be fun.
Just Blane (00:36)
Yeah!
Yeah! Before we get to the trailers, did you know? Did you know that our store is now up with merch? Look at this!
Courtney Pearl (00:49)
I can't wait.
Just Blane (00:49)
We've got I'm a freq shirts. We've got I'm a freq coffee mugs, hoodies, even the baseball tee. love the baseball tee. I'll put that the link to this to our store. We'll make sure people out there can see this and get the link and can go get some merch from us. Who does? I'm going to we got stickers coming soon. We got everything. Anything you want to print it up with. I'm a freq is coming.
Courtney Pearl (00:52)
So cute.
Love a baseball tee. Yeah.
⁓ it's
gonna be fun for summer if we do some festivals and we can wear our I'm a freq shirts. Thrill.
Just Blane (01:25)
I love it.
I love it. But today is trailer part Thursday. And last week on the show we did some, we had some mental health ones in there. Remember that? And I said, yeah, ⁓ absolutely. Absolutely. And I said, you know what? Nothing against the women mental health podcast. Love them. There's places for that. But I said, let me go find two or three.
Courtney Pearl (01:37)
Mm-hmm. Always, always a fan.
Just Blane (01:53)
that are men focused mental health podcasts because men need to hear this stuff too. And I read across a couple. So let's go ahead and play the first one here and see what we got.
Courtney Pearl (01:59)
Mm-hmm.
Ooh, short and sweet, I like it.
Just Blane (02:53)
Alright, yeah, yeah, I got I like that I can see that So that's ⁓ Scott Danner and I looked into this guy and I think he had interviews with like military people like Green Beret people like people who really been in the shit, you know, and they're only talking about mental health And those are some of the toughest sob's out there
Courtney Pearl (03:08)
Mmm.
Yeah.
Just Blane (03:17)
you know, in past times that would have been the people who would have been like, there's mental health, that's no thing. We can tough it out. No, it's not about tough it out. And these people will really tell you how to get in and touch it, how to get in tune, how to get whatever you need, whatever kind of help in any kind of way for mental health. Men need it too. And I think that's a great one. What'd you think about that trailer there?
Courtney Pearl (03:36)
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely. love that. I mean, he probably will relate with men because he is a man. Maybe men would be like, this guy is going to show me the way, show me how to do it. ⁓ Men getting mental health support and emotional support from other men. I'm a big fan because it shouldn't just be women carrying the burden of society's mental health issues. should be everybody working towards that goal for themselves. And I love the way he mentioned perfection a couple of times because I've talked about that.
Just Blane (04:01)
Right?
Courtney Pearl (04:10)
telling blue in the face that perfection versus excellence, when what we're striving for, perfection being usually a ⁓ unrealistic expectation we hold on ourselves and perfection not leaving room for the failures and the mistakes that get us there. And so I love that he mentioned that a couple of times because I think there's a big difference between striving for perfection and striving for excellence.
Just Blane (04:33)
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely, let's look at that Great words over there put we need to make that a quote right there Did you steal that from somebody Coco or is that right off the top of your head? Is that?
Courtney Pearl (04:51)
heard it from Sarah. Most of the things in my head are from somewhere down the line. I couldn't give you an exact resource on that one because it's been in my own head for a long, time.
Just Blane (04:56)
Amen.
We
could do a whole show on that and say that, you know, I've said it before, no idea is a new idea. They all came from somewhere. So let's get to our next trailer right here. I'm excited about this one.
Courtney Pearl (05:11)
Yeah.
. you
Just Blane (07:27)
Alright alright, I love this and first of all, I gotta say If you're listening to the podcast trailers and stuff like that most of time you hear like this Wild, you know, there's music going it's all this and
Courtney Pearl (07:50)
Produced
and edited and yeah.
Just Blane (07:53)
This one is very raw. is.
I don't want to say, I will say it's not your typical energy for a podcast trailer, but it gets the point across. It's, it's almost uncut, unedited on a, you know, raw. And the way that he's talking is real life and it's heavy. He says it later on. This is going to be heavy. So.
The vibe of putting all this energy and stuff out there is not gonna fit what the show is doing. I love that. And it's called the Mental Health Series, I believe. Mental Health, no, no, I'm sorry. Men'sMentalHealthSeries.com is where you can go. And Darryl Perry, that's the host. It sounds like it gets heavy. And that's the kind of stuff that is real. We need to hear, men need to hear that.
Courtney Pearl (08:48)
Mm-hmm.
Just Blane (08:49)
Go here, Cook.
Courtney Pearl (08:51)
Yeah, it might be a little green as far as if it's his first time, you know, getting on a microphone and talking and things like that. And we can give a lot of grace for that because I was once upon a time putting out practically Magic season one and was saying, I don't know what this is going to sound like. And for a couple of years of me doing this, hopefully I get better at it as we go. I'm always thrilled with people like Daryl who want to put what they have to share out there in the world. I mean,
Just Blane (09:08)
Yeah.
Courtney Pearl (09:21)
You said it before, everybody has a story and get out there ⁓ and helping people whatever way that you can. And ⁓ I might say, I might suggest to new listeners listening to it on maybe double speed, because I think that it will kind of bring the energy out a little bit on there. But I'm just happy that they're out there making podcasts like this and starting conversations about things that people need.
Just Blane (09:45)
Yeah,
yeah, you're right. Darryl Sanders a little green, but you know what? He opened up that microphone and put something out and is vulnerable. And I love that about Darryl. And this is something that the world needs. People out there need that. But like you said, yeah, put it on two times speed if it's a little bit slow, but you can also let that thing breathe. I'd love to hear some of the interviews and stuff he did. Let's get to our final trailer. I'm real, real hyped about this one. All right. And this is going to be a clip. ⁓
A trailer from an actual episode instead of the show overall, but we're going to listen to it. Here we go.
Courtney Pearl (10:52)
.
Just Blane (11:27)
All right, this one right here I can tell it's got a real place out there for people to listen to and if you didn't catch it, the name of this is All Black Men Need Therapy. website, abmnt.com, acronym of All Black Men Need Therapy. Michael J. Peterson, Bell Prentice Powell.
this right here this is what i wanted to hear this is something i'd listen to and i'm not i'm not a black man but this is you know evidently apparently
Courtney Pearl (12:00)
Yeah.
We have
to assume that it's still, despite the title, for everybody, for...
Just Blane (12:09)
Yeah,
absolutely. But I love this and this is something out there because a lot of people even black, white, whatever, as a man, you're taught to be tough and taught to, you got to be rough, tough. You got to be all this and in the culture here.
this right here is talking to the streets. And that's a little bit different than the interview or the trailer that we just played before with Darryl, Darryl Perry. He's talking to a different type of audience of men, just like these guys right here are. I love this. These guys are tough. They're standing up and they're also saying, you know what? We can fail. We can definitely fail. I love that they really are.
Courtney Pearl (12:29)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just Blane (12:53)
hammering here in this episode hammering home the fact of ⁓ celebrate your wins because we don't do that enough men don't do that enough i don't think
Courtney Pearl (13:02)
think even just taking to a point, celebrating failures too. Like changing the culture, the perception around failure and what that really means because we have so much shame wrapped around failure when in reality, no success, none. I don't care who you are. I don't know how quickly your followers jumped up from zero to a thousand or 10,000. Everybody has had to fail.
Just Blane (13:07)
Yes.
Courtney Pearl (13:32)
to get to where they are in some capacity or another. For that success to be even earned or lasting, failure has to be a part of it. And I grew up in like a ⁓ inner city Midwestern ⁓ area where I was the minority in color and ethnicity. And getting to know a little bit about like black culture and being around, you when black men were together,
very rarely do you see them being vulnerable or talking about things. And I love that this breaks that mold and says, it's time for us to start doing that. It's time for that to be ⁓ changed completely. Like to be able to sit around and say, man, I didn't really feel smart. I didn't feel successful because I failed in school and I didn't get good grades. And he's just talking openly about what that felt like. What I would have seen normally and
Just Blane (14:03)
Yeah.
Courtney Pearl (14:28)
what I grew up with was there'd be a lot of teasing and rising each other and it would have just been the culture to be like, ⁓ you're dumb, man. And then this person being like, yeah, I probably am. then whatever. And but nobody's talking about feelings and nobody's talking about how that actually feels to feel like, am I dumb? I'm not good in school. What do I do if I don't, if I'm not good in school, where do I go next? And the way that he just opened up in that clip and as just one little conversation we got to hear about, but
Just Blane (14:32)
Yeah!
Courtney Pearl (14:58)
I love seeing them break that mold.
Just Blane (14:59)
Yeah.
They should, it should, it should be normalized. And that's what these guys right here are doing. This talk should be normalized, not just in the black culture, but in all cultures. And if this is the show to do it, like you said, sure, it's, it's, it's made for black men. But like I said, I'm not a black man, but I'd listen to this and I'd probably get something out of it more so than I would from Daryl Perry. I did go to the website, check this out. They got a beautiful website. This is a B.
Courtney Pearl (15:10)
Mm-hmm.
Just Blane (15:28)
mnt.com all their episodes they got there about us they got some beautiful videos unpacking issues that affect the mental health of black men now i am all for this show right here and look at these guys out here in the streets right here and i'm not sure what city they're in but they got just awesome elegant episodes you can subscribe here check them out on social media but look us you could even book me
Courtney Pearl (15:29)
Ohhhh
Mm hmm. I'm going to do that
right now. I'm going to be searching them up on my social media. I'm to be following them. I might even shoot them a message and be like, hey guys, cut your podcast clip. And I loved it.
Just Blane (16:05)
I'd like to talk to them honestly.
Honestly, if you get in touch with these guys, tell them what we want to talk to them. I'd like to talk to at least one of these guys and get them on as a guest to talk more about this and be open about this. Coco, me and you work with promise to live. That's a suicide prevention awareness organization. This stuff is heavy. It affects everybody. It happens out of nowhere. Mental health is real.
Courtney Pearl (16:13)
⁓ that'd be amazing.
Just Blane (16:32)
We are all going through something and all you gotta do a lot of times is just say, you okay? And somebody will tell you. They'll tell you if they're not okay or not. Believe me, they will.
Courtney Pearl (16:40)
Yeah. And
if you can read energies, that second podcast, that was something that I was going to know about ⁓ seeking medical professional help and mental health. And don't forget that there are holistic and naturopathic people out there also. And I'm not saying it replaces one or the other, and there should be resources for in every realm of health and mental health that you should seek. Those of us who have really done the work in trauma informed
⁓ Energy healing and emotional healing can also be another great resource. ⁓ yeah, so I don't remember what I going to say, but...
Just Blane (17:20)
No, I know where I'm going to
go with that. And I'm going to go ahead and throw our own disclaimer in there and say that, Hey, this is not professional help or opinions either. If you're listening right now, none of these podcasts seem like they were by medical professionals. They're great resources, but if you actually really deeply need help, find a professional, you can look it up. You can Google it on your computer, put a safe, put it up, put the
What is it? The incognito search on if you don't want it to be in there. Do whatever you gotta do, but go get the help. And there's plenty of people around you wherever you're at that will help you. Use these. Yeah.
Courtney Pearl (17:58)
Yeah. and that's what I was going to say. If
you're intuitive and you say, are you OK? Most people can read a person whether they say it or not. mean, you've you've met somebody where they were going through a hard time and maybe they were just not ready to open up and be vulnerable. So you say, hey, how are you doing? And they're like, OK. And you just know, I mean, there have been moments in my own life where I was really not OK. But when someone said, are you OK? I just couldn't lie.
Just Blane (18:26)
Yeah.
Courtney Pearl (18:27)
I would just say, yeah, I'm all right.
Just Blane (18:30)
And that's what we learned.
But that's what we learned also is when somebody is actually suicidal, and this is some heavy talk right now, but when they are actually suicidal and you say, you okay? They'll let you know. If they're, if they're right there, they're not going to say, I'm okay. They're not, they won't. They won't. So make sure you ask, make sure you get help if you really need it. 988 is the suicide number right now that you can call.
Courtney Pearl (18:53)
Yeah.
Just Blane (18:59)
988-call-that-if-you-need-help.
Courtney Pearl (19:01)
And promise to live.org has a lot of great resources too. So go check it out and you can see how to help others even better.
Just Blane (19:05)
That's right. can go
out there right now and make the Promise to Live. Promisetolive.org. That's it though for this week's Trailer Part Thursday. I have you one. But we needed to do it. We had to do that, Coco. We got to get it out there and make sure that men know they're taken care of too, especially mental health. Mental health, to me, that kind of pain, mental pain and all that is worse than physical pain. And we can help people.
Courtney Pearl (19:19)
Yeah. Yeah.
Just Blane (19:35)
We're all gonna be there. We're all gonna need help ourselves at some point, maybe not in the same capacity, but it's better to be there and then have somebody be there for you. So make sure we do that for each other. Reach out, help each other. It's parallel frequencies with Just Blaine and Coco. We'll see you on the other side.
Courtney Pearl (19:47)
Yeah.