Women spend a lot of time wondering what men really think about love and relationships.
In this episode, Christiana sits down with Holly Solem, advice columnist and creator of the social media series Manthropology, to discuss what she’s learned from interviewing men about dating, masculinity, and loneliness. They also play a game revisiting iconic fictional men in pop culture and how they shaped millennial women’s understanding of love and relationships.
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01:19 Meet Holly Solem
06:20 Holly’s move back to LA
07:14 Creating “Manthropology”
11:28 What Holly has learned about men while making “Manthropology”
13:34 How men in LA compare to men in NY
14:45 How women absorb the shame of men
16:09 Misogyny in 2026
18:02 Platonic relationships between straight men and women
22:20 How Holly reacts during Manthropology interviews
23:20 White girlhood vs. Black girlhood
25:51 Fictional pop-culture men game
27:14 Chandler Bing from “Friends”
28:58 Ross Geller from “Friends”
29:39 Batman
30:50 Superman
32:24 Homer Simpson
34:10 Lawrence from “Insecure”
35:13 Big from “Sex and the City”
37:13 Don Draper from “Mad Men”
38:18 Walter White from “Breaking Bad”
40:13 Nick Young from “Crazy Rich Asians”
41:35 Prince Akeem from “Coming to America”
42:46 Austin Powers
43:37 James Bond
46:40 Wolverine
48:13 Adam Sackler from “Girls”
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