Brown Girls Do It Too is back with a brand-new spin-off series featuring an all-male guest list on BBC Sounds
“It’s time to hear things from the other side. I’m diving deep to find out what men want, what they really REALLY want.” — Poppy Jay
Published: October 22, 2024 — Popular BBC podcast Brown Girls Do It Too is back with a brand-new spin-off series featuring an all-male guest list.
The series, Brown Girls Do It Too: Big Boy Energy presented by Poppy Jay, will launch on BBC Sounds on Friday 25 October, with a new episode dropping weekly.
While co-host Rubina Pabani takes maternity leave, Poppy will be joined by a roster of celebrity co-hosts for an entertaining and candid exploration of love, sex, and relationships—from a man’s perspective.
Covering topics such as mummy’s boys, guy-code and what it takes to be a man, the new series will follow Poppy Jay as she uncovers the male perceptive on different themes and how this influences how they see the world.
Poppy explains: “It’s time to hear things from the other side. I’m diving deep to find out what men want, what they really REALLY want. I’ll go down the abyss so you don’t have to, into the corners and crevices of the male psyche to get the answers that - let’s face it – in the modern day world have been perplexing. We’ve got some excellent co-hosts lined up to join me in conversation and I can’t wait for listeners to join us on this journey of discovery and exploration of big boy energy.”
The first episode features actor, writer, and comedian Asim Chaudhry—better-known for his role as Chabuddy G in hit BBC Three comedy People Just Do Nothing —who opens up about his first heartbreak, going through puberty, toxic masculinity, and why he believes people cheat.
“I think men have always cheated more, I think men have always been terrified of commitment. I honestly do think that.” He says “You see a lot of guys in their thirties who are quite regressed, and they’re still living as though they’re in their twenties. They are still looking for new shiny things. Especially when we talk about cheating. I think women who cheat are more likely to cheat with someone like an ex or someone they know because it’s like feeling safe, and there’s an emotional connection rather than cheating with random men.”
Asim also touches on how toxic masculinity has affected the younger generation, including his teenage siblings.
He adds: “I feel sorry for them because I think toxic masculinity has actually affected their game. At that age, when me and my boys were growing up we could always easily chat to girls because we weren’t on the whole alpha male thing. If you’re an alpha male you don’t have to go around saying you’re an alpha male. This generation they all say that they’re an alpha male. They love labels – simp, alpha male, beta, sigma…it’s so extreme.”
Other guest co-hosts lined up for Big Boy Energy include digital creator and podcaster Wajeeh West, British actor and model Ramzan Miah, comedian and social media star Shabaz Says, Netflix star and cultural producer Ryan Lanji, and journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar.
Source
BBC Sounds
