{"podcast":{"title":"AGING with STRENGTH®","slug":"aging-with-strength-7179340","podcast_index_feed_id":7179340,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3037652.rss","website_url":"https://www.agingwithstrength.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3037652/a907398324d513fcd69c210172629582.jpg","author":"Paul von Zielbauer","episode_count":22,"summary":"Actionable aging intelligence from a lifelong athlete & Pulitzer-nominated former New York Times journalist.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T18:18:35.424178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340"},"episode":{"title":"Menopause for men with Dr. Annie Fenn","slug":"menopause-for-men-with-dr-annie-fenn","published_at":"2026-01-24T22:08:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340/menopause-for-men-with-dr-annie-fenn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340","url":"https://www.agingwithstrength.com/p/menopause-for-men-annie-fenn","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185658902/74ab22fbda067fa49177f60e77bf395f.mp3","summary":"For men interested in learning more about menopause and perimenopause , or who just want to become better partners to women experiencing either, my candid and wide-ranging, no-b.s. conversation with Annie Fenn, MD is for you. We include clear, trustworthy information about sex, alcohol, nutrition, hormone treatments, fitness, sleep and other menopause-related topics that are so often marbled with misinformation. “Menopause for men” podcast timestamps 01:27 — Defining menopause and perimenopause in clinical terms. “It is a retrospective diagnosis,” Dr. Fenn says. “There’s also a lot of misunderstanding in the medical community.” 04:15 — Typical age ranges for perimenopause and the clues that it’s arriving. 05:24 — Estrogen, progesterone & the hypothalamus . “They rise and then they fall, and then they rise and then they fall….“ 07:00 — The rise of the menopause/perimenopause conversation (and the subsequent industry) during the past few years. “On social media, there are many ‘menopause experts’ talking about it.” Baby Boomers started it; Millennials wanted to talk more about it ; celebrities took it to the next level. 08:25 —The biggest male misconceptions about menopause. “You can’t just say, ‘Go to the doctor, get on hormones’ and you’ll be fine.” 08:58 —How the Women’s Health Initiative study of 2003 “scared off a generation of doctors.” 10:05 —The dearth of experienced menopause doctors . “There is a huge gap.” The “counterintuitive” choice for women. 11:20 — Male misconception #2 about menopause/perimenopause. “There’s a lot more things going on than what’s happening to a woman’s emotions.” The problem of poor sleep quality. 12:30 — “Zoom out a little bit” to understand a woman’s menopause experience: She’s taking care of work, kids, home, husband, etc., and then……","meta_description":"For men interested in learning more about menopause and perimenopause , or who just want to become better partners to women experiencing either, my candid…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2096,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aging-with-strength-7179340/episodes/menopause-for-men-with-dr-annie-fenn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aging-with-strength-7179340/menopause-for-men-with-dr-annie-fenn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}