Library
Everything this movement has said, in one place.
Interviews, essays, podcast episodes and books — the primary sources. If you want to understand Legacies of Men properly rather than from a homepage, start here.
Start here
The four that explain everything else.
If you only read or listen to a handful of things, make it these.
Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Joe Truax of Legacies of Men Is Helping To Change Our World
Yitzi Weiner
The long-form origin story: how a Reddit comment became a movement, what the two curricula are for, and why Joe names traditional masculinity as a leading cause of the male suicide rate.
ReadThe True Acts of Truax
Joe Truax
Joe’s own accounting of every project under the banner — the subreddit, the meetings, the books, the free classes — and the reasoning behind each.
Read“As Men” — the 41 burdens
Joe Truax
The piece that travelled furthest: a full catalogue of the valueless burdens men are handed, and the basis for what the Unburdened curriculum takes apart one session at a time.
ReadABIDING — The Trauma Recovery Podcast, S1 E13
Hosted by Glen Dower
Ninety minutes of Joe with the brakes off. The single best introduction to who he is and what he is trying to do.
ListenThe rest
More writing, more episodes.
- EssayBlood expects. I ran from my blood.On family, obligation, and the distance men put between themselves and where they came from.Medium
- PodcastLegacies of Men: A Hope-Filled PodcastThe movement’s own show. Episode one is Joe and his cohost introducing themselves with no script and no polish, which is fairly representative.Spotify · Apple Podcasts
- RecognitionTop 100 Innovators of 2024For building and leading the men’s mental health movement behind r/GuyCry and Legacies of Men.Awarded to Joe Truax
Books
Written to be given away.
Joe writes and distributes books free on request. The children's series is the one he is proudest of — the theory being that empathy is far easier to install at seven than to retrofit at thirty-seven.
Ages 7–8
Kindest Kids
A nine-book children’s series that teaches empathy at the age it still sets.
Seniors and their families
Smartphone Survival for Seniors
Anti-scam education for older adults. Free on request by email.
Ask for a copy
Free copies are available on request. Email and say which one you want and roughly why — that is the whole process.
Email for a copyFollow the work
Where new things get posted.
r/GuyCry
r/GuyCry
~200,000 men, talking honestly, around the clock.
Medium
@legaciesofmen
Joe’s essays on masculinity, suicidology and the work itself.
Open Collective
legacies-of-men
Every dollar in and out, published in public.
Legacies of Men: A Hope-Filled Podcast
Spotify
The movement’s own show, hosted by Joe.
The podcast on Apple
Apple Podcasts
Same show, if Apple is where you listen.
Cry Once a Week
cryonceaweek.com
The partner site. A library of things that reliably get through.
YouTube
@LegaciesOfMen
Joe on camera — the introduction video, interviews and podcast episodes.
GuyCry podcast
Healthy, Positive Masculinity
The original GuyCry show, separate from the Legacies of Men podcast.
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@LegaciesOfMen
Short-form updates and the Traits of the Desirable Man series.
LinkedIn
Joseph Truax
For partnerships, speaking and anything professional.
Facebook
Joe Truax
Joe posting directly, most days.
Writing about Legacies of Men, or want an interview? Press enquiries here.