Last year I took a leap into online content - working with @Four8 Media . I pitched Off My Chest - a series of conversations for men, by men. The purpose was two-fold. Create something that worked as an antidote to the toxic messaging that was targeting men online, and film something that gave men space to discuss big topics in frank, judgement-free zones. Isolation can breed extremism, toxic views and echo chambers... But healthy conversations with different opinions can bring balance.

A great team on this - particularly @CJHenry @MohamedHussein and @LauraCraig - we worked with Black owned and ran production company Sata Studios to crew it and Ted X Speaker and masculinities facilitator Ben Hurst was our on screen producer, with David Whitely presenting it.

The series starts airing tomorrow at Youtube.com/@Four8TV and I am hopeful that these conversations can be the starting point for others. After we finished each session and switched the cameras off, our team began their own discussions and reflections - I learned so much and valued the opinion, insight and experience of every person involved.