Timbre Group CEO Danny Loong recently started MenToo, encouraging Singaporean men to talk about mental health, loneliness and suicide. As president of the Nighttime Business Association, he's also battling a collapsing nightlife with upcoming plans for some nightlife rebranding.
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(00:00) intro
(02:12) How MenToo got started
(02:57) Why they chose the name MenToo
(04:09) Reactions from women to the name
(05:13) Singapore's male suicide rates
(06:17) Looking back on the name choice
(08:29) Media coverage of masculinity in Singapore
(11:50) Learning from women's groups
(15:22) Danny's own journey with masculinity
(16:24) Moving to Australia and becoming a musician
(18:20) Three things that changed Danny
(19:15) Losing his father and learning to grieve
(20:33) What surprises Danny about Gen Z men
(22:58) Gen Z and the declining desire to get married
(24:10) Shifting narratives around fatherhood
(25:38) Why there's so much negativity about parenthood
(28:14) Looking to Scandinavian countries for balance
(29:01) Pushback: is Singapore really that bad
(29:52) Quiet suffering and spotting men in trouble
(31:20) The How to Grow program
(33:30) Has Singapore society changed over the decades
(34:06) Rise of men's groups and shifting fatherhood ideas
(38:25) Papers on loneliness and counselling for men
(41:00) Media coverage of the Men Too launch
(43:09) Upcoming Men Too activities and the divorce boot camp
(45:04) From men's mental health to nightlife
(45:49) Music, Timber, and Danny's dark days
(47:56) Nightlife also needs help
(48:20) The state of nightlife today
(49:42) Renaming to the Singapore Nighttime Business Association
(51:01) Holland Village Street Festival
(51:49) Transportation and practical nightlife issues
(52:19) Supper culture then and now
(54:14) Covid as the biggest shift in nightlife
(55:31) New nightlife survey with university students
(57:11) Advice for young nightlife entrepreneurs
(58:20) Supporting local brands and jobs
(59:27) Losing cultural connection across generations
(1:00:56) Do policymakers see the bigger picture
(1:01:32) Steps toward better nightlife policy
(1:03:36) Balancing regulation with cultural freedom
(1:06:05) Redefining the Night campaign
(1:09:49) Hoping for more research like the Knight report
(1:10:46) How fatherhood changed his view of nighttime
(1:11:34) Timber Plus Hillview's new playground
(1:13:23) How individuals can support the nighttime economy
(1:17:01) One Shiok Thing
(1:23:36) Post-interview Reflections
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