Mr. 80 Percent

By: The Boston Globe
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  • Summary

  • Host Mark Shanahan shares a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny, always true story about prostate cancer, a disease that affects him and millions of other men. With bracing candor and an eye for the absurd, Mark confronts cultural attitudes about masculinity, controversies surrounding screening and treatment, and his own biggest fear: that his diagnosis would wreck the healthy sex life he enjoyed with his wife. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Mr. 80 Percent is a heartfelt, hilarious, and helpful resource for men (and their families) touched by this disease.
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  • Introducing Mr. 80 Percent

    Introducing Mr. 80 Percent
    Sep 8 2020

    Introducing Mr. 80 Percent, a six-part narrative miniseries from The Boston Globe. Coming September 24.
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    3 mins
  • Episode 1: Twelve Uneasy Pieces

    Episode 1: Twelve Uneasy Pieces
    Sep 23 2020

    One day, Mark thinks he's Peter Pan. The next, he's diagnosed with prostate cancer and forced to confront his mortality. At 48. With a wife and two young kids. As Mark considers his treatment options, he pauses to wonder: If prostate cancer is so prevalent, why don't men talk about it? For more, visit bostonglobe.com/prostate. Email us at prostate@globe.com.
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    23 mins
  • Episode 2: Chasing Hutch

    Episode 2: Chasing Hutch
    Sep 23 2020

    As Mark begins to contemplate life as a cancer patient, he's got two major worries: dying, and wrecking the sexual renaissance he's enjoying with his wife, Michelle. And not necessarily in that order. What will treatment mean for his marriage, and for his identity as a man? For more, visit bostonglobe.com/prostate. Email us at prostate@globe.com.
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    26 mins
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