#1555 The Kids Are Not Alright (Boys, Girls, Culture and Social Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 4/26/2023
Today, we take a look at the trials and tribulations facing the youth today as men and boys are being surpassed academically by women and girls and girls are suffering disproportionately under the weight of the toxic forces of social media.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Senator Josh Hawley on masculinity - Axios on HBO - Air Date 11-7-21
Axios’ Mike Allen sits down with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley to discuss the senator's comments on masculinity.
Ch. 2: Male inequality, explained by an expert | Richard Reeves - Big Think - Air Date 1-4-23
Modern males are struggling. Author Richard Reeves outlines the three major issues boys and men face and shares possible solutions.
Ch. 3: Liz Plank & Richard Reeves Debate Gender Inequality - The Man Enough Podcast - Air Date 4-5-23
Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Richard Reeves tackles the pressing issue of young men falling behind, on a mission to uplift them without jeopardizing women's rights.
In 2021, the CDC saw an increase in mental health challenges across the board, but it’s girls in the U.S. that are engulfed in a wave of sadness, violence, and trauma.Stephanie Sy spoke with Sharon Hoover about the survey.
Scott Galloway, or ‘Prof G’ to his fans, is one of the most influential business thought leaders in the world. Host of The Prof G Show, one of the most popular business podcasts in America
A national survey by the CDC sounded a new alarm about teens in crisis. It shows nearly 30% of teenage girls said they considered dying by suicide, and three out of five girls said they felt persistently sad or hopeless.
Ch. 8: Are the Kids Alright — with Jonathan Haidt Part 1 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 10-27-20
NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has spent the last few years trying to figure out why, working with fellow psychologist Jean Twenge, and he believes social media is to blame.
Ch. 10: Are the Kids Alright — with Jonathan Haidt Part 2 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 10-27-20
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 11: Spotlight — Addressing the TikTok Threat - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 9-8-22
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we bring you a bonus episode about TikTok. Co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin explore the nature of the TikTok threat, and how we might address it.
Ch. 12: Male inequality, explained by an expert | Richard Reeves Part 2 - Big Think - Air Date 1-4-23
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 13: Continuing discussion of J.K. Rowling episode - VoiceMailer Boris
Ch. 14: Marking an isolating Black leaders - V from Central New York
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 15: Final comments on the fundamental disconnections that tend to drive modern debate
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.2 | take a look at some of the trials and tribulations facing the youth today as men and boys are being |
| 0:12.8 | surpassed academically by women and girls while girls are suffering disproportionately under |
| 0:18.4 | the weight of the toxic forces of social media. |
| 0:21.5 | Clips today are from Axios, Big Think, The Man Enough Podcast, The PBS News Hour, The |
| 0:28.1 | Diary of ACEO, Keep Talking, and Your Undivided Attention, with additional members only clips |
| 0:35.5 | from Your Undivided Attention and Big Think. |
| 0:39.0 | And just to know before we start, this is a conversation that is just emerging on the |
| 0:43.6 | left. |
| 0:44.6 | And so some of the ideas presented are by definition new and untested and they should probably |
| 0:50.6 | be met with skepticism and debate before being implemented or just really jumping on that |
| 0:55.7 | bandwagon. |
| 0:56.7 | So, not all ideas shared today have my personal endorsement and should not be seen as having |
| 1:03.8 | it. |
| 1:04.8 | But they are worth hearing, I think. |
| 1:07.1 | Also, I would point out that this is a topic that is not being ignored by the far right. |
| 1:12.7 | They are gearing up to make this their next culture war issue and they have answers for |
| 1:18.5 | our youth that is antithetical to most progressive values. |
| 1:22.4 | So this is a discussion that we ignore at our own peril. |
| 1:26.6 | Senator Josh Holly of Missouri is looking to position himself as a leader in this war. |
| 1:32.0 | So we'll start with a short clip from him speaking with Axios in 2021 to get a feel of |
| 1:37.8 | their framing before moving on to some attempts to address this topic in more progressive terms. |
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