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#607 - Mike Thurston - Why Are Young Men Feeling So Lost?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Mike Thurston is a podcaster, YouTuber and a fitness model.

Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago. Even though we were odd, awkward creatures, there was no pressure to get our life together. In 2023, it seems like there is much more pressure on both men and women to sort it out. What's changed, and why is life more confusing than ever before?

Expect to learn why Mike wants Derek from More Plates More Dates to test him for steroids, why going to university wasn't a waste of time, why Mike stopped drinking alcohol, what he thinks about Greg Doucette's Youtube Channel, why women are just as lost as men, the problems of masculinity in the modern world and much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.

0:03.6

My guest today is Mike Thurston, he's a podcaster, YouTuber and fitness model.

0:08.3

Me and Mike went to university together 15 years ago.

0:11.4

Even though we were odd awkward creatures, there was no pressure to get our life together.

0:15.9

In 2023, it feels like there is much more pressure on both men and women to sort their

0:21.4

lives out.

0:22.4

What's changed and why is life more confusing than ever before?

0:26.8

To learn why Mike wants Derek from more plates more dates to test him for steroids,

0:31.5

why going to university wasn't a waste of time, why Mike stopped drinking alcohol, what

0:36.0

he thinks about Greg DuSets YouTube channel, why women are just as lost as men, the problems

0:41.0

of masculinity in the modern world, and much more.

0:45.2

This conversation and a debate that I had in Doha the day before has really helped me

0:50.0

to understand some of the challenges I think that both men and women are facing in the

0:55.2

modern world, why it was that me and my friends 10 to 15 years ago didn't feel this overwhelming

1:02.4

sense of pressure to get our life sorted out and to know our path and our purpose, and

1:08.6

why that's changed.

1:10.7

Very interesting, so yeah, enjoy this one.

1:14.8

Don't forget that you might be listening but not subscribed and that means that you're

1:18.2

going to miss episodes when they go up.

1:20.8

Also, if you want to spot the show, the best thing that you can do is to press the follow

1:24.0

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1:28.8

Thank you very much.

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