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The Checkup with Doctor Mike

A Brutally Honest Conversation About Gen Z | Dr. Ali Mattu

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

DM Operations Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 207 minutes

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Summary

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00:00 Intro

2:10 Checking In With Teachers

13:00 Gen Z Using TikTok As A Doctor

26:00 Social Media Bans / Transgender Kids / Third Spaces

45:40 Homosexuality / Loneliness

1:03:59 Gen Z Is Suffering

1:22:08 Dating Apps / Research

1:29:15 Jonathan Haidt

1:53:55 Safe Spaces

2:04:00 Smoking vs. Social Media

2:20:25 Anxiety

2:32:40 Takeaways For Gen Z

2:53:10 Future For Dr. Ali

3:17:50 Masculinity


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Executive Producer: Doctor Mike

Production Director and Editor: Dan Owens

Managing Editor and Producer: Sam Bowers

Editor and Designer: Caroline Weigum

Editor: Juan Carlos Zuniga


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** The information in this video is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/health professional **

Transcript

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0:30.3

Without a doubt, Genzi is suffering. And without a doubt, they're suffering more than other

0:36.5

generations. We know that they are

0:39.2

more likely to be anxious than all the generations that have come prior. One in four young men

0:46.6

does not have a friend. When my dad was my age, his friends would just drop over for the weekend.

0:55.9

That is so bizarre now,

1:04.3

this loneliness economy where you can immediately solve most problems by tapping a button.

1:15.8

If you don't have a partner, you got a only fan for that. No one in liberal circles likes talking about masculinity.

1:24.1

No one likes talking about that. What's happening here? Influencers are probably the main role models for boys and men. It's something that people like you and I need to talk about more. So let's do

1:31.4

just that. Gen Z gets a bad rap. People like to complain that the TikTok generation is nothing

1:37.6

but a bunch of lazy, whining kids who are addicted to their screens. Here's the thing. Older

1:42.9

generations have been complaining

1:44.5

about younger generations since the dawn of time.

1:47.8

As a millennial, we were accused of bankrupting ourselves

1:50.6

on avocado toast and living our lives on Facebook.

1:53.6

These criticisms are nothing new.

1:55.4

But that's not to say Generation Z,

1:57.5

or the group born between approximately 1997 and 2012 doesn't stand out.

2:02.6

They spent some of their most valuable developmental years under the weight of the pandemic

2:07.6

with isolation, remote learning, and smartphones frequently as their only means of connection

2:13.6

to the outside world. It turns out that mattered.

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