Andrew Reiner - Better Boys, Better Men

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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There’s no question in my mind that boys these days are navigating some incredible challenges. More and more boys are dropping out of school and college, suicide rates among younger men appear to be spiking, and it’s critical that we as a culture—and we as men specifically—look at what we can do better. Andrew Reiner and I discuss his fantastic book, what led him to this path, and how we can begin to embody a more generative, emotionally honest masculinity for the next generation. Andrew Reiner is a professor at Towson University, where he offers the seminar “The Changing Face of Masculinity.” He has written on masculinity and men’s issues for the New York Times, Italy’s la Republica, and The Washington Post Magazine, and his work has been featured on NPR and the CBC, and in The Guardian, Men’s Health magazine, and Forbes. He speaks about masculinity regularly at schools and conferences nationally and internationally. Connect with Andrew -Website: http://www.andrewreinerauthor.com/ -Book: Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage & Emotional Resiliency -Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewTReiner -Instagram: @andrew.reiner.author Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the self-leadership they’re looking for. Are you looking to find purpose, navigate transition, or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What we always need to remember about the swaggering, belligerent men who constantly insist upon respect
0:19.0	is that their sense of self-worth doesn't necessarily come from a place of
0:24.0	deep, healthy, and generative strength. It comes from a far different source. And that source is
0:30.3	shame. It always comes from shame. Those are the words of Andrew Reiner, who is my guest today.
0:38.8	He's a professor at Tosin University, where he offers a seminar called the Changing Face of
0:45.2	masculinity.
0:46.4	He has written on masculinity and men's issues for the New York Times, Italy's La Republica
0:52.6	and the Washington Post magazine. His work has been featured on
0:56.2	NPR and CBC and in other sources like The Guardian, Men's Health Magazine, and Forbes. And he is also
1:03.0	the author of a book that we discussed today called Better Boys, Better Men. And so really the book is
1:10.3	largely about the challenges that young men face within our culture
1:15.2	and our society today. And Andrew and I have a bit of a discussion about some of those challenges
1:20.5	that young boys are facing. And maybe you are a parent. Maybe you are going to be a parent one day
1:26.3	or maybe you're just curious about some of the
1:28.8	challenges that perhaps you faced or the men in your life faced growing up and one of the
1:35.0	things that we discuss is the decline of men that is seen very clearly in the decline of boys
1:42.6	you know less young men are graduating from college. More
1:46.2	young men are dropping out from high school than ever before. Those are just some indicators.
1:53.2	Suicide rates are on the rise amongst men. Depression rates, anxiety rates. A lot of these things
1:58.8	are spiking. And as we talk about in this interview,
2:02.9	we kind of get to the roots of what's going on and take a good look at masculinity,
2:10.6	some of the frameworks of it, some of the belief systems in it, and some of the challenges
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