HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 4 - Why Are Men So Lonely These Days?

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🗓️ 16 March 2024

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Part 4: Why Are Men So Lonely These Days?

For the next installment of our series on How to Not Be Lonely in LA, we're honing in on one demographic: Men.

In all the conversations we’ve been having with people about loneliness and human connection...be it with experts or every day Angelenos …this theme kept coming up:

In a nation in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, A LOT of people are lonely. But men, typically, are the loneliest.

Today, How To LA producer Megan Botel speaks to experts in the male experience to unpack the reasons why men tend to be lonelier than women, the importance of male friendships, and how men can create meaningful connections.

Guests: Richard Reeves, writer, professor and president of the American Institute for Boys and Men; Shannon Carpenter, author of the book The Ultimate Stay-At-Home Dad.

If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs immediate help, call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or visit the 988 website for online chat.

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0:00.0	An unexpected story out of the so-called Hot Labor Summer.
0:04.4	Struppers, United, will never be decided.
0:08.0	Binge all four episodes of Imperfect Paradise Struppers Union,
0:12.0	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:14.0	Hi, I'm Megan Motel, producer on the L.A. Studios show How to L.A.
0:22.0	For the past few weeks, I've been working on a special series exploring how people are dealing with feelings of loneliness.
0:29.0	According to the Surgeon General, we're dealing with an epidemic of isolation, and people in Los Angeles may be
0:35.4	loneliness than most.
0:37.4	Through this series, I've been exploring the depths of those feelings for people in all walks
0:41.9	of life, and also digging into how folks are easing these
0:45.3	feelings by creating connections and all sorts of communities around this city.
0:51.2	In this next episode we're going to talk about one specific demographic, men.
0:57.0	Some of the problems men are facing in terms of isolation and lack of connection and how men can forge meaningful relationships.
1:05.0	Take a listen.
1:07.0	This is How to LA.
1:12.0	I'm Ryan de Los Santos, and today we're back with another installment in our
1:16.1	how not to be lonely in LA series.
1:19.1	We're talking about men, male loneliness, isolation, and the art of Korean communities and friendships for men.
1:28.0	Harolay producer in Mejim Motel is going to take it from here.
1:32.0	For men especially, it's a little embarrassing to admit that we're lonely or that we need to make a friend.
1:41.6	We need a friend. We need a friend.
1:47.0	Even as fathers who never seem to be alone, there is still loneliness that affects us.
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