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The Slow Newscast

Jordan Peterson and the making of man

The Slow Newscast

Alice Sandelson

Documentary, Investigations, Journalism, News, American, News Commentary, Usa, Society & Culture, International, British Politics, Us, Uk

4.6894 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jordan Peterson is a controversial figure, but he is also a man with a long-standing appeal to a particular demographic. What does his popularity tell us about a possible crisis in young men today?


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Producer: Matt Russell

Artwork: Lola Williams

Sound design: Hannah Varrall

Editor: Jasper Corbett


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0:00.0

Tautus

0:07.0

Hello, it's Claudia here and you're listening to the slow newscast from Tautus.

0:12.8

This week, what it means to be a man.

0:16.5

A lot of people look up to you for advice, for strength,

0:20.2

for strength to search for themselves,

0:24.0

to find themselves.

0:25.1

For almost a decade now, Dr. Jordan Peterson has been offering guidance to young men around

0:31.1

the world.

0:31.9

Take on some responsibility.

0:34.9

Do something for other people.

0:37.0

You're doing something for yourself while you're doing that,

0:39.8

even if you don't know it for sure, because you're a community across time.

0:44.0

He's written books, he's sold out auditoriums,

0:46.8

and he's taken part in countless interviews about life for young men in modern society.

0:53.1

He's by no means the first to offer himself up as a voice for disaffected men.

0:58.0

But what's unique about Jordan Peterson is his popularity, his reach.

1:04.0

More than 7 million people subscribe to his YouTube channel,

1:08.0

and he's one of the most successful non-fiction writers in the world.

1:12.6

And that's despite the controversies.

1:14.6

Without fail, I've watched women go through their professional careers, many, many of them.

1:19.6

It's a very rare woman who at the age of 30 doesn't consider having a child her primary desire.

1:26.6

And the ones that don't consider that

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