Lonely, Online, and Disconnected? What 1,000 Young Men Say About Life, Mentorship, and Meaning

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Jennifer Hayne

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Young men need to exercise “agency” in their own lives. A recent survey done on young men and their problems (and prospects) revealed young men who participate in multiple social activities and groups are problem solvers. Alex Tarascio, a pollster at Cygnal, a political polling firm, explains that when these young men “talk about their biggest problems, the problems they identify are problems that they can change.” “If you say, ‘Paying my bills,’ that’s a hard problem, [but] that’s not a problem that you can change super easily. If your problem is romantic relationships, that problem is entirely on you.” 👉America is worth preserving. Do your part and act now by going to https://www.heritage.org/beautiful 👉Go to My Patriot Supply to see exclusive winter time deals before offers end! https://www.mypatriotsupply.com/ 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest editions of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2iOoN0xoOoSNvDFlpLLYGY?si=5a9f369acc874c6e 👉 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/victor-davis-hanson-in-his-own-words/id1566731706 👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/VictorDavisHansonInHisOwnWords?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v1_sa_o 👉 Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Men need responsibility and they need connection. And so the men who do better, who say that their
0:06.7	life is on track, who say they have better mental health, who say they have more friends. They are
0:10.7	in fraternities, they exercise, they are online less, they participate in at least some religion.
0:16.8	They are more highly social. They have male mentorships.
0:22.1	That's a lot of options.
0:26.6	That's a lot of different choices for how men can be engaged with other people.
0:30.4	And when they do that, they're exercising agency in their own life. Thank you. Okay, well, hello, ladies, and hello gentlemen.
0:44.9	Welcome to Victor Davis Hansen, in his own words, alas, without the great Victor Davis Hansen.
0:51.2	But he's recovering, folks.
0:53.5	I'll tell you a little more about that in a second,
0:55.0	but I am very blessed here to have today with me, Alex Tarasio from Signal, a pollster, more than
1:04.2	a polster, strategist, wise man, and he's here to help us talk about an important survey done
1:09.7	on young men and their problems and actually their prospects too.
1:16.1	He comes along with, she's not here with me, but the great Ellen Carmichael from the Lafayette Company, who had a symposium on young men in October that was put together very
1:28.9	quickly. It was in Washington, but it was really consequential and meaningful. And part of that
1:34.3	effort was a very deep dive survey that Alex and Signal, the company he works for and is one of
1:43.1	the leaders that took place.
1:44.9	So we're going to talk about those findings.
1:47.0	And we are recording on Friday the 30th,
1:50.6	and this episode will be up on Saturday, the 31st.
1:54.4	So thanks for joining us, Alex.
1:56.6	Greatly appreciate it.
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