Notes on Being a Man — a Live Conversation with Ben Stiller

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Scott Galloway joins actor, director, and comedian Ben Stiller live at 92NY for a conversation on modern masculinity – friendship, fatherhood, purpose, and building a life filled with meaning and connection. They discuss why mentoring young men has become controversial, how masculinity can evolve without reverting to old stereotypes, and the cultural forces leaving men lost in the digital age. Scott also opens up about his relationship with his parents, the lessons of forgiveness, and what it means to find fulfillment as a partner and father. Scott's new book, Notes on Being a Man, is out now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right now the internet feels like it's changing maybe faster than it ever has.
0:07.0	We have huge companies going through these big lawsuits about whether they get to keep being huge companies.
0:13.0	We have companies big and small making giant bets on AI, and we have an internet that just feels different to be on as a regular person.
0:24.7	This week on The Vergecast, we're talking about all of the ways that the internet has changed and what we as users and people in the world might be able to do about it.
0:29.1	That's the Vergecast wherever you get podcasts.
0:35.6	Episode 373.
0:37.4	373 is a country cook from Moldova.
0:39.3	In 1973, The Exorcist premiere.
0:41.3	True Story.
0:42.3	Supposedly the Exorcist is coming out with a sequel.
0:44.3	But this time, it's about trying to get the priest out of the boy.
0:48.3	Ha ha ha!
0:50.3	Uh...
0:52.3	Go!
0:53.3	Go! Go! Go, go, go, go!
0:57.0	Welcome to the 373 episode of the Prop G-Pod.
1:06.0	So what's happening?
1:07.0	Today we're going to do something a little different.
1:09.0	We're sharing the live recording of a recent event we did at the 92nd Street, Why, here in Manhattan, with our friend
1:16.6	Ben Stiller. We talk about modern masculinity, friendship, fatherhood, purpose, and how men can build
1:22.7	lives filled with meaning and connection. It was an interview on my book, notes on being a man.
1:26.8	You're probably sick of me talking about it, but this was a good one. Ben is a really thoughtful guy and funny
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