Richard Reeves - Why Modern Men Are Struggling

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

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

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Talking points: masculinity, men, death, porn, education There's few things I like more than wide-ranging yet deep conversations. This is one of them. Grateful to Richard for his time, eloquence, and commitment to men. This is a great episode if you're curious about some of the challenges young men face. Reeves is data-driven, open-minded, personable, and thorough, so check the time stamps to see more of what we explore. 00:03:41.500 - Richard’s defining moment, and how he and his family handled the grief 00:10:11.100 - Living well means facing death 00:14:07.500 - “Death in one hand and gratitude in the other” 00:17:49.500 - Do men have a different perception of time? 00:22:18.500 - With how polarized everything is, how does Richard navigate modern culture? 00:28:01.000 - Fewer men are graduating college than ever before. Why? What are some of the implications? 00:36:44.500 - What are some biological differences between men and women, and what sort of caveats need to enter the discussion? 00:41:41.000 - Historically, feminine traits tend to get weaponized against women 00:44:45.000 - On porn and its effects 00:51:50.500 - How do I talk to my kids about porn? Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he directs the Future of the Middle Class Initiative and co-directs the Center on Children and Families. His Brookings research focuses on the middle class, inequality, and social mobility. Richard’s publications for Brookings include his latest book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (2022) and 2017's Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It. He contributes to The Atlantic, National Affairs, Democracy Journal, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Richard is also the author of John Stuart Mill – Victorian Firebrand, an intellectual biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician. Dream Hoarders was named a Book of the Year by The Economist, a Political Book of the Year by The Observer, and was shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. In September 2017, Politico magazine named Richard one of the top 50 thinkers in the U.S. for his work on class and inequality. Connect with Richard -Website: https://richardvreeves.com/ -Book: Of Boys And Men: https://amzn.to/3GKcRkY -Substack: https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardv.reeves -Podcast: https://richardvreeves.com/podcast/ -The Art of Dying (book mention): https://amzn.to/3UEu1X6 This podcast is brought to you by Organifi! Plant-based nutrition that's science-backed, high quality, and something I use literally every day. Hit up the link for 20% off your next purchase here: https://www.organifi.com/mantalks Pick up my brand-new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave 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 tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Looking to build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check some more free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.9	Welcome back to the Man Talk show.
0:03.4	So a few months ago, I was sitting in an airport and I was getting ready to board a plane.
0:08.8	And a friend of mine, Mr. Josh Radney, who's going to be a guest on the show here in the next few months,
0:14.4	sent me a text message with a New York Times article.
0:18.2	And the New York Times article was talking about the decline of young men,
0:23.0	the decline of men within our culture and society. And the article referenced this gentleman,
0:28.9	Richard Reeves, who had written a book called A Boys of Men, Why the Modern Male is struggling,
0:33.4	why it matters, and what to do about it. And so I immediately downloaded the book. And I think on the flight, I listened to like five hours, because it's a long flight and got through a good amount of the book. And then I think within the next couple days, I'd finished it off. But I immediately that day reached out to Richard, because after listening to the first couple chapters of the book, I was like, oh, we're going to have a phenomenal conversation about what's happening with young men in our culture and society. So I have been looking forward
0:58.5	to this conversation for a long time. So Richard is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute,
1:05.0	where he directs the future of middle class initiative and co-directs the center of children and
1:10.4	families. His Brookings research focuses mostly on the middle class initiative and co-directs the center of children and families.
1:11.4	His Brookings research focuses mostly on the middle class, inequality, and social mobility.
1:17.1	He's written New York Times, Guardian, National Affairs, Atlantic, Democracy Journal,
1:21.7	Wall Street Journal, and a bunch of others.
1:24.3	We take a little bit of a different approach today.
1:26.6	You may or may not have heard him
1:28.7	on other shows, but we actually start off by talking about death, which has nothing to do with
1:38.0	the sort of decline of young boys, although maybe it ties in a little bit. But we talk about
1:43.0	death and Richard's relationship, Dr. it ties in a little bit, but we talk about death and Richard's
1:45.1	relationship, Dr. Reeves' relationship to death and how it showed up in his life, what he learned
1:50.1	from it. And then we segue into a conversation about the decline of young boys within our culture
1:57.7	and young men within our culture. And this is a very interesting conversation for many reasons.
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