All right, team, welcome to The Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton. This podcast and this conversation is all about bettering you as a man, as a father, as a husband, as a leader. And today I'm going to talk about the boy crisis, the man crisis. This is, I'm going to refer to an article that, oddly enough,

Andrew Yang wrote, who was a one-time Democratic political presidential candidate.

And his article is called The Data Are Clear, The Boys Are Not All Right.

And today I'm going to talk a little bit about the future of men,

the future of boys within our culture and our society, and specifically what you as a man,

depending on where you're at, I have a lot of young men who follow me and they ask me all

the time, you know, how do I find a sense of meaning, how do I find a sense of purpose in life?

You know, obviously I get a lot of

questions about dating advice, but one of the big pieces that I see a lot of men, a lot of young

men, especially dealing with, is feeling as if they are not needed in culture or society.

And not only that they're not needed, but that they're not wanted in culture and society

any longer. And I think for a lot of men, they're grappling with in culture and society any longer.

And I think for a lot of men, they're grappling with where is my place? Where am I actually wanted?

How do I become a productive contribution-oriented man within the world?

How to become successful?

How do I find joy, happiness, meaning purpose?

So all those questions come up. And I think

sometimes we need to look to what's happening socially for some indicators into what's happening

within male culture. So we're going to dive into a few topics. So here's what Andrew Yang had to say.

Here is one of the biggest problems facing America.

Boys and men across all regions and ethnic groups, across all regions and ethnic groups,

have been failing both absolutely and relatively for years. This is catastrophic for our country.

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