Why do divorced guys act like that?
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
What happens to our brains and bodies after a breakup? Semafor media reporter and Mixed Signals co-host Max Tani joins the pod to unpack “Divorced Guy Energy,” from Justin Trudeau and Kanye West to Breaking Bad’s Walter White — and what psychology and sociology say about how men change after divorce.
Our guests this week are psychologist and YouTuber Maika Steinborn and sociologist Jessica Calarco, author of Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net, we dig into the science, sociology, and cultural forces behind divorce, masculinity, and midlife reinvention.
The Cut: The Most Divorced Guys of 2025, in Order
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Mani. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Max. |
| 0:13.3 | This is Devon. |
| 0:14.4 | And this is no such thing, the show where we settle our dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research. |
| 0:20.7 | On today's episode, |
| 0:21.9 | why do divorce men act like that? There's no such thing. No such thing. No such thing. |
| 0:33.6 | No such thing. No such. Thank you. No. |
| 0:38.3 | Touch. |
| 0:39.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:40.3 | All right. |
| 0:43.3 | Just a quick programming note. |
| 0:46.3 | No, we did not fire Noah. |
| 0:49.3 | He's simply on vacation, but you never know. |
| 0:52.3 | Maybe if Max shows his work here. Yeah, worst year. He may have to stay on vacation. I might have to have a conversation. I wore like kind of a Noah-esque sweater today. You did. Like, I got my classes. We're kind of the same height. Like, I could fill in, you know. Yeah, we've got a special guest today, a guest who I'm surprised we have not had on yet. |
| 1:12.4 | It's kind of disappointing. |
| 1:13.3 | Given the fact that you were not only at the beginning, like 10 years ago, really at the beginning for some of these original flavor arguments that inspired this show. |
| 1:22.8 | And our special guest is Maxwell Tani. |
| 1:25.8 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:27.2 | I'm excited to be here. I don't think I can |
| 1:29.2 | totally live up to Noah, but I'll do my best. Max is a media reporter and editor for Semaphore. |
| 1:39.2 | But Max, we're here today because of a pitch that you had for us. This is actually your idea this episode. And so |
| 1:46.7 | I wondered if you could just walk us through what your question was and how we can help. |
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