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Richard Reeves on Why Young Men Are Struggling

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55 min·February 25, 2026

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What happens to a society when its boys grow up without a script for becoming men?

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In this conversation, Richard Reeves—author of Of Boys and Men (selected as a 2024 Summer read by President Obama), and founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men—walks through the data and the deeper cultural currents beneath the struggle of the journey of boys becoming men. From rising male suicide rates to widening education gaps, and from sports betting addiction to body-image pressures once thought to belong main...

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