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Richard Reeves on Boys and Men
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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat speaks with Richard Reeves, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It. Nat and Richard discuss redshirting, changing gender disparities, why many education interventions don't help men, Jordan Peterson, conscientiousness, why boys' standardized test scores are better than their grades, Bernard Williams, meritocracy, the modern male's need for a better life script, the prefrontal cortex, monarchy, the feminization of schooling, and more.
Show Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0815739877/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_GPYWY4J6DG4EXJCFW4P8 (Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/boys-delayed-entry-school-start-redshirting/671238/ (Redshirt the Boys)
https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Hoarders-American-Leaving-Everyone/dp/081572912X (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)
https://www.aei.org/podcast/ilana-horwitz-on-the-impact-of-religion-on-student-outcomes/ (Ilana Horwitz on the Impact of Religion on Student Outcomes)
https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Truthfulness-Genealogy-Bernard-Williams/dp/0691117918/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1664914888&sr=1-1 (Truth and Truthfulness)
Show Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0815739877/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_GPYWY4J6DG4EXJCFW4P8 (Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/boys-delayed-entry-school-start-redshirting/671238/ (Redshirt the Boys)
https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Hoarders-American-Leaving-Everyone/dp/081572912X (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)
https://www.aei.org/podcast/ilana-horwitz-on-the-impact-of-religion-on-student-outcomes/ (Ilana Horwitz on the Impact of Religion on Student Outcomes)
https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Truthfulness-Genealogy-Bernard-Williams/dp/0691117918/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1664914888&sr=1-1 (Truth and Truthfulness)
Released:
Oct 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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