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  • 76: Helping Young Men Find Meaning, Purpose, and Self-Worth, with Richie Hardcore

    Richie Hardcore is a New Zealand-based public speaker and educator who discusses domestic and sexual violence, mental health, and masculinity. As a former alcohol and drug harm reduction community worker, he is also passionate about the causes of and remedies for addiction. He was a radio host in Auckland for 15 years as a music DJ and interviewer of politicians, celebrities, and musicians. He's also a now-retired multiple Muay Thai Champion, with 30 years in martial arts. He currently trains some of New Zealand's most accomplished fighters, and works with young people - especially young men - to form a healthier understanding of masculinity and sexuality.

    richiehardcore.com

    Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

    Should We Teach Porn Literacy? Richie Hardcore Shares His Lesson Plans - The Unspeakable Podcast

    68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves - Where We Go Next

    Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, by Richard Reeves

    Hegemonic Masculinity - Wikipedia

    "The way some super woke people go about things, actually make a lot of men not want to get involved in the healthy masculinity movement, which is a real shame." - Richie's Instagram post

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk

    Why modern America creates fragile children | Jonathan Haidt - Big Think

    Standpoint Theory - Wikipedia

    Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism, by Touré F. Reed

    Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like, by Robert Jenson

    The Children of Pornhub, by Nicholas Kristof

    75: Why All the Sex We’re Having Is Unsatisfying, with Christine Emba - Where We Go Next

    Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, by Christine Emba

    T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us, by Carole Hooven

    Follow Richie on Instagram: @RichieHardcore

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    1 hr 38 min
  • Offering Empathy: A Retrospective

    This is a special retrospective episode of Where We Go Next.

    At the end of the first 45 episodes of the show I asked each guest the same final question. This is a compilation of all of their answers, back-to-back.

    I am so grateful to the guests who have joined us and shared their knowledge, time, and empathy. And I am grateful to you for supporting this show.

    Wherever we go next, I hope you’ll be there too.

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    1 hr 22 min
  • 75: Why All the Sex We’re Having Is Unsatisfying, with Christine Emba

    Christine Emba is the author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, and an opinion columnist and editor at the Washington Post. At the Post and elsewhere, she writes about ideas, society, and culture. She is based in Washington, DC.

    Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, by Christine Emba

    Did the Sexual Revolution Really Make Sex Better? | The Agenda - YouTube

    How to watch The Apartment - JustWatch

    Tea Consent - YouTube

    33: The Struggle to Stay Heterodox in a Tribal World, with Meghan Daum - Where We Go Next

    68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves - Where We Go Next

    The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage - The New York Times

    The Profound Sadness of the Jordan Peterson Phenomenon, by Christine Emba

    How Do You Stop Abortion? Here’s What Antiabortion Marchers Told Me, by Christine Emba

    Read Christine at The Washington Post

    Follow Christine on Twitter: @ChristineEmba

    Follow Christine on Instagram: @ChristineEmba

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    1 hr 1 min
  • 74: Going to Space, Reusing the Entire Rocket, and Flying Again in 24 Hours, with Andy Lapsa

    Andy Lapsa is the co-founder of Stoke Space, a reusable rocket company started in 2019 with the knowledge that fully and rapidly reusable rockets represent the inevitable and necessary future of the space industry. Prior to founding Stoke, Andy was one of the original three members of Blue Origin’s BE-4 team, where he held architecture, design, analysis, and development test leadership roles.

    Stoke Space

    Stoke Space Aims to Build Rapidly Reusable Rocket With a Completely Novel Design - Ars Technica

    First-Of-Its-Kind Rocket Engine Nears First Flight Test - Freethink

    How Stoke Space's Unique Rocket Works // Exclusive Tour & Interview - Everyday Astronaut (YouTube)

    Full Reusability By Stoke Space - Everyday Astronaut

    The Pollution Caused by Rocket Launches - BBC

    Air Pollution From Reentering Megaconstellation Satellites Could Cause Ozone Hole 2.0 - Space.com

    Radiative Forcing - MIT Climate Portal

    71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante - Where We Go Next

    The Risky Rush for Mega Constellations - Scientific American

    Kessler Syndrome - Wikipedia

    Follow Stoke Space on Instagram: @stokespace

    Follow Stoke Space on Twitter: @stoke_space

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    1 hr 2 min
  • 73: Ensemble Acting, Bilingual Comedy, and the Benefits of Being an Outsider, with Samba Schutte

    Samba Schutte is a Dutch-Mauritanian actor for television, movies, and video games, as well as a writer and stand-up comedian. He plays the character of Roach, the surgeon / cook aboard a pirate ship in the HBO Series Our Flag Means Death, co-starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi.

    Our Flag Means Death - HBO Max

    sambaschutte.com

    Samba's First Role as a Doctor - Vimeo

    Two Cars, One Night, by Taika Waititi - YouTube

    Samba’s Audition for the Character of Roach - Facebook

    One of Samba's First Stand-Up Performances - Facebook

    The Right Way To Order Ethiopian Food, by Samba Schutte - YouTube

    Kung Fu Hustle (Trailer) - YouTube

    U.S. Immigration Officers, by Samba Schutte - Facebook

    Dog Passports, by Samba Schutte - YouTube

    First Paintball Experience, by Samba Schutte -  YouTube

    Hakim Tricks the Trickster - Clip from NBC's Sunnyside

    Roach's 40 Orange Glaze Cake Recipe - Instagram

    Samba's Black Forest Birthday Cupcakes for Kristian Nairn - Instagram

    Follow Samba on Instagram: @sambaschutte

    Follow Samba on Twitter: @sambaschutte

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    1 hr 27 min
  • 72: A Self-Help Book for Societies, with Tim Urban

    Tim Urban is the writer, illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website about almost everything with over 600,000 subscribers. Tim's 2016 TED talk is the third most-watched of all time at 66 million views. His book, What's Our Problem?: A Self Help Book for Societies - an exploration of political polarization - is out now.

    What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies, by Tim Urban

    Wait But Why

    Why Procrastinators Procrastinate - Wait But Why

    Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think - Wait But Why

    A Short History of My Last Six Years - Wait But Why

    The Elon Musk Post Series (Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and more) - Wait But Why

    Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story - Wait But Why

    The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence - Wait But Why

    The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why

    The Big and the Small - Wait But Why

    Your Life in Weeks - Wait But Why

    The Tail End - Wait But Why

    Follow Tim on Instagram: @WaitButWhy

    Follow Tim on Twitter: @WaitButWhy

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    58 min
  • 71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante

    Forrest Galante is a conservationist, wildlife biologist, and public advocate for endangered species. He's been called "The Indiana Jones of Biology" and is especially passionate about finding and preserving animals once thought to be extinct. He is the host of Extinct or Alive on Animal Planet, as well as the series Mysterious Creatures. He's hosted multiple Shark Week shows across the years, and been featured on many other broadcast, digital, and independent shows. His book Still Alive: A Wild Life of Rediscovery - part memoir, part biological adventure - was published in 2021. And he's recently been doing work with Colossal Biosciences, a de-extinction company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine, the dodo, and more.

    www.forrestgalante.com

    Still Alive: A Wild Life of Rediscovery, by Forrest Galante

    The Wild Times Podcast

    Colossal Biosciences

    70: Making Extinction a Thing of the Past - Where We Go Next

    Living Planet Report 2022 - World Wildlife Fund

    The Company Trying to Clone Woolly Mammoths - The Joe Rogan Experience #1927

    #1403 - Forrest Galante - The Joe Rogan Experience

    Pleistocene Park

    Saving Baby Elephants from a Deadly Herpes Virus - Discovery

    De-Extinction Startup Colossal Biosciences Raises $150M To Bring Back The Dodo - Crunchbase

    Trophic Cascade - Wikipedia

    Predator-Prey Equation (Lotka–Volterra Equation - Wikipedia

    Researcher Discovers An “Extinct” Pondicherry Shark! | Extinct Or Alive - YouTube

    Wildlife Expert Breaks Down Animal Scenes from Movies | GQ - YouTube

    Wildlife Expert Forrest Galante Breaks Down More Animal Scenes from Movies | GQ - YouTube

    Wildlife Expert Breaks Down Animal Scenes from Movies Part 3 | GQ - YouTube

    How to watchArrival - JustWatch

    Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us, by Alexandra Morton

    "The Greatest Galapagos Discovery In Over 100 Years!" | Extinct or Alive - YouTube

    Vox + Netflix: Does Your Dog Really Love You? - Facebook (Clip)

    Follow Forrest on Instagram: @Forrest.Galante

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    1 hr 28 min
  • 70: Making Extinction a Thing of the Past, with Ben Lamm & George Church

    Ben Lamm and George Church are co-founders of Colossal, a bioscience and genetics company that will rapidly advance the field of species de-extinction. Ben is CEO, and is a serial technology entrepreneur driven to solve the most complex challenges facing our planet. Dr. Church is Colossal's lead genetic advisor and the recognized leader in genomics, pioneering a number of advances and breakthroughs that have progressed the entire field.

    Colossal Biosciences

    A Case for De-Extinction | Ben Lamm & Eriona Hysolli at SXSW 2022 - YouTube

    Siberia’s Pleistocene Park: Bringing Back Pieces of the Ice Age to Combat Climate Change - 60 Minutes

    Saving Baby Elephants from a Deadly Herpes Virus - Discovery

    Form Bio Spins Out of Colossal Bioscience to Offer Scientists the ‘Missing Piece’ - Dallas Innovates

    Fresh Effort to Clone Extinct Animal - BBC News

    Elephants Could Be Key to Saving the Planet — Here’s Why - Inverse

    Pleistocene Park

    How CRISPR Lets You Edit DNA - TED-Ed

    54: Growing Healthier and Tastier Seafood in a Lab, with Justin Kolbeck - Where We Go Next

    Follow Colossal on Instagram: @ItsColossal

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    42 min
  • 69: Creating a Space for Empathy on YouTube, with Gen Kimura

    Gen Kimura makes documentaries and interviews on complex and controversial social issues on his YouTube channel. The purpose of the channel is, “To live courageously and authentically to inspire others to explore the unfamiliar."

    GEN - Explore the Unfamiliar

    32: Pursuing a Lifetime of Personal Growth, with Brittany Talissa King - Where We Go Next

    How a False Accusation Almost Ruined my Life. - GEN (YouTube)

    20: The New Science of Self-Actualization, with Scott Barry Kaufman - Where We Go Next

    65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac Saul - Where We Go Next

    67: The News Doesn’t Have to Make Us Anxious, with Michele Carroll - Where We Go Next

    Why Asian Racism is Allowed - GEN (YouTube)

    Looking for Love in the Loneliest Generation - GEN (YouTube)

    Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown - Wikipedia

    Why Gay Men Run Fashion | Full Interview with Sneako - GEN (YouTube)

    Errol Morris - Wikipedia (The legendary documentary filmmaker who Michael forgot to name)

    Follow Gen: linktr.ee/genkimura

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    1 hr 9 min
  • 68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves

    Richard Reeves is the President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, a non-partisan, non-profit research organization focused on the wellbeing of boys and men. He writes for a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, the Guardian, National Affairs, The Atlantic, Democracy Journal, and Wall Street Journal.  His book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, shows how the basic social structures defining masculine maturity and success have been shattered, and how they can — and must — be reinvented.

    Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It, by Richard Reeves

    Of Boys and Men - Substack

    richardvreeves.com

    A New Breed: The Pre-First Grader - The New York Times (1991)

    66: Embracing Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing, with Pete Davis - Where We Go Next

    Bottlenecks: A New Theory of Equal Opportunity, by Joseph Fishkin

    Richard Reeves: Of Boys and Men - Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

    The Profound Sadness of the Jordan Peterson Phenomenon, by Christine Emba

    Dad, How Do I? - YouTube

    "Knock Knock," by Daniel Beaty - YouTube

    Follow Richard on Twitter: @RichardVReeves

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    1 hr 17 min

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