Why Men Unravel (Jon Ronson)

About this episode

Jon Ronson is a journalist who has spent decades walking into the strangest corners of human behavior to understand what’s really going on (Men Who Stare at Goats, and his current book, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men). Amanda and Jon dig into the purpose crisis, exploring why men tend to fold in on themselves while women reach out to each other. Then they get into why rage pays online and nuance doesn’t, and why Jon calls ChatGPT a psychopath. For an antidote, they turn to the Great British Bake Off, Bluey, and the moment a gay pastor with AIDS went on Tammy Faye Bakker’s show. Content note: this episode includes discussion of suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices