Adolescence and the Crisis of Masculinity

A series about a teenage boy who is accused of murdering a girl
from his school was the most watched show on Netflix last
weekend. Meanwhile the former England manager Sir Gareth
Southgate has said that he fears young men are spending too much
time gaming, gambling and watching porn.


Amol spoke to Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty, who star in the
Netflix series, and in this episode of The Today Podcast he
delves deeper into what it means to be a boy today with Richard
Reeves, who wrote Of Boys and Men, and Catherine Carr who made a
Radio 4 documentary called About the Boys.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was
the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of
the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley and Grace
Reeve. Digital production was by Grace Reeve and Beth Chalmers.
The technical producer was Jonny Baker. The editor is Louisa
Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.