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Why Aren't Young Men Reading in 2025?
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October 31, 2025
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1:18Now PlayingWhy are young men and boys not reading in America in 2025?
Shilo Brooks: “I suspect there’s plenty of trash that they’re willing to ingest. But what they’re reading are ephemeral things rather than enduring things.”
Shilo Brooks wants to save men from despair. His prescription? Books.
This is the driving vision of the new podcast he just launched with The Free Press called Old School, where he talks to guests about the books that shaped their lives.
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