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Every book Leonard Sax recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Leonard Sax has recommended or discussed 9 books on podcasts, as of August 27, 2026.
- Leonard Sax has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of August 27, 2026.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of August 27, 2026.
- The 3 books Leonard Sax has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Leonard Sax's own, as of August 27, 2026: The Magician's Nephew, Slow Death by Rubber Duck and Daring Young Men.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Leonard Sax aired on August 27, 2026.
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Leonard Sax’s most mentioned books
- The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
- Slow Death by Rubber Duck by Rick Smith
- Daring Young Men by Richard Reeves
- Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves
- The Evolution of Childhood by Melvin Konner
Dr. Leonard Sax appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show to discuss child development, gender differences, environmental toxins, and trends in education. During the conversation, he recommended the book Slow Death by Rubber Duck by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, calling it a wonderful and very funny resource that highlights how eliminating endocrine disruptors can quickly reverse their harmful physiological effects. Sax also discussed several other prominent works in the field without explicitly endorsing them as personal recommendations, including Richard Reeves's Of Boys and Men, which he used to examine data regarding boys falling behind in academic settings. Additionally, Sax referenced Jean Twenge's recommendations regarding children's heavy use of social media and age restrictions. Throughout the interviews, Sax frequently drew upon his own extensive bibliography to support his arguments, specifically citing his books Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge, and Why Gender Matters. He utilized his own publications to explain various environmental and social factors affecting modern youth, discuss juvenile justice, and highlight positive male role models such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Books Leonard Sax recommended or discussed
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Girls on the Edge
Discussed“Uh so, yeah, I totally endorse John Height Jane Twain's recommendation. Kids should not be on social media at all until 18 years of age. Gene Twangi's recommendation, not 16, which is John Height's recommendation.”
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The Magician's Nephew
Discussed“70 years ago, CS Lewis wrote this book for kids, __ The Magician's Nephew, and and he said that that the the problem about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”
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Slow Death by Rubber Duck
Recommended“There's a wonderful and very funny book called Slow Death by Rubber Duck by two Canadian journalists who are aware of all of this research”
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Boys Adrift
Discussed“Uh and the topic was boys a drift, the title of one of my books.”
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The Collapse of Parenting
Discussed“And and the first chapter, the new edition of my book, the the collapse of parenting is titled the culture of disrespect.”
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The Evolution of Childhood
Discussed“we don't have to guess we have Scholars like Dr Melvin Connor Emory who spent his entire career decades studying this question and published this huge tone 800 Pages Oxford University press uh titled the evolution of childhood comparing development of our species with development of other species”
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Why Gender Matters
Discussed“So yeah, there's there's different factors that affect that's why I wrote a book called Boys called Boys a Drift and a book for girls called Girls on the Edge because the fact and another book called Why Gender Matters.”
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Other mentions (24: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Boys Adrift
“So, in the new edition of Boys of Drift, I paid the Financial Times 450 bucks for the rights to repro reproduce one of their graphs”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“So the subtitle of my book is the six factors driving there are six factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men”
Plugged Why Gender Matters
“And that is actually one factor that led me to write my first book, Why Gender Matters.”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“So in in the new edition of my book, Boys of Drift, I I go into some detail about how you can figure out on a one-day visit, is this school boy friendly or not?”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“In the new edition of Boys a Drift, I share a longitudinal cohort study showing that a boy who is suspended from school once, the risk of him being incarcerated for a felony in prison increases by 800%.”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“um and we've got the research which I present in that chapter of boys a drift.”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“And I've included a link to the full text of Justice Alo's remark in the new edition of my book, Voice of Drift”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“and I explore this at length in in the chapter on uh ADHD and boys in the new edition of boys drift”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“And I fought to include in the new edition of Boys of Drift detailed guidance for parents to determine does your kid have ADHD?”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“I own the copyright to Boys of Drift. Photocopy chapters four and eight from the new edition of Boys of Drift.”
Plugged Girls on the Edge
“And that's a problem because as I write in my book, Girls on the Edge, earlier onset of puberty means greater risk of anxiety and depression in adolescence.”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“though there is a better approach which I describe in chapter 4 of boys uh excuse me chapter five no chapter four of boys a drift”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“Yes, absolutely I think it's such an illuminating story And I've seen this so much in my own practice as a family doctor now for more than 30 years So many boys want to be heroes They want to be seen as heroes They want to see themselves as heroes in their own eyes You know, I spoke some years”
Plugged Boys Adrift
“And again, that's going back to my book Boys A Drift where I talk about good role models Men like Dietrich Bonhoeffer who gave his life for the right cause Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor He had a comfortable job preaching in New Jersey in 1938 and left that job, went back to Nazi Germany Put his life in jeopardy”
Plugged The Collapse of Parenting
“And to those parents, you say I would say I would come back to the central key point that I try to make in the new edition of my book, The Collapse of Parenting, which is that central paradox of American parenting right now Which is that parents are spending more time and more money on their kids than parents”
Plugged Why Gender Matters
“So there are different factors affecting boys and girls—that's why I wrote a book called Boys Adrift and a book for girls called Girls on the Edge. I also wrote a book called Why Gender Matters.”
Plugged Why Gender Matters
“The first edition of Why Gender Matters had half a paragraph on transgender issues. Then the publisher, Penguin Random House, asked me to write a new edition, which I devoted much time to transgender topics because now it's a thing.”
Plugged Why Gender Matters
“In my book, Why Gender Matters, I remind parents that girls develop faster than boys.”
Plugged The Collapse of Parenting
“We have lost that, and you and I cannot change Hollywood, but we can create a culture of respect in our own homes. That's what I'm trying to do in my book, The Collapse of Parenting.”
Plugged The Collapse of Parenting
“Don't listen to the New York Times; don't listen to National Public Radio; do your job as a parent. That's the message I'm trying to communicate in my book, The Collapse of Parenting!”
Plugged The Collapse of Parenting
“And yes, absolutely, and you'll find that research in my book 'The Collapse of Parenting.'”
“but the publisher asked me to write a new edition which uh now has 12 chapters the last four of which are gender non-conforming lesbian gay bisexual transgender and intersex because a lot of things have changed in the last 15 years”
Plugged My heavenly service for today, by the author of 'Miss Marston's girls and their confirmation'.
“we weren't doing that as I showed my book girls on the edge”
“you know the publisher has asked me to write a new edition of the collapse of parenting which I'm working on now and there's going to be a new chapter on gender”