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Every book Richard Reeves recommended on podcasts
Richard Reeves appears on podcasts to discuss gender roles, the struggles of men and boys, and shifting societal expectations surrounding modern masculinity. Through his conversations on programs like The Ezra Klein Show and Modern Wisdom, Reeves explores how policy, education, and family dynamics impact males. During his appearances, he has recommended and discussed several notable titles that inform his perspective. He frequently highlights Claudia Goldin's Career and Family, praising the author as the absolute best in the field for understanding career trajectories and the domestic sphere. Another key recommendation is Anna Machin's The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father, which Reeves noted he gained a tremendous amount of insight from regarding contemporary fatherhood. Additionally, Reeves has brought up Paul Eastwick's Bonded by Evolution to examine ancestral mating patterns and evolutionary psychology. In discussions concerning alleged institutional discrimination against boys within the education system, he has referenced Christina Hoff Sommers's The War Against Boys. Across these recommendations, Reeves consistently gravitates toward literature that unpacks the complex intersections of gender, family economics, and evolutionary biology to better understand the modern male condition.
Books recommended by Richard Reeves
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Career and Family
Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin is a comprehensive examination of women's century-long journey toward achieving equity in the labor market and balancing professional ambitions with domestic life.
Recommended“I think you learn about men is Claudia Golden's book career and family which as I said I think golden is just absolutely the best in the business”
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Career and Family
Career and Family by Claudia Goldin is an insightful examination of the long-term journey of women towards equity in both the professional sphere and household management.
Recommended“I think you learn about men is Claudia Golden's book career and family which as I said I think golden is just absolutely the best in the business”
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The Life of Dad
The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father by Anna Machin is an insightful exploration of fatherhood grounded in evolutionary anthropology.
Recommended“and the third book I got a huge amount out of was a book by Anna mein who's a anthropologist I think May evolutionary Anthropologist at the University of Oxford and her book maybe you'll know it actually as it's called the life of dad the making of a modern father as few years old now”
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Bonded by Evolution
Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick is an insightful exploration of the science of romance, compatibility, and human attraction through the lens of evolutionary psychology and ancestral mating patterns.
Discussed“Paul Eastwick has a book out called Bonded by Evolution. Do you know his stuff?”
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The War Against Boys
Discussed“and you get books like the war against boys the war on men Etc which is that there is intentional discrimination against boys”
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Books Richard Reeves wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| A Shocking Turn in the War on Men - Richard Reeves - #1087 | Modern Wisdom | 2026-04-20 | 1 |
| Best Of: The Men — and Boys — Are Not Alright | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-08-27 | 3 |
| The Men — and Boys — Are Not Alright | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-03-10 | 3 |
| Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles? - Richard Reeves - #537 | Modern Wisdom | 2022-10-10 | 1 |
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“There's a book by Eve Rodsky fair called fair play this the second shift and then the idea of the second shift yeah women working the double shift etc.”
“Darby Saxby has this book coming out Dad Brain and how kind your brain changes as well.”
“Richard Reeves you have books out don't you yeah of boys and men”
“Richard Reeves you have books out don't you yeah of boys and men”
“would I have written the book if I'd had three daughters or have written a different book as opposed to having three sons”
“would I have written the book if I'd had three daughters or have written a different book as opposed to having three sons”
“and and it was just like being and actually there was this I talk about this in my book there was an incident that my kids High School uh that got International attention as an expression of toxic masculinity which really woke me up to the way this term has been sort of thrown around and used indiscriminately”