About this episode

Sam Pressler discusses the lack of social support for men without college degrees and the implications of isolation.

Many men without college degrees have nearly nonexistent social support, and are often one point of failure away from living in isolation, according to a new research report, Nobody to Call. Their lives are perilous: moving to a new town, losing a job, or the death of a friend could leave them fully divorced from their communities. Sam Pressler, lead author of the paper and a practitioner fellow at the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy, joins Oren and Chris to unpack the ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Oren, Chris

Guest: Sam Pressler

Topics covered

• social support
• isolation
• men's issues
• community
• research

Keywords

• social support
• isolation
• men
• community
• research report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Virginia, Karsh Institute of Democracy

Books & works: Nobody to Call

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