Here’s How We Help Young Men Thrive (A Lost Boys Special)

Summary

Summary of "Here’s How We Help Young Men Thrive (A Lost Boys Special)"
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Release Date: August 15, 2025

---

Introduction

In this special episode of Lost Boys, a series dedicated to addressing the crisis facing young men, host Scott Galloway is joined by Anthony Scaramucci and esteemed guest Andrew Yang. Andrew, known for his 2020 Democratic presidential primary run and advocacy for universal basic income, delves into the unique challenges young men encounter in modern America and explores actionable solutions to foster their success.

Current Challenges Facing Young Men

The conversation begins with an acknowledgment of the data highlighting the struggles young men face today. Scott Galloway emphasizes the importance of recognizing these issues before delving into solutions.

Scott Galloway [03:08]:
"There's been this enormous transfer of wealth from young to old. People talk about poor to rich. I see it more as young to old."

Andrew Yang concurs, pointing out the educational mismatches and economic downturns that disproportionately affect men.

Andrew Yang [14:34]:
"There's now like an educational mismatch... manufacturing workers were two-thirds men, and then we got rid of that for 5 million households. Now what are the new paths for non-college educated men?"

Proposed Solutions

Vocational and Apprenticeship Education

Andrew Yang advocates for a significant investment in vocational and apprenticeship programs, which have historically been more utilized by men and lead to stable, AI-resistant jobs.

Andrew Yang [03:48]:
"The number one recommendation would be to double or triple down on vocational and apprenticeship vocational education... things like HVAC repair, plumbing maintenance... more resistant to AI and automation."

Encouraging Male Participation in Education

Yang suggests incentivizing men to enter teaching professions, which are predominantly female, to provide young boys with male role models.

Andrew Yang [03:48]:
"Another thing you should consider would be trying to incentivize men to teach because right now that's like a female dominated profession."

Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Building on his previous advocacy, Yang reiterates the necessity of UBI as AI continues to disrupt job markets, ensuring economic viability for all, especially young men.

Andrew Yang [14:34]:
"Universal basic income to me is inevitable as AI eats more jobs."

Community and Social Engagement

Both Scott and Andrew emphasize the importance of creating community spaces and opportunities for young men to engage, build discipline, and foster positive relationships.

Scott Galloway [13:18]:
"Every person under the age of 40 needs to have the platforms, the opportunities, and the venues to find someone that they can fall in love with and mate with."

The Role of Politics

The duo discuss how the current two-party system inadequately addresses the issues faced by young men, often sidelining their struggles in favor of other agendas.

Andrew Yang [09:09]:
"The two-party system is pushing solutions out of our reach because neither side has to address things in order to win power."

Scott Galloway [24:29]:
"The Democratic Party needs to get away from identity politics... you just say... we've failed as a nation."

Influence of Toxic Masculinity and Role Models

Anthony Scaramucci raises concerns about the influence of figures like the Tate brothers, who embody toxic masculinity, on young men.

Anthony Scaramucci [16:52]:
"The Tate brothers are in the news, right?... they represent the apotheosis of toxic masculinity."

Andrew Yang responds by defending the need for positive role models and acknowledges the allure of rebellious figures for young men.

Andrew Yang [18:17]:
"We need to provide positive alternatives because I understand the appeal of, like, a Tate Brothers type."

Proposed Messaging and Political Strategy

Scott Galloway outlines a unifying message that steers away from identity politics, focusing instead on economic viability and opportunities for young people to build meaningful relationships and families.

Scott Galloway [24:29]:
"What I would do is say we need overtime pay for people who coach and participate in after-school programs... level up young teachers."

Andrew Yang praises the approach, branding it the "Love and Prosperity Campaign," and emphasizes the need for substantial, actionable policies.

Andrew Yang [28:44]:
"It's the love and prosperity campaign... creating places for them to go and things for them to do."

Conclusion

The episode concludes with Scott Galloway expressing hope that Andrew Yang will run for president again to continue advocating for policies that support young men. Both guests highlight the importance of moving beyond the existing political strife to implement solutions that genuinely address the root causes of young men's disenfranchisement.

Scott Galloway [29:59]:
"What you did when you ran in 2020 was you normalized the idea that it's okay to redistribute income... you could help normalize this idea and perhaps start a movement."

Andrew Yang [32:02]:
"I've got another 30 years and there's definitely another run in me at some point."

---

Key Takeaways

• Economic Viability: Emphasizing vocational training and UBI to ensure young men have stable, future-proof careers.
• Political Representation: Advocating for a political shift away from identity politics towards broadly beneficial economic and social policies.
• Positive Role Models: The necessity of providing young men with constructive role models to counteract negative influences.
• Community Engagement: Promoting social structures that facilitate meaningful relationships and personal growth for young men.

This episode serves as a compelling call to action for policymakers, educators, and society at large to address the systemic challenges hindering young men's success and well-being in contemporary America.

Transcript

[Scott Galloway]

Support for the show is brought to you by CVS Caremark. Everything costs too much these days. Whether it's eggs or gas or prescription medications, it feels like costs are rising everywhere. CVS Caremark knows cost management is at the top of mind for most Americans. That's why they leverage their scale to find the lowest possible net prescription costs and help ensure coverage for medications that their plan members need at an affordable price. Interested in more affordable care for your members? Go to CMK Co Stories to learn how they can help you provide the affordability, support and your members need. Avoiding your unfinished home projects because you're not sure where to start. Thumbtack knows homes so you don't have to don't know the difference between matte, paint, finish and satin or what that clunking sound from your dryer is. With Thumbtack, you don't have to be a home pro, you just have to hire one. You can hire top rated pros, see price estimates and read reviews all on the app. Download Today.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

How do we AI proof our jobs?

[Scott Galloway]

How do we fix the deficit? How do we get our political system working again? I'm Henry Blodgett and I'm launching a new podcast called Solutions, where every week.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

I'll talk to an innovative, enterprising expert.

[Scott Galloway]

To cut through the doom and focus on how to build a better world. Follow Solutions with Henry Blodgett wherever you get your podcasts. The first episode will be out Monday, August 18th. Hey everyone, Scott Galloway here. We're back with another episode of the Lost Boys, our special series on the crisis facing young men. In this one, Anthony Scaramucci and I sit down with Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, former presidential candidate and founder of the Forward Party, to talk about why he's so concerned about the future of young men in Americ. We also explore ideas for how to turn things around with Andrew. Let's bust right into it.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Welcome to Lost Boys, the podcast where my friend Professor Scott Galloway and I dig into the unique challenges young men are facing today and what we can do about it. In this episode, Scott and I talk with Andrew Yang, the businessman, author and politician. He is best known for for his 2020 Democratic presidential primary run, where his signature policy was universal basic income. He's also someone who cares passionately about what's happening to young men in America today in his book the War on Normal People, and on his podcast Forward, he consistently focuses on the future of work, innovation and how regular Americans can thrive. In this episode, Andrew, Scott and I talk about concrete steps we can take to Help young men succeed. Why Democrats have ignored this issue and why Scott wants Andrew to run again, even though he's convinced he won't win. Here's my conversation with Scott Galloway and Andrew Yang.

[Scott Galloway]

So, Andrew, always good to see you. I'm gonna assume that you recognize the issue, recognize there's a needle to address, that it's that the data's there. So let's skip to solutions. If you were running, I'll just put out a hypothetical. If you were to announce you were going to run for president again in 2028 and someone said, all right, Andrew, what is your platform or specific policy recommendations or programs that you would want to implement to address this problem? What are your ideas about how at a federal level, on a legislative level, we could help address the issue of struggling young men?

[Andrew Yang]

The number one recommendation would be to double or triple down on vocational and apprenticeship vocational education. It turns out that men use vocational and apprenticeship type programs at a much higher level than women. And it leads to good jobs. You know, things like H vac repair, plumbing maintenance. Like a lot of those fields are going to be more resistant to AI and automation than a lot of other things. So this is very pragmatic. It would take a while. I mean, even if you were to do a good job, investing in would take years to have an impact. But that's to me, like the most direct thing you could do. It's like kind of a Mike Rowe dirty jobs solution, which, no, I did champion when I was running. I think other things you should consider would be trying to incentivize men to teach because right now that's like a female dominated profession. I know that it would be controversial to have incentives for men, but I think it would be a real positive because a lot of boys don't see men as role models in the day to day. And if you had a guy in the classroom who would go further, I at the time was championing universal basic income in part because I think that men just having economic value is a win. I think that there are ways. My wife and I joked, at least the woman would keep the man around because he had some money coming in. So I think there's something fundamental to a guy having value. And I'm sure you and Anthony have spoken about those things at length, but those are some of the things that I'd be pushing for at the time. I was also pushing for free MMA training for knuckleheads. You know, you just get them into the dojo. I mean, that's sort of a weird Incentive. But you know, like, that's the place where people could get out aggression and learn some discipline, get community, get some fellowship. I mean, if I were president, I would be having national tough man competitions. Just having, having like, you know, the county, you know, the county champions that have this giant NCAA style tournament just so people would have things to aspire to.

[Scott Galloway]

What, what are your thoughts on national mandatory service?

[Andrew Yang]

I am very pro national mandatory service with the giant caveat that I think the implementation would be difficult. And one of the things that you and Anthony, I'm sure have spoken about at length is that there are a lot of anxious and depressed teens. And so what you hope is that service would give them purpose and structure and community and drive. But the truth is if you take an anxious and depressed teen and say, hey, now you're going to do this thing and it's required, maybe that person isn't actually going to be able to contribute, but you're going to be forced to sort of pretend. And then the program can end up having this somewhat dystopian air. So because, I mean, you guys know, like the, the US Military is having trouble finding people that aren't addicted to drugs or you know, like can actually serve. And so if you had a mandatory service element, then you'd wind up with a real implementation problem. But I still think it's something that we should be trying to do. I mean, I ran a fellowship program for aspiring entrepreneurs for a number of years and we had the benefit of being highly, highly selective. So you have a sense, I mean, we were taking college graduates, which already is the top slice of the population, and then choosing, choosing from among them. So we were getting the creme de la creme and they were very, very strong. But if you're going to try and go mass, I do think that the intention is right and we should be trying to make it happen. But in reality it might get somewhat muddy.

[Scott Galloway]

Anthony.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

I want to react to what you're saying. You're in a new party. You have the forward party, you have hyper masculinity on the side of the Republicans, let's call it that. And so some of it could be toxic and frankly destructive. But there's something going on with the Democrats that I don't understand. They have like a 29% approval rating. So. And I know that they're very focused on pronoun definitions and all this stuff. And it seems like they want to triple down on that. Even though America sort of has spoken and said culturally that's probably not where America is. What's your thought about the current political zeitgeist and how this is impacting this problem?

[Andrew Yang]

I think this problem is being driven significantly by politics. And I know this because I was a Democratic primary candidate in 2020 and I was talking about how boys and men were struggling. And I got told, you can't talk about this in a Democratic primary. Which I said, why the hell not? Are boys and men not people? Don't they vote? But the Democratic primary is very much about women's issues, to be honest. And I'm pro women too. I mean, you know, it's like my argument was, look, healthy men is good for women. You know, like healthy women, good for men, healthy people, good for everybody. You know, what are we talking about here? But you have a two party system that has become oppositional to each other, somewhat ideologically bent and not terribly practical. And so what you do is you get in there and you tell people what they want to hear. And if you tell them that men are struggling, it's like, well, no, it's not here in the Democratic party. It's not about men, it's about women. And the two are not mutually exclusive. But I think that you have this really, really unfortunate, toxic dynamic that's come about that one side says men are the problem and then the other side says men can do no wrong. And then if you're the average man, you're looking at being like, oh shit, I guess I have to choose one of these two camps. It's one reason why you need more than two camps. I would argue, by the way, I think that you and you and Scott represent positive masculinity, which is what I would love, love, love for forward to represent so that if there are reasonable men out there, they're like, you know what? I don't think I'm the problem. I also think I'm not infallible. Let me choose this crew that we could go actually solve some problems. But the two party system is pushing solutions out of our reach because neither side has to has to address things in order to win power. What they're trying to do is win arguments. They're not trying to solve the root problems.

[Scott Galloway]

We'll be right back after a quick break. Support for the show comes from upway. If you're stuck in traffic again or frustrated with rising gas prices, there's a better way to get around. Commuting by E bike isn't just great for your health. It can be a game changer for your wallet and your time. Here's a tip. Head over to Upway Co to find E bikes from top tier brands including Specialized, Cannondale and Aventon at up to 60% off retail. If you know exactly what you want, you can search Upway by brand, product or category. And if you want even more guidance and information, you can schedule a phone or video call or even visit one of our showrooms in New York or la. Whether you're into mountain bikes or weekend adventures or Fast City E bikes for your daily commute, Upway has you covered. You can join their community of fans and ride with confidence knowing that they've got your back every step of the way. So head over to Upway co and get $150 off your first e bike purchases of $1,000 or more with code PROFG2025. That's upway code PROFG2025. You can thank us later.

[Andrew Yang]

The Disney Hulu HBO Max Bundle Plan.

[Scott Galloway]

Starting at just $16.99 a month.

[Andrew Yang]

No one will ever break us apart.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Catch Marvel Studios Thunderbolts the New Avengers on Disney.

[Scott Galloway]

You can't escape the past.

[Andrew Yang]

Alien Earth on Hulu, this Ship Collected Monsters and Final Destination Bloodlines on HBO Max.

[Scott Galloway]

Death is coming for our family.

[Andrew Yang]

The Disney Hulu HBO Max Bundle plans.

[Scott Galloway]

Starting at $16.99 a month.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

All these and more streaming soon.

[Andrew Yang]

Visit Disney/Hulu HBOMaxBundle.com for details.

[Scott Galloway]

And Andrew, when you think about so I'll put forward a thesis and that is there's been this enormous transfer of wealth from young to old. People talk about poor to rich. I see it more as young to old. And that is a person under the age of 40 is 24% less wealthy than they were 40 years ago. Someone under the age someone over the age of 70 is 72% wealthier. And I think the reality is one of the things that gets in the way of the discussion is just an open and honest discussion. And the reality is men are still primarily evaluated as mates based on their ability to signal resources. And we don't like to talk about it because it ostensibly portrays women in a negative light. But that's the reality that without economic viability, men are going to have trouble finding a mate. When they can't find a mate, they have a difficult time kind of staying on track or a relationship are fantastic guardrails for young men. What economic policies? Well one do you agree with the need to economically disproportionately level up young people in terms of economic viability? And if so, what would those in your view as someone who ran for president, what would those economic policies look like?

[Andrew Yang]

100% agree with the wealth transfer from young to old. 100% agree with the fact that if men don't earn money, then they are not appealing mates. One thing I'll point out is that there's now like an educational mismatch match and college educated women essentially refuse to marry non college educated men, almost regardless of economics. That's sort of a cultural problem and mismatch. I think that you'd have to make very, very dramatic moves. Something like a universal basic income to me is inevitable as AI eats more jobs. I mean, I talked to a founder that you guys probably know here in New York who says he's replacing his 2,000 customer service employees with AI. And so if you're trying to give young men in particular a path forward, the easiest narrative, which I did try and disseminate when I was running for president was, look, manufacturing workers were two thirds men, and then a lot of them did not have college degrees and they had middle class lives. And we got rid of that, got rid of that for 5 million households. And so now what are the new paths for non college educated men? And it has to be, in my view, you know, vocational and apprenticeship. But there should be this massive investment in the young, a reversal of the wealth pump that I think you've described. And it's going to have to be dramatic because we've set so many young people up to fail and then them becoming reactive and angry is somewhat natural. And then people are looking out and saying, like, oh, what's happening? I mean, when I talk to young people, Scott, I used to say, you guys should either be really sad or really angry. And I'm sorry, and I had nothing to do with what's happening to you all, but like, I need your help to fix it. And that message actually did go a pretty long way with young people. I mean, I won the Iowa Youth Straw poll, so if you'd cut the voting off at age 18, I might have become president. I also want candidates, so good on me.

[Scott Galloway]

Yeah.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

I want to bring something up and get your reaction to actually both of you. So the Tate brothers are in the news, right? They come back to Florida. I think they represent the apotheosis of toxic masculinity. If you guys disagree, please chime in. But I have friends of mine who have 14, 15, 16 year old young men that gravitate to that narrative. You know, the, you know, take the protein powder, take potentially the steroids, beef your body up have this, I. I think, overly misogynistic approach towards women, et cetera. And so I'm. I'm wondering if there's such a vacuum, is that. Is there a gravitational pull towards the Tate brothers? And again, I'll give you another example. One of my buddies in Florida said my son, the Tate Brothers, were live streaming from the lobby of some hotel in Miami, and my son wanted to have me drive him over there. He's 14. Drive me over there to witness the live streaming. And I told him, nfw, I'm not going to do that. What's your reaction to all that? Is there. Is there just such a vacuum going on that people are gravitating towards the wrong things or. I don't know. Do you guys like the Tate Brothers and their approach to masculinity?

[Andrew Yang]

Don't like. The Tate brothers have two boys whose fondest dream is to become a YouTuber. So I get how kids are drawn in for them. Their idol is Mr. Beast. They think that dad is uncool, but Mr. Beast is the bomb. So I think that men and boys are going to attract. Get attracted to anyone who seems like they're speaking to them. And if the messages are noxious and toxic, sometimes that drives the appeal. Because young men also like rebellion. Maybe it's one reason they like Scott. Scott has a real rebellious streak. I had some young men fans, too, and I'm really proud of that. And when I was in my 20s, you know what my fridge looked like? It had a giant container of chocolate protein powder and then some yogurt inside because I felt rejected by women because I didn't have a successful enough career. And so I was at the gym, all the working out. Now happily, you know, in my case there, you know, there wasn't some draw towards, like, a Tate Brothers equivalent. But I understand male drive to be strong, improve your body, seem invulnerable and invincible. You know, like that there were these times where you feel a little bit lost, hence the name of this series you guys are leading. And you want anyone to be something of a mooring point or an anchor. And if they're talking to you, then much better than someone who's yelling at you or seems to be ignoring you now, you know, I feel like it's on us. It's one reason why I'm so glad to be with you guys is to provide positive alternatives, because I understand the appeal of, like, a Tate Brothers type, though I haven't seen shit of theirs, so I actually have no idea what the Heck, they do. But I just imagine, you know, so I imagine people, you know, growing out and talking trash about women.

[Scott Galloway]

Yeah, it's like the Tape brothers are. I actually think that the Tate brothers are a little bit of a weapon of mass destruction. I think it's another vehicle for Trump to try and get us to look away from surrendering to Putin or exploiting the deficits. Because if you. I think most of the surveys show now that the Tate brothers, most young people just aren't kind of realize them for what they are, and that is people who are held in a Romanian prison on charges of sex trafficking who are trying to get you signed up for some sort of crypto scam. So I actually don't think they're a threat. I think rather than focusing on the people who fill the void, it's why does the void open up? And I think as long as you have young men who, for a variety of reasons, biological, sociological, economical, are not going to be economically or emotionally viable, they're going to be drawn to whoever fills that void and tells them it's not their fault and tells them to blame immigrants, tells them to blame women. So if it's not the Tay brothers, it'll be someone else. So I think young people are figuring out that these guys are, quite frankly, just not role models. And the problem with their content is that it starts off strong, be fit, take control of your life, and then it just comes off the tracks. But I actually don't think they're that big a threat. I think if we close the void and give more men more opportunity, you're just not going to have the. The wide open lanes for people like them or other people. I think that same void. And, Anthony, I would put this back to you. I think that same void of people not addressing the very real issues that young men are facing, I think it's been filled by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who are demonizing immigrants, who are. The biggest swing to the. From blue to red was Latinos. The second biggest swing was people under the age of 30. And if you're not doing as well as your dad, you know, you're just inclined. You just want disruption. You just want to vote for the chaos change candidate. And that was clearly Trump. So I. I think Tate. I almost think they're sort of irrelevant and a bit of a distraction. I think what's worse is that void. You close the void, you don't get the Tate brothers. But I think Trump is a bigger manifestation of that void and the issues facing younger Men and how people are moving towards chaos. What do you think, Anthony? You follow this stuff?

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Yeah. I'm worried, Scott. I'm worried because you're not gonna run. You know, Andrew may run again. Hopefully we'll get him back on the field. Andrew, I've donated now to several of your campaigns. I just want to be on record for that. Yeah, I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why I'm worried because if Galloway ran for office, he would be explaining to people directly what is going on. And the guys that are running for office, they don't want to do that. And you brought it up in the Democratic Party even, you know, I don't know. I mean, the Democrats think that Bernie Sanders and AOC are the answer. I don't see that personally. You know, I think they've got to go for the independents who held their nose and voted for Donald Trump last time. And I, I think the left will come along with them. I, I guess what I would say to you, Scott, let's say you were the advisor and you could fill the person with software. They had a good, healthy operating system, but you were the software engineer. You were going to develop the messaging for a candidate that could reach these women. Remember, the exit polling for the Democrats was terrible. The women said, I voted for my son. That's right. 54% of the white women voted for Trump. 46% of the women overall voted for Trump. Why'd you do it? I voted for my son.

[Scott Galloway]

Yeah.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

So, Scott, if you were the operating software engineer, you know, and let's say Andrew was running for president again, what advice did you give him?

[Andrew Yang]

Let me just say I co signed candidate Galloway as well.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

So.

[Scott Galloway]

Too much sex talks on rock and roll. Look.

[Andrew Yang]

Oh, that already. Scott, let's go.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Doesn't matter anymore.

[Scott Galloway]

No, I want to hang out with Anthony and Andrew and be able to get drunk and not worry about who's, who's watching us. So look, and I'll be curious what Andrew thinks. So first off, I want to acknowledge that what you said, Anthony, is really powerful about the election and that is women. And again, this triggers people, a large portion of women will vote for what they think is best for their sons and their husbands and they'll put their own views of politics aside and think who's going to be best to get my husband that job back or my son. And when, for the first time in our nation's history, a 30 year old isn't doing as well as his or her parents were at 30. You just want Change. The incumbent's done. Doesn't matter how powerful the incumbent is. The incumbent's done. And you want the chaos candidate. Okay, so the messaging, I believe to be effective, the Democratic Party needs to get away from identity politics. And that is, for example, Andrew, when you were saying we need more male teachers in high school, I'm worried about any program that specifically calls out people by their gender, including men. So, for example, what I would do is say we need overtime pay for people who coach and participate in after school programs, which tend to be men who don't get money for coaching baseball and football or band. And a. Kids need more time, they need more community, they need more social interaction. And that would level up a lot of male teachers who want to make more money and want to be coaches. Because I think if you start targeting men, I think one of the biggest problems of the Democratic Party is we see everything through the lens of identity. And I think we need to move away from that. And I think the message needs to be the following, that if you have your world of work, you have your world of friends, you have your world of kids, anything comes off the tracks with one of your kids, your whole world shrinks to that person. And so a decent platform is the unifying theory of everything. And the unifying theory of everything for me, if I were a candidate, Yang, is that every person under the age of 40 needs to have the platforms, the opportunities and the venues to find someone that they can fall in love with and mate with. And that means more social interaction, more freshman seats, more bars. Quite frankly, I think the anti alcohol movement is the worst thing other than remote work. The risk to a 25 year old liver is dwarfed by the risk of social isolation. Go out, drink more, make a series of bad decisions. It might pay off is my motto. That's too much for a bumper sticker tax holiday under the age of 40. 7 million homes built, manufactured homes that are 30 to 50% less expensive than on site homes. We are going to give every young person under the age of 40 the opportunity to meet someone, have a home, and should they choose, have children, which 60% of Americans used to have 40 years ago. Now it's 27%. And by the way, if you choose not to have children, spend the money on brunch in St. Barts, that's your call. But every person under the age of 40, including women in America, needs to have the most rewarding thing in their life available, and that is to find someone to partner with and have children. And everything needs to be reverse engineered from that one thing. You get away from identity politics. You don't have special programs for this group, this race, this gender. You just say, look, folks, it doesn't matter how prosperous we are if our young people aren't doing well. We have failed as a nation. And here's a basic. We want the American dream. We're going to make America America again. And we're going to figure out a way for young people to meet, fall in love and have kids and have the economic wherewithal to do that. And here's a series of programs, whether it's national service, more freshman seats, vocational programming, tax advantages, housing programs, whatever. We're literally going to reverse engineer. And I think that's something we could all rally around and not trigger people as you do when you start saying we're going to advantage men over women.

[Andrew Yang]

I love it. It's the love and prosperity campaign. It's parties. But you see what getting people out of the house. Let's go.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Scott's calling for is, quote, unquote, risky to some of your friends on the Democratic side of the aisle. Am I wrong? Andrew?

[Andrew Yang]

Oh, yeah. I mean.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

I mean, I'm down for every. I'm ready to tattoo most of that on my. On my bicep, what Scott just said, and I'm ready to run with it. But don't you agree with me that these people are not willing to take the risk? Andrew?

[Andrew Yang]

Oh, yeah. I mean, you can see what's going on in the Democratic Party, and I think that people would get behind what Scott's calling for. I think it's one reason why you need a positive, independent political movement that's free of the current ideologies. Let's go. I mean, I'll join you in the tattoo. Anthony. When I heard that, I thought love and prosperity. But you can come up with better names, Scott, because you're a marketing guy. The single biggest variable in my mind about these men isn't the messaging. It's like, what do they wake up and do every day? Where do they go? And if we can create places for them to go and things for them to do, then we're back on track.

[Scott Galloway]

But, Andrew, I do want to say that I really do hope you run again, because I'll be honest with you, I don't think you're going to win. But what you did when you ran in 2020 was you normalized the idea that it's okay to redistribute income to people who might be less fortunate, that the easiest way to improve people's lives is just to cut them a check. And before that, everyone called it socialism. Everyone had a gag reflex. And you sort of normalized the idea that, okay, let's be honest, the world's wealthiest nation should be able to ensure that everyone has a minimum level of economic viability. I think you could have the same impact around leveling up young people platform. Even if you don't win, you're articulate, you're powerful, you have a huge following. I think you could help normalize this idea and perhaps start a movement. Anyways, it sounds like Anthony's already a giver. We're partners on other things. But you have two donors. Should you decide to run again, we're.

[Andrew Yang]

Going to have to sort out which of the people on this podcast is going to run and champion the youth. Let's go.

[Scott Galloway]

If I had your brains and Anthony's hair, I'd already be president.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Yeah. And if I had Galloway's height and your brains, I would be president. How about that?

[Scott Galloway]

There we go.

[Andrew Yang]

All right.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Well, God bless, Andrew. It's really good to have you on, man.

[Andrew Yang]

I'm sure. I'm not sure what ingredients I would have needed to be president.

[Scott Galloway]

You got close.

[Andrew Yang]

Maybe it's. Maybe it's Scott's hair and Anthony's brain.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

You got to try again, man. You got to try again. That's the bottom line.

[Andrew Yang]

Hey, guys, I tell people all the time, I've got another 30 years and there's definitely another run in me at some point. So appreciate you guys and much.

[Scott Galloway]

Power of now, Andrew.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Power now.

[Scott Galloway]

The power of now. We're all going to be dead soon, boss.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

The power of now.

[Andrew Yang]

It is true. I mean, my joke is that I've been another 30 years. Just comment on the age of a lot of our candidates, but, like, I. I don't think that we collectively have 30 years. So I'll. I'll be back in the field before then.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Thanks for joining us for this episode of Lost Boys. If you'd like more information, please go to our website www.lostboys. men. In our next episode, Scott and I talk about the changing definition of masculinity, the problems that causes, and what we can do to help young men find their place in the world. So be sure to, like, follow and subscribe to Lost Boys wherever you get your podcast. And please share it with someone who cares about this or should care about this. And let's spread the word. Lost Boys is a production of Salt Media and the Casablanca Strategy Group. Barbara Fedita and Keith Summa are executive producers. Tanya Saladi is our researcher. Holly Duncan Quinn and Stanley Goldberg are editors. Special thanks to Christina Kasese, Mary Jan Ribas and Drew Burrows.

[Andrew Yang]

You say you'll never join the Navy.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

That you'd never track storms brewing in.

[Andrew Yang]

The Atlantic.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

And skydiving could never be part of your commute. You'd never climb Mount Fuji on a.

[Andrew Yang]

Port visit or fly so fast you.

[Anthony Scaramucci]

Break the sound barrier. Joining the Navy sounds crazy. Saying never actually is. Start your [e-mail], america's Navy forged by the sea.

[Andrew Yang]

Martha listens to her favorite band all the time. In the car, gym, even sleeping. So when they finally went on tour, Martha bundled her flight and hotel on Expedia to see them live. She saved so much, she got a seat close enough to actually see and hear them. Sort of. You were made to scream from the front row. We were made to quietly save you. More Expedia made to travel Savings vary and subject to availability. Flight inclusive packages are atoll protected.