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   S2 · E162 · 22 Jun 2026 · 58 min

   The $18 Billion Trap Your Son is Already In

   In 2025, Americans legally wagered more than $165 billion on sports, money moving through an industry that, outside of Nevada, didn't legally exist until 2018. Somewhere inside that number is a much harder one to see: how much of it isn't entertainment at all, but sports betting addiction quietly working its way through a generation of men who never thought they had a gambling problem. That's where this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast begins. Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Michael Zhang. He is a psychologist who spent years treating gambling-related harm clinically before founding…

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   S2 · E161 · 15 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

   Why So Many Men Are Struggling Right Now

   The numbers are hard to sit with. In the most recent year for which data were available, 53% of men who died in the United States did so before the age of 75. Not in a developing country. Not a century ago. Right now, in one of the wealthiest nations on earth, the majority of men are dying before they should. And a significant portion of those deaths are preventable. That is where this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast begins. Marc Azoulay sits down with Peter Fisher and Brian P. Heilman. They are researchers and co-authors of Movember's landmark report, The Real Face of Men's Health . It…

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   S2 · E160 · 8 Jun 2026 · 34 min

   8 Men Ask a Men's Therapist Their Deepest Questions

   Something is off for Gen Z men right now. It can look like confidence on the surface, online presence, gym routines, and a few matches on the apps. But underneath all of that, there is often a young man who does not know who he is, who feels invisible in his own friendships, and who is watching his dating life go nowhere without understanding why. If you have a question for Marc you can email us at [email protected] and we'll include it in a future episode. That is where this conversation goes. In this episode of Men's Therapy Online, Marc Azoulay answers real questions from gen z…

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   S2 · E159 · 1 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

   The Truth About Male Anger No One Talks About

   Anger . Rage. Aggression. Modern psychology has spent decades telling men these are problems to fix. That is exactly where this conversation pushes back. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with Mike LeBlanc. He is a Marine veteran, Harvard graduate, founder of a humanoid robotics company, and author of What If Anger Is the Answer. He challenges the cultural narrative that has pathologized male anger and makes the case that suppressing it is not the solution. It is the source of the problem. The episode makes one thing clear early on. Anger is not the same as…

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   S2 · E158 · 25 May 2026 · 57 min

   The Dark Psychology of Narcissists Explained

   Narcissist . Psychopath. Sociopath. These words are everywhere right now, and most of the time, they are being used incorrectly. That is where this conversation starts. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Peter Salerno. He is a clinical expert and author of The Nature and Nurture of Narcissism . He cuts through the noise of social media diagnosis culture and gets to what these personality disorders actually look like. He highlights how they operate and why they are so hard to identify and treat. The episode makes one thing clear early on. A…

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   S2 · E156 · 12 May 2026 · 59 min

   Why Couples Slowly Stop Loving Each Other

   Most men don't struggle in relationships because they don't care. They struggle because nobody ever taught them how relationships actually work, at a neurological, psychological, and structural level. And by the time most couples realize something is badly wrong, the damage’s been quietly building for years. In this episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with Dr. Stan Tatkin , clinical psychologist, researcher, developer of the psychobiological approach to couple's therapy (PACT), and author of the bestselling book Wired for Love — for a frank, science-backed…

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   S2 · E155 · 4 May 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

   Why So Many Men Feel Completely Alone (Even in Relationships)

   The male loneliness epidemic is not just a trending phrase. It’s a quiet crisis playing out in the lives of millions of men, showing up in emergency rooms, in divorce statistics, and in therapy offices where men are finally starting to talk about what they’ve long kept buried. That’s exactly where this conversation begins. In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, Marc Azoulay sits down with returning guest Dr. Ryan McKelley , a research psychologist and expert in masculinity and men’s mental health, to unpack why so many men are experiencing deep social isolation, and what that…

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   S2 · E154 · 30 Apr 2026 · 18 min

   The "Nice Guy" Paradox: Why Comfort is Killing Your Hormones

   Modern masculinity has a missing piece, and most men feel it without being able to name it. They pay the bills, hold down big jobs, do everything they’re supposed to do as adults. But when they look in the mirror, they don’t see a man. They see a boy in a man’s costume. In this solo episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast , host and therapist Marc Azoulay is making the case that what most men are missing is initiation . For hundreds of thousands of years, cultures marked the transition from boyhood to manhood through structured trials led by older men. That tradition stopped about 50 years ago,…

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   S2 · E153 · 27 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

   The Dark Side of "Work Hard, Play Hard"

   Addiction is one of the most misunderstood forces in men's lives. It doesn’t always look like rock bottom. It can look like a high-functioning executive who has a spotless professional record. It can look like the life of the party who stays for the after-party when everyone else goes home. It can look like a college student pulling straight A's while quietly unraveling in private. That’s exactly what this conversation is about. In this April Roundtable episode of the Men's Therapy Podcast, host Marc Azoulay , himself in recovery from polysubstance use, sits down with three therapists who…

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    23 Apr 2026 · 20 min

    Why You Feel "Dead" Inside (It's Not Depression)

    Emotional numbness does not always look like a crisis. For many men, it is quieter, a steady flatness, a sense of static that will not lift no matter how much they push. In this solo episode of the Men's Therapy Online Podcast, Marc Azoulay , therapist, coach, and founder of Men's Therapy Online , is breaking down one of the most common yet least understood struggles facing modern men: the feeling of being emotionally switched off. Marc argues that what most men are experiencing is not a mindset problem, not laziness, and not something that will pass if they keep grinding harder. It’s a…