{"id":8404,"date":"2010-01-12T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T05:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:05:40","slug":"the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week’s episode we interview Dr. Gary Cross, author of the book Men to Boys:The Making of Modern Immaturity<\/a><\/em>. We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week’s episode we interview Dr. Gary Cross, author of the book Men to Boys:The Making of Modern Immaturity. We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,42387,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-manhood","category-podcast"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\nPodcast: Men to Boys and Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brett\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\"},\"headline\":\"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":75,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/14.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Character\",\"Manhood\",\"Podcast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/\",\"name\":\"Podcast: Men to Boys and Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/14.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\"},\"description\":\"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/14.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/14.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/manhood\\\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Art of Manliness\",\"description\":\"Men's Interest and Lifestyle\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832\",\"name\":\"Brett\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/artofmanliness.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/author\\\/brett\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Podcast: Men to Boys and Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness","description":"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness","og_description":"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/","og_site_name":"The Art of Manliness","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness","article_published_time":"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Brett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@artofmanliness","twitter_site":"@artofmanliness","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brett","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/"},"author":{"name":"Brett","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832"},"headline":"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity","datePublished":"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/"},"wordCount":75,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png","articleSection":["Character","Manhood","Podcast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2010","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/","name":"Podcast: Men to Boys and Modern Immaturity | The Art of Manliness","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png","datePublished":"2010-01-12T05:24:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-30T14:05:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832"},"description":"We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities, like family and career, and instead indulging in pastimes and consumer goods that are commonly associated with teenagers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/14.png","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-episode-14-men-to-boys-and-the-making-of-modern-immaturity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Art of Manliness Podcast Episode #14: Men to Boys and the Making of Modern Immaturity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/","name":"The Art of Manliness","description":"Men's Interest and Lifestyle","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/84a51044fb965564cde35d18f7e0a832","name":"Brett","sameAs":["http:\/\/artofmanliness.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/author\/brett\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}