CAUTION: Includes themes of an adult nature.
Today’s guest is an old friend, Matt Radley. Matt is deputy head of an independent school.
In this conversation, Matt discusses his professional journey - a lack of career plan, stumbling into a job in banking in the early 2000s before following a passion for history that led him to retrain as a teacher at the age of 30. He shares lessons learned on his journey, particularly the importance of uncovering his values (or non-negotiables, as he calls them) as vital tools for navigating life’s ups and downs.
We talk about big issues facing society and teenagers today. The polarization of viewpoints, a collective inability to embrace discourse and emotionally uncomfortable conversations, why Andrew Tate is resonating with young men, and the destructive influence of online porn.
Matt references a TED talk by Dylan Marron, Empathy is Not Endorsement
https://www.ted.com/talks/dylan_marron_empathy_is_not_endorsement
I want to apologize for mistakenly referencing Cindy Gallop’s business. Her amazing online community is called MakeLoveNotPorn (MLNP) not Choose Love Not Porn; as quoted in this episode.
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z1QsjaKYK-A
