Jason Lange has spent years in the trenches of men's work, building communities where men actually show up for each other. He's the founder of Evolutionary Men, a men's embodiment coach, certified No More Mr. Nice Guy coach, and his core belief is that every man should be in a men's group.

In this conversation, we dig into the social valley that most men in midlife don't even know they're stuck in: why men stop making friends after 30, why loneliness shows up in ways we don't recognize, the lone wolf myth that's keeping men isolated, and what actually happens when a man gets into a room with other men who are having honest conversations.

Find Jason Lange: https://evolutionary.men

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Against the Fade — For Men Who Refuse to Fade in Midlife

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A Second Summit Podcast.

Your body doesn't recover the same way after 40. Testosterone drops. Growth hormone declines. Your recovery window stretches. And most men have no idea it's happening.

This is the first episode of Straight Sets, a new series where we cut the noise and give you what actually works. One topic, shorter format, something you can use this week.

Today I break down what changes in your body after 40, sort the most popular recovery methods into three tiers (skip it, nice to have, and non-negotiable), and give you the one thing to focus on this week.

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Against the Fade — For Men Who Refuse to Fade in Midlife

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A Second Summit Podcast.

When was the last time you did something you'd never done before?

In this episode, Jonathan digs into what writer Christine Rosen calls the extinction of experience, the slow disappearance of direct, firsthand experience from modern life, and why it hits men in midlife the hardest. He tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt choosing an uncharted Amazon river over retirement at 55, Ranulph Fiennes summiting Everest at 65, and a middle-aged doctor who picked up a kayak paddle in his 40s and changed the sport forever.

Jonathan also shares his own experience at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School in southern Utah, where making fire without matches and catching a trout with his bare hands taught him that the gear he thought he needed was actually the thing standing between him and the experience he was looking for.

This episode lands with a practical challenge: before Labor Day, do one thing you've never done, go one place you've never been, and have one experience you can't research your way through in advance.

If this episode makes you want to move, share it with a man who's been sitting still too long. You know who he is.

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Against the Fade — For Men Who Refuse to Fade in Midlife

New episodes every Tuesday.

Newsletter & resources: https://againstthefade.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/againstthefadepodcast

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A Second Summit Podcast.