The male anxiety industrial complex

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Health care brands want to leverage young men’s anxiety over erections and hair loss into a multibillion-dollar empire. Reporter Jesse Barron (@_jessebarron) explains. Read Jesse’s story here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/hims-health-care.html Today’s episode was produced by Alan Rodriguez Espinoza (@ardzes), engineered by Cristian Ayala, and hosted by Rani Molla (@ranimolla). [this episode is from the Recode Daily archives, original airdate 11/01/2021] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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