When my son Zak Koenigs, founder of Prospect Forge, walked back into the studio for this second conversation, I could feel immediately that something had shifted in him, and honestly, that shift is the whole reason I brought him back.

We went deep on the data that should be keeping every parent of a son up at night: Scott Galloway's finding that 1 in 7 young men now reports zero friends, Gen Z unemployment running at 8.3% (more than double the national average), and the Federal Reserve's recent report that 41% of recent college graduates are underemployed right now.

Here's what Zak knows that most parents don't: the looks-maxing obsession, the nihilism, the incel rabbit holes, they all trace back to the same root, and once you understand that root, 100% of the conversation with your son changes.

He also breaks down how Prospect Forge is built on "democratizing nepotism," giving young people access to the networks and mentors they were never born into, and shares what he calls the most underrated tool for parents right now, the "cellular fast."

You will walk away from this episode knowing what your son might not be saying out loud, what community, forgiveness, and surrender look like as a practical action plan, and the next right thing you can do to open the door.