Men Are Taking More Viagra Than Ever - Zack Telander
Chris Williamson (host), Zack Telander (guest)
In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Zack Telander, Men Are Taking More Viagra Than Ever - Zack Telander explores young Men, Viagra, Outrage Culture, And The Death Of Originality Chris Williamson and Zack Telander move from light banter into a wide-ranging conversation about male sexual performance anxiety and the rising use of Viagra among young men. They argue that erection issues are now largely psychological, fueled by porn, social anxiety, and hookup culture, and explore how cheap, on‑demand ED meds change behavior and relationships. The discussion then broadens into culture-war flashpoints—Brittney Griner’s Russian drug sentence, religiously themed fashion, pronoun shifts, and Beyoncé lyric controversies—showing how outrage, trolling, and meme culture now shape media, politics, and even corporate decisions. They close by criticizing Hollywood’s franchise‑milking and canceled big-budget projects, contrasting that with creator-led, crowdfunded films like Zack’s own project, "The Wait."
Young Men, Viagra, Outrage Culture, And The Death Of Originality
Chris Williamson and Zack Telander move from light banter into a wide-ranging conversation about male sexual performance anxiety and the rising use of Viagra among young men. They argue that erection issues are now largely psychological, fueled by porn, social anxiety, and hookup culture, and explore how cheap, on‑demand ED meds change behavior and relationships. The discussion then broadens into culture-war flashpoints—Brittney Griner’s Russian drug sentence, religiously themed fashion, pronoun shifts, and Beyoncé lyric controversies—showing how outrage, trolling, and meme culture now shape media, politics, and even corporate decisions. They close by criticizing Hollywood’s franchise‑milking and canceled big-budget projects, contrasting that with creator-led, crowdfunded films like Zack’s own project, "The Wait."
Key Takeaways
Erectile issues in young men are increasingly psychological, not hormonal.
Both hosts describe their own experiences where drinking, anxiety, and overthinking—not low testosterone—caused erection problems, suggesting that for many under 40 the brain is the main barrier, not the body.
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On-demand Viagra normalizes medicating anxiety instead of addressing its causes.
With over-the-counter or app-based ED meds available in minutes, men can bypass doctors and inner work; this can relieve short-term pressure but risks dependency, declining effectiveness, and unknown long-term side effects.
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Porn, solo stimulation habits, and social anxiety are reshaping young men’s sexuality.
They argue that men conditioned to arouse themselves alone with highly curated porn find real partners unpredictable and stressful—especially socially anxious Gen Z, for whom getting naked with someone feels like an extreme exposure.
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Open communication in relationships is the best antidote to bedroom shame.
When ED happens, women often internalize it as "I’m not attractive enough" while men feel deep shame; talking honestly about anxiety, experimenting with Viagra as a taper, and focusing on mutual pleasure can defuse the spiral.
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Outrage has become a marketing tool, but it dilutes genuine moral criticism.
From Addison Rae’s Holy Trinity bikini to Beyoncé changing a single word (“spaz”) and Monica Lewinsky asking for lyric edits, the hosts note that backlash reliably boosts visibility and sales while eroding the impact of outrage when it’s truly needed.
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Meme and troll culture now drive real-world narratives and identities.
They discuss 4chan hoaxes (e. ...
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Corporate media is trapped between risk aversion, retroactive edits, and franchise exhaustion.
Examples like scrapped $80–90M movies, Stranger Things retconning plot holes, and She‑Hulk/GOT spinoffs illustrate a system that both over-milks IP and nervously rewrites work after release—creating space for smaller, crowdfunded projects like "The Wait" to offer fresher, more coherent storytelling.
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Notable Quotes
“The testosterone and biological factors are the least important when it comes to getting it up.”
— Chris Williamson
“When you take [Viagra], you can actually focus on enjoying sex and being in the moment as opposed to going, ‘Oh my God, my dick is failing.’”
— Chris Williamson (reading from the article)
“The moment that we start mixing in plurals and shit like that, that’s where I start to be like, hey, this is kinda bullshit.”
— Zack Telander, on they/them pronoun usage
“If everything is racist, then nothing's racist, and when you actually need to call out some real racists, where do you go?”
— Chris Williamson
“The best culture cannot possibly be created by the top, not always… the fact that you and I can go on the internet and create our content without any oversight at all is awesome.”
— Zack Telander
Questions Answered in This Episode
How can young men practically reduce porn-driven performance anxiety without relying on ED meds?
Chris Williamson and Zack Telander move from light banter into a wide-ranging conversation about male sexual performance anxiety and the rising use of Viagra among young men. ...
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What should couples say or do in the moment when erection issues or orgasm difficulties arise so both partners feel secure rather than blamed?
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Where should we draw the line between legitimate harm in language (e.g., ‘spaz’) and excessive sensitivity that leads to rewriting art?
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Given Poe’s Law and meme culture, how can we responsibly respond to extremist-looking content that might be ‘just trolling’?
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Are legacy studios capable of producing truly original, coherent stories again, or will the future of meaningful film mostly come from independent, crowdfunded creators?
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According to one 2018 study, around half of British men in their 30s report difficulties getting or maintaining an erection. This is only going to get worse, I think, with Gen Z because the most socially anxious generation that we've ever had, highest rates of introversion, social anxiety disorders, and stuff like that. Getting naked with somebody, you know, that's gonna push a lot of people's buttons. (wind blowing) Zach Tellander, welcome to the show.
I'm here.
We're both here.
Again. And, uh, every time I'm on your show, I'm closer to you.
So, for the people who aren't aware, we live together, and you are sat on the other side of that wall-
(laughs)
... because (laughs) I don't have an in-person recording setup. So we're doing it this way, which is virtually, but also kind of in-person, and we can kind of hear each other through the doors.
Yeah, that's the most concerning part is I can hear you through the door-
Twice.
... and through my headphones but, but it's all good.
Double.
It's all good, baby.
Double cress. How we doing? You good?
I'm good, man. I'm good. Had a good week so far. Good content. Uh, I don't know, man. So much has happened since I was last on the show, but it's hard to know exactly what has happened because-
Mm-hmm.
... you and I live together, so. (laughs)
Talking about it all the time.
Yeah, I can't really update you, but, uh, yeah, still doing the same thing. You're doing the same thing even better, better and brighter, bigger, bigger guests, and also being on Joe Rogan, too. Massive.
That was wild, wild experience. Yeah, man. Absolutely wild. Uh, it, it's been strange. I mean, it's the number one podcast in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and England, or the UK at the moment. It's the number one podcast episode in all of those places, which is, uh, is just a terrifying amount.
No way.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like a number one-
That's 'cause I shared it.
You think?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I got you the most shared tag on Spotify.
Good. I'm glad.
So-
I'm glad to hear that.
You're welcome.
Uh, other things that have been happening in countries outside of ours, WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison.
So I, I saw that. I didn't really dive deep into that. Um, but does that mean that she still can't get extradited or traded for?
So this is the most recent update. This is from Daily Wire. "WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison on Thursday. Russian prosecutors had argued that Griner, who was convicted of sneaking marijuana vaping materials into the country, should serve nine and a half years in prison." So she saved half a year, I guess. "The request came during closing arguments in a court outside Moscow, nearly six months after the six-foot-nine-inch WNBA star was nabbed in airport with contraband. The US has been trying to negotiate her release, reportedly considering offering a notorious Russian arms dealer imprisoned here as a trade." So I'm not sure if that guy is maybe gonna, uh, be swapped out for her or something, but it's a difficult situ- I mean, do you want to let a notorious Russian arms dealer go? No. Do you want a WNBA star that had a vape cartridge on her get jailed for nine years in a Russian gulag? Also no. Kind of, kind of hard to s- s- thread the needle. "'I never meant to hurt anybody, and I never, uh, meant to put in jeopardy the Russian population. I never meant to break any laws here,' Griner said prior to the delivery of the verdict in Khimki City Courthouse. 'I made an honest mistake, and I hope that your ruling, that in your ruling it doesn't end my life here. I know everybody keeps talking about political porn and politics, but I hope that is far from this courtroom.'" Uh, blah, blah, blah. She said that she only brought them to Russia by mistake, only used kind of... This is it. "Griner, who plays for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, had flown to Russia to finish a season for UMMC Ekaterinburg when she was arrested. Team competes." So she was over there playing, dude. Can you imagine accidentally having or even on purpose thinking, "Oh, I can fly a vape cartridge in," and then getting nine years in Russia? She's been there for six months already. She's already detained. Nine years in prison.
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