American men are stuck in what's been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don't have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling unsatisfied with the size of their friend groups. In this NewsHour report, Geoff Bennett traveled to Phoenix to take a closer look at the implications of male loneliness and how some men are confronting it.

Originally released by NewsHour Productions LLC, 2024. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 22, 2024.