Masculinity
Subject in Society & Culture
Masculinity has come up in 12 episodes across 9 podcasts in TMT, including The Megyn Kelly Show, Pod Save America, Mick Unplugged. 12 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom JunodAmerican magazine writer known for profiles in GQ and Esquire, author of the memoir "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man"
Junod says what distinguished his upbringing from others with macho fathers was that his father was constantly pursuing sex.
“I had a macho dad who was forever on the make. And that was the difference”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 20:40
Junod says his father's ideas about manhood were modeled on the movie stars of the late 1930s rather than on his own father.
“As best as I could tell, it was modeled on the movie stars of the late 1930s”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 7:14
André RushU.S. Army veteran, former White House chef, author, and mental health advocate
Rush argues that strong men's belief that nothing can affect them is false.
“And us being our mind is nothing can touch us. Nothing can touch us. And that's a lie”
Mick Unplugged: Chef André Rush: Strength Through Service (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 17:43
Adam CarollaAmerican comedian, radio personality, and host of The Adam Carolla Show
Carolla proposes that a man's behavior during COVID is the test of whether he is genuinely masculine.
“So show me your record on COVID and I'll tell you whether you're a wussy with a P or not”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Joe Biden's Incoherent Book Launch, Meghan Markle's Emmy Nom, and Ellen's TRUE Persona, with Adam Carolla | Ep. 1360 (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 35:50
Michael KnowlesAmerican conservative commentator and host of The Michael Knowles Show at The Daily Wire
Knowles argued Democrats lost men primarily over sexual and gender ideology.
“It was the feminism leading into the gay rights stuff, reaching its apotheosis with the transgender ideology, specifically transing the kids”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Lindsey Graham's Legacy, McConnell's "Proof of Life," and the Robinson Video You DIDN'T See, with Knowles, Posobiec, and Fitz | Ep. 1358 (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 38:23
Ryan HolidayAmerican author on Stoicism and founder of Daily Stoic
Holiday condemns 'alpha male' Stoicism influencers, arguing the philosophy is centered on virtue and justice.
“stoicism is not a recipe for making you a better sociopath”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival Guide (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 3:07:32
Alex WagnerMSNBC host who hosts episodes in the Pod Save America feed
Wagner argued Platner's appeal reflected a crisis in how the left responds to MAGA-style masculinity.
“there's a real crisis right now in terms of how the left responds to MAGA style masculinity”
Pod Save America: The Race to Replace Graham Platner (Jul 10, 2026) · Listen from 36:33
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues the term toxic masculinity conflates criminal behavior with masculinity, which he describes as protective.
“Toxic masculinity is a guy who beats people up and robs people and rapes. That's toxic. That's criminal behavior. Masculine behavior, it's protective”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2519 - Scott Eastwood (Jun 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:30
Glenn GreenwaldAmerican journalist
Greenwald argued that current transgender discourse, including Elliot Page's comments, reimposes rigid gender roles the gay rights movement had moved beyond.
“they're imposing these extremely rigid gender roles that I thought we had moved past”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Meltdown Over Patriotic UFC at White House, with Glenn Greenwald, and Justin Baldoni's Attorney Bryan Freedman Gives Exclusive Details of Settlement | Ep. 1339 (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:52
David SedarisAmerican humorist, essayist and diarist
Sedaris says he feels sorry for straight men because their social confines are so narrow.
“I feel sorry for straight guys. I feel sorry that they're in their prison”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 46:44
NadègeFrench-American sex scholar, dominatrix, and author behind Pleasure Science
Nadège argues that masculinity is self-defined and that letting others define it undermines a person's power.
“the biggest lie that will take you away from your power is letting other people tell you what masculinity is”
Digital Social Hour: Why Desire Is Judged Differently For Men And Women... | Nadège | DSH #2005 (Jun 7, 2026) · Listen from 43:44
Graham PlatnerPresumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine
Platner argues that using strength to dominate or offend others is cowardice rather than masculinity, criticizing the manosphere.
“this idea that you're supposed to use your strengths to use power over other people or to offend people, be mean to people, that somehow that's manly. That's not. That's the act of a coward”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 26:25
JaimeCo-host who connected Beth with the show and reports a near-death experience
Jaime argues that expressing love makes a man more, not less, of a man, and that the manliest men he knows are the most loving.
“the most. manly men that I know are the most loving men as well”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 1: The Power of Connection (Mar 7, 2025) · Listen from 29:00
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Megyn Kelly Show · 3 episodes
- Pod Save America · 2 episodes
- Mick Unplugged · 1 episode
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- The Daily · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
- Up First from NPR · 1 episode
- Ctrl-Alt-Reset · 1 episode
Episodes
Chef André Rush: Strength Through ServiceMick Unplugged · Oct 19, 2026 · 49 min
Mick Hunt talks with Army veteran and former White House chef André Rush about grief, PTSD, asking for help, his culinary path, and his memoir.
Joe Biden's Incoherent Book Launch, Meghan Markle's Emmy Nom, and Ellen's TRUE Persona, with Adam Carolla | Ep. 1360The Megyn Kelly Show · Jul 15, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Megyn Kelly and Adam Carolla discuss Democratic political theatrics, the Butler shooting, Joe Biden's book promo, Meghan Markle's Emmy nod, celebrity personas, and the JPMorgan lawsuit.
- Lindsey Graham's Legacy, McConnell's "Proof of Life," and the Robinson Video You DIDN'T See, with Knowles, Posobiec, and Fitz | Ep. 1358
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Megyn Kelly discusses Lindsey Graham's death, McConnell's health and Elliot Page with Michael Knowles, then the Tyler Robinson hearing with Jack Posobiec and James Fitzgerald.
#321 Ryan Holiday - The Stoic Survival GuideThe Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 3 h 13 min
Shawn Ryan and author Ryan Holiday discuss Stoicism, emotions and revenge, media incentives, political courage, ego, mortality, fatherhood, wealth, and reading.
The Race to Replace Graham PlatnerPod Save America · Jul 10, 2026 · 1 h 24 min
Dan Pfeiffer and Alex Wagner discuss Graham Platner's exit from Maine's Senate race and the Iran war, then Pfeiffer interviews North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper.
#2519 - Scott EastwoodThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 26, 2026 · 2 h 34 min
Joe Rogan and actor Scott Eastwood discuss American food, political division, psychedelics and drug policy, acting and Hollywood, World War II film Lucky Strike, and doubts about recent assassinations.
Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?The Daily · Jun 21, 2026 · 47 min
Michael Barbaro talks with writer Tom Junod about his charismatic, philandering father Lou and the secret half-sister Junod uncovered after his father's death.
- Meltdown Over Patriotic UFC at White House, with Glenn Greenwald, and Justin Baldoni's Attorney Bryan Freedman Gives Exclusive Details of Settlement | Ep. 1339
The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 15, 2026 · 1 h 42 min
Megyn Kelly talks with Bryan Freedman about the Baldoni–Lively settlement, then with Glenn Greenwald about the Iran deal, the White House UFC event, and celebrities at the Knicks' title run.
David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some BitePod Save America · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Jon Lovett talks with humorist David Sedaris about his essay collection The Land and Its People, his Trump-supporting father, progressive language, a dog bite, marriage and aging.
Why Desire Is Judged Differently For Men And Women... | Nadège | DSH #2005Digital Social Hour · Jun 7, 2026 · 52 min
Sex scholar Nadège tells Sean Kelly about shame, mismatched libidos, open relationships, the history of marriage, the manosphere, simps, masculinity, and astrology.