Electric Alternatives and the Limits of Symbolic Change

What does masculinity have to do with climate change denial? F-ing everything! Daniel Penny, host of the new Drilled podcast Carbon Bros, joins me to answer all of your questions about how the Manosphere and its ideologies of dominion, virility, control, and anti-wokeness collide with climate change narratives. We talk about petro-masculinity, of course, but also how environmentalism became “feminized,” the intersection with “muscular” Christianity, the Spotted Owl, fear of the electric truck, and how the Trump Administration has successfully exploited fears of a cucked, climate-focused nation. This one will piss you off and give you a lot to think about.

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Show Notes:

• You can listen to CARBON BROS and find out more about the podcast here

• Find more of Daniel’s work here and listen to other episodes of Non-Toxic (and the newsletter) here

• A bunch of Chad memes that may or may not elucidate Chad-ness

• Daniel references Dr. Sophie Bjork-James’s work — find out more about it here

• My interview with Kristin Kobez Du Mez on White Christian Nationalism

• I reference my reporting on North Idaho & the spotted owl — it’s in this big feature

• The ridiculous “premature electrification” Super Bowl truck commercial:

• FROM THE AAA: My piece on What Makes Women Clean

• Your Cleaning Story

We’re currently looking for your questions for future episodes about:

• BIG KOREAN ENERGY with Mash-Up Americans (Their framework for questions: What is this Korean vibe everywhere in culture, in food, in beauty, in politics? Definitely not complaining, but maybe confused? Well. Do we have the explainer for all of you Korean Americans, Korean Koreans, and everyone who is adjacent to Korean culture -- which is everyone. What are YOUR questions?)

• Cultural panics with THE Sarah Marshall

• Contemporary Dating Culture!!! Why does it suck, how can it suck less! (with Jonquilyn Hill)

• All things Love is Blind with Audie Cornish

• Eldest daughter discourse

• An ADULT HOBBIES crossover episode with Forever35!

• The sociology of NAMES (naming trends, naming assumptions)

• WEIRD ENGLISH WORDS (where do they come from!) with Colin Gorrie, who writes explainers like this one on the word DOG

• Anything you need advice or want musings on for the AAA segment. You can ask about anything, it’s literally the name of the segment!

• As always, you can submit them (and ideas for future eps) here

For this week’s discussion: Where have you seen anti-climate-change masculinity pop up in your own life? Commercials, relatives, IG feeds — tell us about it.