American Prestige E240 - Manosphere Politics and the Climate Crisis w/ Daniel Waite Penny
Dec 30, 2025
Daniel Waite Penny, a journalist and cultural critic, dives into the intriguing nexus of masculinity and climate politics. He explores how the manosphere has emerged from grievances like Gamergate, connecting economic change to resentments in today's masculinity. Their discussion reveals how figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate shape these ideologies. Penny highlights the disturbing links between manosphere rhetoric and climate denial, examining elites promoting techno-fixes as escape fantasies, and suggests strategies for engaging men in climate action.
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Manosphere–Climate Link Motivated The Project
- Daniel Waite Penny started Non-Toxic to explore how the manosphere and climate denial intertwine. He found these linkages compelling enough to launch Carbon Bros with Amy to dig deeper.
Manosphere Roots Precede The Internet
- The manosphere builds on longer anti-feminist currents like the backlash Susan Faludi described. It mixes dad-rights grievances, pickup-artist culture, and other strains into a broader reactionary formation.
Economic Change Fuels Masculinity Panic
- Economic changes and the erosion of breadwinner masculinity feed manosphere grievances. Fossil-fuel-centered lifestyles historically enabled that masculinity, linking economics, energy, and gender.