Donald Trump won the election and Remoy and Samantha try to make sense of it this week. They examine Americans’ concern about the economy and inflation, and get into how consistent disinformation and thwarted public education got us here.

With election season approaching, MASKulinity dives into a surprising new report from The Pew Research Center on how Americans REALLY feel about men and MASKulinity—and the results blew us away. 

Samantha, alongside NGM’s Trevor Mayoh, got the scoop straight from Pew, and now she’s sharing those findings with Remoy. Listen in as they unpack all the discoveries on public attitudes and the deeper roots of the potential predatory politics in America.

This week, Remoy takes us through a throwback episode: Transitioning into Immigrant MASKulinity. Multihyphenate artist D'Lo joined us back in 2018 and shared his experience as a trans man from a Tamil-Sri Lankan family, growing up near Lancaster, CA (IYKYK 😰). What have these immigrant, now older hosts learned since this interview? Find out in this week’s episode! 📲

We’re getting in the ring this week! Beto O’Byrne joins the pod to talk the spectacle that is MASKulinity in professional wrestling. Would you be a heel or a babyface?? Find out in this fun episode.

Step into the time machine as Samantha and Remoy rewind to 2018, when former basketball player Julie Henderson and powerlifter Halston Bruce graced the studio. In this episode, the two hosts unpack the triumphs and tribulations of women in sports, past and present.

What exactly is patriarchy? Can community help men and masc people unlearn MASKulinity? Jeremy Herte from the Let’s Talk Bruh podcast joins us to unpack it all and we dive deep into what led him to start a podcast focused on Black masculinity.

Our podbro and Oreja Peluda host Danny Perez joins us for the last episode in our music series! We’re closing it out with a genre that drew a lot of conversation around masculinity and performance: glam rock!

Get ready for our deep-dive interview with Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie and Tyler Bunzey. Who are hip hop’s actual gatekeepers? How does hip hop help us understand sociology and gender dynamics? Also, why couldn’t these guys have been teaching when us millennials were in school?!

Between hip hop violinists and Lil Nas X, hip hop continues to evolve. This week, listen as professors Joseph Ewoodzie and Tyler Bunzey stop by the pod to talk gender performance in hip hop.

Sugarhill Gang or Band? The beginnings of commercial hip hop help us understand why vulnerability can be hard to find in the most popular music genre… We’re continuing our music series and accountability strategist and masculinity scholar Nalo Zidan joins us to talk hip hop and capitalism.