#1727 Super-Powered Men For Good and Ill: Fascism, Media, and the Manoshpere

#1727 Super-Powered Men For Good and Ill: Fascism, Media, and the Manoshpere

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics August 6, 2025 Duration: 4:39:49

Air Date 8/6/2025

Today's slate of topics may feel disjointed at first until you realize that they're not. We set out to produce an episode in which we explored powerful men and those who look up to them from various angles and so that ended up including both real and fictional men from supervillains to superheroes.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Tired of Putin's 'Bullshit': Trump Reverses, Says Us Should Send Weapons to Ukraine - Erin Burnett Outfront - Air Date 7-8-25

KP 2: What Does Trump See in Putin? Part 1 - The Foreign Affairs Interview - Air Date 3-14-25

KP 3: Russia's Indoctrination Machine Ft. Ian Garner Part 1 - The New Liberal Podcast - Air Date 5-31-25

KP 4: The Next Generation of Maga Influencers Part 1 - Some More News - Air Date 5-28-25

KP 5: Why the Right Hates James Gunn's Superman and Loves the Snyderverse Part 1 - Cinema Survivors - Air Date 7-16-25

KP 6: Super Mad About Superman Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-18-25

KP 7: Brief Mehdi Hasan Vs Jordan Peterson Part 1 - Conspirituality - Air Date 7-26-25

KP 8: Mehdi Hasan Jubilee Debate Left Me Speechless Part 1 - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-22-25

(01:02:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On why supporting the rich and powerful is pathetic

DEEPER DIVES

(01:10:31) SECTION A: RUSSIA

(01:46:10) SECTION B: MANOSPHERE

(02:21:33) SECTION C: DEBATE CULTURE

(03:39:51) SECTION D: SUPERMAN/MEDIA


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