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

A1: Trump Tells BBC 'i'm Not Done with Putin' - Global News Podcast - Air Date 7-15-25

A2: Donald Trumps Foreign Policy Betrayal - The Time of Monsters - Air Date 7-27-25

A3: What Does Trump See in Putin? Part 2 - The Foreign Affairs Interview - Air Date 3-14-25

A4: Russia's Indoctrination Machine Ft. Ian Garner Part 2 - The New Liberal Podcast - Air Date 5-31-25

(01:46:10) SECTION B: MANOSPHERE

B1: The Manosphere Is Evolving Part 1 - Signified B Sides - Air Date 6-5-25

B2: The Next Generation of Maga Influencers Part 2 - Some More News - Air Date 5-28-25

B3: The Manosphere Is Evolving Part 2 - Signified B Sides - Air Date 6-5-25

B4: Hasan Piker Explains Himself - Today, Explained - Air Date 4-1-25

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

C1: Mehdi Hasan Reflects on His Insane 1v20 Jubilee Debate Part 1 - Vaush - Air Date 7-26-25

C2: Debate Doesnt Matter - Whowhatwhy's Podcasts - Air Date 7-18-25

C3: The Society-deforming Spectacle of Jubilee Part 1 - The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood - Air Date 7-25-25

C4: Mehdi Hasan Jubilee Debate Left Me Speechless Part 2 - Bulwark Takes - Air Date 7-22-25

C5: Brief Mehdi Hasan Vs Jordan Peterson Part 2 - Conspirituality - Air Date 7-26-25

C6: The Society-deforming Spectacle of Jubilee Part 2 - The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood - Air Date 7-25-25

C7: Debate Doesnt Matter Part 2 - Whowhatwhy's Podcasts - Air Date 7-18-25

C8: Mehdi Hasan Reflects on His Insane 1v20 Jubilee Debate Part 2 - Vaush - Air Date 7-26-25

C9: The Society-deforming Spectacle of Jubilee Part 3 - The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood - Air Date 7-25-25

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

D1: EXTENDED Version Michael Douglas Movies and the Crisis of Masculinity Part 1 - On the Media - Air Date 7-23-25

D2: New Superman Movie Breaks Ben Shapiro's Brain - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-20-25

D3: Why the Right Hates James Gunn's Superman and Loves the Snyderverse Part 2 - Cinema Survivors - Air Date 7-16-25

D4: Super Mad About Superman Part 2 - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-18-25

D5: MAGA Got Elon Musk to Ban This Black Superman Comic Because It Triggered Them. Then It Went Viral! - The Benjamin Dixon Show - Air Date 7-22-25

D6: EXTENDED Version Michael Douglas Movies and the Crisis of Masculinity Part 2 - On the Media - Air Date 7-23-25

D7: Tim Pool Goes Full Moron Over South Park's Trump Satire - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-28-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Photo of street art depicting Trump singing and Putin playing drums in a band called “The Psychos.”

Credit: “‘The Psychos’ By loretto.Street Art London.” via Loco Steve, Flickr | Changes: Cropped

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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