Air Date: 10-13-2026

Today we look at rape culture as a system that contains far more than the crimes. This topic was prompted by the Cornell 7 story but it starts with little boys annoying girls and having it excused as affection, runs through the “nice guy” who treats kindness as a down payment, and ends with the false claim that men can’t be expected to control their sexual urges. We're organizing the episode a little differently than normal, with the material everyone should hear in the first hour and the deeper dives being reserved for that which men particularly need to face but that assault victims may want to skip.

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TOP TAKES

KP 1: It's Not About Sex: How Rape Culture Actually Works - Therese - Air Date 10-7-26

KP 2: AOC on the Campus Sexual Assault Factory - The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini) - Air Date 9-30-26 (Excerpt)

KP 3: Is It True That Men Can't Control Themselves Sexually? Consequences Vs. Temptations - Huey Li and the News - Air Date 10-5-26 (Excerpt)

KP 4: The Cornell 7: What Really Happened in Those 19 Days? - Therese - Air Date 10-3-26

KP 5: LSU Finds Student Responsible For Sexual Assault & DOESN'T CHARGE HIM - Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey - Air Date 9-28-26

KP 6: Turns Out The "Nice Guy" Is Actually TERRIFYING... Marina McBain - Air Date 6-6-26

KP 7: Jacob Geller, Cornell & the Future We Save for Men Part 1 - Jessie Gender - Air Date 10-7-26

KP 8: Men Scare Me and Good Men Make Excuses - Kat Blaque - Air Date 10-3-26 (Excerpt)

KP 9: Jacob Geller, Cornell & the Future We Save for Men Part 2 - Jessie Gender - Air Date 10-7-26 (Excerpt)

(01:04:10) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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DEEPER DIVES

(01:14:34) SECTION A: WHAT BOYS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT BEING MEN

A1: Why Do Men Struggle with Empathy: The Problem of Transactional Relationships - Expatriarch - Air Date 11-5-24

A2: The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory - Pop Culture Detective - Air Date 9-29-17

A3: Why Every Character in Obsession Failed Nikki - Kimbaland - Air Date 6-27-26

A4: The Problem With Porn - Breaking Down Patriarchy - Air Date 10-2-26

A5: Dulce Sloan: Will You Be My Valentine? - What Now? With Trevor Noah - Air Date 2-14-26

(01:54:33) SECTION B: HOW RAPE CULTURE IS BUILT AND WHO IT PROTECTS

B1: What Is Rape Culture? - Do You Really Know? - Air Date 8-19-26

B2: Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual Violence" Part 1 - New Books in Political Science - Air Date 4-16-26

B3: Is It True That Men Can't Control Themselves Sexually? Consequences Vs. Temptations - Huey Li and the News - Air Date 10-5-26

B4: Alisa Kessel, "Rape Fantasies: Rape Culture and the Persistence of Sexual Violence" Part 2 - New Books in Political Science - Air Date 4-16-26

B5: Should Women Share the Blame for R**e Culture? Not the Way They're Normally Blamed - Huey Li and the News - Air Date 10-5-26

(02:28:37) SECTION C: THE CORNELL AND LSU RECORDS AND THE APOLOGISTS

C1: The Cornell 7 Is Business as Usual - The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini) - Air Date 9-30-26

C2: The Cornell 7 Case EXPLAINED - Hysteria - Air Date 10-1-26

C3: LSU Football Player UNDER INVESTIGATION After DISTURBING ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS!! - Katie Phang - Air Date 10-3-26

C4: NEW EVIDENCE From the Cornell 7 Case: Will THIS Be Enough For Justice? Part 1 - Hysteria - Air Date 10-3-26

C5: Michael Tracey, Shoe0nHead, Cornell - Edgier Than Thou - Air Date 10-2-26

C6: Jacob Geller, Cornell & the Future We Save for Men Part 2 - Jessie Gender - Air Date 10-7-26

C7: NEW EVIDENCE From the Cornell 7 Case: Will THIS Be Enough For Justice? Part 2 - Hysteria - Air Date 10-3-26

(03:25:54) SECTION D: ENABLERS, EXCUSES, AND WHAT MEN OWE

D1: Graham Platner and the Left’s Misogyny Problem (with Yasmin Nair) - Current Affairs - Air Date 8-11-26

D2: I Feel Differently About the Cornell 57... - Kat Blaque - Air Date 10-3-26

D3: Thomas Jefferson Survives: The Cornell 7 and the Price of Great Men - Resistance History with Tad Stoermer - Air Date 10-2-26

D4: Do You Really Care About Assault? - Cam James - Air Date 10-7-26

Featured song: "Not All Men" by Morgan St. Jean, used with permission.

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