Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast.

The positive dad vibes of Tim Walls came onto the national scene in the middle of an ongoing crisis of masculinity that stretches

from the youngest generations to the oldest. Both positive and negative aspects of masculinity

tie in with the general election, basically divided it right down the partisan line, and the next generation of voters, not to mention humans, are often feeling stuck between the two with insufficient guidance from the men in their lives.

Sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes today includes hysteria,

some more news, the Brian Larer Show, Amunporn Company, Dear Old Dads, and What Fresh Hell.

Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in five sections

some of them quite short section A Tim Waltz section B J.D. Vance branded masculinity

section C the fallout of Stoicism, Section D, dating life containing discussion of sex, including violence, and finally, Section E, Social, Emotional Development.

It's been such a wild summer, but I think that the moment that the vibes went from the worst

vibes possible the worst to among the best vibes possible.

Because we needed it.

Because we needed it, which was when

Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, like a breath of fresh air comes

breezing in from Minnesota and he changed the entire course of the presidential

election with his just like positive Santa Claus energy. People immediately noticed that Walls reminded them of dads and uncles

and relatives that they had or wish they had.

And the more we see him on the stump, the more we're seeing an example of somebody who is fully a man.

Nobody would be like, that guy's girly because he is very, very much.

Most decidedly not

girlie exactly but it is a model of masculinity of kindness

cheerfulness helpfulness usefulness that is such a good

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