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Today, Explained

Andrew Tate: The king of toxic masculinity

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Controversial manfluencer Andrew Tate is in a Romanian prison, accused of rape and human trafficking. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings and sociolinguist Robert Lawson explain why his brand of grotesque misogyny appeals to millions of men. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It seems every generation's great revolutionaries suffer from unfair imprisonment.

0:08.6

Whose account was that tweeted from yesterday?

0:10.7

It's not one of the young protesters in Iran who face the threat of execution.

0:14.6

It's not one of the nurses striking for better working conditions today in New York.

0:19.1

It's Andrew Tate, a man-fluencer who sits in prison in Bucharest, Romania, accused of

0:24.3

rape and human trafficking.

0:26.1

Millions of people, mostly men, follow Tate for his brand of bullish optimism, unrepentant,

0:31.4

even grotesque misogyny, and now it seems we can add self-pity to the mix.

0:35.9

This man who's had an outsized impact on the culture is now facing criminal charges.

0:40.0

And today, on today, explained, we will examine who he is and what he tells us about who

0:45.0

we are.

0:46.0

A heads up, Andrew Tate says some terrible things about women, and we will use a small

0:49.6

amount of that tape in this episode.

0:51.6

And that's not for you, we'll see you back here tomorrow.

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It's today explained, I'm Noel King.

1:31.3

Rebecca Jennings covers internet culture at Fox, and last summer she wrote a piece titled,

1:36.2

You Can Ignore Andrew Tate.

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