It might be hard to remember at this point, but think back to just after the election.

This is what a lot of the news sounded like.

Did an election that was supposed to revolve around women's issues actually come down to the plight of men, young men?

The headline was that men and especially young men swung big for Trump.

His campaign even consulted Baron Trump for tips on which podcasts he should go on,

which young male influencers he should court.

And with the help of money from Big Oil, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk, it worked.

Not because Trump went on those podcasts per se,

but because he tapped into the ethos

of those guys and made himself a candidate for a grieved young men.

I want to thank some people real quick. I want to thank the Nelph boys, Aidan Ross, Theo Vaughn,

bustling with the boys. And last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan.

In practically the same breath, Trump promised to roll back the rights of women and trans people, conduct mass deportation of immigrants, gut the EPA, and get rid of anything that looks like climate policy.

At this point, you might be wondering why we're talking about the manosphere on Drilled,

a climate podcast. The answer is simple. The longstanding and ever-increasing overlap

between male grievance culture and climate denial and delay. In this four-part mini-series,

we're going to explore how gender and environmental issues

have intersected throughout history, what the fossil fuel industry has done over the past century

to feminize caring about climate change, and what on earth we might be able to do about it.

We're calling it Carbon Bros.

I'm Amy Westervelt, and to guide us through much of that story, I'm very happy to introduce my co-host for this season, the great Daniel Penny.

Daniel's been writing and thinking about these issues for a lot longer than I have in GQ, the New York Times, The New Yorker, and on his own podcast on this subject, Non-Toxic.

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