It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Ever since Kamala Harris lost the election to Donald Trump last November,

the political sphere of our country has been attempting to

diagnose where things went wrong. One group has been singled out as a swing target. Democrats

missed last year, as you've heard a thousand times already, young men. We're going to have a

different kind of conversation about that today. Why don't Democrats have a Joe Rogan of the left? You've heard

that question. Well, Andrew Moran, Stamfrider at the New Yorker, flew out to California to meet

with somebody who might meet that criteria, the leftist Twitch streamer, Hassan Piker, who's not

nearly as well known as Joe Rogan. Andrew joins us now to talk about his time with Piker, who's not nearly as well known as Joe Rogan.

Andrew joins us now to talk about his time with Piker, who does have many, many followers,

the broader Manosphere, and more from his latest piece, The Battle for the Bros.

And we have a number of what I think are going to be very interesting clips to play in this segment.

Andrew Morantz, welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you, Brian.

It's always good to be here.

And just by way of background, after 2024 was dubbed the podcast election,

as Trump seemed to reach young men by appearing for interviews with Joe Rogan,

that's the best known name.

There's also Theo Vaughn, Aidan Ross on their platforms. What do they represent as a group?

Yeah, it's a very diffuse group, if you can even call it a group. That's why, you know,

it's sometimes referred to as a manosphere or an ecosystem. I mean, it's not an organization, really. Aidan Ross is an

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