Some 'Manosphere' Podcasters Who Backed Trump Are Turning From Him

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

During the 2024 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump went on several podcasts in the so-called "manosphere," in an effort to reach new voters. Now that he's back in office, he may be losing the support of some of those shows' hosts. We discuss the manosphere's past political influence and whether it's likely to shape future elections.

This episode: political correspondent Ashley Lopez, politics reporter Elena Moore, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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1:07.0	I'm Ashley Lopez. I'm Alina Moore. I also cover politics. And I'm Domenico Montanaro,
1:12.0	senior political editor and correspondent. And today on the show, we're talking about the so-called
1:16.5	manosphere. That's the term given to an ecosystem of media content tailored toward younger men.
1:22.3	Then candidate Donald Trump went on a number of podcasts in the Manosphere during his 2024
1:26.5	election bid with the hope of winning new voters.
1:29.3	But now that Trump is back in office, some of those podcast hosts who supported Trump during the campaign are changing their tunes.
1:37.3	Elena, if I'm listening to one of these podcasts, like who am I listening to?
1:40.7	What kinds of things are these folks talking about?
1:43.3	Yeah.
1:43.6	So we should say these aren't
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