What Does Healthy Masculinity Look Like?
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Louis Theroux's Manosphere documentary has got everyone talking - but Jake and Damian think we might be asking the wrong questions. Is shining a light on extreme influencers actually making them more attractive? And is the phrase 'toxic masculinity' doing more harm than good to the young men it's supposed to help?
Jake shares research from the Centre for Male Psychology suggesting the term may be damaging to boys, while Damian breaks down why labels drive identity, and why that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Also this week...
- The treatment of Liam Rosenior
- Head coach Johann van Graan's transformation of Bath Rugby
- LeBron James broke the NBA all-time games played record
- And Norwich is officially the best place to live in the UK (Jake has thoughts)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, welcome along to High Performance with myself, Jay Cumphrey and Damien Hughes. |
| 0:06.5 | In today's episode, we're asking you what does healthy masculinity look like after so much |
| 0:13.1 | conversation around inside the manosphere with Louis Theroux? As well as that, what do we think |
| 0:18.0 | about the way that Liam Rossini is being treated at Chelsea? |
| 0:25.2 | What can Norwich being voted the best place to live in the UK teach us about how we can live our lives? The big news regarding LeBron James. And what are the big things we can learn from how |
| 0:29.9 | Johann Van Gran has turned bath around in the world of Rugby Union? Hey, Damien. Hey, Jake. How |
| 0:36.3 | are you, mate? I'm good. Thank you very much. |
| 0:38.3 | Let's start then talking about this Manosphere documentary that Louis Theroux released a couple of weeks |
| 0:43.6 | ago. It's got everybody talking, whether it's on social media or on news channels or in newspapers. |
| 0:50.2 | What did you make about it? I know you've watched the documentary. Yeah, I found it interesting. I found it was like shining a light on a corner of an |
| 0:57.6 | internet that I wasn't that familiar with, if I'm honest, some of the characters that occupy it. |
| 1:03.2 | But I'd been more interested in the reaction of people afterwards rather than the program itself. |
| 1:08.6 | I mean, those people have always been there. You know what I mean, grifting, looking to make money, |
| 1:13.4 | looking to sell an easy narrative of how success is only a fingertip away, |
| 1:19.2 | if only you listen to their advice. |
| 1:21.2 | It's not them that I've got an issue with. |
| 1:23.4 | I think it's more around shining a light on them that has presented me with. |
| 1:29.4 | Some conflicting thoughts. |
| 1:35.0 | It reminded me, I don't know, are you ever familiar of something called the Wurder effect, Jay? |
| 1:36.0 | No. |
| 1:36.7 | Right. |
| 1:37.7 | It's a concept. |
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