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Know Your Enemy

What's Wrong With Men?

Know Your Enemy

Matthew Sitman

Right Wing, National Review, History, Socialists, Reactionaries, Conservative Movement, Conservatism, News, Society & Culture, Ronald Reagan, Leftists Look At Conservatism, William F Buckley, Politics

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Matt and Sam explore the "crisis of masculinity" in America — reading books on the subject by Senator Josh Hawley and Harvard political theorist Harvey Mansfield.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Alrighty, welcome listeners to episode 74 of Know Your Enemy.

0:04.1

I'm Matt Sipman, your podcast co-host, and I'm here, as always, with my great friend,

0:08.8

Sam at their bell.

0:09.8

Hey, Sam.

0:10.8

Hi, Matt.

0:11.8

How are you doing today?

0:12.8

I'm good.

0:13.8

I'm excited, if a little bit cheapish, about sharing this episode with the listeners.

0:19.2

Why would that be, Sam?

0:20.5

Well, we talked about manhood, manliness, the crisis of men, masculinity, and what all

0:26.5

of our friends on the right have to say about how men should be, and what's wrong with

0:30.7

them today.

0:31.7

But that meant that we also had to talk about our own relationship to our manliness, and

0:36.8

that made me a little bit nervous, but I think it was really fun.

0:39.9

Yes.

0:40.9

As Josh Hawley, who we talk about in this episode, might say, we stepped into the breach, and

0:46.4

exercise courage in taking on this subject.

0:49.8

I have to say, there were times in this episode where I did feel a little silly, because

0:54.1

it does feel a little silly to talk about manhood.

0:57.4

But I think that's a fine way to approach the subject, because I think having humor about

1:02.5

oneself is also an important manly quality.

1:05.8

Yes.

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