Modern Manhood: The Podcast

David was one of the first person’s I thought of when I thought about making Man V/s Machine because I wanted someone to talk about the weird political climate that was happening online and he didn’t disappoint.In this interview we talk about how we started on the internet since we’re about similar ages, as well as how gender plays into how we think about politics, as well as thinking about how we read the news. You can find his work here at https://www.davidmoscrop.com/ This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

There’s a common sentence you hear that the online world is not real. That whatever happens in social media is not real. This is factually incorrect, everything that happens online is part of the world world whether we like it or not. and if we take his statement at face value, this can be dangerous. Our social lives revolve around the technology we have, s well as our business, our careers, our families, and the shape of what we think about the world. All of it revolves around what happens online. This can lead to healthy communities or dangerous ideas. There’s a blend here. A distortion. David Moscrop, political commentator and writer of the book "Too Dumb for Democracy" is here to help us through the muck. Research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X1930065X https://dourish.com/classes/readings/Slater-SocialRelationshipsIdentity.pdf https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photoshop-ai-generated-images-1.6859130 https://arstechnica.com/staff/2016/12/stop-pretending-theres-a-difference-between-online-and-real-life/ (Critical Ignoring Paper -https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09637214221121570 , https://theconversation.com/when-critical-thinking-isnt-enough-to-beat-information-overload-we-need-to-learn-critical-ignoring-198549) HBR - Social Media explained - https://hbr.org/2011/06/secrets-of-social-media-reveal (Why do people post) https://everyonesocial.com/blog/the-psychology-of-how-and-why-we-share/ https://archive.ph/Q7Dn6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588715/ David Moscrop: https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/how-to-read-the-news This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

On this Bonus Episode of Modern Manhood, we give you the full interview with Tyler Prochnow who is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. He was my main voice in the Group Chat episode and we spoke a bit to his research in the online gaming and chat space. His research interests include the social dynamics which drive health behavior. Tyler has also done work with local Boys & Girls Clubs, health districts, gaming communities, and other research projects to better understand how social connections impact physical activity and mental health. In this episode you’ll hear us talk about how group chats can become healthy or toxic, and also dissect even a group chat like mine with my friends. https://www.tprochnow.com/ This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

When we think of an all male group chat, does your mind wander to places of toxicity, misogyny and overall bad behavior? or does it go to a place where people find a community, where guys lift each other up, and police their language? Well it can be both. Let’s explore how the group chat is today’s digital third place, and how men and boys have found toxicity or a healthy community in them RESEARCH: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/05/male-mental-health-mens-group-chats.html https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/135u9pv/the_unexpected_wholesomeness_of_the_male_group/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Constance-Steinkuehler/publication/228622890_Digital_literacies_for_the_disengaged_Creating_after_school_contexts_to_support_boys%27_game-based_literacy_skills/links/5b80ec84a6fdcc5f8b65944d/Digital-literacies-for-the-disengaged-Creating-after-school-contexts-to-support-boys-game-based-literacy-skills.pdf https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/38676179/Volume_2__Issue_2_Full_Issue.pdf?1441473367=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DVolume_2_Issue_2_September_2015.pdf&Expires=1708493753&Signature=HOfLxSvmQYZSDuiSJ1TdVaAEurSvJ8KY9Xhhs4SA1HVGqT4gAzu~Tws3if31EIubAuyl7WLz62YrvCGEHtfIScgebKu8ivoE3mT~5EkfFKCmGUyhy-ziPBcAE6BRz-B9iKnxo9mh3sdnfjRdt1Mfw5Dw2-8cJk277WwjMvE0t8UM7nD0E4ZtaWy0uu-a1X~~ZXySZ4vEcCgODh2cABKGInzoWSeVPdsrluV-vR6o-fONsRQ6C-7hbhsrxPFexGOcyXx2NUi2CA36wti3fZ1oIdLyAum6BBF1LsjRlRtcFCbp9~6c9s4M1h9b57sq8KhaDNBy1pVBj3DKt8ZdS0DcPA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA#page=9 https://www.insidehook.com/internet/10-things-to-start-doing-differently-in-your-all-male-group-chats https://thetab.com/uk/2021/02/19/toxic-male-group-chats-190149 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lPptNghyI https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=46677c8e-7bd0-4210-a297-ba0cd0ffe624 https://www.tprochnow.com/project/onlinegaming/ This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Today on Modern Manhood, a bonus episode for you with Iliana Depounti who is a researcher out of the University of Loughborough. She was one of the main writers of the research around Replika, an AI companion chat bot. Ever since I thought about doing a season on tech I wanted to do an episode on AI companionship, because it’s so god darn interesting in regards to how people, especially guys operate on the internet. And to the broader themes of relationships in general. And I had so many questions for Iliana, and so many quotes that I could’ve put in the episode. So this is the reason why I wanted to release the full interview. We not only go through Replika, but the different tropes the user liked, also why people may be interested in using the AI bot, and what women liked from their AI companion bot. So enjoy my conversation with Iliana Depounti, on Modern Manhood: Man v/s Machine This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Ever since the internet has arrived, sex has been the thing that has powered it’s evolution. From how fast the internet goes, to the regulations that policy makers have to make. however it’s not just sex that’s causing people to turn to the internet, it’s also relationships. and how people use the internet for relationships right now tells us a lot on how gendered it is. This is a story about chat rooms to AI companion bots with a researcher who studied the new AI companion bot. On the latest episode of man v/s machine Research: Samantha Cole - How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex Janelle Shane - You Look like a Thing and I love You Websites: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220628-what-if-the-internet-was-run-by-women https://www.wired.com/1997/06/the-entrepreneur-next-door/ (https://archive.ph/XYA07) https://www.xbiz.com/news/262767/persian-kitty-webmaster-beth-mansfield-passes AI Replika: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01634437221119021 https://venturebeat.com/games/adult-entertainment-moves-into-virtual-reality-with-red-light-center-for-the-oculus-rift/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/mar/03/internetnews.observerfocus https://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-kill-the-queen-eliza-effect/ Research Eliza: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/365153.365168 https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chatbot-firm-restores-erotic-play This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Alice's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle Alice's Book - Collapse Feminism - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734146/collapse-feminism-by-alice-cappelle/ This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Books: Alice Cappelle's "Collapse Feminism" Kaitlyn Tiffany's "Everything I Need I get from You" Links: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23158503/one-direction-fandom-book-kaitlyn-tiffany https://www.vox.com/2016/11/23/13659634/alt-right-trolling https://archive.ph/riYJt https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-found-guilty-on-all-seven-criminal-fraud-counts.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqJqovXeDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdcHrQfaOCU This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

On today’s Modern Manhood, it’s a bonus episode that we’ll do after each regular episode of the season, where we’ll release most of the interview with our guest from the episode. This time it’s with Paris Marx. Paris is a Canadian based writer, podcaster, and leftist opinion maker, who I first heard of from his podcast “Tech Won’t Save Us.” Right now he runs the newsletter “Disconnect.” Paris has always been a person with a critical eye on the world of tech news, understanding that not every promise of rainbows and sunshine coming from the optimists of tech comes to pass. And if it does, it usually comes at the expense of other people, ideas, and culture. On this conversation, we'll talk about Elon Musk, Uber, AI, and all the tech bros. You can find Paris' show at Tech Won't Save Us (https://www.techwontsave.us/) and the newsletter Disconnect (https://disconnect.blog/) This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

References for this episode: https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/well/mind/burnout-online-dating-apps.htmlhttps://doniveson.ca/2015/01/21/the-night-uber-came-to-town/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html"Please Unsubscribe, Thanks" by Julio Vincent CambutoTechnolopy by Neil Postman This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

What does it mean to find love, community, knowledge, and power on the internet? How was my digital experience different or the same as every other guy I know? And how has that shaped our culture. Join me as I find out how masculinity shaped the internet and the internet shaped masculinityThis podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Before we begin the new season, let's have a little fun. ⁠ ⁠ Join Remoy, Samantha, and myself as we dissect, debate, and delve into the news of Masculinity and gender and catching up Remoy on what tech is and who Andrew Tate is. And also previewing the new season of Modern Manhood: Man v/s Machine Expect a few lightbulb moments! 💡⁠ ⁠ Listen, reflect, and hit us up with your thoughts! And don't forget that in a couple of weeks time, the new season of Modern Manhood begins. This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

On this week’s episode, we’re talking about Jonathan Majors again, this time, not for great reasons. On the heels of box office success “Creed III”, Majors was accused of strangulation and intimate partner violence, so we will be talking about it. We are also going to get into another movie starring Jessie Buckley, MEN, written, directed and produced by Alex Garland. If you want more Cold Takes in your feed, subscribe here: https://pod.link/1637740882This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Wanted to drop an episode of Cold Takes for you all. If you want to check out the Cold Takes feed, do so here: https://pod.link/1637740882 On this week’s episode, we’re talking about the Oscars snubbing some important movies and recognizing some others, including Women Talking, which we’ll get into. Chris Rock has a new Netflix special out where he finally addresses the infamous slap. We’ll also talk about Creed III and what the movie does for male relationships and brotherhoods! This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

References: https://remakingmanhood.medium.com/the-history-of-the-man-box-e6eed6d895c4http://paulkivel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/oaklandmensproject.pdfhttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-do-men-think-it-means-to-be-a-man/https://www.homeronline.com/redistribution-of-energies/https://collectiveliberation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Lorde_The_Masters_Tools.pdfhttp://www.raewynconnell.net/p/masculinities_20.html This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Relevant Links: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/proud-boys-far-right-group-1183966/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-secret-history-of-gavin-mcinneshttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/06/inside-vice-media-shane-smith.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/nyregion/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes.htmlhttps://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/proud-boyshttps://ctc.usma.edu/pride-prejudice-the-violent-evolution-of-the-proud-boys/https://www.wired.com/2007/10/ff-vice/https://level.medium.com/the-black-manosphere-is-the-hate-group-you-never-heard-of-5b8bbc3fe89chttp://blackyouthproject.com/its-not-just-white-incels-we-need-to-talk-about-the-black-manosphere-too/https://www.elle.com/life-love/opinions-features/a38819237/black-manosphere-online-dating/https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddithttps://web.archive.org/web/19970525065344/http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ad097/invcel.htmlhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-stack-statement-alleg_n_467539https://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/31/noam_chomsky_the_center_cannot_holdhttps://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/08/intel-involuntary-celibate-movement-218324/https://ctc.westpoint.edu/pride-prejudice-the-violent-evolution-of-the-proud-boys/ This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Relevant Links: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/manosphere-mens-rights-movement-terms/ https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/download/18053/17856/21548 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/GamerGate (GamerGate) https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/14/the-red-pill-reddit-modern-misogyny-manosphere-men https://www.elle.com/life-love/opinions-features/a38819237/black-manosphere-online-dating/ (The Black Manosphere) https://escholarship.org/content/qt522199sh/qt522199sh.pdf (Play about Roosh V) https://web.archive.org/web/20110214214049/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/style/he-aims-he-shoots-yes.html (Neil Strauss original article about PUA’s) https://web.archive.org/web/20141112203352/http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/conscience-realist/2013/mar/14/asking-roosh-v-what-legacy-has-feminism-left-men/ (Washington Times article about Roosh V) https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/how-mens-rights-leader-paul-elam-turned-being-a-deadbeat-dad https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/daryush-roosh-valizadeh (Roosh V SPLC) https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2015/08/14/are-roosh-vs-bang-books-how-to-guides-for-date-rape/ (Roosh V Bang books) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338737324_The_Evolution_of_the_Manosphere_Across_the_Web (Evolution of the Manosphere) https://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844 (Gamergate) This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Relevant Links: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/02/03/mens-movement-stalks-the-wild-side/83d3e85f-1384-484c-8e43-c4e30e1229f4/https://medium.com/the-establishment/meet-the-new-masculinity-same-as-the-old-masculinity-25dc5a65c7dfhttps://nymag.com/article/2016/06/how-poet-robert-bly-started-the-drum-thumping-mens-movement-of-the-90s.htmlhttps://www.the-numinous.com/2015/12/17/why-men-find-it-hard-to-feel/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/23/books/why-iron-john-is-no-gift-to-women.htmlhttps://jezebel.com/king-warrior-magician-revisionist-the-enduring-masc-1845215969https://thepowermoves.com/king-warrior-magician-lover/https://www.context.org/iclib/ic16/bliss/https://web.archive.org/web/20070704074252/http://girardianlectionary.net/covr2004/BJohnsenpaper.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/style/men-emotions-mankind-project.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/4awnqm/what-are-man-warrior-campshttps://www.gq.com/story/among-the-mens-group-sacred-sons (GQ Sacred Sons)https://www.gq.com/story/inside-a-group-where-men-confront-their-feelings (GQ EVRYMAN) This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Related Links: https://gynocentrism.com/2015/12/19/a-word-for-mens-rights-1856/https://www.bustle.com/articles/65536-7-feminist-moments-from-the-1980s-because-the-decade-wasnt-just-about-spandex-and-hairsprayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_rights_movementhttp://menstuff.org/columns/overboard/farrell.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Male_Powerhttps://againstthecurrent.org/atc085/p1681/ - Women and Anti Warhttp://www.menstuff.org/columns/farrell/archive.html (Farrell debate)https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/male-supremacy (SPLC Men’s Supremecy)https://books.google.ca/books?id=aHwpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT90&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false (Because they were women: The Montreal Massacre) This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/

Relevant Links: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/09/archives/mens-lib-almost-underground-but-a-growing-movement.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/eve7zk/the-mens-liberation-movement-time-forgot (Vice magazine article) https://books.google.ca/books?id=RUAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&source=gbs_toc_r&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://people.com/archive/womans-lib-marries-mans-lib-a-real-life-adams-rib-vol-2-no-24/https://www.academia.edu/33743560/On_Male_Liberationhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/from-mens-liberation-to-mens-rights-angry-white-men-in-us/ https://archive.org/details/liberatedman00farr/page/n5/mode/2up This podcast cannot be done without the support of Next Gen Men, which you can support by subscribing to our online community at nextgenmen.ca/join You can also subscribe to the Substack at https://theferdinand.substack.com/