Are trigger warnings still relevant? Have trigger warnings become triggers for some people? Also, can Skip and Carlos sing? They clearly think so. What 80's musician did Carlos have (and still has) a crush on and what does it have to do with Pee Wee Herman? Find out in Episode 5

Items Referenced:

https://36questionsinlove.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxLhytQ67fs&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY

https://www.netflix.com/title/80031800

https://www.netflix.com/title/60033340

After some podcast homework, Skip and Carlos go well beyond the manosphere to talk about telepathy and its scientific evidence/lack of evidence, strange action at a distance, the Double-Slit Experiment, and cordial disagreement between two men with their arms folded tightly across their chests.

Items referenced:

https://thetelepathytapes.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/telepathy-is-it-for-real/id1051557000?i=1000703851340

https://youtu.be/A9tKncAdlHQ?si=cgzASl26qOF8g0a_

In this episode, Skip and Carlos discuss the intersection of cynicism and misogyny, Mr. Rogers' "helpers," the origins of gaslighting, and if things do always work out. Plus, difference rears its completely amicable and mature head as Woo and Science collide.

Items referenced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=92iotrec96g

https://www.magzter.com/en/stories/fashion/Cosmopolitan-US/DATING-ACROSS-THE-LINES

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-to-blow-your-mind-21123915/episode/cynicism-part-4-overcoming-cynicism-273299958/

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/why-women-arent-crazy/

https://thetelepathytapes.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/telepathy-is-it-for-real/id1051557000?i=1000703851340

In this episode, Skip and Carlos continue falling in love with 36 questions from The New York Times. They also examine ridiculous communiqué from the manosphere, undercover alt-right dating, Skip's past as a long-haired weird kid, and Carlos' decision to become a vagabond.

Items mentioned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=92iotrec96g

https://www.magzter.com/en/stories/fashion/Cosmopolitan-US/DATING-ACROSS-THE-LINES

https://36questionsinlove.com/

Skip and Carlos define the Manosphere and apply a "whoever smelt it dealt it" sort of approach to homophobia. They reminisce on their "meet cute" in the Czech Republic, where they became friends as expatriates and reflect about life and culture there. They also talk Cryptozoology and close encounters of the rabbit kind.

Items referenced:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/04/17/red-pill-meaning-manosphere-misogyny-and-other-terms-explained/83098716007/

https://36questionsinlove.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo

In the first episode of Outside the Manosphere, Skip and Carlos introduce themselves and discuss why anyone would care to listen to two middle-aged men growing their friendship as they discuss the toxic manosphere that we are all navigating through. This conversation includes a nod to the manliness of testicle tanning and how not wiping one's butt is an actual thing in the manosphere. They also start getting to know each other again by asking the first of 36 questions to fall in love.

Items referenced:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/style/brooklyn-stroll-club-fathers-new-york.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

https://metro.co.uk/2017/10/29/toxic-masculinity-is-preventing-some-men-from-wiping-their-bums-properly-7036601/

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-testicle-tanning-misleading-health-experts-1698978

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/style/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html