In part one of our episode, we discuss the No Kings Marches across the country, the detainment of NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander by ICE, and the political assassinations of two Minnesota State Representatives. In part two (19:00), we are joined by Jonas Williams, an undergraduate student at UCLA who has been researching the masculinity crisis for a film project. In our conversation with Jonas, we explore why young men are increasingly isolated, depressed, and angry at a time when wealth, economic, and political power are still held mainly in the hands of, you guessed it, men. We covered a lot of ground and therefore didn’t have time to discuss a theological response to the masculinity crisis. However, we will address it in a future episode this summer.

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Show Notes

1. Queer Theology by Linn Marie Tonstad https://wipfandstock.com/9781498218795/queer-theology/
2. Elliot Rodger: How misogynist killer became ‘incel hero’ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189 
3. Antioch Shooting: https://www.adl.org/resources/article/antioch-tenn-shooter-inspired-broad-extremist-beliefs-and-previous-mass-killers 
4. Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon: https://monoskop.org/images/a/a5/Fanon_Frantz_Black_Skin_White_Masks_1986.pdf 
5. Together by Vivek Murphy: https://www.vivekmurthy.com/together-book 
6. Looksmaxing Intro: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/15/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces