Did Trump lose the podcast bros? Jonquilyn Hill and Christian Paz discuss.
For our latest Patreon Q&A, Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill and politics and policy correspondent Christian Paz unpack Christian’s insights on the manosphere — the ecosystem of right-leaning podcasts and online influencers that helped elect Donald Trump — and reflect on where that world stands now. Issues like the Epstein files, ICE, and affordability have exposed fractures within the coalition, and in Christian’s latest article, he explains how the US military strikes on Iran have only worsened the divide.
Drawing on newsroom conversations and your questions, they unpack what’s surprising, what’s shifting, and how covering these spaces means grappling with the hardest questions about amplification and impact.
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