This podcast discusses how podcasts have given a space to ‘alpha male podcasts’ and how they are changing the ways we view masculinity as a whole. We start out by discussing the idea of a manosphere or this world full of men’s rights activists, men’s lifestyle podcasters, and masculinity coaches that push podcasts describing the type of man one needs to be. Through Keir Keightley’s lens in “'Turn It down!' She Shrieked: Gender, Domestic Space, and High Fidelity”, we talk about why meninist podcasters are gaining so much traction and why this forum allows these discussions to propagate. We then use Eliot Bates and Samantha Bennett’s work “Look at all those big knobs! Online audio technology discourse and sexy gear fetishes” to discuss the idea of hegemonic masculine space and how objectified women are in these spaces. Wrapping everything up, we discuss how podcasts allow for controlling sound, controlling a conversation, and ultimately controlling what it means to be a man by discussing Louise Meintjes’ work on controlling sound in “The Recording Studio as Fetish.”
