Ripped from the headlines (no pun intended). 
- Liver King was found to be using performance-enhancing drugs while claiming not to use them and his results being from his diet of raw organ meats 

- Naturalistic bias

- Far-right activists claiming “modernity,” including social inclusion and progressive political ideals, are the enemy

- Men feel like they have to become weak or emasculated to be part of the left

- Struggles of young men and how progressive ideas can actually help

- Liver King wasn’t explicitly political, but his ideas lead people to insular political ideas opposing inclusion 

- Totalizing conservative institutions 

- His 9 Ancestral Tenets and why there is always some truth with bad ideas

- Self-help and fitness leads people to the right because some of their approaches work a little bit

- Pseudo-science and food poisoning 

- The “secret science” and “alternative facts” strategy extremist leaders use to keep people hooked 

- Right-wing business ecosystems

- Too Broke To Be Ripped 

- How economic justice can improve fitness outcomes 

- Creating strong, progressive men’s fitness exemplars

- Progressives can win the fitness wars 

- Leftism is about allowing people to reach their full potential 

- Focusing too much on privilege can hurt progressive causes 

- The right way to approach Fatphobia and eating disorders 

- Don’t denounce efforts to transform one’s physique 

- Help young men feel strong and empowered, not like they’re being made to be the enemy

- Evidence-based fitness + communities of solidarity and action = success for progressives and leftists in the fitness space

- Offer better solutions that work on an individual level and they will trust you

- We can help more people reach their goals 

Referenced in this episode:

https://unherd.com/2022/12/how-to-get-ripped-and-alienate-people/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MensLib/comments/zg80ze/the_war_on_masculinity_how_selfimprovement/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.transparentlabs.com/blogs/all/liver-king-ancestral-tenets

http://podcast.greysonpeltier.com/wp/2021/07/28/can-a-millennial-cowboy-wrestlers-ways-save-our-social-and-political-discourse/

https://podcast.greysonpeltier.com/wp/2022/04/04/ftfp-6-full-gear-challenge-or-not/

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