Non-Toxic
by Daniel Penny
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Richard Mosse shows the beauty and the ugliness of life in the Amazon
Richard Mosse shows the beauty and the ugliness of life in the Amazon
About this podcast
From the manosphere to the atmosphere, Non-Toxic is devoted to understanding the intersections between the crisis of masculinity and the climate crisis. Join us for conversations with experts, journalists, and regular guys on topics ranging from how to blow up a pipeline to why incels are obsessed with the idea of alphas to why meatfluencers may not have your best interests at heart.
Hosted by critic and journalist Daniel Waite Penny.
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Episodes
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- Richard Mosse shows the beauty and the ugliness of life in the Amazon · 47 minIn light of today’s run-off election results in Brazil, I decided to go back into the archives and bring you a conversation with photographer and filmmaker Richard Mosse. It’s…
- Young men think the world is cooked but they’ll somehow be fine · 31 minAre young men secretly optimistic about the American Dream while believing everything is falling apart? In this election special, I sit down with returning guest Charlie Sabgir…
- Getting it Up on Cape Cod · 14 minSummer is officially over. Put away your linen and your bathing suits and unpack your sweaters. To salute the last glimmers of the season, I’m bringing you a special bonus…
- Bryan Johnson still wants to live forever · 22 min In May, I met the biohacker and wellness entrepreneur Bryan Johnson while I was in Las Vegas reporting a story about the Enhanced Games for Now Voyager. The article, called…
- Abdul El-Sayed on how progressives can win back men and Democrats can take back the Senate · 37 min Today I’m bringing you a conversation I had with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who is one of the two Democratic candidates facing off in a primary tomorrow to represent Michigan in the US…
- Companies will only stop poisoning us when it's against the law · 38 minThroughout “Just Keep Swimming,” we’ve been connecting the dots between the chemicals hiding in everyday life and what they're doing to male fertility, and it’s not looking good…
- How do we know our clothes are safe? · 27 minYou’ve likely heard the horror stories about lead-contaminated fast fashion, airline uniforms triggering severe allergic reactions or sweaters bursting into flames. Maybe you’re…
- These chemicals may be killing your fertility · 26 minThinking of having children? Wondering whether your sperm has been compromised by years of eating lunchables and drinking from a battered Nalgene? A growing body of evidence…
- After Cooling with Eric Dean Wilson (Part 1) · 29 minWestern Europe has been experiencing its hottest temperatures in the history of humanity this week, so it felt like a good time to resurface this episode I recorded way back with…
- "I got two sperms" · 11 min I’m bringing you the first episode of a series I’m doing called “Just Keep Swimming.” It’s a Non-Toxic miniseries about male infertility and chemical exposure, exploring how…
- The real winner of the war in Iran will be solar power · 27 minA fifth of the world’s oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a sliver of ocean between Iran and the Gulf States. Since the beginning of the US Israeli war in Iran, that traffic…
- How to break the rightwing chokehold on gym culture · 25 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nontoxicpodcast.substack.com In this episode of Non-Toxic, I’m joined by fitness influencer Colin Davis to explore…
- The Dark Side of the Battery Supply Chain · 39 minIs our “green” future actually being built on a global sacrifice zone? In this episode, I’m sitting down with my former New Yorker colleague Nicolas Niarchos to break down his…
- The doctor who was helping Jeffrey Epstein live (and creep) forever · 28 minIf you’ve been reading the latest batch of the Epstein files, you may have noticed an unlikely name from the world of longevity and “Medicine 2.0”: Dr Peter Attia. To understand…
- Moggers, Gigachads, and Neo-Nazis · 26 minAre you a genetic loser with a recessed maxilla? Have you been brutally framemogged? Will you ever ascend? Welcome to the world of looksmaxxing, where all your problems can be…
- Why Climate Denial Feels So Good · 13 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nontoxicpodcast.substack.com In this subscriber-only episode, I talk to writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour…
- From the vault: Starting the new year with a burning Christmas Tree · 23 minEvery year on January 7th, the artist Jay Critchley holds a ceremony inviting attendees to “re-root” themselves to the earth. He also pushes a flaming Christmas tree into the…
- Carbon Bros (Bonus mailbag episode) · 42 min Amy and I are back after a little hiatus to bring you our long awaited Carbon Bros mailbag episode. We received so many interesting responses from people around the world…
- Young men are swinging away from Trump. Will they come back to Democrats? · 33 minDemocrats did surprisingly well in the recent spate of elections. One of the key pieces of that story was that young men came back to the party after supposedly abandoning them…
- He's benching 315, habibi · 36 minDemocratic pundits have been wringing their hands about how they lost young men in 2024 and how to win them back. With Election Day comming up, I thought I’d share this bonus…
