Half the Answer #6: What Is "Heroic Masculinity?"

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Toby Buckle Apr 10, 2025

Trent and Caitlin ask podcaster and philosopher Toby Buckle about the claim that heroic masculinity will save us. Do all men want to be heroes? Is someone stopping them? Does asking boys and men to be considerate squash their inherent manly essence? The hosts and their expert guest dig into these questions and more as they try to unravel the tangled web woven by the seemingly simple adjective-noun pair that is “heroic masculinity.”

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Authors

Caitlin Green is a linguist specializing in Discourse Studies and Pragmatics. She lives in California with her husband, two daughters, and a very small black cat.

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Trent R. Nelson is a poet, historian, and philosopher, as well as a political and socioeconomic analyst. He is the managing editor for MWF Springfield and a contributing editor with Liberal Currents.

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Toby Buckle is host of the Political Philosophy Podcast and editor of What is Freedom? He podcasts and writes on liberalism, republicanism, ideology, and religion.

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