{"podcast":{"title":"This Is So Awkward","slug":"this-is-so-awkward-4040762","podcast_index_feed_id":4040762,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WFH2067314356","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d1164bd4-50de-11ef-b782-87fdbac72ca6/image/467fc5a1e353b26fc64e17a131a93546.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"This Is So Awkward","episode_count":389,"summary":"This is so awkward…but it doesn’t have to be. These days, puberty starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cellphone in hand. The most trusted voices on puberty, Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, are here to remove cringe from this stage of life – not just for kids going through it but also the adults who care about them. With science, guidance and humor, they cover all the physical, emotional, and social changes that happen between ages 8-18 and beyond. Watch the full episodes on Youtube!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762"},"episode":{"title":"Looksmaxxing, the Manosphere, and our Boys","slug":"looksmaxxing-the-manosphere-and-our-boys","published_at":"2026-03-31T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/looksmaxxing-the-manosphere-and-our-boys","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6064317591.mp3?updated=1774908219","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6064317591.mp3?updated=1774908219","summary":"Two particularly powerful forces affecting boys – looksmaxxing and the manosphere – have gone mainstream. If you care about boys and young men, you must educate yourself in order to talk to them. Looksmaxxing and the manosphere have a fair amount of overlap, which is why a conversation that begins about one often lands at the other. To talk about these topics, you need to know what they are, the vocabulary they have spawned, how they overlap, and the ways in which they have nothing to do with one another. We’ve got you covered! Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Two particularly powerful forces affecting boys – looksmaxxing and the manosphere – have gone mainstream. If you care about boys and young men, you must e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4130,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/episodes/looksmaxxing-the-manosphere-and-our-boys/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/looksmaxxing-the-manosphere-and-our-boys.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}