Take your body seriously, because we sure won’t. This is the show that smashes real world culture, science and society with the niche world of strength sports, fitness and bodybuilding – and then turns them both inside out! Mainstream meets muscleheads, social psychology smears into strength sports and no question is too bizarre. One part satire, one part curiosity, a little bit of bodybuilding and a whole mess of ridiculous, we’re all about the conversation, not the education, but you till might just end up learning something along the way. What makes you big is what’s on the inside; welcome to the Big Inside.Read more »
Take your body seriously, because we sure won’t. This is the show that smashes real world culture, science and society with the niche world of strength sports, fitness and bodybuilding – and then turns them both inside out! Mainstream meets muscleheads, social psychology smears into strength sports and no question is too bizarre. One part satire, one part curiosity, a little bit of bodybuilding and a whole mess of ridiculous, we’re all about the conversation, not the education, but you till might just end up learning something along the way. What makes you big is what’s on the inside; welcome to the Big Inside.Read Less
There’s no doubt that when a dude hits the gym, his physique changes. The shape becomes pretty masculine; v-taper from the broad shoulders, and muscular, and maybe lean. It’s a classic jock body.
There’s no surprise, then, that young dudes quest after this classic, masculine shape, beyond just because it might make them better at sports. There’s something . . . social about it. And something very normal.
To get a handle on just how normal it is, show host Christian Matyi, a/ka/ “XN,” takes a look at the somewhat uncommon case of one young wrestler named Mack Beggs. He’s just a self-described regular dude, but if you’ve followed his stories in the news, you’d know there is a lot more to this young man than you might guess.
XN is joined by professors Kareem Kubdanchani and Stephan Pennington to pull apart the ways our body’s shape is not only informed by what we think of gender, but also recreates ideas of gender around us.
Plus, one of the coolest Little Insider segments at the end of the show. (CAT JACKET!)
All this and more on this very masculine episode of The Big Inside.
Mack Beggs is not just swole. He’s about as normal a jock as you’ll ever meet.
Meet LaWhore Vagistan: Kareem Kubchandani helps us look at masculinity as performance. (Basically: straight up drag.)
Stephan Pennington helps us break down gender, but also says it’s okay to have lots of muscles.
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