If how Donald Trump won was the lingering question of the 2016 election, his 2024 win was widely credited to his campaign’s grasp of the nexus of sports, celebrity and entertainment to draw in a wider part of the American electorate, particularly young men across racial groups. Nearly one year later, a notable shift is underway. The influential voices within the “manosphere” — right-wing podcasters known for their brash and often controversial takes — are increasingly retreating from their past support of Trump. But as the same podcasters who helped Trump win are now lightly criticizing him for doing what he promised to do, sports talkers, a constellation of the podcast bro ecosystem, are beginning to fill the void.

“The way it looks is just horrific,” Joe Rogan recently said of Trump’s h

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