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The 'reddit bro' vs. the 'wife guy'; plus, Fat Bear Week!

Tuesday night, JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first debate. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR's national race and identity correspondent <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/984821709/sandhya-dirks">Sandhya Dirks</a> and political correspondent <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/409798174/danielle-kurtzleben">Danielle Kurtzleben</a> to discuss how the candidates display competing brands of white masculinity. Then, <a href="https://explore.org/fat-bear-week">Fat Bear Week</a> is back! The annual March Madness-style bracket of the fattest bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park is in full swing <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/nx-s1-5134907/fat-bear-week-start-delayed-bear-killed">after a rocky start</a>. In honor of Fat Bear Week, Brittany revisits a journey through time to unpack what bears mean to us — and why they're family, friend and foe all at once. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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