facial hair

The greatest college football award was decided...the 2020-21 Lowman Trophy for the Nation's greatest Fullback, also the Heisman. (2:05-7:44)The Browns are getting absolutely fucked over and we have a solution. (7:45-16:15) Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Tua coming back and Justin Fields ribs. (16:18-38:34) NFL Legend and future Hall of Famer Matt Schaub joins the show to talk about retiring (sort of), his career in the league, the pick 6 record, losing an ear in a game and tons more. (40:00-1:14:25) Former Packers fullback John Kuhn joins the show to talk about the upcoming playoffs, fullbacks, and why the Packers are the team to beat.(1:17:20-1:37:38) We finish the show with guys on chicks. (1:39:26-1:49:29)

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The ability to grow a beard is what separates boys from men and except for a few rare instances of bearded ladies, men from women. Because it’s a uniquely masculine feature, facial hair has played an important role in forming our ideas about manhood. Today on the show, I talk to a cultural historian who specializes in the history of facial hair about the cultural, political, and religious history of the beard. His name is Christopher Oldstone-Moore and in his latest book Of Beards and Men he takes readers on a tour through the history of facial hair starting with cavemen and going all the way to the hipster beard of the 21st century.
We begin our conversation talking about why male humans grow beards in the first place and then take a look at the spiritual and political significance of beards and shaving beginning with the ancient Sumerians through medieval Europeans. We then discuss why the Greeks were big on beards until Alexander the Great and why the Ancient Romans were bare-faced until the days of the early empire. We also discuss Jesus’ beard and why many early Christians actually depicted him as clean shaven. We end our conversation talking about the great beards of the 19th century, why clean shaveness took precedence in the 20th (and no, it’s not because of the military's use of gas masks) and the cultural meanings of facial hair today. Whether you’re bearded or bare-faced, this podcast is going to leave you with lots of new insights about the hair that grows on your masculine mug.