Moggers, Gigachads, and Neo-Nazis

Moggers, Gigachads, and Neo-Nazis

From Non-Toxic by Daniel Penny

February 11, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

This episode explores the controversial world of looksmaxxing and features a discussion with Madeline Peltz on far-right influences in popular culture.

Are you a genetic loser with a recessed maxilla? Have you been brutally framemogged? Will you ever ascend? Welcome to the world of looksmaxxing, where all your problems can be solved with specially crafted fitness protocols that will change your life, or at least mutilate your face. In this episode of Non-Toxic, we’ll be talking about one squarejawed looksmaxxer in particular, Clavicular, whose advice on fitness, skincare, and more extreme methods of changing your appearance have been ricocheting around the internet the past few months. At only 20 years old, Clav has recently risen to fame in part because of his buddy, neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. I decided to go deeper on looksmaxxing, so I invited a new pal onto the show, Madeline Peltz, who’s got a great Substack called Number Two Pencil, where she writes about the far-right, Gen Z, and popular culture. Previously, she covered rightwing internet and pop culture for Media Matters. Her forthcoming book, Good Girls and Alpha Male s, is about the conservative movement’s campaign to recruit Gen Z and is slated for publication in Spring 2027. Come ascend with us. The discourse won’t detoxify itself. To keep the show going, ⁠become a paid…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Penny

Guest: Madeline Peltz

Topics covered

  • looksmaxxing
  • far-right
  • Gen Z
  • fitness
  • popular culture

Keywords

  • looksmaxxing
  • fitness
  • Gen Z
  • far-right
  • Nick Fuentes
  • Clavicular
  • popular culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Number Two Pencil, Good Girls and Alpha Males

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