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'''Honey Badger Radio''' refers to the YouTube channels ''HoneyBadgerRadio'' and ''Badger Live Streams''. They are hosted by a group of [[Honey Badger]]s and supporters in the [[Honey Badger Brigade]] and they regularly do discussions about news items and other topics. Each Badger has their own avatar which is normally (but not always) seen on screen whenever that person is live. Some members of the Honey Badger team appear on the channels more frequently than others.

== Sub-shows ==
Honey Badger Radio features many different kinds of series of live streams of different styles and focuses.

=== Badger Gaming Stream ===

=== Breaking Badger News ===
''Breaking Badger News'' are shows about recent news. These segments are typically rather short (eg. about half an hour), though there have been exceptions. These are typically made by [[Brian Martinez]] and one other Badger.

=== Brian's Badger Lodge ===
As the name suggests, ''Brian's Badger Lodge'' shows are hosted by Brian. ''Brian's Badger Lodge'' is described as "a show where men can communicate freely, exchange ideas and form bonds with other men."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETo85Yw4zwQ Cited June 7, 2021</ref>

=== Community Cozy ===
''Community Cozy'' was a series of four streams that Brian and [[Alison Tieman]] did in May and June 2020. In the first three streams they had their cameras on with no avatars on screen, while in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-x8ir2LKM last stream], which was a fundraiser, they had their cameras off and their avatars shown. In the first of these streams, Alison [https://youtu.be/3874I1cHrjQ?t=292 noted] that the political left and the right are similar ideologically, they both think that society is at war with women. The difference is that the right thinks women are oppressed in every other society except modern western ones, while the left thinks women are oppressed everywhere but particularly in the west. The name of the series were slightly different in all four streams: the first one was ''Community Cozy Coffy Comfy Stream''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3874I1cHrjQ Cited September 16, 2021</ref>, the second was ''Community Cozy Stream''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ndRA_-fYlo Cited September 16, 2021</ref>, the third was ''Community Cozy''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhWn4r5BzhA Cited September 16, 2021</ref> and the last one was ''Community Cozy Fundraiser''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-x8ir2LKM Cited September 16, 2021</ref>. The streams were all nonnumbered.

=== Dear Badger ===

=== Doge and Aydin Show ===

=== Fireside Chat ===
''Fireside Chats'' are discussions with guests. They typically feature Brian with one guest.

=== For Teh Lulz ===
In mid-October 2021, Alison and Brian launched a new show called ''For Teh Lulz''. The purpose of the first stream was to "look at a few funny clips that take the piss out of feminism and women for teh lulz!"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Di7vUTcMw Cited October 16, 2021</ref>

=== HBR Debate ===
''HBR Debate'' shows are Brian and Alison commenting on media items or news stories. In these shows, Brian and Alison typically have their camera on and their avatars may be smaller than normal or not shown at all.

=== HBR Fundraiser Stream ===

=== HBR News ===
''HBR News'' are commentary of news items. Brian Martinez describes them as shows where the Badgers "reflect on the stories of the week and give it the badger treatment."<ref>https://youtu.be/VS5T1Y17fR8?t=275</ref>

=== HBR Society ===
On September 10, 2021 Alison and Brian started a new show called ''HBR Society'' with a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O8e4GnPPJo stream] where they looked at two articles that don't seem that much related but are more so than one would think. One [https://archive.ph/DFwi7 article] was from the Wall Street Journal about young men feeling lost in society and the [https://spectatorworld.com/topic/did-gender-studies-lose-afghanistan/ other] was about hundreds of millions of dollars spent on [[gender studies]] programs in [[Afghanistan]]. At 3:03 of that stream Brian said that the show is "called HBR society because we live in one." In the stream, Alison and Brian had their cameras on and small avatars on screen as well.

=== HBR Talk ===
''HBR Talks'' are frequent shows that start with an opening video that is usually made by [[Hannah Wallen]]. These discussions feature a wide range of Badgers.

=== Honey Badger Arcade ===

=== Men's Mental Health ===
''Men's Mental Health'' shows feature [[Prim Reaper]] and often start with an opening monologue made by her.

=== Nerdcast ===
Currently, ''Nerdcast'' is a show where Brian and [[Mike J]] discuss "the week(s) in geek".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNirdJsO4Y Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMTR7W7xHY Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_In7-nz70g Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://honeybadgerradio.com/obi-wan-show-about-ptsd-black-panther-goes-more-woke-dr-who-doubles-down-wtf-nerdcast Cited August 1, 2021</ref> On a stream in November 2018 Brian described previous streams as "not having anything really to do with men's issues at all."<ref>https://youtu.be/FfeXvlZKI_8?t=29</ref> The name of this show in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uh34SeEJZg first episode] was ''BadgerPodNerdCast'', which was spelled as two words (''BadgerPod NerdCast'') up until episode 56, after which the name of the show was changed to ''Nerdcast''. After episode 78, the show was moved from the ''HoneyBadgerRadio'' channel to ''Badger Live Streams'' and the episodes became unnumbered and their style changed to the current one, although they could feature other people alongside Brian and Mike J. In the old times, ''(BadgerPod) Nerdcast'' featured a wide range of Badgers, including a currently inactive badger [[Rachel Edwards]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qCAbsyp8XU Cited September 16, 2021</ref>.

=== Rage ===
''Rage''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvUkO069Po Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHVJXfUCKQ Cited August 1, 2021</ref> (or ''Ragening''<ref name=":0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTAqEmuMuCw Cited August 1, 2021</ref>) is a show on the HoneyBadgerRadio channel, where Alison and Mike ([[Doctor Randomercam]]) respond to media items by other people<ref name=":0" />. In these episodes, Mike and Alison have their cameras on and their avatars are not shown.

=== Rantzerker ===
''Rantzerkers'' are responses to media items made by others. These segments are long, usually over two hours. Alison and Brian are normally present in these. Occasionally these go by the name ''Fundzerker'', which means that the Badgers are doing a fundraiser while making a response to someone else's media item. Other names that have been used for these are ''Rant''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvHGWufAmw Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wut4JoeKEbE Cited August 1, 2021</ref> and ''Dogezerker''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP4lB3e_CIA Cited August 1, 2021</ref>. However, ''Lulzerker'', while ending in ''-zerker'', is not a name for ''Rantzerkers'' as the only [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DywjSjftzw Lulzerker] so far (as of August 1, 2021) was published between ''Rantzerker'' episodes 127 and 128<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClM7emRoeg Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DywjSjftzw Cited August 1, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmNMVAfbQKU Cited August 1, 2021</ref>. There have been two Rantzerker episodes number 143, the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBrvRmNi_g0 first one] by Brian, Alison and [[Karen Straughan|Karen]] and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwmiASgoaw second] by Brian, Alison and [[TL;DR]].

=== Red Chill Cinema ===

=== Relationship Advice for Men ===
In mid-June 2021, Alison and Brian started a new show called ''Relationship Advice for Men'' which is described as a show where they "will take a look at websites, blogs and videos where advice is given to men on how they can better their lives, health, relationships and futures."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hAaVDfyfq8 Cited June 15, 2021</ref>

=== The Week in Men's Rights ===

== Badgers ==
=== Brian Martinez ===
[[Brian Martinez]] is a Latino<ref>https://youtu.be/iExdSFeO2WI?t=122</ref> man from the [[United States]] and a frequent host on Badger Live Streams. He has roots in Chicago<ref>https://honeybadgerbrigade.com/author/brian-martinez/ Cited June 15, 2021</ref>. He is usually present when the Badgers have a non-Badger guest on their show (e.g. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdQsFyOjVWI here], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DF3_gS5S8 here] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHbCvlXkBDc here]). He also hosts the ''Brian's Badger Lodge''. Brian's avatar is a bear-looking character with a skin consisting of light beige and a similar darker colour (gold/dark yellow).

=== Alison Tieman ===
[[Alison Tieman]] is a [[Canada|Canadian]] MRA and the founder of Honey Badger Radio. She appears frequently on the channels. Her avatar is a dark-red-skinned character with a headcover with antlers coming out of it which has long nails, showing the backside of her forefinger (which is basically only a nail).

=== Karen Straughan ===
[[Karen Straughan]] is a Canadian anti-feminist who is heard on the Badger Live Streams channel moderately often. Her avatar is an angry-looking dog-like character with mostly dark brown skin, a sleeveless light greyish-blue shirt, a thin cigarette in her mouth and a green bottle in her hand.

=== Max Derrat ===
[[Max Derrat]] is a YouTuber on the [[autism spectrum]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YthpIMzjeyM Cited June 15, 2021</ref> who used to be a frequent speaker on Honey Badger Radio. He was frequently on the show in 2017, and made appearances in 2018 as well, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttbi4SUjMtU this one]. His avatar is a yellow-skinned Simpsons-like character.

=== Hannah Wallen ===
[[Hannah Wallen]] is a frequent content creator on the Honey Badger channels. She often does openers for the streams called "HBR talk with Hannah Wallen" which are monologues commenting on a recent event or a men's issue. Monologues made by Hannah and sometimes by others, such as Prim Reaper, are also often shown at the beginning of the live streams related to the monologue's topic. Hannah sometimes does HBR Talk episodes with Alison. In both "HBR talk with Hannah Wallen" openers and the HBR talks with Alison she uses an avatar with red skin and a piece of paper which reads "PRESS" fastened on her hat (Alison usually does not use an avatar in these instances, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_nFnYDcc4 this] being an exception). This avatar can even move her mouth. On livestream shows the avatar has the same piece of paper in her hat but a reddish-brown skin.

=== Prim Reaper ===
[[The Prim Reaper]] is a Canadian-born YouTuber who is heard on the Honey Badger channels moderately often. She is exceptionally often heard in episodes titled ''Men's Mental Health''. Her avatar is a purple-caped grim reaper like character with a black face and red eyes.

=== Anna Cherry ===
[[Anna Cherry]] is a YouTuber and a neuropsychology graduate<ref>https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaCherry/about Cited May 30, 2021</ref> who has sometimes been heard on the Honey Badger show. Her avatar is a character with mostly red skin (her ear and a part of her face being white), no shirt but a bra with shiny dark yellow edges. She appeared e.g. on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90W_XGEFAd0 this] autism-related stream.

=== Mike ===
Mike "[[Doctor Randomercam]]" is a Badger who has done ''Rages'' (or ''Ragenings'') with Alison and is also sometimes heard on other videos as well. His avatar is a panda like character with black clothing, including a hat.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kSHBcz7tA8</ref>

=== Aydin Paladin ===
[[Aydin Paladin]] is a YouTuber who talks about "politics, news, social psychology, media psychology, human communication and, most importantly memes"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/c/AydinPaladin/about Cited June 21, 2021</ref> and has sometimes appeared on Honey Badger Radio with an avatar that is a person with faded purple hair and a shirt of the same colour with a text "IM NOT DARE DEVIL"<ref>https://youtu.be/W7t_jw2zcqU?t=29</ref>, though the text is often only partially visible on the Honey Badger show<ref>https://youtu.be/JrD_sYNfbOw?t=516</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/qepM1LF3fiE?t=750</ref>. In 2017, Aydin also made an appearance as a Fireside Chat guest<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOBLuA9Pp8w</ref>. Aydin has also been doing ''Doge and Aydin Show'' with Brian.

=== Deborah Powney ===
[[Deborah Powney]] is a PhD psychology researcher whose specialization is on domestic violence<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201010170020/http://www.themovieavoid.com/featuring.html</ref>. She occasionally joins the Badgers in the show and her avatar is a woman with purple hair and glasses.

=== Lindsey Martinez ===
[[Lindsey Martinez]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyRwczIsk2BCR94Ql6Q34bsAGT17mDW53 Cited May 31, 2021</ref> is a Badger who does not have a YouTube channel advertised on Honey Badger shows' descriptions. Her avatar is a character who holds a stapler in her hand and whose hair and skin are both reddish brown with only slightly different shades. Lindsey is Brian's wife<ref>https://youtu.be/SOSlrekWXeg?t=43</ref>. Example stream with full avatar on screen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVVueTd_go here].

=== Lauren Brooks ===
[[Lauren Brooks]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykVG-ifvc_0 Cited May 31, 2021</ref> is a Badger who does not have a YouTube channel advertised either. Her avatar has a red skin and curly dark brown hair.

=== Undercover badger Andrew ===
[[Undercover badger Andrew]] has appeared a couple of times on Honey Badger Radio. According to Hannah, he has "infiltrated academia" and "cleverly disguises himself"<ref>https://youtu.be/dDSaPdsYFus?t=716</ref>. His avatar is a black shadow of a man wearing a hat.

=== TL;DR ===

=== Natty Kadifa ===
[[Natty Kadifa]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFRU5Q_9xKsiW3AXbwyaUvIbkom4NHksD Cited June 29, 2021</ref> is a Badger who appeared on the show with a special avatar that time when the Badgers did a shoutout for [[Wiki4Men]]. In that show Natty didn't have a well-established avatar yet and Brian said that Natty is going to go as the Badgers' "British Badger Queen". Thus her avatar was a queen-like character with a white forehead and the rest of her skin red<ref>https://youtu.be/dGZ5eAmJrAE?t=32</ref>. After that, she got an avatar which is a pair of characters, a mother Badger (mostly red skin, the area upwards from her nose and the middle of the forehead white) holding a baby Badger in her arms; that baby Badger holding a Rubik's cube in its hands.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqToKbkKtpc</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BGhnSpObGo Cited June 29, 2021</ref> Natty also did an interview with an [[incel]] on the Badger Live Streams channel and in the video descriptions she was described as "British Badger Belle Natty"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhsTYIcEd0 Cited June 29, 2021</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGFvOsdx5Q Cited June 29, 2021</ref>.

=== Mike J ===
[[Mike J]] is a Badger whose avatar is a man with a rifle and a face mask.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xgH3pqwaM Cited August 1, 2021</ref>

=== Naama Kates ===
[[Naama Kates]] is a Badger and an "investigative journalist" and host of "The Incel Project"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32HoKyb92Qs Cited June 29, 2021</ref>. Her avatar is a woman with gold-colored hair and pink and violet clothing.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbxXWXoq5p8</ref>

=== Elizabeth Hobson ===
[[Elizabeth Hobson]] is a prominent female [[MRA]] but she is rarely heard on the Honey Badger channels. She does have an avatar though, it's a small-looking character with pinkish skin, a red shirt, a dark coat/jacket and bluish-gray glasses. Like Natty, she is also a "British badger Belle".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxuZgS7b99E Cited June 29, 2021</ref>

=== Rachel Edwards ===
[[Rachel Edwards]] used to be an active Honey Badger back in the old days when the ''Badger Live Streams'' channel did not exist.

== External Links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/HoneyBadgerRadio HoneyBadgerRadio YouTube channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOtHMt1S9Nl4Pycp-FWd8Q Badger Live Streams YouTube channel]
* [https://www.feedthebadger.com/ feedthebadger.com], a website where one can support the Badgers financially
* https://honeybadgerbrigade.com, the Badgers' content hosting website; the address "badgerfeed.com" redirects there
* [https://twitter.com/honeybadgerbite Twitter]

=== Individual channels ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcDcML9oLV9oVat54Qp7uw Brian]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/Genderratic Alison]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/girlwriteswhat Karen]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8orMezFWVcoN-4S545Wtw Max]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7Bt0vnvdJqAwF8Ow8iT0g Hannah]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/Aceticacidplease Prim Reaper]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/AnnaCherryOnTop Anna]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/DoctorRandomercam Mike]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUowFWIWGw6Pv2JqfEj8njQ Aydin]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3DOT_N7Ib0Pwi4m4XbX04A Deborah] (this is the channel listed as Deborah's on the descriptions of the Badgers' videos, but as of May 30, 2021 Deborah does not appear in either of the two public videos on the channel)

== References ==

[[Category:Featured Articles]]
[[Category:Honey Badger Brigade]]
[[Category:Organisations]]