I can assist with some non-political masculinity people/groups though:
1) Far and away: Brett and Kate McKay. They run https://www.artofmanliness.com/ and have for over a decade now. The articles are decidedly non-political and mostly non-religious. The back catalog is huge. The podcast is quite good and consistent.
2) Esquire Magazine: A bit of a lad-mag still. But the articles are mostly men's interest and on current events. The long form articles, going back decades, are gold. You're not going to find better journalism going on men's issues.
3) Russ Roberts: Running the econtalk podcast since 2006, https://www.econlib.org/econtalk/. Though very much not centered on men's issues, he does a very good job of separating out the issues of the guests he has and going slowly through it all. Between him and the McKays, they are the only podcast hosts I know of that actually read the books of the guests that they have on before the podcast (please let me know of others!).
4) Your local men's bible/torah/koran study group, scout troop, sports league, holy order of the water buffalo, etc.: Bit cheeky here, but they deserves a shout out. If you want healthy male conversation and groups, your local area men's groups, largely defined, are the best bet. The McKays go into this a lot more, but the gist is that men form gang as a basic unit and you have to play into that underlying structure.
Largely speaking, good male role models are going to be harder to find and more local. That kinda relates to the way that men relate with each other. Bad ones are going to be all over the place and very loud about it, like so many drunks. The good ones are more silent and take time to develop, like so much scotch.
Except the addies killed the streams RIP
When has Biden provided that kind of leadership? With the obvious exception of Trump, even the worst of presidents provided it before. Where are at least some business leaders? Look at the people running Silicon Valley and Wall Street - either silent (Tim Cook, etc.) or disruptive and amoral (Musk, Altman, Thiel, Dimon, too many to mention).
The good people are failing young men (and women) by hiding and not offering an alternative, healthy perspective.
In the UK, both got more liberal, but women more so.
So maybe you shouldn't be looking for conservative role models with a male audience, but liberal female role models?
The article mentions #MeToo as a driver. Maybe social media has allowed liberal voices to reach audiences they were previously excluded from reaching via the mass media, in the same but opposite way that people worry about far-right/fascist messaging reaching young men?
There are plenty of non-crazy male role models. (Most successful public figures, I’d argue, trimmed at the most controversial.) The problem is they’ve largely abandoned the mantel of masculinity. Which is a problem, because it’s a core part of our humanity—you can’t repress it away.
So the right has been able to run wild with the term, which lead to a backlash labelling any expression of masculinity as toxic. Which is bullshit. But what’s also bullshit is the notion that whining instead of doing, throwing hissy fits and kicking those who are down is somehow masculine, which is the current pitch à la Tate et al.
What these influencers like Tate do not want to tell you is that masculinity can be considered as toxic for other reasons as well. For example 'toxic masculinity' burdens men with unreasonable expectations.
The key is that it's not the only ideal men (or women !) can strive for, and there are people blurring the lines, which is absolutely fine.
I find Tate to be absolutely repugnant, and he clearly represent some of worst aspect of what 'masculinity' is associated to, but to his credits he also represent strength, assertiveness, drive, and even spirituality (with his recent conversion), which are values that aren't found in a lot of other place not associated with 'conservative' nowadays.
Pick one <https://imgur.com/0gL4oxd>
WWF/E (whatever its called) wrestling is sometimes disgusting, but on the other hand it's an outlet for your hormones as you enter adulthood. Of course, there is a segment that does not let it go once they enter adulthood and responsibility. But, unlike previous generations people today loath assuming responsibility and prefer others to provide for them while they work things out into late adulthood.
Jesus Christ? Or are you asking for a contemporary counterpart?
the liberal counterparts like Greta thunburg, bernie sanders, aoc, noam chomsky, justin trudeau, rachel maddow?
yikes...