Alek frequented incel sites for years, lurking in forums that celebrated or even encouraged the kind of attack he’d go on to commit. What draws young men into this toxic world? Ellen connects with a prominent incel who takes her down the rabbit hole.
For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/boys-like-me-transcripts- ... Show More
Jun 28
S33 E1: The Olson Tapes | Calls From a Killer
Arlene Bynon answers a collect call. On the other end of the line is Clifford Olson: a man convicted of killing eleven children and teenagers in the 1980s. The oldest of them, eighteen. The youngest of them, nine. During years of secret phone calls from his prison cell, he tells ... Show More
31m 40s
Apr 2023
How the Internet is Radicalizing Young Men
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project and author of Men Who Hate Women and Fix the System, Not Women, joins Offline to shed light on one of the darkest corners of the internet: the manosphere. Made up of tens of thousands of incels, pick up artists, and white suprem ... Show More
57m 23s
Jan 2020
Epstein, E5: The Lady of the House
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, the Oxford-educated socialite who once jet-setted around the world with Jeffrey Epstein? His girlfriend? His confidant? Or was it something more nefarious? Was this charming, elegant woman an accomplice to crimes he committed against girls and young wome ... Show More
49m 58s