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Jul 14

Two Big Updates from Bridget

Today, July 14th, is the day my audiobook Love At First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy goes on sale! This audiobook is one of the most personal things I’ve ever made. It’s about loneliness, AI companions, and what happens when technology starts becoming emotionally entangl ... Show More

19m 36s

Jun 12

Epstein’s friendship with Bill Gates; Raw Milk; Jeremy Strong Comes for Zuckerberg; Update about the show - NEWS ROUND UP

We’re taking a short hiatus from publishing here, but will continue publishing weekly news roundups on our Patreon. Anyone can listen for free, without ads, at our Patreon at tangoti.com/roundup . There are new stories there today, so please check it out after you listen to this ... Show More

53m 51s

Jun 5

Clavicular is back; George Santos scams; Summer House tech drama; Instagram Hacked; Hot Girls Read™ - NEWS ROUNDUP!

We read the internet so you don't have to. There Are No Girls on the Internet is a weekly podcast and newsletter hosted by Bridget Todd covering the tech, internet, and culture stories that deserve more attention — especially when they're about AI, power, gender, race, and who ac ... Show More

1h 28m

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

Oct 2020

Incels and the Men Radicalised to Hate Women, with Laura Bates and Sonia Sodha

According to Laura Bates a vast network of incels and other men who hate women are able to operate, virtually undetected online. These extremists commit deliberate terrorist acts and violence against women. Vulnerable teenage boys are groomed and radicalised. In this episode Bate ... Show More

43m 28s

May 2025

Cyber brothels, AI girlfriends and misogynistic algorithms: Laura Bates on the new age of sexism

The Netflix show Adolescence opened up the conversation about male violence and the radicalisation of young boys online into the mainstream. But how much do we really know about what young boys are viewing online and the effect is has on them? This week, we're joined by someone w ... Show More

53m 25s

Sep 2020

Ep 230 | Men Who Hate Women? MRAs, Incels & Everyday Sexism

Feminist writer Laura Bates has recently published a new book titled "Men Who Hate Women." In it she details just how little some fringe groups like incels think about women. However, Lauren thinks that Bates also unfairly maligns anyone who would critique feminism. Are they all ... Show More

18m 59s

Dec 2021

Episode 5: Welcome to the Manosphere

Incels are only part of the threat. Ellen speaks with a woman who spent years undercover among a vast network of online communities — among them so-called mens’ rights activists and pickup artists — all united in their desire for total male supremacy. They orchestrate harassment ... Show More

44m 56s

Jul 2023

The Manosphere

The girlies take a trip into The Manosphere — the community of internet men who think that feminism is ruining the world and can't stop podcasting about it. They talk Rush Limbaugh, Joe Rogan, Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, and more! Fun! Digressions include a ride on the toxic go ... Show More

1h 26m

Nov 2020

White Supremacy And Its Online Reach

Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that would gain her access to the dark reaches of the internet normally off-limits to her, a Jewish woman. That research laid the groundwork for her book, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into ... Show More

27m 30s

Dec 2020

Presenting 'It's Been A Minute': White Supremacy And Its Online Reach

For close to a year, Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that would gain her access to the dark reaches of the internet normally off-limits to her, a Jewish woman. That research laid the groundwork for her book, Culture Warl ... Show More

28m 28s

Nov 2025

An Anthropology of Gooners

A reporter spends a year diving into a subculture of young men online who unite around their extreme commitment to constant, unadulterated porn consumption. Why are they doing this, what is it doing to them, and what does their existence tell us about the internet we’re all stuck ... Show More

43m 49s

Oct 2020

Exploring White Supremacist Online Communities with Talia Lavin

Today we talk with Talia Lavin about how she began investigating online hate groups, and what she learned.Talia's Book: https://bookshop.org/books/culture-warlords-my-journey-into-the-dark-web-of-white-supremacy/9780306846434 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart ... Show More

1h 1m

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