Laura Bates, bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, speaks with Sonia Sodha about incels and the radicalization of men who hate women. They discuss the online networks that enable extremists to commit acts of violence, groom vulnerable teenage boys, and spread misogyny. Topics include the beliefs of online misogynistic communities, the role of YouTube's algorithm in promoting harmful ideologies, and strategies for de-radicalization.

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 supremacists, the manosphere is an online hotbed of misogyny with violent real-world implications. Laura describes how she went undercover to infiltrate these platforms, and what she learned about protecting men and boys from radicalization. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.