Adolescence: The Manosphere Strikes Back (E322)

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Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Netflix’s Adolescence, a four-part thriller about a 13-year-old murder suspect, has hijacked Britain’s political conversation. Annie Kelly explains why the series hit such a nerve: it maps the online pipelines that radicalize boys in their own bedrooms, dramatizes the deadly consequences of misogyny, and spotlights the adults too clueless to confront these threats. Within weeks, MPs demanded it be shown in classrooms, tabloid headlines frightened parents over coded emojis, and right-wing investigators branded the show a taxpayer-funded anti-incel psyop involving Sophie from Peep Show. Come listen as Annie breaks down how virtuosic television managed to inspire breathtakingly cynical discourse about race, youth violence, and fictional portrayals of social issues. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/QAA /// Annie Kelly on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/annieknk.bsky.social /// Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast. // REFERENCES “Adolescence” and the Right’s War on Men https://www.liberalcurrents.com/adolescence-and-the-rights-war-on-men/ Not Based On A True Story https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/april/not-based-on-a-true-story

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0:08.0	Oh, If you're hearing this, well done, you've found a way to connect to the internet.
0:36.4	Welcome to the QAA podcast, episode 32.
0:40.5	Adolescence. The Manosphere strikes back. As always, we are your host, Jake Rakitansky,
0:45.4	Travis View, and Annie Kelly. Hello, everyone. It's your UK correspondent Annie Kelly here.
0:51.8	Before we begin the episode today, as QAA's resident Roman Catholic, I'd like to thank
0:56.7	all of you who sent me messages of condolences about the passing of Pope Francis.
1:01.3	It really means a lot.
1:02.8	I was also sincerely touched by those of you who pledged to support me if I were to launch
1:07.3	a bid to become the new Pope.
1:09.2	Right now, let's just say I'm considering my options.
1:12.3	It's true that transitioning from National Baby to Supreme Pontiff does seem like the natural
1:16.9	progression at this point in my career, but there's a few minor barriers to my succession.
1:21.7	There's never been a British Pope, as far as I'm aware, so obviously it would be incredible
1:25.7	to break that glass ceiling. However, my advisors tell me that to ensure the stability of my reign, I'd need to eliminate
1:32.4	JD the Pope-killer Vance.
1:35.4	Between childcare and my work for this podcast, I just don't know if I have time to wage
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