Exploring the Manosphere with James Bloodworth
Decoding the Gurus
Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we immerse ourselves in the potent juices of the manosphere with British journalist and author James Bloodworth. James recently published Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere and takes us on a whirlwind tour of various misogynistic and anti-feminist subcultures, including pickup artists, incels, and the blue, red, and black pill communities. Drawing on his personal experiences and research, James discusses the appeal and dangers of the manosphere, touching on themes such as insecure masculinity and the commodification of social interactions. We also get into some joyful political implications and consider the role of social media in spreading these messages. One for all the family!
Links
- Lost Boys - Journey into the Manosphere
- James' Substack
- The Guardian – Journey into the Manosphere – Review of Lost Boys
- Prospect Magazine – Matthew Goodwin, Reform and the politics of resentment – Bloodworth’s recent article on Matt Goodwin
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
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| 0:07.0 | . Hello and welcome to Decoding the Gurus, the podcast or an anthropologist and a psychologist |
| 0:29.0 | listen to the greatest minds the world has to offer, and we try to understand what they're talking about. |
| 0:33.9 | Chris Kavanaugh is with me, as usual. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Matt Brown, and this is a special interview edition |
| 0:39.6 | where we, from time to time, we talk to authors perhaps, and other people too probably, |
| 0:46.6 | whose field of interest overlaps with our own. And today, that field is the manosphere. |
| 0:54.0 | Most of you probably know their term, some sort of network of online communities, |
| 0:58.9 | men's rights, activists, pick up artists, and less salubrious type corners of the internet. |
| 1:06.2 | And to help us understand this is one James Bloodworth, |
| 1:14.0 | a British journalist and author written other books, |
| 1:17.7 | like Hired, six months undercover in Low Wage Britain. |
| 1:19.6 | And, you know, he's done exposés. |
| 1:22.4 | He's written many articles for many venues. And with his book, Lost Boys, A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere, |
| 1:28.9 | he's looked at the online world of in cells, pickup artists, |
| 1:33.5 | and the political side too of this Manosphere and toxic masculinity. |
| 1:39.9 | So, James, thanks for coming on. Welcome. |
| 1:42.8 | Thanks for having me. |
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