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The Story

Welcome to the Manosphere, a journey through modern masculinity

The Story

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The journalist James Bloodworth has been exploring the manosphere revealing a hidden world of modern masculinity and the anxieties driving it. Charting the history from pickup artists to incels and influencers, he tells Manveen about the attractions of this digital world to young men and his own experiences within it.


This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory


Guest: James Bloodworth, journalist and author of Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through the Manosphere

To order a copy go to timesbookshop.co.uk. Free UK standard P&P on orders over £25. Special discount available for Times+ members

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Shabnam Grewal

Further reading : 

My job at a £7,500 dating boot camp — toxic masculinity rules 


Clips: Youtube, Tiktok ,@rich_somers, @BrandonFromILET, @SpartanMomentum, @ChrisWillx, Jordan Peterson Fan Channel

@PsycheMatters, ABC 


Photo: James Bloodworth


Get in touch: [email protected]  


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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:14.2

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0:19.1

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0:27.3

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1:27.8

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1:31.5

From the Times and the Sunday Times,

1:34.3

this is the story.

1:36.3

I'm Manvien Rana.

1:41.6

I had to turn up at Starbucks from Lesser Square to meet my pickup coach.

1:46.7

The year is 2006 and a young James Bloodworth has been lured to the most touristy bit of London

1:54.6

to meet a man who will teach him how to pick up women.

1:59.9

I was really nervous.

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