Investigative journalist Naama Kates dives deep inside the incel community. Incel is shorthand for involuntary celibate. Follow Naama's journey. Contact Naama: theincelproject@gmail.com https://twitter.com/IncelProject https://twitter.com/naamakates Check out these great shows from Crawlspace Media: Missing Maura Murray: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/missing-maura-murray/id1006974447 Crawlspace: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340 True Crime ...
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108: Radically Genuine w/ Dr. Roger McFilln (@DrMcFillin)
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If any of you listened to the trailer I dropped a couple weeks ago, for We Met Online: Season 2, you might recognize the voice of today’s guest, Dr Roger McFillin. Or you might recognize it from his own show, The Radically Genuine Podcast, which ranks in the top 2% of downloads worldwide Dr. McFillin is a clinical psychologist and a writer, who dev…
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107: The Transmaxxing Manifesto w/ Vintologi
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Today’s episode is with Vintologi, the founder of the eponymous "religion" and author of the Transmaxxing Manifesto. It was recorded in July of 2021 if certain references are out of date. It was certainly interesting to revisit after my recent episode with Tina, on The TRANSMaxxing Redux episode. ----------------------------------------------------…
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106: Another British Criminologist w/ Christopher Lowe
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After a very brief TL;DR of this whole sordid business that's been ruining my life for the better part of a year, we dive into an interview with... another British criminologist... named Christopher Lowe (@ChrisLowe1994), who's working on his masters and focusing on incels. It's a lovely conversation that I'm sure you'll enjoy! PS Stay tuned at the…
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104: Incel Without Hate w/ Tonic - Part 2
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Here’s the second half of my conversation with Tonic! If you haven’t listened to the first part, please go back and check it out, for more of his life story and a history of incel spaces, to lead into some deeper and darker waters about Elliott Rodger, r/IncelTear, macabre poasting, and the experience of having one's words transformed into art. Par…
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103: Incel without Hate, w/ Tonic - Part 1
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Today’s episode is a true return-to-form to very early days of the pod, as Tonic and I discuss the very early days of the community — long-gone places like love shy, r/incelswithouthate, r/askanincel and r/ inceltears. We also talk about the ER manifesto, the need for an affirmative incel identity, manipulative documentarians, the redemptive promis…
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101: TRANSMAXXING Redux w/ Tina (@llamatoTina)
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Tina (@LlamatoTina) is a 23 year old transwoman from Germany - a former associate of Vintologi, the Swedish author of the eponymous Transmaxxing Manifesto. She is a transmaxxer qua transmaxxer, who endorses transitioning for all sorts of reasons besides gender dysphoria, including "personal gain" and escaping inceldom. But her own story is much mor…
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While Katherine Dee is away on special assignment, Naama and special guest, Brooke (her IRL bessie) discuss the cultural phenomenon of Tradwives: Who are they? Do they have any influence? Are they... dangerous? References: RedPillWives: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedPillWives/ Thoughts on Tradthots: https://didacticmind.com/2017/12/thoughts-on-tradth…
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Katherine and Naama explore the infinitely imaginative space of erotic fan fiction by discussing "Slash," the 2016 indie gem starring Michael Johnston and Hannah Marks. References: "Slash" (2016) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4729990/ Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/ FanFiction.Net: https://www.fanfiction.net/ Fansplaining (web…
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we met online: The Manosphere, Part 2
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Naama and Katherine briefly wade in the waters of the Manosphere, by reading some iconic posts and discussing them. This one gets lively. Part 2 of 2. References: Sex and Character, by Otto Weininger (1906): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692509/pdf/medlibhistj00008-0073.pdf 5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder: https://w…
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100: First World Problems w/ ThirdWorldCel
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Today's episode, officially 100, brings you a timeless theme: a currycel comes to the West with hopes of living out the immigrant dream. But it doesn’t quite work out as planned, as ThirdWorldCel describes alienation, disappointment, and depression from his ubiquitous perspective. "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey. 2011. Interscope Records. ———————————…
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we met online: The Manosphere, Part 1
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Naama and Katherine briefly wade in the waters of the Manosphere, by reading some iconic posts and discussing them. This one gets lively. Part 1 of 2. References: Sex and Character, by Otto Weininger (1906): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692509/pdf/medlibhistj00008-0073.pdf 5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder: https://w…
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Today Katherine and Naama discuss Nora Ephron's 1998 romantic comedy, "You've Got Mail" along with a host of questions about falling in love online, digital psychosis, and if it's possible to pairbond during cybersex. Subscribe on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and follow on Twitter @wemetonlinepod.…
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Today's episode is about what they’re all about - obsessions, rejections, frustrations, and putting one foot in front of the other in the face of it all. It features Trevor (@mrmapleleafrag), a 26-year-old incel and writer from far up North in Canada, who works in local news, and struggles with OCD. We discuss his experiences with the mental health…
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Katherine and Naama discuss the phenomenon of Spreadsheet Dating: an optimized approach to love for the #girlboss of recent history. Read the piece in Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3dew/optimisation-dating-hustle-culture-match-making And take the love calculation based on the 37% rule: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a308598…
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Naama and Katherine discuss all things cam girls: the history, psychology, and cultural context from whence they came, and discover that they might be the first to do so. Subscribe to "we met online" for new episodes every Monday and listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4LKzPoXGP5ov2aVQdQT0ue?si=53ea613072bc47e1…
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Katherine and Naama discuss the popular personal advertisement section known as "Missed Connections," made popular on Craigslist. Who and what are the authors of these ads really hoping to attract? Subscribe to "we met online" for new episodes every Monday on anchor.fm/we-met-online, substack.com/wemetonline and follow us on twitter @wemetonlinepod…
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A bonus episode that will most likely self-destruct within 24 hours about the events of this week and weaponized concern trolling. Bartók: Dance Suite, Sz. 77 - 1. Moderato. London Philharmonic. 1965 Decca Music Group Limited.Af Incel Podcast
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On the inaugural episode of "we met online," Naama and Katherine discuss 2011's seminal doc, Catfish: the film that launched the TV show, the phenomenon, and the prolific career f its star, Nev Schulman. Subscribe at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/we-met-online/episodes/CATFISH-e21os99/a-a9k7oeo…
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990: House Call w/ Dr Sohom Das (@dr_s_das)
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Here's a bonus episode with Dr Sohom Das (@dr_s_das), a London-based forensic psychiatrist, author, and YouTuber who I met on the Shaun Attwood Show, answering some of my questions about violence, criminal behavior, mental illness and where they all meet. Check out Dr. Das's YouTube channel, "A Psych for Sore Minds": https://t.co/NyhrUHxWkc ———————…
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Today’s episode features a young man who’ll go by Paul, in his 30s, from England, who’s not quite an incel - he lost his virginity at 27 and had a brief relationship of a couple months - but otherwise, he basically is. He thinks that his relationship with his mother might have had something to do with it, a theme that seems to run quietly throughou…
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97: STR8-X w/ Jake (@Flat_Stanley)
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This week’s guest is Jake (@FIat_Stanley), a 23 year-old American incel who doesn’t really identify as such; he isn’t much of a joiner. He’s also abstinent from alcohol and mind-altering substances, and he believes there’s a connection. We discuss, and get into a fascinating discussion about ethics, consent, and social engineering. J.I.D. performin…
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96: Prevent. Pursue. Protect. Prepare. w/ Joe Whittaker
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Today we sit down with Joe Whittaker (@CTProject_JW), an extremism researcher who teaches cybercrime at Swansea University in Wales, to continue our series about the wonderful world of Countering Violent Extremism. We talk about his research on online radicalization and get into the nuts and bolts of some of these "derad" programs everyone’s always…
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95: Content-Minded Theorycel, w/ Gio Pennachietti (@giantgio)
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Today you’re in for another treat with Gio (@giantgio), host of Gio’s Content Minded Corner, a fellow podcaster and fantastic artist (and a truecel, according to him, for those of you listeners griping about the excess of normies on the lineup). We discuss inceldom, romance, philosophy, the e-Right, gatekeeping, turning 30, critical theory, wrestli…
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94: BASED & GAITSKILLED w/ Mary Gaitskill
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Today’s guest is the writer Mary Gaitskill, whose novels and short stories have been adapted into motion pictures and nominated for major literary prizes like the PEN/Faulkner award, the National Book Award, and the National Critics Circle Award, and if you’ve read any of them, you know why, you know how her characters make you feel seen, for all t…
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93: Ecological System Failure w/ Matt Henry
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Today’s guest , Matt, is also a former incel, who ascended at 23, and is currently married — essentially — with four children, and studying psychology. He also has a YouTube channel, sort of a self-help for incels, called @BlackPillMedicine. It’s a tiny channel, in a sea of similarly themed content - self improvement, DIY psychology, red pillers, a…
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