Letting the fools expose themselves
3/22/202641 min
MONDAY ANALYSIS: We watched the new Louis Theroux documentary, Inside The Manosphere, and we have thoughts. Is Louis Theroux platforming people who shouldn’t be platformed – or is he bringing much-needed attention to a dangerous problem? Should we be exposing these manosphere grifters to the light? Stream The Testaments on Disney+ from April 8th, and thank you so much to Disney+ for making this episode of Shameless possible. And, shout-out to Myer! Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] Shameless Media.
Zara McDonald· Host0:05
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff. You're joined, as always, by Melvin Writers, Michelle Andrews, and Zara McDonald.
Michelle Andrews· Host0:41
Hello, Zazie McDonald, and hello, producer Eilish Gilligan.
Eilish Gilligan0:44
Hello.
Zara McDonald· Host0:45
Hi, guys. Coming up on today's show, we watched the new Louis Theroux documentary on Netflix, like everybody else on the internet did. [laughs] The response to this documentary we have found incredibly interesting. There's a lot of questions about whether Louis Theroux should have given these men, these toxic men, a platform, and we wanna ask if that's really what he's doing or if he's doing something else entirely. There's a lot to unpack here, Mish- Mm ... both the content of the documentary, but really interestingly, as we said, people's responses to it.
Michelle Andrews· Host1:13
Mm.
Zara McDonald· Host1:14
And how we feel about the manosphere in general.
Michelle Andrews· Host1:16
We're gonna take this in a bunch of different directions, so strap in, baby.
Zara McDonald· Host1:20
[laughs] Yeah, let's do it. Before we get there, a very quick shout-out to our sponsor, The Testaments, a new story set in the world of Gilead, streaming from April