Louis Theroux has taken Netflix inside the manosphere — and everyone has an opinion. This week we're digging into whether shining a light on the grifters and their carefully curated personas actually helps, or whether it just gives them another platform. We're talking about the contradictions (profiting off women while claiming to despise them), the moments where the mask slipped (that dog, that mum, that juice), and why we can't expect one documentary to fix a problem this big. Plus, what does it tell us about the limits of a social media ban when these guys are thriving on YouTube, Telegram, and everywhere else?

Then we're turning to the Oscars - not the awards themselves, but what happens the morning after. Because once again, women walked red carpets in stunning gowns, picked up historic wins, and delivered brilliant speeches, and Monday's headlines were about their bodies. Too thin, too big, too different from last year. We're asking why we're still reducing accomplished women to their dress size, what GLP-1s have done to the goalposts, and whether women in the spotlight can ever actually win. Jessie Buckley won Best Actress and dedicated her award to women who create against all odds -so maybe we could start by talking about that.

Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and let's get into it.

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What we're talking about this week:

• Louis Theroux's Inside the Manosphere - exposure, editing, and whether the right people are watching
• The business of the manosphere - grifting, monetisation, and profiting off the people you claim to despise
• Why a social media ban won't silence these voices
• Oscars red carpet culture - fashion vs body policing
• Jessie Buckley's historic Best Actress win
• Autumn Durald Arkapaw - first woman to win Best Cinematography
• The shifting goalposts of what women's bodies are "allowed" to look like
• Pedro Pascal in Chanel, because we're fair like that

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