Elle Reeve joins Endless Thread to discuss her book Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.

When reporter Elle Reeve is recognized at the airport, it’s often by members of the alt-right: the online white nationalists who organized the violent Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and who originated much of today’s political rhetoric. How did a bunch of 4chan users feeding Microsoft’s Tay chatbot hateful language become such a potent political force?