Influenced
A podcast by BBC Radio 4
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18 Episodes
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Left the Chat: No 6. The Telegram War
Published: 10/04/2024 -
Left the Chat: No 5. Thug Shaker Central
Published: 10/04/2024 -
Left The Chat: No 4. I Married a ChatBot
Published: 10/04/2024 -
Left the Chat: No 3. Several People Are Typing
Published: 03/04/2024 -
Left the Chat: No 2. Fax Machines and Foxy Natashas
Published: 03/04/2024 -
Left the Chat: No 1. Whatsapp Mishaps
Published: 03/04/2024 -
Welcome to Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat
Published: 27/03/2024 -
Introducing The Gatekeepers
Published: 07/02/2024 -
New Gurus: Bonus Episode - Gigachads and Sigma Wolves
Published: 18/04/2023 -
New Gurus: 8. Prophets of Doom
Published: 26/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 7. Bitcoin FC
Published: 26/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 6. Daygamers and Daydreamers
Published: 26/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 5. Gazing into the Abyss
Published: 26/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 4. White Women's Tears
Published: 19/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 3. Fitter, Happier, More Productive
Published: 19/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 2. Taking the Urine
Published: 19/12/2022 -
New Gurus: 1. The Birth of the New Guru
Published: 19/12/2022 -
Welcome to The New Gurus
Published: 12/12/2022
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Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat. The rise of instant messaging has made our social and professional lives faster, more casual — and more chaotic. But amid all the discussion of the effects of public social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, there has been relatively little attention paid to private social networks—the direct message and the group chat — and how they are shaping our relationships and our world. In this series, Helen Lewis looks at the secret world of instant messaging, meeting a woman who married a chatbot, discovering how Russian dissidents are fighting a propaganda war, and hearing the inside story of how Britain ended up governed from a single WhatsApp group. It's a strange new world where workplace rebellions are conducted through duelling emojis and military secrets are traded on chat forums about a children's cartoon. It's also a world where you can never be quite sure who you're talking to—and who's eavesdropping on you.
