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We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter
Manage episode 264726104 series 2657793
This week Rafael Behr and Helen Lewis discuss social media's corrosive effect on politics and public discourse, and how we can all respond.
Helen Lewis is a staff writer at the Atlantic, was deputy editor at the New Statesman, presents BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour, and is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's News Quiz. She's written a book about the history of feminism, is ambivalent towards Twitter but likes the Sopranos and embroidery.
Helen's new book - (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/16/difficult-women-history-of-feminism-11-fights-helen-lewis-review)
Helen's newsletter - http://helenlewis.substack.com
Helen's writing in the Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis
Helen's lecture on the failure's of political journalism - https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/video/helen-lewis-failures-political-journalism
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
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44 episodes
Manage episode 264726104 series 2657793
This week Rafael Behr and Helen Lewis discuss social media's corrosive effect on politics and public discourse, and how we can all respond.
Helen Lewis is a staff writer at the Atlantic, was deputy editor at the New Statesman, presents BBC Radio 4's Westminster Hour, and is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's News Quiz. She's written a book about the history of feminism, is ambivalent towards Twitter but likes the Sopranos and embroidery.
Helen's new book - (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/16/difficult-women-history-of-feminism-11-fights-helen-lewis-review)
Helen's newsletter - http://helenlewis.substack.com
Helen's writing in the Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis
Helen's lecture on the failure's of political journalism - https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/video/helen-lewis-failures-political-journalism
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
44 episodes
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