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Online Gurus and New Religious Movements | Helen Lewis
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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by journalist Helen Lewis to discuss her new BBC series The New Gurus. We discuss the rise of advice-giving gurus online, whether social justice is a new religion, her confrontational interview with Jordan Peterson, how online cancelation radicalizes people, and much more.
Listen to her series The New Gurus on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq
Follow her work at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/
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Manage episode 353758134 series 2363136
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by journalist Helen Lewis to discuss her new BBC series The New Gurus. We discuss the rise of advice-giving gurus online, whether social justice is a new religion, her confrontational interview with Jordan Peterson, how online cancelation radicalizes people, and much more.
Listen to her series The New Gurus on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq
Follow her work at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/
Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction: https://www.patreon.com/StephenBradfordLong
Join my Discord server: https://discord.gg/PrDU4zx
Sign up for my newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/26d6f66bc739/stephenbradfordlong
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sacredtension.substack.com/subscribe
263 episodes
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