Influenced
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Left the Chat: No 6. The Telegram War
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The encrypted messaging app Telegram is haunted by a single question - if it really is as secure as it claims to be, why does Vladimir Putin allow it ...
Left the Chat: No 5. Thug Shaker Central
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When investigative journalist Aric Toler saw a handful of supposedly fake classified documents online, he had a hunch - what if they were real? The on...
Left The Chat: No 4. I Married a ChatBot
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After years of bad dates and toxic relationships, Chris finally found love - with a chatbot called Emma. Is this the future of digital love, or is Chr...
Left the Chat: No 3. Several People Are Typing
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the pandemic, a combination of fears over Covid, anger over police racism and sheer cabin fever saw company Slack channels boil with discontent...
Left the Chat: No 2. Fax Machines and Foxy Natashas
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016, amid the post-EU referendum chaos, one man had an idea. His name was Steve Baker, and he was a low-profile Tory MP. But his WhatsApp group - ...
Left the Chat: No 1. Whatsapp Mishaps
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1998, Helen’s family got their first home computer - and she logged on to chat with existing friends and strangers she met online. Since then, in...
Welcome to Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been trapped in a group chat nightmare, either grabbing the popcorn or wondering how to leave without causing a scene? Who’s the admin...
New Gurus: Bonus Episode - Gigachads and Sigma Wolves
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After The New Gurus was released, there was one question Helen Lewis was asked far more than any other: why are so many gurus men? Stuck for an answer...
New Gurus: 8. Prophets of Doom
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Lanyadoo thinks civil war is coming — she has seen it in the stars. But it isn’t just astrologers who think we’re living through an age ...
New Gurus: 7. Bitcoin FC
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Peter McCormack made a fortune investing in Bitcoin, he knew exactly how to spend it - buying his local football team. Helen Lewis travels to the...
New Gurus: 6. Daygamers and Daydreamers
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At Oxford University, fellow students remember Tom Ralis as a quiet, nerdy biology student who played percussion in the college orchestra. But even th...
New Gurus: 5. Gazing into the Abyss
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, a New York Times article anointed a group of taboo-breaking intellectual provocateurs as the 'Intellectual Dark Web'. David Fuller was one of...
New Gurus: 4. White Women's Tears
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement brought renewed interest in corporate diversity gurus. But Regina Jackson and Saira Rao were ahead of the ...
New Gurus: 3. Fitter, Happier, More Productive
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As an author, broadcaster and journalist, Helen Lewis is drowning in deadlines. Join her race against the clock to see if productivity gurus can help ...
New Gurus: 2. Taking the Urine
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will Blunderfield grew up, he says, an unhappy, unhealthy kid. Now he feels great — as a “wild naked man” who drinks his own urine. Across the w...
New Gurus: 1. The Birth of the New Guru
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, some mourners at Steve Jobs’ memorial service were confused by his final gift to them – a book called Autobiography of A Yogi. Others und...
Welcome to The New Gurus
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everywhere you look on the internet, people are giving — and receiving — advice. Advice that promises to transform our lives. How to eat. How to t...