Influenced

By BBC Radio 4

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Subscribers: 224
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 17

Owain
 Dec 26, 2022
Well worth a listen

Description

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.


Episode Date
Left the Chat: No 6. The Telegram War
Apr 10, 2024
Left the Chat: No 5. Thug Shaker Central
Apr 10, 2024
Left The Chat: No 4. I Married a ChatBot
Apr 10, 2024
Left the Chat: No 3. Several People Are Typing
Apr 03, 2024
Left the Chat: No 2. Fax Machines and Foxy Natashas
Apr 03, 2024
Left the Chat: No 1. Whatsapp Mishaps
Apr 03, 2024
Welcome to Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat
Mar 27, 2024
New Gurus: Bonus Episode - Gigachads and Sigma Wolves
Apr 18, 2023
New Gurus: 8. Prophets of Doom
Dec 26, 2022
New Gurus: 7. Bitcoin FC
Dec 26, 2022
New Gurus: 6. Daygamers and Daydreamers
Dec 26, 2022
New Gurus: 5. Gazing into the Abyss
Dec 26, 2022
New Gurus: 4. White Women's Tears
Dec 19, 2022
New Gurus: 3. Fitter, Happier, More Productive
Dec 19, 2022
New Gurus: 2. Taking the Urine
Dec 19, 2022
New Gurus: 1. The Birth of the New Guru
Dec 19, 2022
Welcome to The New Gurus
Dec 12, 2022