We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter

<p>This week Rafael Behr and Helen Lewis discuss social media's corrosive effect on politics and public discourse, and how we can all respond.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>Helen's new book - (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/16/difficult-women-history-of-feminism-11-fights-helen-lewis-review" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/16/difficult-women-history-of-feminism-11-fights-helen-lewis-review</a>)</p> <p>Helen's newsletter - <a href="http://helenlewis.substack.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://helenlewis.substack.com</a></p> <p>Helen's writing in the Atlantic <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis</a></p> <p>Helen's lecture on the failure's of political journalism - <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/video/helen-lewis-failures-political-journalism" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/video/helen-lewis-failures-political-journalism</a></p> <p>This podcast is hosted by <a href="https://wwww.zencast.fm" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">ZenCast.fm</a></p>