#570 - Helen Lewis - Investigating The World Of Modern Gurus

<p>Helen Lewis is a journalist at The Atlantic and an author</p> <p>Humanity has become much less religious and in the ruins of this fresh, listless world, bereft of traditional insight, a cadre of new gurus have risen to take the high priests' place of dispensing insights about how to live. Helen's new BBC Sounds documentary series delves into this world of secular gurus.</p> <p>Expect to learn why a Canadian man has started drinking his own urine, why Steve Jobs was much more than just a tech inventor, how much it costs to be accused of racism over dinner while being banned from crying, why so many people are turning away from mainstream media, Helen's post-mortem on the IDW, the mortal problem that productivity gurus are helping address and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get a $250 discount on Sacred Hunting’s trips at <a href="https://www.sacredhunting.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.sacredhunting.com/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1">Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at <a href= "http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at <a href="https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Listen to The New Gurus - <a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq/episodes/player">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq/episodes/player</a></p> <p>Follow Helen on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/helenlewis">https://twitter.com/helenlewis</