The Politics of Information: A Conversation with Helen Lewis

Sam Harris speaks with Helen Lewis about the culture wars. They discuss the role of journalists, DEI, political polarization, feminism, transgender activism, gender roles, the Rotherham scandal, Islam and jihadism, Elon Musk and X, the future of the Democratic Party, and other topics. Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she writes about politics and culture. Last year she traveled to Austin to explore what Joe Rogan has done to the city, profiled the controversial American literacy guru Lucy Calkins, and spent the election campaign season in Pennsylvania. Helen is also the host of the BBC's Strong Message Here and Helen Lewis Has Left The Chat. Her first book, 2020's Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Her second book, The Genius Myth, explores how the modern idea of genius ― a class of special people ― is distorting our view of the world. It will be published in the summer by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Thesis (US). She writes a weekly Substack, The Bluestocking. Website: helenlewis.substack.com Twitter: @helenlewis Subscribe to the YT channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=samharrisorg Follow Sam on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Samharrisorg/ Follow Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samharrisorg/ For more information about Sam Harris: https://www.samharris.org