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What do Gwyneth Paltrow, Russell Brand, Pete Evans and Andrew Tate have in common?

With more and more influential figures emerging from corners of the internet promising everything from happiness, to more sex, to a healthier gut, modern ‘gurus’ are here to stay.

Helen Lewis is a journalist and the host of BBC podcast The New Gurus, and joins Mia Freedman to discuss this fascinating and at times, deeply disturbing new world of modern gurus.

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Host: Mia Freedman. You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

Producer: Emmeline Peterson

Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou

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