Helen Lewis is a big deal y’all, and yes we’d be saying that even if she didn’t have a British accent. She’s a staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the new book The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea , as well as Difficult Women: An Imperfect History of Feminism. She has written and presented several BBC (ooh!) Radio shows including "The New Gurus"and our personal favorite, "Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat. You can also find her right here on Substack, at Helen Lewis.

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We talk overrated geniuses, AI and the class divide, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and other very serious topics that Helen manages to make really fun.

Also:

* London survived The Blitz, so we’ll all be ok

* Jewish Rumspringa

* Helen Lewish isn’t Jewish, but the Manosphere thinks she is

* Chess.com is the new 4Chan

* The Genius Myth

* Was Shakespeare a black trans woman?

* 1600s LinkedIn

* Einstein was Mid, but he had great branding

* AI and the class divide

* The Ayatollah has a suprise for us

* Gout and IQ

* Helen Lewis has left the chat

* WhatsApp drama is life

* Greta Thunberg created Zionists

* What people don’t understand about Israelis is….

* Helen admits that America is beating the UK!

* Oh wait, now she’s talking about inequality

* Babies need to start pulling their weight and giving more to charity

* 2025 feminism

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