Helen Lewis Has Left The Chat
Left the Chat: No 3. Several People Are Typing
Published: 3 April 2024 at 05:10 Europe/London
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During the pandemic, a combination of fears over Covid, anger over police racism and sheer cabin fever saw company Slack channels boil with discontent. One day in February 2021, Mike Pesca, a contrarian podcaster, made the mistake of getting stuck in, voicing controversial opinions to his colleagues - in between shovelling snow from his parents’ driveway.
And then he saw the dreaded words, "several people are typing …".
A Tempo & Talker production for BBC Radio 4
