DTG Christmas Quiz 2023 with Helen Lewis

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Science, Leisure, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Seasons greetings from Decoding the Gurus!

Time to grab a hot chocolate, cosy up to the fire, and wrack your brain to see how much attention you've been paying to all those gurus... that's right it is time for the annual Guru quiz!

Luckily for us, the esteemed journalist and author, Helen Lewis, is back as a combined special guest and quiz master. Prepare for stunning revelations, scintillating dystopic erotic fiction, and more nootropic stimulation than you can shake a stick at.

So who will triumph this year Chris or Matt? And how will Helen fare when the tables are turned? Join us, find out, and have a happy Christmas/non-denominational Winter holiday season!

And don't worry, there might be just a little bit more DTG goodness to come before the end of 2023...

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0:00.0	And the Oh, Hello and welcome to a very special Christmas episode of Decoding the Guru's I am professor Matthew Brown this Christmas he is
0:35.3	Associate Professor Christopher Kavanaugh this Christmas and with us it is
0:40.9	Ms Helen Lewis this Christmas.
0:44.8	Welcome Helen, Hella Christopher.
0:47.2	Not any kind of professor, so Chris, for once you can feel smug and superior.
0:51.5	Oh, that's right. Not even an assistant professor, eh, Helen?
0:57.0	A girl can dream. A girl can dream.
1:00.0	Now my chance to Lord over someone else.
1:04.0	Yeah, you know Mike got told off by one of our listeners for doing that constantly putting me down and talking down,
1:12.0	yeah. But they actually said said they said you did well by not
1:15.2	mention that last time so you got your positive stroke I've sworn it off I won't be
1:20.0	mentioning titles anymore but it's Christmas so anything goes.
1:23.6	Oh okay so there you go Helen and no titles forget it we're all equal here
1:29.6	this is now I left this podcast. Welcome to the Revolution.
1:35.0	So...
1:36.0	Long overdue.
1:37.0	Helen, for people who might not know, last year you had a series on the new gurus on the BBC Video Signs and
1:48.0	BBC Radio Forum BBC Sounds yeah so it's still on BBC Sounds. I don't I don't know why anyone would know the difference, but to the BBC it's very important that those are two distinct things.
1:58.0	It is, it's very important and I was basically correct in what I said so that's the important thing and you also
2:06.4	work at the Atlantic a publication of note and the private eye which is also a publication of note.
2:15.0	Matt, do you know the private eye?
2:17.0	Is that to the Atlantic as Associate Professor as to Professor?
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