Marianna in Conspiracyland Podcast
The home of Marianna Spring's social media and disinformation investigations for 大象传媒 Radio 4, with new series 'Why Do You Hate Me? USA'
Episodes to download
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Americast: Why Trump Won (and Why Harris Lost)—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Fri 8 Nov 2024
In this extra episode, the Americast team assess the campaigns.
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5. Fandom Frenzies: Who鈥檚 afraid of little old us?—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Mon 21 Oct 2024
How are the Swifties impacting the vote?
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4. Doxxed and Blocked: 鈥榃e鈥檙e distressed about war in the Middle East and now trolls are after us.'—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Mon 14 Oct 2024
The social media tactic harming and further polarising people.
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3. The Fable of the Pikesville Clip: 鈥業鈥檝e been burnt by the fire once, so I鈥檒l think twice before posting鈥�—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Mon 7 Oct 2024
A clip that divided and convinced a community 鈥� and what it could mean for the election.
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2. Counting The Threats: 'I just work in IT 鈥� why am I getting threats from election deniers?'—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Inside the election centre where workers face threats and abuse ahead of the 2024 vote.
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1. Wild Thoughts: 'I hate Trump, she likes him 鈥� we both think he staged assassination attempts'—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Mon 23 Sep 2024
How do two people with different politics end up believing similar conspiracy theories?
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5. I Went Inside The World Of The Trolled And The Troll—Why Do You Hate Me?
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Marianna investigates online abuse targeting Eni Aluko and tracks down one of her trolls.
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4. I Received Online Death Threats And The Premier League Caught My Troll—Why Do You Hate Me?
Wed 21 Feb 2024
How a Premier League unit tracked down the troll who threatened the player and his family.
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3. Sadiq Khan: I Didn鈥檛 Say That!—Why Do You Hate Me?
Wed 14 Feb 2024
How faked audio of London's mayor inflamed hate on social media and tensions offline.
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2. I Believed Conspiracies About The Shooting I Survived—Why Do You Hate Me?
Wed 7 Feb 2024
How the survivor of a mass shooting in Las Vegas fell into a world of conspiracy theories
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1. I Regret Posting Online That I Was Madeleine McCann—Why Do You Hate Me?
Wed 31 Jan 2024
The woman who went viral for claiming to be Madeleine McCann explains her motives
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Introducing... Why Do You Hate Me?—Why Do You Hate Me?
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Marianna Spring investigates different extraordinary cases of online hate.
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Bonus: Irish Conspiracyland—Conspiracyland
Sun 6 Aug 2023
Can you hold papers sharing disinformation and hate to account?
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Bonus: Frontlines of Conspiracyland—Conspiracyland
Tue 4 Jul 2023
What are the obstacles that stand between journalists and the truth?
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10. A Risk That鈥檚 Impossible To Ignore—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What will happen next in Conspiracyland?
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9. People Like Us—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Do you know someone who鈥檚 fallen down the rabbit hole?
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8. The Science Of Conspiracy—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Could people in the UK conspiracy theory movement ever become violent?
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6. German Conspiracyland—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Why are journalists being attacked in Germany?
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2. Down The Rabbit Hole—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What do those in the movement believe? And why?
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1. Entering Conspiracyland—Conspiracyland
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What鈥檚 happening in the Devon town of Totnes?
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Introducing... Marianna in Conspiracyland—Conspiracyland
Mon 5 Jun 2023
What happened to the people who fell down the rabbit hole?
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Bonus: Remember My Name—Disaster Trolls
Sun 5 Mar 2023
Marianna Spring revisits her investigation into conspiracy theories about terror attacks.
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10. The Billion Dollar Question—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
A landmark US court ruling gives hope to victims of conspiracy theories in the UK.
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9. What They Don鈥檛 Tell You About Terror—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Are terror survivors taken seriously when they seek help against abusive trolling?
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8. I Was a Conspiracy Theorist... Get Me Out of Here!—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Brent disavows the toxic conspiracy theories he helped create, but can Paul forgive him?
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7. I Helped Bring Down Alex Jones—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
The Infowars employee whose testimony helped Sandy Hook parents win huge damages.
