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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6. The Visitor—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
He said he was a customer, but the visitor to Lisa鈥檚 boatyard hid his real intentions.
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5. Who Believes This Stuff?—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
How widespread is the belief that major terror attacks in the UK are faked?
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4. Hall鈥檚 Stall—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Marianna Spring finally meets the conspiracy theorist at the heart of her investigation.
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3. The Insider—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
An unexpected source provides an insight into a leading conspiracy theorist.
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2. Sharpening the Spike—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
The conspiracy show host who tried to prove a teenage bomb victim wasn鈥檛 injured.
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1. Darkness in the Glade of Light—Disaster Trolls
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Daren can鈥檛 forget that night at the Manchester Arena. So who claims it never happened?
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Introducing... Disaster Trolls—Disaster Trolls
Mon 24 Oct 2022
What happens when tragedy makes you a target?
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10. Marianna: 'I get hate from all sides'—War on Truth
Mon 25 Apr 2022
How an Instagram influencer survived a bombing - and got caught in the information war.
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9. Roddy: 'We don鈥檛 trust the media, so we became it'—War on Truth
Mon 18 Apr 2022
How self-styled citizen journalists are covering the war in Ukraine.
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8. Tetyana: 鈥楳y son is the Snake Island hero鈥�—War on Truth
Mon 18 Apr 2022
How a story of sweary heroism wasn't quite what it seemed.
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7. Sergei: 鈥業t鈥檚 my duty to keep telling Russians the truth鈥�—War on Truth
Wed 13 Apr 2022
The Russian journalist who refused to stay silent after the Kremlin took him off air.
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6. The View from the Other Side—War on Truth
Tue 5 Apr 2022
Russia spun a web of lies around her photo, but now she鈥檚 resurfaced to tell her story.
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5. Rob: 鈥楥ovid was a hoax, and so is the war鈥�—War on Truth
Tue 29 Mar 2022
They didn鈥檛 believe Covid was real - and now they think the war in Ukraine is staged.
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4. One Baby, Three Photos, and a Web of Lies—War on Truth
Thu 24 Mar 2022
A pregnant woman injured in the bombing of a maternity hospital was attacked again online.
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3. Masha: The Influencer Who is a Secret Weapon—War on Truth
Fri 18 Mar 2022
How a Eurovision host and other stars are helping Ukraine fight an information war.
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2. Maxim: Homeless and Trolled—War on Truth
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Maxim's home was destroyed, but he never expected to be called a liar.
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1. Kristina: 鈥楳y cousin thinks we鈥檙e bombing ourselves鈥�—War on Truth
Mon 14 Mar 2022
What do you do when your relative refuses to believe her country is attacking yours?
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Introducing... War on Truth—War on Truth
Fri 11 Mar 2022
What鈥檚 fake, what鈥檚 real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine.
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10. Light and Dark—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
What does the story of Gary Matthews tell us about the world now?
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9. The Conspiracist Mindset—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Debunking stereotypes about those who fall for conspiracy theories.
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8. Tracking the Timeline—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
What did Gary鈥檚 online life look like?
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6. Tristan's Quest—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Seeking to understand what happened, Gary鈥檚 cousin returns to Shrewsbury.
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5. Reflections in the Glass—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
After Gary鈥檚 death, the information battle heats up.
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4. Charlie—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Marianna meets the man who ran the Facebook group Gary was in before he died.
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2. Fleeing a Virus—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 21 Feb 2022
How did Gary get pulled towards conspiracies?
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Introducing... Death by Conspiracy?—Death by Conspiracy?
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Gary Matthews was drawn to conspiracies about Covid - until he caught the virus, and died.
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Introducing... Why Do You Hate Me? USA—Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Sat 14 Sep 2024
Marianna Spring investigates the online phenomena that could influence the election.
