Marianna in Conspiracyland Podcast
The home of Marianna Spring's social media and disinformation investigations for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4, with new series "Marianna in Conspiracyland 2".
Episodes to download
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5. A collective immune system—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2
Last Monday
Can people fight back against medical misinformation?
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4. The Archaeologists—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Are we equipped to deal with a rising tide of misinformation?
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3. Down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2
Mon 14 Jul 2025
What are patients seeing on social media?
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2. Conspiracyland at home—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Could the answer lie in the past?
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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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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.
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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—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Sun 6 Aug 2023
Can you hold papers sharing disinformation and hate to account?
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Bonus: Frontlines of Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
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—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What will happen next in Conspiracyland?
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9. People Like Us—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
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—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Could people in the UK conspiracy theory movement ever become violent?
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7. After An Attempted Coup—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What can the UK learn from Germany?
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6. German Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Why are journalists being attacked in Germany?
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5. Follow The Money—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Who is funding this conspiracy theory newspaper?
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4. The Conspiracy Theory Newspaper—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Who is the man behind The Light?
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3. Trestle Tables for Truth—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Where does all the anger come from?
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2. Down The Rabbit Hole—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What do those in the movement believe? And why?
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1. Entering Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 12 Jun 2023
What鈥檚 happening in the Devon town of Totnes?
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Introducing... Marianna in Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1
Mon 5 Jun 2023
What happened to the people who fell down the rabbit hole?
