Podcast Episodes

6. The Inquest

Season 7 Episode 6

Can Coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?

It’s been more than a year since Paloma Shemirani died after rejecting chemotherapy in favour of alternative methods. Her brother Gabriel blames the beliefs…

Published on 9 hours ago

5. A collective immune system

Season 7 Episode 5

Can people fight back against medical misinformation? In the months after Paloma’s death, her brothers say they want to prevent other deaths, and they believe social media companies should take stron…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

4. The Archaeologists

Season 7 Episode 4

Are we equipped to deal with a rising tide of misinformation? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how safeguarding procedures work and how social services…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

3. Down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole

Season 7 Episode 3

What are cancer patients seeing on social media? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring goes down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole to find out. She returns to the days P…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

2. Conspiracyland at home

Season 7 Episode 2

Could the answer lie in the past? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent, Marianna Spring, continues investigating what happened to Paloma Shemirani. She speaks to Paloma’s brothers to s…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

1. The Dove and the Pigeon

Season 7 Episode 1

What happened to Paloma? Aged 22, Paloma Shemirani has her whole life ahead of her. She’s recently graduated, moved into a flat and found a job. But just days before Christmas in 2023 she receives ba…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Introducing... Diddy on Trial

Season 6 Episode 6

From starting Bad Boy Records in 1993 and signing the Notorious BIG, to becoming a billionaire business mogul, through to the recent federal charges. Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty traces Diddy’s histor…

Published on 8 months ago

Americast: Why Trump Won (and Why Harris Lost)

Season 6 Episode 8

In this bonus episode, the Americast team gets together for an election inquest to examine what went right and wrong. Is Joe Biden to blame for Harris’ loss? Or did something else cause the VP to und…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

5. Fandom Frenzies: Who’s afraid of little old us?

Season 6 Episode 6

In Why Do You Hate Me? USA, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring is investigating how what’s happening online can shape the 2024 presidential election. In this episode,…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

4. Doxxed and Blocked: ‘We’re distressed about war in the Middle East and now trolls are after us.'

Season 6 Episode 5

Few topics have caused as much division online as the deepening war in the Middle East. In this episode, Marianna is in New York investigating the experiences of students targeted on social media. Th…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago