Marianna in Conspiracyland 1: 3. Trestle Tables for Truth
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BBC
2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Where does all the anger come from? As Marianna delves further down the rabbit-hole, she finds herself in the alternative medicine clinic of one Totnes’ movement’s figureheads. He is one of the people behind a conspiracy-theory group in the town called the New World Alliance who are key to organising monthly rallies in the town and distributing The Light. Curiously Marianna finds herself invited along to one of the rallies to learn more about it and the people within it.
Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian Roberts
New episodes released every few days. If you're in the UK, listen to the whole series first on BBC Sounds bbc.in/42x5sO5
And please get in touch with Marianna by emailing at: mariannainconspiracyland@bbc.co.uk.
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| 0:00.0 | An early start here. |
| 0:02.7 | It's time to kick off. |
| 0:04.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:05.8 | What a line-up. |
| 0:07.2 | Oh, thanks very much. |
| 0:08.2 | We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:10.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:12.2 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:14.1 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:17.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:19.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:20.2 | Packed with personality. |
| 0:23.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:27.8 | You're about to listen to Mariana in Conspiracy Land with me, Mariana Spring. |
| 0:33.7 | New episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:37.7 | But if you're in the UK, the whole series is available right now, first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:47.2 | It's a golden Saturday in Totness, and it's only if you look hard that you'll start to spot the clues. |
| 0:55.3 | Beyond the bustling market with stalls selling fudge and intricate embroidered blankets, |
| 1:00.8 | environmental activists with leaflets and fluorescent orange jackets, |
| 1:05.2 | you'll spot a bundle of newspapers piled on the pavement |
| 1:09.5 | and plastic yellow signs being propped up against walls. |
| 1:13.9 | One reads, if you haven't been bad from social media, you ain't been posting causes for concern. |
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