Marianna in Conspiracyland 1: 4. The Conspiracy Theory Newspaper
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BBC
2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Who is the man behind The Light? BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring tracks down the editor of the conspiracy theory newspaper, The Light. His name is Darren and he agrees to meet Marianna in a pub just outside Manchester for a dual interview in which she interviews him for the podcast and he interviews her. What answers will she get about the paper and the man at its helm?
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. |
| 0:08.3 | 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 packed with personality. |
| 0:23.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:28.3 | My name's Darren Nesbitt. I am a musician from Manchester. |
| 0:31.7 | And about 10 years ago, I woke up or realised the fact that we're living in an entirely |
| 0:37.1 | deceptive world. |
| 0:39.0 | Finally, I've found him, the editor of the light conspiracy theory newspaper. |
| 0:45.6 | We're sitting opposite each other in a pub just outside of Manchester, which is Darren's |
| 0:50.9 | home turf. He's agreed to speak to me if I also agree to be interviewed by him. |
| 0:57.5 | This feels unusual, |
| 0:59.1 | but it's becoming more of a trend. |
| 1:01.4 | I'm more than happy to answer any questions |
| 1:03.5 | about my journalism. |
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