Marianna in Conspiracyland 1: 5. Follow The Money
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BBC
2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Who is funding this UK conspiracy theory newspaper? Flicking through the pages of The Light, Marianna is drawn to the adverts that populate its back pages. After the face-to-face encounter with the paper’s editor Darren she has more questions for the people involved in funding the paper. The advertisers. She manages to track down one: Iain, a property developer in Glastonbury. The two of them discuss wizards, goddesses, capital punishment and what motivates him to promote his business in The Light.
Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Series producer: Emma Close Senior news editor: Sam Bonham
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. |
| 0:24.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm flicking through one recent edition of the light paper. |
| 0:35.9 | Not to read the articles this time, but to look at the adverts that populate its back pages. |
| 0:42.0 | After my face-to-face encounter with the paper's editor, Darren, I have more questions for the |
| 0:47.0 | people involved in funding this paper, his advertisers. |
| 0:51.3 | There are jewelry makers, tarot readers, water purifiers, alternative clinics, even blankets |
| 0:57.0 | that claim to protect against radiation. |
| 0:59.0 | These are businesses based all around the country. |
| 1:02.0 | I tried to speak to several but have no luck. |
| 1:05.0 | I met with silence, sometimes anger and last-minute cancellations. |
| 1:09.0 | And then I spot one for some holiday cottages available in Glastonbury, |
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