Marianna in Conspiracyland 1: 7. After An Attempted Coup
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2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
What can the UK learn from Germany? In Berlin, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring meets a whistleblower who stopped writing for a conspiracy theory newspaper in his country because he feared it was becoming more radical. Marianna uncovers more about the connections between the German paper and a failed coup attempt, and unpicks what it can tell us about our own conspiracy theory movement in the UK.
Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk, Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producers: Graham Puddifoot, Tom Brignell, Neva Missirian 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 |
| 0:21.6 | BBC Sounds music radio podcasts |
| 0:27.6 | you cannot ask the question is it okay to get a debt penalty for those who made this COVID measures |
| 0:34.6 | what are you doing I cannot give my name for that newspaper anymore. |
| 0:41.3 | This is Marcus. He's talking about a conspiracy theory newspaper in Berlin, |
| 0:48.3 | one that we know the light paper in the UK is in contact with. |
| 0:53.3 | Marcus used to be a columnist at the German paper in the UK is in contact with. |
| 0:58.7 | Marcus used to be a columnist at the German paper called Democratic Resistance. |
| 1:04.7 | Now he's contacted me because he's worried about the direction, the paper and its editor are taking. |
| 1:06.9 | Do you think he is an extremist? |
| 1:08.6 | His wording is at the moment the wording of an extremist, yes. |
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