Nancy Guthrie, TikTok sleuths, and Starmer's cringeposting era
Top Comment
BBC
4.0 • 545 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Almost six weeks since the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie (the 84-year-old mother of Today show host, Savannah Guthrie) the case which has shocked America remains unsolved. It's also led to a host of online amateur sleuths broadcasting their own investigations to a mass audience on TikTok, with many descending on Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona. Marianna has reached out to some of the people posting to discuss their motives, the issue of misinformation and the risk of undermining an active investigation.
And, as TikTok montages from the official account of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attract criticism and ridicule, why do established politicians often struggle to thrive on the platform? Matt has been getting the perspective of the strategists behind some of the most successful political campaigns on social media.
Top Comment is hosted by Marianna Spring and Matt Shea. The series producer is Laurie Kalus. The social producer is Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. The editor is Justine Lang. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:06.7 | A group of men ran in with machetes. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Livy Haydock, and from BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 live, this is gangster. |
| 0:16.7 | The story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:19.2 | The scene of the killing near a Chinese bookshop is being flooded with detectives. |
| 0:23.1 | Welcome to the world of the triads. |
| 0:25.7 | If the triads are coming out of you, you're done. |
| 0:27.5 | Where loyalty is sworn in blood. |
| 0:30.9 | Gangster. |
| 0:31.8 | The story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:33.6 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | You know the Kier Stormer video |
| 0:38.1 | With the dire straits |
| 0:39.6 | Yes |
| 0:40.2 | And the F-35 jets |
| 0:41.3 | Yes |
| 0:41.7 | That's been deleted from his TikTok |
| 0:43.6 | Has it? |
| 0:44.3 | I was trying to pull it up |
| 0:45.6 | And it's not there anymore |
| 0:46.6 | Oh wow |
| 0:47.4 | Felt cute |
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