The Curious Case of the Russian Flash Mob at the West Palm Beach Cheesecake Factory

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🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We don’t do breaking news. But when Robert Mueller released his indictment a few days ago, alleging that 13 Russian nationals colluded to disrupt the 2016 elections, we had a lot of questions. Who are these Russian individuals sowing discord? And who are these Americans that were manipulated?? Join us as we follow a trail of likes and tweets that takes us from a Troll Factory to a Cheesecake Factory. This episode was produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen with reporting help from Becca Bressler and Charles Maynes. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate.

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0:00.0	Hey, wait, you're listening.
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0:08.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
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0:14.8	See?
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0:19.2	Hey, this is Chad from Radio Lab.
0:21.0	So we were not planning on releasing a podcast today.
0:24.4	But then Friday happened.
0:26.2	The federal government tonight outlining an elaborate, expensive, and extraordinary assault on U.S. democracy.
0:33.1	13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies accused of a massive effort.
0:37.8	And thus you have been living under Iraq for the past three days, you've probably heard that
0:41.2	the special counsel, Robert Mueller, guy that President Trump keeps accusing of being engaged
0:47.1	in a witch hunt, he has handed down some indictments.
0:50.4	The defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the United States.
0:56.4	They say the Russians were right here in the U.S. too.
0:59.0	The indictment says the Russians tried to create chaos, going so far as to travel to key states.
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