The Trojan Horse Affair - Trailer

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

Society & Culture, News, True Crime

4.5 • 82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A mysterious letter detailing a supposed Islamist plot to take over schools shocked Britain in 2014. But who wrote it? From Serial Productions and The New York Times, “The Trojan Horse Affair,” an investigation that became bigger than we ever imagined. All eight parts are available now, wherever you get your podcasts. Search "The Trojan Horse Affair." Our newest podcast, “The Idiot” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. To get full access to this and other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey, Syria listeners, Sarah Koenig here to announce that we have got a new show. It's called
0:05.2	The Trojan Horse Affair, and it's great. I know this because, well, of course, I've heard
0:10.4	all the episodes, and because I've been editing it for more than a year now, which involves
0:15.4	a lot of arguing and laughing and shaking a fist the whole tussle of investigating a mystery alongside the reporters.
0:23.4	And the reporters? Well, one is Brian Reed, whom you might already know as the host of our hugely popular podcast, S-Town.
0:29.8	And the other guy you probably haven't heard of because he's a brand new talent. His name is Hamza Syed.
0:35.3	He used to be a doctor before he decided to go to journalism school.
0:38.3	And it was Hamza who brought this incredible story to Brian.
0:41.5	Classic mystery, which, like all good mysteries, ends up exploring way more than first meets the eye.
0:48.1	The Trojan Horse Affair unfolds in eight episodes.
0:50.9	You can listen to all of them now, so please subscribe on your podcast app. The Trojan
0:55.8	Horse Affair. In the meantime, here's a trailer. I happened to be in Birmingham, England one night,
1:01.8	when this journalism student came up to me at an event. He was talking fast, like I might walk away
1:06.9	any second. There was a tsunami that hit Birmingham. Birmingham does not get national attention.
1:11.6	It was a circus, mate.
1:12.6	I can't even describe to you.
1:13.6	His name was Hamza Syed, and he wanted help on his first ever story about a mystery in
1:19.6	Birmingham, his hometown, that no one had ever solved.
1:22.6	It had begun a few years earlier when news of a strange letter exploded in the press.
1:31.2	A leaked letter outlining a plot by hardline Muslims.
1:33.2	The letter looked to be... Well, Hamza, you want to explain this part?
1:35.3	The letter looked to be a secret communicating between Islamic extremists who'd been infiltrating
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