The Trojan Horse Affair - Trailer

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

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."

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0:00.0	Hey, serial listeners, Sarah Canak here, to announce that we have got a new show.
0:04.8	It's called the Trojan Horse Affair, and it's great.
0:07.9	I know this because, well, of course, I've heard all the episodes,
0:11.6	and because I've been editing it for more than a year now,
0:14.7	which involves a lot of arguing and laughing and shaking of fists
0:19.0	the whole tussle of investigating a mystery alongside the reporters.
0:23.2	And the reporters, well, one is Brian Reed,
0:25.8	whom you might already know as the host of our hugely popular podcast,
0:28.9	S-town. And the other guy you probably haven't heard of,
0:32.1	because he's a brand new talent. His name is Hamza Syed.
0:35.2	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,
0:41.6	classic mystery, which, like all good mysteries,
0:44.6	ends up exploring way more than first meets the eye.
0:47.9	The Trojan Horse Affair unfolds in eight episodes.
0:50.8	You can listen to all of them now, so please subscribe on your podcast app.
0:55.2	The Trojan Horse Affair. In the meantime, here's a trailer.
0:59.4	I happen to be in Birmingham England one night
1:01.7	when this journalism student came up to me at an event.
1:04.8	He was talking fast, like I might walk away any second.
1:07.4	There's a tsunami that hit Birmingham.
1:09.2	Birmingham does not get national attention.
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