The Trojan Horse Affair

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4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, a letter emerged detailing an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate schools in Birmingham, England. It became known as The Trojan Horse Affair. When journalism student Hamza Syed met podcaster Brian Reed, he told him about the scandal and the unexplored question of the author’s true motives. They teamed up to investigate where the ham-fisted letter came from in the first place - and if there was no extremist plot, what was the writer actually hoping to achieve? From Serial Productions and The New York Times comes “The Trojan Horse Affair.” We follow Hamza and Brian’s frustrating journey to explore whether the letter was more about a labor dispute than an extremist conspiracy - and would proving its mundane origins upend the official narrative used as a pretext for a lasting, hardline government response?

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Writers on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
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0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Writers on.
0:23.6	Crime Writers on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:27.9	pop culture, other podcasts.
0:30.0	And on this episode, a letter outlining a plot to radicalize British schools led to
0:35.1	ruined careers, national scandal and hardline surveillance policies.
0:40.2	Was there actually an extremist plot or was it written for a different reason?
0:45.0	We'll discuss the podcast, the Trojan Horse Affair from serial productions and The New
0:49.8	York Times.
0:51.4	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
0:56.2	These are their stories podcast, My Funny Valentine.
0:59.2	I love of my life, Kevin Flynn.
1:00.6	Hello, Kevin.
1:01.6	Happy Valentine's Day, Rebecca.
1:03.2	Thanks, Kevin.
1:04.2	Thank you for that awesome Valentine's gift you got for me.
1:07.0	This welcome is in Louis Vucard.
1:12.2	Also where this is private investigator, certified pet detective, resident cat lady and author
1:17.4	of Dead on Deadline, Lara Bricker.
1:19.9	Hello Lara.
1:20.9	Good evening, Rebecca.
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