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Shooting conspiracies, breakup texts, and Dana White's cortisol spike
May 1, 2026
26m 01s
BONUS: Live at Maida Vale Studios
Apr 28, 2026
28m 09s
Haley Beck explained, and the crypto operation hijacking the BBC
Apr 24, 2026
22m 04s
Coachella, GRWM fakers, and Justin Bieber is chronically online
Apr 17, 2026
24m 15s
Iran, slopaganda, and the lego-inspired creator behind it all
Apr 11, 2026
25m 08s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/1/26 | Shooting conspiracies, breakup texts, and Dana White's cortisol spike✨ | conspiracy theoriesLyme disease+4 | — | AI songsBBC | — | conspiracy theoriesLyme disease+4 | — | 26m 01s | |
| 4/28/26 | BONUS: Live at Maida Vale Studios✨ | internet culturereporting challenges+3 | — | BBC | Maida Vale Studios | Top Commentinternet culture+5 | — | 28m 09s | |
| 4/24/26 | Haley Beck explained, and the crypto operation hijacking the BBC✨ | Haley Beck caseTikTok coverage+3 | — | BBCTruth social+1 | — | Haley BeckNoah Beck+5 | — | 22m 04s | |
| 4/17/26 | Coachella, GRWM fakers, and Justin Bieber is chronically online✨ | Coachellainfluencer culture+4 | — | Surrey Police | South KoreaEpsom+1 | Coachellainfluencer+7 | — | 24m 15s | |
| 4/11/26 | Iran, slopaganda, and the lego-inspired creator behind it all✨ | Iranslopaganda+5 | Mr Explosive | Iranian governmentChurch of Scientology+2 | — | slopagandaIran+6 | — | 25m 08s | |
| 4/3/26 | Misogyny, boomers, and China just got Krissed✨ | misogynyAI+4 | Hannah Spencer | GrokBBC | ChinaReddit+1 | misogynyAI+6 | — | 29m 30s | |
| 3/27/26 | Meta, YouTube, and a damning addiction verdict✨ | social media addictionpersuasive design+3 | Anna Lembke | MetaYouTube+3 | — | social mediaaddiction+7 | — | 29m 25s | |
| 3/20/26 | Whistleblowers, dolphin memes, and a million dollar toilet✨ | social media algorithmswhistleblowers+4 | — | BBCyour ai slop bores me | — | algorithmic arms racesocial media giants+5 | — | 30m 55s | |
| 3/13/26 | Nancy Guthrie, TikTok sleuths, and Starmer's cringeposting era✨ | Nancy Guthrie disappearanceTikTok investigations+4 | — | BBC | Tucson, Arizona | Nancy GuthrieTikTok+4 | — | 30m 32s | |
| 3/6/26 | School wars, Dubai's crisis PR, and is Fabrizio cancelled?✨ | school violencesocial media+4 | — | Emirati governmentBBC | DubaiUK+2 | school warsDubai crisis+5 | — | 27m 41s | |
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| 2/27/26 | Kalshi, Polymarket, and gamifying the future✨ | prediction marketsregulation+4 | — | Ikea soft toyKalshi+1 | London | prediction marketsKalshi+6 | — | 34m 40s | |
| 2/20/26 | Decline porn explained, and why Clavicular is misunderstood✨ | decline pornAI videos+4 | — | BBC | LondonSan Francisco+1 | decline pornAI videos+7 | — | 31m 38s | |
| 2/19/26 | ![]() Introducing... Top Comment | In this brand new weekly show, BBC correspondent Marianna Spring and investigative journalist Matt Shea talk through the stories behind your social media feed. From global events that go viral, to bizarre moments that spill into real life, Marianna and Matt unpack the trends, theories and digital chaos shaping our world. | 1m 58s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 6. The Inquest | Can Coroners' courts cope with conspiracy? It’s been more than a year since Paloma Shemirani died after rejecting chemotherapy in favour of alternative methods. Her brother Gabriel blames the beliefs of their mum Kate - who is a prominent British conspiracy theorist - for his sister’s death. This summer, he’s found himself face to face with his mum for the first time since Paloma died at an inquest into how and why she lost her life. After investigating - and revealing - what happened to Paloma for the first time almost four months ago, the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring is back following the twists and turns of an inquest that has felt like Conspiracyland colliding with the real world. In the coroner’s court she see’s medics questioned by conspiracy theorists and tense family feuds unfolding in real-time. Could Paloma have been saved? And can society handle Conspiracyland? | 29m 37s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 5. A collective immune system | Can people fight back against medical misinformation? In the months after Paloma’s death, her brothers say they want to prevent other deaths, and they believe social media companies should take stronger action against medical misinformation. Meanwhile her Mum, Kate Shemirani, takes to social media to share a different account of her death. She has promoted a range of unproven theories on social media and podcasts about how Paloma was murdered by medical staff. The BBC has not seen evidence to support this. The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring interrogates whether and how some politicians and social media companies are emboldening anti-medicine conspiracy theorists, and speaks to a former cancer surgeon and patient trying to bust cancer myths online. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Sound Engineer: Tony Churnside Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. | 24m 09s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 4. The Archaeologists | Are we equipped to deal with a rising tide of misinformation? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring investigates how safeguarding procedures work and how social services and hospitals are trying to deal with the mainstreaming of medical misinformation. She speaks to a social worker who says it’s time for the law to be reviewed in England and finds out more about what happened to Paloma in the months after she left hospital. Were there missed opportunities to help her?Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Story Editor: Matt Willis Sound Engineer: Tony Churnside Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. Watch Cancer Conspiracy Theories on iPlayer now. | 22m 58s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 3. Down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole | What are cancer patients seeing on social media? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring goes down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole to find out. She returns to the days Paloma spent in hospital after her cancer diagnosis to analyse the advice Paloma was being given by medical staff versus the advice she was receiving from alternative practioners and her Mum, Kate Shemirani. Marianna investigates Paloma’s mum’s platform as a conspiracy theory influencer and looks at the wider role some social media sites are playing in turbocharging accounts that promote health misinformation. Plus, she speaks to the Vice President of Royal College of Radiologists to understand how harmful content on social media is affecting patients. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Sound Engineer: Tony Churnside Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. | 30m 42s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 2. Conspiracyland at home | Could the answer lie in the past? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent, Marianna Spring, continues investigating what happened to Paloma Shemirani. She speaks to Paloma’s brothers to see if the answers could lie in the house they grew up in. Who is Paloma’s mum - prominent British conspiracy theorist influencer Kate Shemirani - and how did her beliefs evolve and impact Paloma and her siblings? Could her mum’s conspiracy theory views have influenced Paloma’s decision to reject chemotherapy?Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Story Editor: Matt Willis Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. Watch Cancer Conspiracy Theories on iPlayer now. | 29m 32s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 | ![]() Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 1. The Dove and the Pigeon | What happened to Paloma? Aged 22, Paloma Shemirani has her whole life ahead of her. She’s recently graduated, moved into a flat and found a job. But just days before Christmas in 2023 she receives bad news, she has cancer - an aggressive but treatable form of Lymphoma. Despite a good prognosis, Paloma decides - at least initially - to reject chemotherapy. The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring investigates what happened and what this tells us about the mainstreaming of anti-medicine ideas. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Story Editor: Matt Willis Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. | 32m 45s | ||||||
| 10/20/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 5. Fandom Frenzies: Who’s afraid of little old us? | In Why Do You Hate Me? USA, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring is investigating how what’s happening online can shape the 2024 presidential election. In this episode, Marianna goes deep inside the world of a particular kind of social media tribe: the fandom. These groups revolve around the love for celebrities from pop stars like Taylor Swift to billionaire Elon Musk. And now political activists are operating a bit like fandoms to boost the chances of their favourite candidate. So could the social media tactics used by mega fans change the minds of voters in the upcoming election? And can the dedication fandoms inspire exist without trolling and hate? Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordiantor: Katie Morrison | 28m 44s | ||||||
| 10/14/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 4. Doxxed and Blocked: ‘We’re distressed about war in the Middle East and now trolls are after us.' | Few topics have caused as much division online as the deepening war in the Middle East. In this episode, Marianna is in New York investigating the experiences of students targeted on social media. They have been affected by doxxing – where their personal information is shared online triggering racist and misogynistic hate – by people wanting to make a wider political argument. The abuse that they have received has impacted each of their views in different but significant ways and potentially influenced their vote in the US presidential election. Marianna tracks down some of their trolls and confronts one of them.Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Design: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge | 28m 44s | ||||||
| 10/4/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 3. The Fable of the Pikesville Clip: ‘I’ve been burnt by the fire once, so I’ll think twice before posting’ | A headteacher at a school in small American suburb of Baltimore was a prominent member of the local community. But many in the neighbourhood turned on Principal Eric Eiswert, after an audio clip emerged of him appearing to make racist and antisemitic remarks. Except, what no one knew then was that another bombshell would transform what they thought of the headteacher – and of themselves. In this episode of Why Do You Hate Me? USA, Marianna investigates the network of posts and people that can make it so hard to know what’s really going on, even down the street. She explores a new tool at the disposal of conspiracy theorists, trolls, and bad actors at the 2024 presidential election, and interrogates the damage it can cause to tightly-knit communities. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Design: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge | 28m 28s | ||||||
| 9/22/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 2. Counting The Threats: 'I just work in IT – why am I getting threats from election deniers?' | What are the real-world consequences of the belief that almost anything and everything can be staged or rigged – from assassination attempts to elections? In Why Do You Hate Me? USA, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring is investigating how what’s happening online can shape the 2024 presidential election. In this episode, Marianna continues her journey through Colorado to hear about what happens when some people no longer trust systems and institutions – and then send hate to the people they see complicit in unproven plots and conspiracies. She meets the election workers who feared for their safety after Donald Trump and some of his supporters falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen and public officials were overwhelmed with abuse and threats online. Could it possibly get worse this time around? Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge | 28m 20s | ||||||
| 9/22/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 1. Wild Thoughts: 'I hate Trump, she likes him – we both think he staged assassination attempts' | Meet Camille and ‘Wild Mother’. Both women love nature, animals, and the outdoors. Both women also believe the assassination attempts on Donald Trump were staged – but have very different political views. Why do people believe the things they do? And what role do social media sites – and their algorithms – play? In this series, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring travels to the United States to investigate the social media backdrop to the 2024 presidential election and explore the different ways in which what is happening online is influencing the campaign offline. Marianna starts her journey in Colorado, looking at how conspiracy theories have spread so far across the political spectrum in the US. She interrogates the consequences for Camille, ‘Wild Mother’, and the upcoming election. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge | 28m 27s | ||||||
| 9/14/24 | ![]() Why Do You Hate Me? USA: Introducing... Why Do You Hate Me? USA | For the second series of BBC Radio 4’s Why Do You Hate Me, disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring heads to the USA. She investigates the social media backdrop to the presidential election, interrogating different online phenomena and cases of hate – looking at how they could potentially influence the way people vote.Marianna travels from Colorado to Baltimore and New York, tracking down both those harmed and causing harm on social media. She investigates everything from extreme hate targeting officials and students, to online fandoms, deepfakes and corrosive conspiracy theories.Over five episodes, she uncovers why people behave the way they do on social media during a heated presidential race. Each episode exposes the real-world consequences of what happens in this online world and its potential impact on society and democracy. | 3m 41s | ||||||
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