Disinformation
The Digital Human. Series 16, Snake Oil. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski explores why science is being drowned out by Snake Oil online.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Conspiracy Politics. Audio, 28 minutes
Are we living in a golden age of political conspiracy theories?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. The War for Normal. Audio, 28 minutes
How influencers are trying - and succeeding - in changing our world views
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. You Can Handle The Truth. Audio, 50 minutes
Can children, if taught properly, become the firewall against alternative facts?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
More or Less. Economics of Overbooking. Audio, 26 minutes
Why airlines take a bet that you won't show for your flight.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Eye of the Storm. Airport bomb tweeter. Audio, 15 minutes
Fake bomb tweeter Paul Chambers tells Emma Barnett about the battle to clear his name.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
More or Less. How Deadly Is Ebola? Audio, 28 minutes
Tim Harford scrutinises claims made about the outbreak. Plus guide dogs, prisons and ATOS.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 5, Whispers. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski asks if the the digital world has ushered in an age of misinformation.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 4, Fictions. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about bending the truth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 3, Mischief. Audio, 30 minutes
On April Fool's Day, Aleks examines if mischief is an essential part of the online world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year