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Everything Is Fake

BBC Radio 4

Jamie Bartlett asks why, in so many parts of modern life, fakery is no longer punished - it's rewarded. And why so many of us seem strangely unbothered by it.

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S1 · E15
April 15 · 28 min
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
S1 · E14
April 8 · 28 min
5. Doctor’s Orders
Who do you trust - the BBC or a cardiologist with millions of followers?
S1 · E13
April 1 · 29 min
4. The Lance Armstrong Defence
If everyone is faking it and getting away with it, why wouldn't you?
S1 · E12
March 25 · 29 min
3. My Truth, Your Truth, and Anything But the Truth
‘It’s not a lie if you believe it.’ Jamie Bartlett on how that became the new norm.
S1 · E11
March 18 · 28 min
2. Kayfabe Country
Could wrestling really be the birthplace of modern fakery? Jamie Bartlett investigates.
S1 · E10
March 11 · 28 min
1. Fake it. Make it. Podcast it.
People mistake Jamie Bartlett for Steven Bartlett. Jamie wants to know why.
S1 · E9
March 4 · 2 min
Trailer
Is fake the new real? Jamie Bartlett investigates.
S1 · E8
Mar 25, 2024 · 32 min
8. I Sung of Chaos
Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?
S1 · E7
Mar 18, 2024 · 30 min
7. Rest of World
A professor is murdered in Ethiopia. His son believes that Meta is partly responsible.
S1 · E6
Mar 11, 2024 · 31 min
6. Arbiters of Truth
Social media CEOs stand at a crossroads. Will they make their platforms safer?
S1 · E5
Mar 4, 2024 · 29 min
5. The Vortex
A change to an algorithm in 2016 has huge consequences.
S1 · E4
Feb 26, 2024 · 31 min
4. Flood the Zone
2016 is a big election year. But something is going very wrong online.
S1 · E3
Feb 19, 2024 · 28 min
3. Are You Not Engaged?
At the high point of technological optimism, the vision starts to disintegrate.
S1 · E2
Feb 12, 2024 · 29 min
2. Blitzscaling
A young tech CEO faces a dilemma. His solution will change the internet forever.
S1 · E1
Feb 5, 2024 · 29 min
1. We Are as Gods
A hand-bound book cooked up in the summer of love inspires the pioneers of social media.
Jan 29, 2024 · 3 min
Trailer
The founders of social media conquered the world... and they’re not finished yet.

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