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Andrew Tate is blaming the Matrix again

The influencer and his brother could face extradition to the UK

23 Jul 2026,31 mins,

Erling Haaland, crypto billionaires, and the foxes incident

Could blockchain replace the government?

16 Jul 2026,39 mins,

Solo-maxxing and the femosphere (live at Crossed Wires)

Inside the lives of femcels, tradwives, and loneliness influencers

09 Jul 2026,49 mins,

Gabriel Shemirani on medical misinfo and rejecting Conspiracyland

The dangers of unregulated health advice on social media

03 Jul 2026,31 mins,

Restore Britain, Merlin the duck, and FIFA's content farm

We speak to the director behind the emerging party's social campaigns

25 Jun 2026,34 mins,

Agartha explained, and hot girls revolt on BookTok

A controversial trademark has enraged literary influencers

18 Jun 2026,30 mins,

Belfast, Henry Nowak, and how Grok is supercharging misinfo

Platforms are facing scrutiny over content inciting violence

11 Jun 2026,35 mins,

Is Hasan Piker NSFW now? And Tung Tung's generational run

The Twitch streamer has been denied entry into the UK

05 Jun 2026,30 mins,

Sleuth wars, incels in STEM, and just want Harambe back

The deaths of three sisters have led to rampant speculation online

29 May 2026,25 mins,

Why you're wrong about Palantir, and TL;DR Tolkien

The mysterious tech giant sparking online backlash

22 May 2026,27 mins,

BONUS: Taylor Lorenz says "don't blame social media"

Many western countries are pursuing stricter internet regulation

19 May 2026,41 mins

Decline porn (part II), VPN patriotism, and Charli XCX's finsta drop

How coordinated foreign accounts are amplifying anti-immigrant rhetoric

15 May 2026,25 mins

Dare Market, hantavirus, and wtf is going on at JPMorgan?

Meet the founder of the website being compared to Black Mirror

08 May 2026,33 mins,

Shooting conspiracies, breakup texts, and Dana White's cortisol spike

Behind the false claims that recent assassination attempts were 'staged'

01 May 2026,26 mins,

BONUS: Live at Maida Vale Studios

Highlights from our appearance at BBC Castfest

28 Apr 2026,28 mins

Haley Beck explained, and the crypto operation hijacking the BBC

The sister of an influencer is facing serious allegations

24 Apr 2026,22 mins

Coachella, GRWM fakers, and Justin Bieber is chronically online

Why the California festival is known as the 'Influencer Olympics'

17 Apr 2026,24 mins

Iran, slopaganda, and the lego-inspired creator behind it all

Explosive Media are accused of working for the Iranian government

11 Apr 2026,25 mins

Misogyny, boomers, and China just got Krissed

How AI is supercharging online abuse towards women

03 Apr 2026,29 mins

Meta, YouTube, and a damning addiction verdict

The companies were found liable in a landmark California case

27 Mar 2026,29 mins

Whistleblowers, dolphin memes, and a million dollar toilet

The algorithmic arms race driving the spread of harmful content

20 Mar 2026,30 mins

Nancy Guthrie, TikTok sleuths, and Starmer's cringeposting era

Influencers have descended on the Arizona home of the missing 84-year-old

13 Mar 2026,30 mins

School wars, Dubai's crisis PR, and is Fabrizio cancelled?

How phantom trends cause real-world hysteria

06 Mar 2026,27 mins

Kalshi, Polymarket, and gamifying the future

Prediction markets have exploded online but they're inviting scrutiny.

27 Feb 2026,34 mins

Decline porn explained, and why Clavicular is misunderstood

Episode 1 of Top Comment is here.

20 Feb 2026,31 mins,

Introducing... Top Comment

We talk through the stories behind your social media feed.

19 Feb 2026,1 min

Marianna in Conspiracyland 2

1. The Dove and the Pigeon

What Happened to Paloma?

30 Jun 2025,32 mins,

Marianna in Conspiracyland 2

2. Conspiracyland at home

Could the answer lie in the past?

07 Jul 2025,29 mins,

Marianna in Conspiracyland 2

3. Down the cancer conspiracy rabbit hole

What are patients seeing on social media?

14 Jul 2025,30 mins,

Marianna in Conspiracyland 2

4. The Archaeologists

Are we equipped to deal with a rising tide of misinformation?

21 Jul 2025,22 mins