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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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  • 16 episodes
  • Updated April 15

Episodes16

Newest first
  • April 15 · 28 min

    6. F For Fake

    Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?

  • April 8 · 28 min

    5. Doctor’s Orders

    Who do you trust - the BBC or a cardiologist with millions of followers?

  • March 18 · 28 min

    2. Kayfabe Country

    Could wrestling really be the birthplace of modern fakery? Jamie Bartlett investigates.

  • March 4 · 2 min

    Trailer

    Is fake the new real? Jamie Bartlett investigates.

  • Mar 25, 2024 · 32 min

    8. I Sung of Chaos

    Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?

  • Mar 18, 2024 · 30 min

    7. Rest of World

    A professor is murdered in Ethiopia. His son believes that Meta is partly responsible.

  • Mar 11, 2024 · 31 min

    6. Arbiters of Truth

    Social media CEOs stand at a crossroads. Will they make their platforms safer?

  • Mar 4, 2024 · 29 min

    5. The Vortex

    A change to an algorithm in 2016 has huge consequences.

  • Feb 26, 2024 · 31 min

    4. Flood the Zone

    2016 is a big election year. But something is going very wrong online.

  • Feb 19, 2024 · 28 min

    3. Are You Not Engaged?

    At the high point of technological optimism, the vision starts to disintegrate.

  • Feb 12, 2024 · 29 min

    2. Blitzscaling

    A young tech CEO faces a dilemma. His solution will change the internet forever.

  • 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.