Trending Episodes Episode guide
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Scammed by the fake Chinese police
The con men who threaten to extradite their victims to China if you don鈥檛 pay 鈥渂ail鈥�
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The woman who built an 'aidbot'
蜜芽传媒 Trending speaks to the Lebanese engineer harnessing WhatsApp to deliver aid.
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24/05/2025 GMT
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17/05/2025 GMT
Trending - explaining the stories the world is sharing...
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Trending - explaining the stories the world is sharing...
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Trending - explaining the stories the world is sharing...
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Can Community Notes clean up your feed?
Will Meta鈥檚 move to X-style Community Notes work?
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Quadrobic panic in Russia over craze to dress and walk on all fours like animals
Why Russia is cracking down on the craze to dress as animals and run on all fours
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School for scammers: Inside Nigeria鈥檚 hustle kingdoms
How con artists learn the tricks of their trade at dedicated scamming schools in Nigeria.
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The dark side of music streaming
蜜芽传媒 Trending investigates how fake streams are stealing millions from the music industry.
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Ukraine war: The cost of bearing witness
Open Source analysts and fact-checkers describe the toll of documenting the Ukraine war.
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Passport bros
蜜芽传媒 Trending investigates the impact of 'passport bros' on Medell铆n, Colombia
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Valencia's floods: Engineered weather?
蜜芽传媒 Trending investigates conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods
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The cost of an addiction to Somali TikTok 'battles'
Cash-strapped and verbally abused 鈥� players of the TikTok game taking Somalia by storm.
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Meet the anti-witch hunter
Meet the man who intervenes to protect people accused of witchcraft across Africa.
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Yami Baito: Inside Japan鈥檚 dark part-time jobs
How job postings on social media are luring people into organised crime in Japan.
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The curse of the blessing scam
The female crooks who exploit superstition and family love to swindle other women.
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The Baku initiative?
Is Azerbaijan capitalising on France鈥檚 struggle in the South Pacific?
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An (online) storm in a Philippine rainforest
How a nature reserve in the Philippines got caught in an information battle
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Iran: Woman, life, surveillance
We speak to women targeted by the Iranian government after posting on social media
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Can we live without our phones?
Marianna Spring investigates the impact of social media on teens.
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The scammers who make you kidnap yourself
Why are criminals tricking Chinese foreign students into faking their own kidnapping?
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The American pushing Russian disinformation
An American ex-cop living in Moscow is pumping out messages targeting American voters
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Colombia鈥檚 guerrilla recruitment video problem
Fighters from dissident armed groups in Colombia are using TikTok to recruit youngsters.
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The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial
How a Kenyan farmer became the flag bearer for fossil fuels in Africa
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Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers鈥� protests?
A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?
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Love and deception in the age of AI
How is AI redefining love on Tinder?
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Long Covid: Think yourself well?
蜜芽传媒 Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online.
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The anti-vax candidate?
Will Robert F Kennedy Jr鈥檚 views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?
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Democracy on the brink in Tunisia?
Is social media being used to surveil and suppress debate in Tunisia?
