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March 29, 2019

Anything Can Be Anything

People connecting the dots that maybe should not be connected.

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Matt Chase

Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.

Prologue

Prologue

Host Ira Glass talks to producer Zoe Chace about what she learned about the President and conspiracy theories at a Trump rally. (9 minutes)




By

Zoe Chace
Act One

Show Me State of Mind

Writer Jelani Cobb travels to Missouri to talk to people in Ferguson about the troubling deaths of six activists there. (24 minutes)
 

By

Jelani Cobb
Act Two

The Red Menace Hits the Crimson Tide

A Democrat in Alabama watches helplessly as Russian internet bots play dirty with the 2016 election. But a year later, those same tactics inspire him to organize an election conspiracy of his own. Producer Ben Calhoun has the story. (23 minutes)

By

Ben Calhoun

Song:

“From Russia With Love” by Matt Monro

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