About this season
Hamish Macdonald wants to know what happens if we lose our faith in facts. We are all navigating a digital ecosystem where truth and lies can be indistinguishable, and where information is created - at scale - to change what we believe, how we behave and who we vote for.
Episodes (3)
1. How Big Tech Is Making Fools of Us
Aired 24 March 2026 • 49 min
Are you being fooled by disinformation? Hamish Macdonald examines that question as he meets with a range of participants, tech experts, nerds and disruptors to discover what's happening to our brains and belief systems.
2. Disinformation versus Democracy
Aired 31 March 2026 • 49 min
Disinformation campaigns prove shockingly innovative in this investigation of digital deception on the international stage - from Paris to the Philippines. We see how, when truth is under attack, democracy is weakened.
3. The Truth According to AI
Aired 7 April 2026 • 47 min
Almost all of us are now engaging with AI, whether we know it or not. Hamish Macdonald investigates where this march, into a largely unregulated AI future, might land us.