Everything Is Fake

Everything Is Fake

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.

Everything Is Fake

Episodes (12 available)

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 5. The Vortex

A change to an algorithm in 2016 has huge consequences.

26 Feb 2024

29 mins

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 7. Rest of World

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

18 Mar 2024

31 mins

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 6. Arbiters of Truth

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

11 Mar 2024

31 mins

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 4. Flood the Zone

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

26 Feb 2024

31 mins

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 3. Are You Not Engaged?

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

19 Feb 2024

29 mins

Everything Is Fake, The Gatekeepers, 2. Blitzscaling

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

12 Feb 2024

29 mins

Everything Is Fake, Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares, Trailer

Is fake the new real? Jamie Bartlett investigates.

4 Mar 2026

2 mins

Everything Is Fake, Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares, 1. Fake it. Make it. Podcast it.

People mistake Jamie Bartlett for Steven Bartlett. Jamie wants to know why.

11 Mar 2026

29 mins

Everything Is Fake, Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares, 2. Kayfabe Country

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

17 Mar 2026

29 mins

Everything Is Fake, Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares, 3. My Truth, Your Truth, and Anything But the Truth

‘It’s not a lie if you believe it.’ Jamie Bartlett on how that became the new norm.

17 Mar 2026

29 mins

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