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The Full Fact Podcast episodes

August 28, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - August 28th
Flu deaths vs Covid deaths, the risk of infection in schools, and a Labour MP's claims about tax and asylum seekers - fact checked by our independent and impartial team. Go into the long weekend informed with a three minute Fact Blast!

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3 min
August 21, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - August 21st
TV licenses for asylum seekers, a fake quote going viral, and the true cost of the Track and Trace app. Get a week's worth of our independent, impartial fact checks in a digestible three minute blast.

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August 14, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - August 14th
Flawed polls are on the menu in this week's Fact Blast - seven days of fact checking in a quick three minute dose!

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August 07, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - August 7th
A week of independent, impartial fact checks - in under three minutes. In this week's blast - Minister "misspeaks" on testing figures - Viral egging video was just a yolk - Widely publicised poll was so flawed you couldn't even respond with the correct answer.

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July 31, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - July 31st
Get the right information at a time when good information has never been more important, with our three minute weekly fact blast. This week we go through Dominic Raab's claims quarantine, a viral analogy comparing the Blitz Spirit to mask wearing - and more vaccine misinformation circulating on Facebook.

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July 24, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - July 24th
A week's worth of our fact checks in a three minute blast to keep you up to date going into the weekend. In this week's blast: NHS workers' overtime, The BBC's coverage of Vera Lynn's funeral and inaccurate malnutrition reporting. The Full Fact Podcast will return for a second series soon, until then you can enjoy our short fact blasts every Friday morning!

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4 min
July 17, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - July 17th
A week's worth of our fact checks in a three minute blast to keep you up to date going into the weekend. In this week's blast: face mask effectiveness, Leicester's local lockdown and unrealistic claims from Independent SAGE. The Full Fact Podcast will return for a second series soon!

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3 min
July 10, 2020 Full Fact's Fact Blast - July 10th
A week's worth of our fact checks in a three minute blast to keep you up to date going into the weekend. In this week's blast: coronavirus 'cures,' Facebook 'scams' and Boris Johnson's testing claims. The Full Fact Podcast will return for a second series soon!

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July 03, 2020 The Full Fact Podcast - A Coronavirus Retrospective
What has the coronavirus taught us about misinformation? What patterns have we noticed emerging throughout the pandemic? And what can we learn from bad information spreading in other European nations? (Almost) the entire Full Fact team discuss these questions and more. If you enjoyed this podcast, chip in £10 and support Full Fact's work: fullfact.org/podcast

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20 min
June 26, 2020 The Full Fact Podcast - The State of Fact Checking
The team discuss what makes a Track and Trace app "functional," how to spot a fake Black Lives Matter poster - and why a rumour about hand sanitiser spontaneously combusting spread so quickly. Listen to The Full Fact Podcast every Friday morning.

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We are the UK’s independent charity fighting bad information and bringing you weekly podcasts with our impartial fact checking team. We also release a three minute Fact Blast on Saturdays to keep you…