By some estimates, 15 per cent of Americans believe in QAnon, the conspiracy movement connected to the storming of the US Capitol in January this year. QAnon can be all-consuming, ending relationships and splitting families. So what's it like to climb back out of its embrace?

RN Presents - Myths of War

04 | This Much Is True — Getting Out

Alex's bible classes started taking over his life — then he discovered who was really running them. Emma's mum went from crystals to a clique that believes in aliens and past lives. And Tim and his dad fell into QAnon together, but what happened when one wanted to leave? We find out how cults and conspiracy theories can isolate you from your family, friends, even flatmates. And we hear what it's like to lose a loved one to a dangerous belief system.

03 | This Much Is True — Cults, QAnon and those left behind

Why do people spread information that isn't true on social media? Especially when they know that's what they're doing?

02 | This Much is True — Dream weavers

Equality is for ugly losers. Feminism is cancer. #submissivehousewife. Welcome to the world of tradwives, a movement with two distinct subcultures: one wholesome, one harmful. For many, it's about cooking from scratch, caring for children, and getting back to nature. But there's also an insidious side. Scrolling #tradwife on social media exposes a loose thread in an otherwise tightly knit image of happy family life. Pull the thread, and ugly things reveal themselves

01 | This Much Is True — Tradwife rabbit hole

What do you believe? There’s some very weird stuff out there. From fringe ideas to full-blown conspiracy theories, we dive into the rabbit hole to find out why it’s so human to fall for them. We hear what motivates those who spread misinformation and what is it like for the families when someone they love goes all in on a cult. We meet people who got out of QAnon and learn how to immunise against false information.  Begins August 22 at 8am. Listen for free on the ABC listen app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your podcasts.

INTRODUCING — This Much Is True

In 1789, a disease tore through Aboriginal communities around Sydney Cove, or Warrane, leaving dead bodies floating in the harbour, and scattered along the shorelines. Some think that this outbreak was a fire that was deliberately lit.

08 | Patient Zero: First Outbreak

A six-year old boy in Papua New Guinea wakes up one day and is suddenly unable to stand by himself. Less than a year later, children in three other Asia Pacific nations are experiencing the same alarming symptoms. A disease that was eradicated from these countries is back -- and it appears to be spreading.

07 | Patient Zero: Back From The Brink

You’re a doctor faced with a dilemma: your patient isn’t responding to treatment. In fact, they’re getting worse. You run through a list of what might be wrong, but nothing seems to fit. And then suddenly -- whatever is wrong appears to be spreading. It’s a race against time, and a medical mystery that only a seasoned disease detective can solve.

06 | Patient Zero: Ticking Time Bomb

A sleepy suburb in Brisbane is the scene of a gruesome disease outbreak, where the streets literally run with blood.

05 | Patient Zero: Spillover In Suburbia

From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, each episode of the brand-new ABC podcast Days Like These introduces you to one regular human as they live through something wild. With a team of outstanding reporters and producers, Days Like These delivers instantly classic Aussie stories with humour, curiosity and buckets of empathy. Subscribe for free in your podcast app of choice, and a fresh episode will drop into your feed every Wednesday.

INTRODUCING — Days Like These

This is the big one. The history we’re living. From Melbourne to Munich, Lombardy to Wuhan and all the way back again: this episode is about what happened when we faced those first coronavirus cases. Where things went well, where they didn’t — and whether there’s anything we could have done to stop it.

04 | Patient Zero: How We Got Here

Three transplant patients die within a week of each other and alarm bells start ringing.

03 | Patient Zero: The December Transplant

A junior doctor uncovers a mystery that rewrites the story of a famous epidemic — and we learn the troubling origins of 'patient zero' as a concept.

02 | Patient Zero: Basement Files

Disease is spreading in the wake of a natural disaster on the Caribbean nation of Haiti — and everyone thinks they know where it's coming from…

01 | Patient Zero: The Shit Found Me

RN Presents brings you the best short feature and documentary series from the ABC’s Radio National network. The current series is Myths of War, a search for the truth in Australian military history and exploration of why we sometimes believe the opposite.

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