Scam Factories | The Conversation Documentaries podcast

Scam Factories | The Conversation Documentaries

The Conversation Documentaries (formerly The Anthill) is podcast from The Conversation UK. Our documentary series cover everything from science to the environment, politics, culture and economics. We unearth new stories from the world of academia and talk to experts to shed light on some of the big questions of today. The Conversation is a not-for-profit independent media organisation and our journalists work with academics to help share their research knowledge with as many people as possible.

The Conversation Documentaries (formerly The Anthill) is podcast from The Conversation UK. Our documentary series cover everything from science to the environment, politics, culture and economics. We unearth new stories from the world of academia and talk to experts to shed light on some of the big questions of today. The Conversation is a not-for-profit independent media organisation and our journalists work with academics to help share their research knowledge with as many people as possible.

 

#93

Scam Factories Ep 3: Great Escapes

Every day that he was locked up in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, George thought about... more

12 Jun 2025

43 MINS

43:36

12 Jun 2025


#92

Scam Factories Ep 2: Inside the operation

A few weeks after Ben Yeo travelled to Cambodia for what he thought was a job in a casino,... more

12 Jun 2025

38 MINS

38:13

12 Jun 2025


#91

Scam Factories Ep 1: No skills required

Scam factories is a special three-part series taking you inside Southeast Asia's brutal fr... more

12 Jun 2025

32 MINS

32:55

12 Jun 2025


#90

Know Your Place part 5: the real class divide

The neglect of working-class voters in the past few decades has had profound consequences ... more

04 Nov 2024

32 MINS

32:05

04 Nov 2024


#89

Know Your Place part 4: a working class parliament?

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour ... more

28 Oct 2024

29 MINS

29:43

28 Oct 2024


#88

Know Your place part 3: what class means now

In the third part of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, we explo... more

21 Oct 2024

35 MINS

35:03

21 Oct 2024


#87

Know Your Place part 2: a history of class politics

In the second episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, host... more

14 Oct 2024

32 MINS

32:46

14 Oct 2024


#86

Know Your Place part 1: the class shift

In the first episode of our new podcast series Know Your Place: what happened to class in ... more

07 Oct 2024

32 MINS

32:12

07 Oct 2024


#85

Know your place: what happened to class in British politics – trailer

The relationship between class and political preference in Britain used to be clear cut – ... more

24 Sep 2024

02 MINS

02:51

24 Sep 2024


#84

An update and a name change

We’re changing our name, from The Anthill, to The Conversation Documentaries! Over the las... more

17 Sep 2024

02 MINS

02:03

17 Sep 2024


#83

Theory of everything: do we really need one?

The quest for a theory of everything – explaining all the forces and particles in the univ... more

12 Apr 2023

57 MINS

57:19

12 Apr 2023


#82

Will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?

What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an in... more

05 Apr 2023

47 MINS

47:35

05 Apr 2023


#81

Quantum mechanics: does objective reality exist?

It is hard to shake the intuition that there's a real and objective physical world out the... more

30 Mar 2023

52 MINS

52:32

30 Mar 2023