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Season 2025 Episode 18 - Cancer Conspiracy Theories: Why Did Our Sister Die?
Paloma Shemirani was just 23 when she died from cancer in 2024. She had rejected chemotherapy in favour of alternative treatments. Her brothers say that decision was influenced by their mother Kate Shemirani, a vocal British conspiracy theorist who shares misinformation about cancer. She disputes their account. So what really happened? Through testimony from family, friends and experts, Marianna Spring investigates Paloma's case and the rise of health conspiracy theories on social media following the pandemic. Are social media companies’ algorithms pushing potentially harmful content at vulnerable patients – and are anti-medicine ideas going mainstream?
Episodes in Season 2025
E-Bikes: The Battle for Our Streets
29 min
Weight Loss Jabs and the NHS
29 min
Should We Still Be Working from Home?
28 min
Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green
29 min
Britain’s Mouldy Homes
29 min
The Southport Attack
58 min
Trump, Ukraine and Europe on the Edge
29 min
The Day Los Angeles Burned
29 min
Lockdown Kids: Five Years On
29 min
Fixing The NHS: What Will It Take?
29 min
My Online Stalker
29 min
Did Lloyds Bank Fail My Business?
29 min
The Truth about Baby Food Pouches
29 min
Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes
59 min
The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs
29 min
Is Britain Broke?
29 min
Funfairs: How Safe Are They?
29 min
Cancer Conspiracy Theories: Why Did Our Sister Die?
29 min
Trump, Israel and the War on Iran
29 min
Undercover Estate Agent
59 min
Fighting Cyber Criminals
29 min
Britain’s Ketamine Crisis
29 min
Why I Joined a Riot
29 min
Lucy Letby: Who to Believe?
59 min
The £170 Million Diamond Scam
29 min
Fighting the Cocaine Cartels
29 min
Trump and Starmer: The Special Relationship?
29 min
Gaza: Dying for Food
29 min
The Truth About Asylum Hotels
29 min
Undercover in the Police
59 min
Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge
58 min
The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes
57 min
The King of Jordan and the Children of Gaza
29 min
Trump and the Tech Titans
59 min
The Fall of Prince Andrew
29 min
Britain and China: Following the Money
29 min
The Truth About Forever Chemicals
29 min
The Pothole Problem
29 min
Evri: Where’s My Parcel?
29 min
