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Reality Check Podcast: A Weight-Loss Drug Hoax and Russia’s Focus on Armenia
This week’s episode explores how a database vulnerable to manipulation is being used by health hoax sites to draw a false correlation between GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and suicidal thoughts. We also…
Reality Check Podcast: Many Americans Think Trump ‘Staged’ Assassination Attempts; Tucker Carlson’s Pro-Russia Platform
This week’s episode covers a recent NewsGuard/YouGov poll that found that one in four Americans believe Trump “staged” the attempt on his life at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Our AI hosts…
Reality Check Podcast: The ‘Staged’ Press Gala Hoax and a Bogus Cancer Link
This week’s episode covers the BlueAnon conspiracy that the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was orchestrated by the Trump administration, which received more than 90 million views…
Reality Check Podcast: Brands that Fund Health Hoaxes and the Microwaved Hungarian Puppy Claim
This week’s episode covers a JAMA study’s finding that health care-related institutions, ranging from pharmaceutical companies to government health agencies, spent tens of millions in advertising…
Reality Check Podcast: Iran War AI Fakes — and the Backlash Against Reality
This week’s episode covers how misleading content including AI-generated visuals are being weaponized across the Iran conflict — and how that’s reshaping what people trust online. From a recycled…
Reality Check Podcast: Iran Labels Real Videos as AI Hoaxes
This week’s episode covers a twist in the AI misinformation playbook: false claims that authentic content is actually AI-generated. From a real video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Reality Check Podcast: Iran Is Winning the Disinformation Battle
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s extensive coverage on false claims surrounding the Iran war, from misleading visuals to AI tools repeating disinformation. We also tackle how Iranian state…
Reality Check Podcast: ChatGPT and Gemini Fail to Stop their AI Voice Tools From Spreading False Claims & an iPhone 18 Hoax
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s audit of leading AI audio bots, which found that ChatGPT and Gemini advance false claims on topics in the news about 50 percent of the time, while Alexa+…
Reality Check Podcast: How AI Images Hijack the Epstein Files
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s reporting on the Jan. 30, 2026, release of the “Epstein files” and the wave of AI-generated content that followed, falsely linking prominent political leaders…
Reality Check Podcast: AI Chatbots Can’t Spot AI & Russian Disinformers Make Most of Controversy Over Greenland
This week’s episode covers a Jan. 22 NewsGuard report that assessed whether leading chatbots ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini can be counted on to determine the authenticity of videos made with OpenAI’s…
Reality Check Podcast: AI Distortions of Capture in Venezuela and ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s reporting on the use of AI images and out-of-context visuals to falsely portray the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. We also detail how AI images of the…
Reality Check Podcast: The Sydney Hanukkah Massacre
This week’s episode covers false claims about the horrific Hanukkah massacre in Sydney, Australia, with falsehoods aimed at the victims, the alleged shooters, and the man who disarmed one of the…
Reality Check Podcast: Google’s AI Hoax Machine, Hyundai Is Not in Russia, and Italian Myths Travel Abroad
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week — the falsehood that 59 percent of undocumented immigrants collect SNAP food-stamp benefits. We also expose how Russia’s propaganda…
Reality Check Podcast: Grok’s Election Denial, A Bogus Business Exodus from NYC, and Russia’s Interference with Armenian Elections
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week — the falsehood that 59 percent of undocumented immigrants collect SNAP food-stamp benefits. We also expose how Russia’s propaganda…
Reality Check Podcast: Food Stamps & Immigrants, Celebrating Propaganda RT’s Anniversary, and an Ethnic COVID Hoax
This week’s episode covers NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week — the falsehood that 59 percent of undocumented immigrants collect SNAP food-stamp benefits. We also expose how Russia’s propaganda…
Reality Check Podcast: Open AI’s Sora Spreads False News Claims 80% of the Time and a Russian Disinformation Laundering Loop
This week’s episode covers the ease with which OpenAI’s Sora can generate realistic deepfake videos designed to spread false claims in the news at scale. We also unpack how a fabricated corruption…
Reality Check Podcast: Tylenol and the Mormon Church Shooting
This week’s episode covers the unfounded hysteria surrounding a rumored spike in Tylenol overdoses among pregnant women supposedly looking to spite President Trump. We also unpack a prominent false…
Reality Check Podcast: Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
This week’s episode covers false claims about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, including claims originating from Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media that aim to sow division and undermine Western…
Reality Check Podcast: Trump’s Phony Health Crisis and AI’s Growing False Claim Rate
This podcast is created based on NewsGuard's Reality Check newsletter using Google's NotebookLM AI tool. Each podcast's content is closely reviewed by NewsGuard's team of journalists for accuracy.…
Reality Check Podcast: Russian Influence Ops and a Rabies Myth
This podcast is created based on NewsGuard's Reality Check newsletter using Google's NotebookLM AI tool. Each podcast's content is closely reviewed by NewsGuard's team of journalists for accuracy.…
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