on drawing on this issue of cost of living and blaming joe biden and the current government for that problem and saying that s why you need to vote for the republicans. it s totally fascinating. i m guessing what you re going to do is kind of collate this information and then use it to make an assessment about how social media works in a way that you wouldn t see through your own eyes. i mean, it s amazing. please, please tell us more about it. i mean, i think americast is obviously this is a huge project for them and following it all through. you can. i would be fascinated to hear more as well, like, down the line as you keep this going, particularly as we get up to the us midterms. well, we ve got the midterms coming up. we re going to be, there s going to be a lot coming out, kind of summing up everything i ve just said about these undercover voters for the website, for the podcast, obviously for americast, just for stuff you can watch on the telly. and let me guess, we can find ame
where is rory stewart? alastair, craig, thank you so much for being here. so, we can now talk to marianna spring. hello, marianna. thank you for being here. lovely to see you on newscast. so i understand that americast, which is sister programme, sister pod, i think it s probably fair to say. definitely sister. i like it. close family relative. it has been doing an incredible project which i m a little bit fascinated by, which is about creating social media accounts to try and see some of the junk that gets thrown around. can you just explain it? because i m not very savvy, tech savvy. and those for those listening rather than watching, mariana has an improbable number of mobile phones in her hand! which is something to do with the project, right? let s just be clear. it is. i don t just wander around. no, i have got several old phones. i actually have five, but here i only have four. for anyone watching, in a blue peteresque fashion. what i ve done is create five different characters,