Things Fell Apart

About the podcast Things Fell Apart

A series of strange, unexpected human stories from the history of the culture wars.

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2022
How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux
In this bonus episode of Things Fell Apart, Jon Ronson's friend and fellow documentary maker Louis Theroux asks him all about how he made the series. They take a deep dive into Culture Wars battles and explore Jon's storytelling methods, all while chatting about Jon's broken arm, putting old rivalries to bed, and how they deal with difficult interviewees when they both hate conflict. Produced by Sarah Shebbeare
March 30, 2022
44 min
8. A Mock Slave Auction
An incident of racist bullying on Snapchat is currently tearing apart a small town on a lake in Michigan. As the ripples spread, practically every conflict we’ve encountered throughout our series rears its head. Presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Assistant Producer Sam Peach Music composed by Phil Channell
January 25, 2022
37 min
7. A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall
It’s 2017. Late one night after a party a Hollywood actor plays a prank on a friend. But the prank backfires terribly and the ripples are seismic - taking us inside Donald Trump’s White House and the Capitol insurrection of January 2021. Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sam Peach Original music by Phil Channell Archive with credit to: Videos discussing Isaac Kappy: Lisa Crapella.– Youtube , The Truth Blog Part 2 – Youtube , Miss M – Youtube , Truth Crossing - Youtube Clip from the movie THOR (2011) – Produced by Marvel Studios, distributed by Paramount Pictures and Directed by Kenneth Branagh Coverage of 2016 Democratic National Convention from ABC News Coverage of Pizzagate and Isaac Kappy interview from Infowars Coverage of Edgar Welch's arrest from ANV News Coverage of Nicholas Sandmann incident from MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Interview with Lin Wood from Fox News Clip of Lin Wood’s speech from Ronnie N – Youtube Coverage of 2021 US Capitol Attack from CNN
January 25, 2022
33 min
6. Many Different Lives
This story is about how the unique experiences of a little girl growing up unconventionally in America in the 1970s seismically changed the face of feminism in the 90s and beyond. It's a story too about the invention of a word - one that's contributed to a ferocious schism in the British culture wars. Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Original music by Phil Channell
January 25, 2022
36 min
5. A Scottish Jewish joke
This is the story of the very first person to be publicly shamed because of something they did online. It’s 1988, the internet exists only in its most nascent form, and a software designer, Brad Templeton, uploads onto a message board a joke in poor taste. How the architects of the emerging internet respond to the joke will create a set of rules that the rest of us have lived under ever since… Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Assistant Producer Sam Peach Original music by Phil Channell
January 25, 2022
34 min
4. Believe the Children
In the mid 1980s a new conspiracy theory proliferates across America - that cabals of Satanists are secretly preying on children and polluting the culture. This ‘Satanic panic’ is a madness with bizarre and dreadful consequences – as an unsuspecting young woman in New Jersey is about to discover… Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Original music by Phil Channell
January 25, 2022
33 min
3. A Miracle
It’s the early 1980s and a hugely popular television evangelist is having a crisis of conscience. She wants Christian evangelism to be less bigoted. And so, to the horror of her peers, she invites a very unexpected guest onto her TV show… Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Original music by Phil Channell Archive from the PTL network's 'Tammy's House Party' and the 'PTL Club'.
January 25, 2022
34 min
2. Dirty Books
1974. A church minister's wife in West Virginia learns of a brand new curriculum being introduced into her children's school. So she decides to read all 325 new textbooks herself. What she discovers horrifies her so much she instigates a State-wide insurrection. But were some of her concerns based on a misunderstanding? Written and presented by Jon Ronson Produced by Sarah Shebbeare Assistant Producer Sam Peach Original music by Phil Channell With thanks to Trey Kay for helping us tell this story.
January 25, 2022
32 min

About the podcast Things Fell Apart

A series of strange, unexpected human stories from the history of the culture wars.

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Things Fell Apart

About the podcast Things Fell Apart

How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux

8. A Mock Slave Auction

7. A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall

6. Many Different Lives

5. A Scottish Jewish joke

4. Believe the Children

3. A Miracle

2. Dirty Books

About the podcast Things Fell Apart