Episode description

They started out busting misinformation. Then, as fake news became weaponized at an industrial scale, they become warriors not just for truth, but for a better society. Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha join Amit Varma in episode 396 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about their life, their work and their country.

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Also check out:
1. Mohammed Zubair on Twitter, Instagram and Alt News.
2. Pratik Sinha on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Alt News.
3. Alt News.
4. Fighting Fake News — Episode 133 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pratik Sinha).
5. Sample SSR conspiracy theory: He’s alive!
6. PeerTube and BigBlueButton.
7. India Needs Decentralization -- Episode 47 of Everything is Everything.
8. Mohammed Zubair interviewed by Alishan Jafri.
9. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul.
10. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul).
11. Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002? — Harsh Mander.
12. Hussain Haidry, Hindustani Musalmaan — Episode 275 of The Seen and the Unseen.
13. Kashi Ka Assi — Kashinath Singh.
14. Kaveri's thread about the new scam in town.
15. BR Ambedkar's BBC interview.
16. The Life and Times of Teesta Setalvad — Episode 302 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. Aakar Patel Is Full of Hope — Episode 270 of The Seen and the Unseen.
18. The Swiss Family Robinson -- Johann David Wyss.
19. The Historybook -- Jannik Hastrup.

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Episode art: ‘Fighting Leviathon’ by Simahina.