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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 43 MIN

How Do You Start A Smear Campaign?

from The Curiosity Desk · host GBH News

First up, Disinformation researcher Joan Donovan breaks down how malicious PR firms & internet trolls manufacture smear campaigns for the digital age. Next, as we approach Mother's Day on Sunday, we'll explore what motherhood looks like for 3 different areas of the animal kingdom: land, air, and sea. We'll be speaking with biologist Mikaela Gerwing about monkeys, Mass Audubon Naturalist Tia Pinney about birds, and the New England Aquarium's Sarah Tempesta about sharks. 

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