{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c94a5041-3d43-419a-9d17-a557fb51e056/622b3e5ff8c22a00138b9087?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trojan Horse Affair Podcast Faces Down Its Critics","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611eaaaa06c05e956ff40be3/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>At the end of 2013, a letter apparently setting out an Islamist extremist plot take over schools was set to Birmingham City Council: it prompted a massive national scandal, official inquiries and changes to the law. One small problem: it was fake. The viral hit Trojan Horse Affair podcast - presented by Serial's Brian Reed and Hamza Syed - brilliantly set out the astonishing truth about this scandal, which reveals damning truth about British society, our media and our politics.</p><p><br></p><p>But since the podcast was released, much of the British media has aggressively come from Syed and Reed and their work - so the two meet us, explain the truth of what they've found - and face down the critics.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe - and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84</p>","author_name":"Owen Jones"}