How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil ‘deep state’? It didn’t begin with Donald Trump, and it won’t end with him.

Join author broadcaster Phil Tinline as he takes a deep dive into the roots of now.

The true story of the Report from Iron Mountain: a fake government report published in 1967 that, despite being exposed as a hoax, has become a beacon for far right, militia movements.

Phil Tinline is a freelance writer and documentary-maker. He is the author of The Death of Consensus: 100 years of British Political Nightmares, which was chosen at The Times Politics Books of the Year 2022. Over the course of twenty years working for the BBC, he made and presented many acclaimed documentaries about how political history shapes our lives. He has written for publications including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, BBC History Magazine and the New Statesman. He lives in London.

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