NBC NEWS TO LAUNCH NEW PODCAST INVESTIGATING HOW A DANGEROUS PANDEMIC CONSPIRACY THEORY SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD

Hosted By NBC News’ Brandy Zadrozny, Series Reveals How Vaccine Misinformation Transformed a Tennessee Nurse’s Life

‘Tiffany Dover is Dead*’ Debuts April 18; Click Here to Listen to Trailer

April 11, 2022 – On Monday, April 18, NBC News’ award-winning podcast unit will launch Tiffany Dover Is Dead*, a new original series investigating how a dangerous pandemic conspiracy theory hijacked one woman’s life. 

Hosted by NBC News senior reporter Brandy Zadrozny, the five-episode series will reveal how anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy-minded online sleuths teamed up to push a wild and false theory that a Tennessee nurse named Tiffany Dover, who fainted on camera shortly after getting the Covid-19 vaccine, had died. Throughout the podcast, Zadrozny, an award-winning journalist and an expert on the misinformation beat, will take listeners inside her journey to find Dover and disprove the unfounded rumors. The series will also spotlight how conspiracy theories start and end. 

Click here to listen to the trailer. 

Tiffany Dover Is Dead* marks the first season in NBC News’ Truthers series, which will feature in-depth reporting on the global misinformation war. The first two episodes of Tiffany Dover is Dead* will be available for download and streaming on any podcast platform on Monday, April 18, with the following episodes debuting over the next three Mondays. 

The series is the latest addition to NBCUniversal News Group’s expansive portfolio and is part of the podcast unit’s biggest year yet, with five original podcast premieres within the first two quarters alone. NBCUniversal News Group is also a top 10 podcast publisher in the Podtrac monthly rankings, with several chart-topping and award-winning original podcasts.

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For more information contact:

Dominique Donahue
NBC News
Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com

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