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27 June 2023

Project Spring | Into the Dirt ep 2

Into The Dirt

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Into The Dirt

Project Spring | Into the Dirt ep 2

It’s 2012 and Rob Moore goes 'into the dirt', undercover, to infiltrate a group of campaigners fighting for a ban on deadly asbestos. None of them knew they had a private spy in the camp. But it's hard to stay hidden forever.

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  • Poison into medicine | Into the Dirt Ep 3
    Poison into medicine | Into the Dirt Ep 3

    Rob Moore says he can justify going undercover among anti-asbestos campaigners because he was following a Buddhist principle, turning poison into medicine. To this day he believes that if the people he infiltrated would really listen to his story they'd understand him differently. But does his story really stand up to scrutiny?

    30 min • S1, E3

  • Chicken feed | Into the Dirt Ep 4
    Chicken feed | Into the Dirt Ep 4

    Rob is adamant that in all the years he was undercover, he never sent information back to his spymasters that harmed the campaigners. But when you're the only one in control of the decisions, can you always get it right?

    39 min • S1, E4

  • The verge | Into the Dirt Ep 5
    The verge | Into the Dirt Ep 5

    When Global Witness out Rob in 2015, things quickly fall apart. He loses everything that matters to him but to this day he believes that if his voice had been heard, it would have all worked out differently.

    34 min • S1, E5

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