The Weekly Fake Believe (Season 1, Episode 21)
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The Weekly

Fake Believe (Season 1, Episode 21)

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The Weekly investigates the new technology of deep-fake videos. Deep-fake videos make incredibly realistic videos that are 100% fake and can change how we see the world.

Director

Andréa Schmidt

Writers

Dan Barry (senior story editor) | Liz O. Baylen (senior story editor) | Liz Day (senior story editor)

Producers

Suzanne Hillinger | Lora Moftah | Andréa Schmidt | Kevin Vargas (produced by)

Cinematographer

Víctor Tadashi Suárez

Editors

David Herr (additional editing) | Pierre Takal

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 24, 2019

Release date

Nov 24, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
12 cast members

Name	Known for
David Barstow Self - The New York Times Self - The New York Times See fewer	Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Ragavan Thurairatnam Self - Dessa, Co-Founder and Head of Machine Learning Self - Dessa, Co-Founder and Head of Machine Learning See fewer	The Weekly (2019)
Joe Rogan Self - Podcaster (archive footage) Self - Podcaster (archive footage) See fewer	The Joe Rogan Experience (2009)
Rayhane Mama Self - Engineering Student Self - Engineering Student See fewer	The Weekly (2019)
Stephen Piron Self - C.E.O., Dessa Self - C.E.O., Dessa See fewer	Crowd Control (2025)
Joe Palermo Self - Engineer, Dessa Self - Engineer, Dessa See fewer	The Weekly (2019)
Hany Farid Self - Professor, U.C. Berkeley Self - Professor, U.C. Berkeley See fewer	Is It True? (2009)
Danielle Keats Citron Self - Professor, Boston University (as Danielle Citron) Self - Professor, Boston University (as Danielle Citron) See fewer	Netizens (2018)
Adam Schiff Self - Congressman Self - Congressman See fewer	The Jan. 6th Hearings (2022)
Nancy Pelosi Self - Speaker of the House (archive footage) Self - Speaker of the House (archive footage) See fewer	30 Rock (2006)
Austin Mackillop Self - Engineer, Dessa Self - Engineer, Dessa See fewer	The Weekly (2019)
Hashiam Kadhim Self - Engineer, Dessa Self - Engineer, Dessa See fewer	The Weekly (2019)