Bob Lee Part 4: The Made-for-TV Murder Trial
Nima Momeni's trial for murdering Bob Lee began in October 2024. Lee's killing, no longer a stand-in for random street crime, no longer fit neatly into the political zeitgeist. Instead, the tabloids l...
30 Huhti 50min
Bob Lee Part 3: The Brilliant Programmer and a Lot of Wild Living
Weeks after his death, Bob Lee’s toxicology report was released, indicating that he had alcohol, cocaine, and ketamine in his system. While his killing no longer fit neatly with the San Francisco Doom...
23 Huhti 38min
Bob Lee Part 2: The Brother Did It
Nine days after Bob Lee was found stabbed in San Francisco, police arrested Nima Momeni for his murder. Desperate to squash the ‘Doom Loop’ narrative, San Francisco officials insisted that Bob Lee was...
16 Huhti 47min
Bob Lee Part 1: San Francisco Has Blood On Its Hands
Three years ago, Bob Lee, a tech executive famous for creating Cash App, was found stabbed in San Francisco. His killing set off a wave of online fury. Reporter Shawn Wen takes us back to the turbulen...
16 Huhti 37min
Foundering: The Killing of Bob Lee (Trailer)
Three years ago, Bob Lee, a tech executive best known for creating Cash App, was found stabbed in the streets of San Francisco. His killing set off a wave of online fury. Rumors and misinformation ran...
14 Huhti 1min
Preview: The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1
It’s an open secret that the Chinese government has engaged in a global campaign to acquire intellectual property from foreign rivals. At the center of that campaign is the Ministry of State Security,...
14 Helmi 12min
OpenAI Part 5: Beware the Ides of November
Right as Sam Altman was at the peak of his success, touring the world to espouse the virtues of AI, his board turned on him. Altman was unceremoniously fired. OpenAI’s coup is a story of secrets, betr...
27 Kesä 202447min
OpenAI Part 4: Heaven and Hell, Part 2
It’s widely predicted that AI will upend the economy and threaten many existing jobs. Sam Altman, in trying to stay ahead of public fears of mass unemployment, has offered universal basic income as a ...
20 Kesä 202422min
