From A Curious Worldview: How did MBS rise to power?
Thanks for listening to season three of Whale Hunting. We've heard from the biographer of the world’s most secretive billionaire, the man running a TV network under the Taliban, the undercover agent w...
18 Dec 20241h 21min
How did federal agents infiltrate the world’s dirtiest bank?
A rare opportunity arises when global financial institutions implode: a brief window into how the world really works. There’s an opportunity to learn how money is laundered and where it’s coming from,...
11 Dec 202440min
Why does Elon Musk need private spies?
For the right price, a billionaire can buy almost anything in the private intelligence industry. Investigators will covertly dig through bins, pose as friendly faces to deceptively extract information...
4 Dec 202440min
What does Iran achieve by outsourcing assassination attempts in the West?
Iran’s war with Israel and the U.S. has been waged through numerous proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen — but more recently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, have been “out...
27 Nov 202425min
Do Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers herald a new era of warfare?
Conventional warfare no longer exists. Drones, offensive hacking techniques and even sonic weaponry is upending how conflict is waged — and the recent Israeli intelligence operation to plant explosive...
20 Nov 202432min
Why was the FBI fascinated by the artist Mark Lombardi?
Mark Lombardi was on the cusp of international success with his provocative artwork. So why was the 48-year-old found dead, and his death ruled a suicide? And why did the FBI ask to examine one of his...
13 Nov 202415min
How did the FSB infiltrate one of Sweden’s biggest banks?
Honeypot operations are one of the oldest tricks in the espionage playbook — get access to sensitive information through a wily femme fatale. Scandinavian banking giant Swedbank was recently the targe...
6 Nov 202435min
