Ep. 32 | China’s Serial Censorship
Paul Massaro talks to Dr. Andreas Fulda about how the CCP leverages its market to silence academics and other critics. The two discuss the case study of Germany, which has been particularly vulnerable...
6 Jan 202244min
Ep. 31 | Putin’s Killer Kleptocracy is on Ukraine's Doorstep
Paul talks to Russian opposition politician and economist Vladimir Milov about Putin’s troop build-up on the border of Ukraine and how that links back to the corruption that underpins the Kremlin syst...
17 Dec 202136min
Special | Ep. 30: A New Era for US Efforts Against Kleptocracy with Josh Rudolph
The new US Strategy on Countering Corruption was released hours before the Summit for Democracy and promises to rewrite the rulebook on global anticorruption efforts. Josh Rudolph of the German Marsha...
7 Dec 202137min
Ep. 29: American Kleptocracy with Casey Michel
Casey talks to Nate and Paul about his debut book, which chronicles the rise of US financial secrecy through the colorful stories of two famous kleptocrats—and explains why the US must lead global eff...
18 Nov 202141min
Ep. 28: How Corruption Drives Climate Change
Casey, Nate and Paul discuss the kleptocrats at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the role of bribery in driving environmental abuses, and how green sanctions and law enforcem...
11 Nov 202139min
Ep. 27: Real Estate Laundromat
Casey speaks with Lakshmi Kumar, policy director at Global Financial Integrity, about the damaging - and deadly - consequences of money laundering in American real estate.
4 Nov 202130min
Ep. 26: Rethinking Sanctions
- How U.S. Sanctions Take a Hidden Toll on Russian Oligarchs (Washington Post)- Biden Might Stop a Sanctions Revolution (Foreign Policy)- The Treasury 2021 Sanctions Review (US Treasury Department)
28 Okt 202137min
Ep. 25: Pandora Papers Fallout
Casey, Nate and Paul discuss the biggest stories emerging from Azerbaijan, Chile, Czech Republic, Pakistan and elsewhere, amid calls for heightened scrutiny of the professional enablers of transnation...
14 Okt 202129min
