Season 2, Episode 9: Corruption - what's the big deal?
Corruption is a major factor in the world today (unfortunately) but this is nothing new. Corruption is as old as human civilization itself. But in the modern world, corruption can affect the economi...
29 Maj 202228min
Season 2 - Episode 8: Great Con Men of History - Part 2 of 2. Pass the Loot!
PTL - People that Love! PTL - Praise the Lord! Or -PTL - Pass the Loot. If you were alive in 1980s' in the US, you would hear the words of Jim and Tammy Bakker on the PTL network. According to Ji...
15 Maj 202243min
Season 2 Episode 7 - Great Con Men of History. Gregorij Efimovich Rasputin (Part 1 of a 2 part Series)
Ra-Ra Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen! There was a cat that really was gone! Ra-Ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine! It was a shame how he carried on! (song by Boney M - Ra-Ra Rasputi...
2 Maj 202242min
Season 2 Episode 6 - Fraud in the Dune Universe
In 1965, Frank Herbert, already a well-known science-fiction writer, published Dune. Dune quickly became a best-seller in the realm of science-fiction and is now considered a classic of the genre. H...
17 Apr 202241min
Season 2 Episode 5 - "Sir" Robert Allen Stanford
Unfortunately, Enron is not the only major financial scandal to be part of the history of Houston. Robert Allen Standford, once knighted and known as "Sir" Allen Stanford, perpetuated one of the larg...
4 Apr 202231min
Season 2 Episode 4 - Corruption and the Russian Army
In late February, the Russian Armed Forces invaded the Ukraine, an independent nation since 1992. It was expected that the Russian armed forces would easily defeat the Ukrainians and the entire opera...
14 Mars 202230min
Season 2 Episode 3 - Hawala - An ancient form of money transfer
Hawala is a form of money transfer that dates back to at least the 8th century CE. It is a method for long-distance money transfer which was developed during the days of the Silk Road so merchants co...
28 Feb 202227min
The continuing saga of the strange case of Michael Avenatti.
Our friend Michael Avenatti is in the news again and as such makes a second appearance on this podcast. On February 4, 2022, Avenatti was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in rela...
6 Feb 202235min
