Episodes

  • Episode 237: The Internet is Groundhog Day

    Episode 237: The Internet is Groundhog Day
    Feb 2 2026
    This week, we're going to the movies. Virginia Heffernan joins us to talk about Groundhog Day (the movie), surveillance, and why online systems reward repetition over reflection and connection with a special cameo by marketing maestro Seth Godin. Magic + Loss: https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Episode 236: The Con: Part Two, Asian Scam Compounds

    Episode 236: The Con: Part Two, Asian Scam Compounds
    Jan 27 2026
    After exposing the scam compounds and human trafficking behind today’s fraud economy, we follow the money, the power, and the few pressure points—from crypto seizures to sanctions—that might actually help spell the end of Southeast Asian scam compounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Episode 235: The Machine: Part One, Asian Scam Compounds

    Episode 235: The Machine: Part One, Asian Scam Compounds
    Jan 20 2026
    You’ve seen the scam texts. This week we go inside a global scam economy to expose human trafficking networks, lawless economic zones, and fortified compounds where victims are forced to target victims in a world of crime bosses and corrupt politicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Episode 234: The Ralph Naders of Cybercrime?

    Episode 234: The Ralph Naders of Cybercrime?
    Jan 13 2026
    Bob Lord (Yahoo, DNC, CISA) and Lauren Zabierek (Harvard’s Belfer Center, CISA) don't think cybersecuirty (or lack of it) should be the customer’s problem. Drawing parallels to Ralph Nader’s fight against unsafe cars, they explain how to fix the root of the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Episode 233: How Brett Johnson Made $160,000 a Week

    Episode 233: How Brett Johnson Made $160,000 a Week
    Jan 6 2026
    Former cybercrime kingpin Brett Johnson didn’t just break the law; he built the tools still used by criminals today. He's back for another episode to check in and unpack why cybercrime works, how defenses fail, and the way life itself is often the ultimate "in" for an attacker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Episode 232: The Very Private Digital New Year Episode

    Episode 232: The Very Private Digital New Year Episode
    Dec 30 2025
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    36 mins
  • Episode 231: WTH 2025: Laptop Farms, Campus Cults, and the End of Anonymity

    Episode 231: WTH 2025: Laptop Farms, Campus Cults, and the End of Anonymity
    Dec 23 2025
    From AI regulation fights and North Korean laptop farms to Nigerian campus cults, the human toll of online crime, and the death of online anonymity it's time to review the year in cyber stories—the good, the bad, the unimaginable, and what to do when "they" come for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Episode 230: The Cursor Moved at 2 A.M.

    Episode 230: The Cursor Moved at 2 A.M.
    Dec 16 2025
    A deadbolt clicks. This email, that voice--they sound all right. Then things go sideways. This week, 911 Cyber CEO Marc Raphael joins the pod to explore how AI makes scams faster, smoother, and harder to spot, and what you can do to stay hard to hit in the new threatscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins