52. SPECIAL FEATURE: Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
“Shoot The Messenger” from Exile Content Studio and PRX looks at what happened to the murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The first weapon used against him was digital - a sophisticat...
31 Tammi 202341min
51. Exclusive: Axon still wants to put Taser drones in your kid’s school
This week, Axon, the company that developed the Taser, is hosting a conference in Las Vegas called TaserCon. The event is billed as an opportunity to talk about law enforcement and public safety. Axon...
24 Tammi 202327min
50. LockBit Diaries: A researcher's year undercover with the world’s most dangerous ransomware gang
After spending more than a year undercover with the notorious ransomware gang LockBit, one researcher explains how the group revolutionized the business of ransomware. Learn about your ad choices: do...
17 Tammi 202322min
49. Genshin Impact: trying to balance mass appeal with Beijing's blessing
Genshin Impact put the Chinese video gaming industry on the map. While the game has delighted players, it begs the question: Can China’s Communist Party and a massively popular video game peacefully c...
10 Tammi 202320min
48. Call me crypto curious
We take a deep dive into a corner of the cryptocurrency economy that hasn’t (completely) tanked yet: Bitcoin mining. It is part cryptography, part math, and part luck. Learn about your ad choices: do...
3 Tammi 202321min
47. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘Summer in Caputh’ from Exile
An episode from “Exile” from the Leo Baeck Institute and Antica Productions. At the height of his fame, a shirtless, barefooted Albert Einstein escapes the bustle of Berlin for a simpler life. The bes...
27 Joulu 202230min
46. The musicians who came in from the cold
At a time when Vladimir Putin is attempting to redraw the Iron Curtain, we revisit an earlier episode in which we take a trip back to the Soviet Union circa 1985 when four American musicians smuggled ...
20 Joulu 202222min
45. SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘Saving Ukrainian Cultural History Online’ from The Last Archive
Sharing a special episode of another podcast, The Last Archive, a show about the history of truth -- or the lack thereof. Harvard historian Jill Lepore uncovers the secrets of the past the way a detec...
13 Joulu 202214min
