Episode 4 - Gangster's Paradise

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How does one become a spy? Sam speaks with a former Russian intelligence officer about how Marsalek might have been recruited. And to what ends. Get ad-free access to the entire season of Hot Money: Agent of Chaos by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. Access ... Show More

On the ground in Austria and Germany, Sam digs deep into Marsalek’s past. His odd habits. His strange house. The hypnotic effect he had on former colleagues. And how he is remembered by childhood friends. Get ad-free access to the entire season of Hot Money: Agent of Chaos by sub ... Show More

When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App. To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+.See omnystudio.com/listener for ... Show More

The Financial Times’ award-winning podcast series Hot Money is back. In this series our reporter Miles Johnson investigates a mysterious murder in a small town that leads to a web of drugs, money laundering and state-sponsored assassinations stretching from Dublin to Dubai. At th ... Show More

How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan.All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans ... Show More

This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A former lawyer for the Chicago mob who bribed judges and helped killers walk free goes undercover with the FBI to expose the city’s corruption. Jake Halpern, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of the podcast “Deep Cover,” join ... Show More

A coffin startup made a 2-minute cameo in a Taylor Swift video… because death is also a Profit Puppy. New York City just enacted its first pay transparency law (so, yeah, we basically know how much money you make). And the wildest place in business right now is Twitter Headquarte ... Show More

Big Bank and DJ Scream dicuss crime, snitching & prison culture. The BIG FACTS crew also get an exclusive phone call from RALO in prison. RALO discusses his case, the status on his release and more! #FREERALO --- Visit www.bigfactspod.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https ... Show More

The #1 app in the App Store over the weekend? It’s Gas, an app to give you constant compliments. Airbnb’s newest investment fund is for building insane houses shaped like potatoes, the Flintstones, and Pink Floyd albums. And we’ve identified a new variant of Inflation: Celeb-flat ... Show More

A little over sixty years ago, there were 250 prison newspapers being published on a regular basis. Today, there are 26. We visit Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina to meet Phillip Vance Smith, II, the editor of The Nash News. Learn more about the American Prison New ... Show More

The FT just launched a new podcast on porn, power and profit. When FT reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, she and her editor, Alex Barker, reveal wh ... Show More

The #1 app in America right now? It’s Temu — Because it’s pioneered the new trend of group shopping, or what we call “Flocking”. Uber is working with carmakers to design the first-ever ride-hail car. And P&G’s earnings show a potential inflection point in the fight against inflat ... Show More