Whale Hunting
Brazen
This is WHALE HUNTING, a weekly podcast that pulls back the curtain on the hidden worlds of money and power, hosted by investigative journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope. Previo...
Episode list
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December 18, 2024
1 hr 21 min
From A Curious Worldview: How did MBS rise to power?
Thanks for listening to season three of Whale Hunting. We've heard from the biographer of the world’s most secretive billionaire, the man running a TV network under the Taliban, th...
moreDecember 11, 2024
40 min
How did federal agents infiltrate the world’s dirtiest bank?
A rare opportunity arises when global financial institutions implode: a brief window into how the world really works. There’s an opportunity to learn how money is laundered and whe...
moreDecember 4, 2024
40 min
Why does Elon Musk need private spies?
For the right price, a billionaire can buy almost anything in the private intelligence industry. Investigators will covertly dig through bins, pose as friendly faces to deceptively...
moreNovember 27, 2024
25 min
What does Iran achieve by outsourcing assassination attempts in the West?
Iran’s war with Israel and the U.S. has been waged through numerous proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen — but more recently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or ...
moreNovember 20, 2024
32 min
Do Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers herald a new era of warfare?
Conventional warfare no longer exists. Drones, offensive hacking techniques and even sonic weaponry is upending how conflict is waged — and the recent Israeli intelligence operatio...
moreNovember 13, 2024
15 min
Why was the FBI fascinated by the artist Mark Lombardi?
Mark Lombardi was on the cusp of international success with his provocative artwork. So why was the 48-year-old found dead, and his death ruled a suicide? And why did the FBI ask t...
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