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038. Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: Data Harvesting and Political Manipulation
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All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.
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How a quiz app became a tool for mass data harvesting, exposing Facebook's lax privacy controls and raising questions about election interference.
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057. Goldman Sachs and 1MDB: Bankers, Bribes, and a Global Fallout
26:05|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------The investment bank earned $600 million helping 1MDB raise funds, then faced criminal charges when the money disappeared.
056. 1MDB: Jho Low and the Billion-Dollar Sovereign Fund Scandal
27:52|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------How a young Malaysian financier allegedly stole billions from a sovereign wealth fund to buy yachts, art, and Hollywood influence.
055. Deutsche Bank: Dirty Money, Compliance Failures, and Global Risk
26:11|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------Germany's largest bank faced billions in fines for money laundering, sanctions violations, and mortgage fraud, revealing systemic compliance failures.
054. Danske Bank: The Laundromat Scandal That Exposed Europe
23:57|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------How €200 billion in suspicious transactions flowed through a tiny Estonian branch while compliance officers raised alarms that went ignored.
053. Credit Suisse: Scandals, Spies, and the Fall of a Banking Giant
28:07|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------From spying on executives to money laundering for dictators, the cascade of scandals that destroyed a 167-year-old Swiss banking institution.
052. Toshiba-Westinghouse: Nuclear Ambition and Corporate Mismanagement
26:32|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------How Toshiba's $5.4 billion nuclear acquisition became a $6.3 billion writedown, threatening the survival of a Japanese industrial icon.
051. Carlos Ghosn: Nissan, Executive Power, and the Great Escape
30:22|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------The auto industry titan arrested in Japan for financial misconduct who fled the country in a musical equipment box, becoming an international fugitive.
050. Bernie Ebbers: WorldCom, Power, and Accounting Fraud
26:10|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------The Sunday school teacher who built a telecom giant through acquisitions, then approved the fraud that made it all collapse.
049. BALCO: Victor Conte and the Doping Network Behind the Stars
23:51|All episodes of this podcast are fully researched, written, and edited by our human production team. The final audio is generated using text-to-speech technology to deliver consistent narration quality and listening experience.----------------The Bay Area lab that supplied performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players, Olympic athletes, and football stars, exposing sports' dirty secret.