Podcast Episodes

A fake billionaire in North Korea, part 2

Jim is deep undercover in North Korea — but will he find proof of illegal weapons deals...

He'd been sent to the isolated country by a documentary film-maker called Mads Brugger, to pose as a fake inv…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

A fake billionaire in North Korea, part 1

Jim Latrache-Qvortrup posed as a weapons dealer to expose a North Korean criminal network.

Jim was an unusual secret agent. He'd grown up poor in Denmark, and had gone on to become a drug dealer to th…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Opiyo’s law: Never let fear rule your life

In September 2020, Nicholas Opiyo awoke to a commotion in his flat. There had been a robbery and all his personal electronics had been stolen. He says he tracked his devices to a shocking and impenet…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 2

Silibil N’ Brains found fame as fake American rappers - but how long can you live a lie?

A record deal with Sony, celebrity parties and touring with his heroes, life looked good for Gavin Bain, one ha…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 1

The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry. Gavin Bain was one half of Silibil N’ Brains, a Californian rap duo on the cusp of greatness. But there was a problem - the story of these hip hop …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

I was the voice of Bambi – and kept it secret for years

Donnie Dunagan was a Disney child star in the 1930s before becoming a US Marine.

He was born in 1934 and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, in the midst of the Great Depression. After winning a talent sho…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Black, Korean, stateless: a Slickyboy’s American dream, part 2

Growing up as the son of a sex worker and a Black US soldier in South Korea in the 70s, Milton Washington was seen as an outcast, and "not Korean." He couldn't even get a birth certificate. Still, h…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Black, Korean, stateless: A Slickyboy’s American dream, part 1

Growing up as the son of a sex worker and a black US soldier in South Korea in the '70s, Milton Washington was seen as an outcast, and "not Korean". He couldn't even get a birth certificate. Still, h…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

I see my son in the Northern Lights

Chasing the aurora helps Hugo grieve. By day Hugo Sanchez works in a school, but by night he hunts glowing light displays across the freezing Canadian wilderness. Capturing the aurora is more than ju…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

The brain tumour that taught me how to live

How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past. Scott’s hard, uncompromising attitude had made him one of the world’s top expedition kayakers in a sport that’s claimed the l…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago