Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Why do we live in unusually innovative times?
For most of human history, economic growth was, well, pretty bleak. But around the Enlightenment, things started clicking. This year's Nobel Memorial…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Scam compounds, sewing patterns and stolen dimes
As Vice Week wraps up here at The Indicator, we wanted to take a slightly different perspective on the evolving business of crime and take a look at …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How AI might mess with financial markets
Market manipulation is an age-old issue. People trying to make money off unsuspecting investors by artificially influencing the price of a stock, say…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
When cartels start to diversify
The Sinaloa Cartel made the bulk of its money on cocaine. But cartels are diversifying into new operations including things like wildlife trafficking…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s supercharging data breaches?
It may seem like data breaches have gotten a heck of a lot more common. Well, there’s something to that. The bad guys are getting badder faster than …
5 months ago
Fighting AI with AI
With only several seconds of audio, someone can clone a victim’s voice, call their bank, and potentially get access to … everything. Vocal deepfakes …
5 months ago
Vice Series: The evolving business of crime
Crime doesn’t resemble the old days. A deepfake of your voice can be used to convince a relative you need money. AI bots are capable of colluding in …
5 months ago
Why Americans don't want to move for jobs anymore
Americans are moving at record lows for work. What’s driving people to, well, not drive cross-country for jobs? On today’s Jobs Friday, we explore th…
5 months ago
How close is the US to crony capitalism?
We have seen a blurring of boundaries between government and business under President Trump. It has some political commentators ringing the alarm bel…
5 months ago
Why is everyone buying gold?
Gold is on fire right now with some gold ETFs outperforming the major stock indexes over the past 12 months. Gold is supposed to be boring, an inflat…
5 months ago