Podcast Episodes

Scam Inc 3: The bottom line

How do you run a scam operation? 

Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budget—this is Scam Inc.

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11 months ago

Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime

Who are the scammers?

They aren't who you think.

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11 months ago

Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel

You wouldn’t fall for a scam—would you?

A small town in Kansas is left reeling after one of its best and brightest gets sucked in.

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11 months ago

It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”

Our new podcast series is a shocking look at transnational organised crime: nearly as big as the illegal-drug trade and far more sophisticated than y…

11 months ago

Leeward: we meet South Korea’s probable president

We meet the opposition leader who is likely to be the next president. Cleaning up the domestic mess after an alleged coup would seem easy compared wi…

11 months ago

Trailer: Scam Inc

A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. And it’…

11 months ago

As a next resort: Trump’s vision for Gaza

The details President Donald Trump laid out for American ownership and redevelopment of the Gaza Strip took everyone by surprise—not least Israel’s p…

11 months ago

Rebel with a new cause: meeting Syria’s president

From media-studies dropout to international jihadist to Syria’s ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa has an unlikely résumé. He speaks with our editor-in-chief, sh…

11 months, 1 week ago

Trailer: Scam Inc

A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. And it’…

11 months, 1 week ago

Thy neighbours, beggared: Trump’s opening tariffs

President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats, starting with Canada, Mexico and China. We look at the first skirmishes in what promis…

11 months, 1 week ago