Episodes

  • Dive deep into the architecture of corruption with CORRUPT, hosted by Alexandra Reeves.

    Dive deep into the architecture of corruption with CORRUPT, hosted by Alexandra Reeves.
    Nov 25 2025
    1 min
  • Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE UNDERWORLD

    Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE UNDERWORLD
    Nov 25 2025
    27 mins
  • Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE CORPORATIONS

    Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE CORPORATIONS
    Nov 25 2025
    Episode 2: The Corporations shifts focus to systematic corporate fraud, examining four landmark cases that reveal how private companies prioritize profit over people through deliberate deception. The episode dissects Enron's culture of financial manipulation and accounting fraud that erased billions in shareholder value, Volkswagen's sophisticated defeat device programming that cheated emissions tests while poisoning the air, Siemens's decade-long global bribery operation spanning multiple countries and industries, and Wells Fargo's pressure-driven fake accounts scandal that pushed thousands of employees into fraud. Through analysis of internal documents, corporate cultures, and failed oversight systems, the episode exposes common patterns: aggressive targets creating incentives for misconduct, complexity hiding fraud, gatekeepers failing their duties, and punishments rarely matching crimes. https://amzn.to/42YoQGI
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    26 mins
  • Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE EMPIRES

    Corrupt - Lies That Kill - THE EMPIRES
    Nov 25 2025
    Episode 1: The Empires examines government corruption on a massive scale, focusing on Brazil's Petrobras scandal, one of the largest corruption investigations in history. The episode traces how a systematic operation involving construction companies, Petrobras executives, and politicians siphoned nearly six billion dollars through inflated contracts and kickbacks over more than a decade. Through detailed analysis of the cartel mechanics, the plea bargain cascade that exposed the scheme, and the political earthquake that followed including presidential impeachments and hundreds of arrests, this episode reveals how state capture operates as carefully constructed architecture rather than isolated criminality. The investigation demonstrates both the possibility of accountability and its complications when anti-corruption efforts become politicized weapons. https://amzn.to/42YoQGI
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    24 mins