Ponzi Supernova cover art

Ponzi Supernova

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Thousands of incredible audiobooks and podcasts to take wherever you go.
Immerse yourself in a world of storytelling with the Plus Catalogue - unlimited listening to thousands of select audiobooks, podcasts and Audible Originals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Ponzi Supernova

By: Audible Originals, Steve Fishman
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

About this listen

To find out how the greatest financial fraud in history imploded, journalist Steve Fishman tracks down the victims, the federal investigators, the accomplices, and the mastermind, Bernie Madoff himself. Ponzi Supernova takes listeners through the calculated lies, frantic hi-jinx, and lax financial oversight that ultimately weaponized a Ponzi scheme into a $65 billion destructive force that reached across the globe and still has lasting effects today.

When you add Ponzi Supernova to your library you will receive all 6 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

©2017 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2017 Audible Originals, LLC Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff

    Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman tells the story of how he convinced Bernie Madoff to call him from prison. Along the way, Steve learns about Madoff’s life in prison from Bernie’s new associates: the other criminals serving time in Butner, NC.
    Show More Show Less
    20 mins
    Try Premium Plus free
  • Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls

    Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches Bernie Madoff in North Carolina, where the famous Ponzi schemer is serving a 150 year prison sentence. In never before heard jailhouse interviews, Fishman asks Bernie the big questions: how did he do it? And why? The answers lead further and deeper than we ever imagined.
    Show More Show Less
    26 mins
    Try Premium Plus free
  • Ep. 3: The Operation

    Ep. 3: The Operation
    Oct 24 2017
    When Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme collapsed, we saw a portrait of a high-tech Wall Street genius duping the financial world. In this episode, what we didn't see. Reporter Steve Fishman introduces us to the unlikely, almost unbelievable perpetrators of history's biggest fraud.
    Show More Show Less
    25 mins
    Try Premium Plus free
All stars
Most relevant
the sceptics and pessimistics amongst us won't be surprised by the conclusions this series draws, nevertheless it is well structured and informative. the author is an excellent researcher and has constructed a coherent narrative.

interesting and informative

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Didn't really engage me properly. I felt it should have had more detail in exactly how the scam worked. It also seemed to end just as it was getting going.

More detail required to keep me engaged

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Well worth a listen, bit light on some of the impacts of Madoff's criminal activities. Fascinating how he combined legitimate with illegal activities and well explained and narrated.

Scratching the surface of the Madoff fiasco

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Firstly there is a slightly cloying sense of wise-after-the-fact judgmentalism from the narrator. Secondly, not one mention, let alone interview, of Harry Markopoulos, who picked the fraud and reported it to the SEC in the 1990s, nor the abject performance of the SEC when presented with the information, or later when interrogated about it by the Congress select Committee... And pleaded executive privilege of all things

Great backgrounder - two reservations

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great story really insightful to the whole trading world and to the ponzi scheme, wish it was longer.

Great Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews