Best Bellingcat Podcasts (2024)

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"Investigating protest movements and the police response using open sources" with the Bellingcat team 59:50

27m ago59:50

59:50

In this week's stage talk we discuss open source research methods of covering protest movements and any corresponding violent action. Using the example of recent clashes in Bangladesh, our team unpack how they go about reporting on this topic, sharing their favourite resources, techniques and advice. The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on Thursd…

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"A Collaborative Model For Big Impact With Local Investigations" with Sam Stecklow 55:54

11d ago55:54

55:54

This week we were joined on stage by Sam Stecklow, from the not-for-profit newsroom The Invisible Institute. Within the talk we discussed their work on making police complaint data publicly accessible and explored their collaborative models, funding and large data projects. The talk was hosted by Giancarlo Fiorella on Thursday August 1 2024. Music …

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#60 Torbjörn Arenbo: Capital Allocation and Value Creation 57:03

28d ago57:03

57:03

Torbjörn Arenbo is the Chief Analyst and Head of Corporate Advisory Sweden at Danske Bank. He has 25 years of experience working as a corporate finance advisor, portfolio manager, and risk manager. Our conversation is centred around Torbjörn’s book Capital Allocation and Value Creation, published in 2023. For more info about the podcast, go to the …

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“Tracking Wildfires Using Open Sources” with Aram Shabanian 53:08

22d ago53:08

53:08

This week we were joined on stage by Aram Shabanian, the Open-Source Information Gathering Manager at the New Lines Institute and long time Bellingcat contributor. Aram shared a long list of interesting open source tools that citizens and journalists alike can use to help monitor wildfires. Find the full list of tools shared by Aram here: https://d…

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"Mapping the destruction of cultural heritage sites in Gaza"- with the Bellingcat and Scripps News team 57:27

1M ago57:27

57:27

This Stage Talk is about the impact of conflict on cultural heritage sites and how, as open source researchers, we can monitor the scale of destruction. The discussion was based around our latest documentary with Scripps News, which you can watch in full here Tools: Planet Sentinel Hub Google Earth Ollie Ballinger's damage probability map tool of G…

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#59 Chris Waller on We Are Bellingcat 1:11:24

2M ago1:11:24

1:11:24

Chris Waller is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Plural Investing in New York. He previously worked in London at Goldman Sachs and holds an MBA from the Value Investing program at Columbia Business School. Our conversation is centred around the book “We Are Bellingcat” and covers how investors can deepen their research by better utilising open-…

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"Extremism in Gaming Spaces" with Rachel Kowert and Linda Schlegel 56:37

2M ago56:37

56:37

In this Stage Talk we discuss extremism on digital gaming platforms with experts Rachel Kowert and Linda Schlegel. We talk about how and why extremists are using digital gaming spaces for radicalisation and mobilisation efforts, but also about prevention efforts to stop extremists from exploiting these gaming communities. You can find Linda and Rac…

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Bonus Episode: Eddie's Highlights 19:23

2M ago19:23

19:23

This bonus episode features an interview with Eddie Palmgren – host of Investing by the Books – on Redeye Growth Day. Eddie shares some of his highlights and insights from the first three years of podcasting. The interviewer is Lars T. Andersson at Redeye. This interview was recorded on May 30, 2024. For more info about the podcast, go to the episo…

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“Getting Started In Open Source Research” with Sofia Santos 1:00:00

2M ago1:00:00

1:00:00

In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by Centre For Information Resilience's Sofia Santos. Sofia also runs a website called Gralhix.com which provides exercises and guides for those needing to practice their open source research skillsets. The discussion on stage was all about how to get into our industry, Sofia provided invaluable tips and reso…

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Episode 2: The Power of Hindutva Pop 57:15

3M ago57:15

57:15

In our second episode of 2024, we talk about the Indian elections and the phenomenon of Hindutva pop. Bellingcat’s Michael Colborne and Pooja Chaudhari spoke to Kunal Purohit, independent journalist and author of H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars. If you'd like to read Kunal's book, you can find it here on Amazon. You can read Pooja's…

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#58 Staffan Salén on The Salén Story 1:09:42

3M ago1:09:42

1:09:42

In this episode we are joined by Staffan Salén – one of Sweden’s most prominent business men. The Salén family has a strong heritage spanning more than one hundred years, where Staffan and his brother Erik represent the third generation. In a fun and engaging conversation, we talk about banana boats, long-term investments, and high-speed lessons. F…

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"Exploring the Digital Profiles of Human Smugglers” with Carlos Gonzales 57:58

3M ago57:58

57:58

In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by Bellingcat' Research Lead, Carlos Gonzales. Carlos unpacked a series of recent investigations, delivered by Bellingcat and partners into human smuggler operations across South America and into the US. You can find a link to Bellingcat's investigation into the digital coyote here: https://www.bellingcat.co…

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J-Lab Episode 41: Breaking the RAAC in schools story with Jessica Hill 37:06

3M ago37:06

37:06

Our guest on this episode is Jessica Hill, senior investigations and features reporter for Schools Week and FE Week. Jessica was the first journalist to reveal to the general public how reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was ‘a ticking time bomb’ making school buildings ‘liable to collapse’. She brought the scale of the danger to an even…

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"Publishing on closed messaging platforms” with Sipho Kings 57:24

3M ago57:24

57:24

In this week's episode, co-founder and director of The Continent, Sipho Kings joined us. The Continent is an award winning journal, distributed weekly to audiences, covering 54 countries. It's published as an old fashioned newspaper of sorts, on a beautifully designed PDF, and distributed via word of mouth, on closed messaging platforms. In the tal…

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J-Lab Episode 40: Going undercover with Paul Morgan-Bentley of The Times 35:21

3M ago35:21

35:21

Our guest on this episode is Paul Morgan-Bentley, head of investigations at The Times newspaper, who has just scooped Investigation of the Year at the Press Awards for undercover reporting that exposed the force-fitting of British Gas meters in the homes of vulnerable people.In our conversation, Paul explains how he reported this story, why he thin…

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"Justice and Accountability with Open Source Research" with Natasha Pereverzina 58:25

3M ago58:25

58:25

This week we spoke to a representative from Bellingcat's Justice and Accountability Unit, Consultant Natasha Pereverzina. Bellingcat’s Justice and Accountability Unit is a joint project with the Global Legal Action Network. Through years of collaboration, we have developed and tested a step-by-step methodology for investigators to follow, hopefully…

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#57 Pieter Slegers on The Art of Quality Investing 1:18:05

4M ago1:18:05

1:18:05

How to invest in the best companies in the world? This is the topic for our episode with Pieter Slegers – founder of the investment newsletter Compounding Quality and previously a professional investor in Belgium. The book we discuss is The Art of Quality Investing, a new but timeless title that Pieter has collaborated on with its author Luc Kroeze…

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"Researching the Troubled Teen Industry" with Bellingcat Discord community member Allison Jenkins 59:38

4M ago59:38

59:38

This week's live Stage Talk was slightly different, we were joined by a Discord community member/open source researcher, Allison Jenkins. Allison was speaking on an ongoing project that she was looking for support on. Allison has lived experience of the Troubled Teen Industry and realised there was a lack of comprehensive and easy to access informa…

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Episode 1, The Return: Emotions, Culture and White Supremacy in the U.S. 43:55

4M ago43:55

43:55

In our first episode of 2024, Bellingcat’s Michael Colborne and Kolina Koltai spoke to Dr. Kathleen Blee. A sociologist at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Blee has spent decades researching far-right movements in the United States, and spoke with us about the often-underdiscussed roles of culture and emotion on the far right. She is the co-author…

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”Politics in the Age of Disinformation” with Sasha Issenberg 1:04:01

4M ago1:04:01

1:04:01

In this week's live Stage Talk we were joined by Sasha Issenberg, an author and political writer, speaking on how political parties around the world but particularly in the US, have previously and are currently responding to election mis and disinformation. You can find Sasha's full list of books here: https://www.sashaissenberg.com/copy-of-sasha-s…

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#56 JC de Swaan: Seeking Virtue in Finance 1:39:00

5M ago1:39:00

1:39:00

In today’s episode we are joined by JC de Swaan. De Swaan is a lecturer in the economics department at Princeton University, where he teaches courses on ethics in finance and Asian capital markets. He is also a Partner at Cornwall Capital, an investment fund based in New York City. In this episode, we learn about the ethical considerations that fin…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Martina Richard and Karolin Loch from the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDO 57:41

5M ago57:41

57:41

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Martina Richard and Karolin Loch from the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDO Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where em…

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"The Role Of The Fact Checker" with Alice Milliken and Hannah Ajakaiye 1:05:14

5M ago1:05:14

1:05:14

In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by fact checkers, Alice Milliken and Hannah Ajakaiye. In the talk we discussed the role of a fact checker in this digital age and how these skillsets are vital for journalists, researchers and the wider public. We also spoke about how AI has had an impact on verification techniques. Hannah's profile A link t…

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"Investigating An Oil Spill With Open Sources" with Logan Williams 57:54

5M ago57:54

57:54

In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by Bellingcat reseracher, Logan Williams and some Discord community members who have recently become Bellingcat contributors. They were there to speak on a series of investigations into an environmental disaster which had been evolving since February 7th in Trinidad and Tobago. Bellingcat and these discord m…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Nina Strumpf from the Berghof Foundation 33:14

6M ago33:14

33:14

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Nina Strumpf from the Berghof Foundation Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digita…

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#55 Edward Chancellor: Capital Returns 45:07

6M ago45:07

45:07

In today’s episode, Christian Billinger, a London-based investor who has joined the podcast before, is speaking with none other than Edward Chancellor. Edward is an author, finance journalist, and former hedge fund investment strategist. The discussion is centered around Chancellor’s book Capital Returns. It covers capital cycle investing and how i…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Emma Baumhofer from swisspeace 37:44

6M ago37:44

37:44

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Emma Baumhofer from swisspeace Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on…

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"Teaching Media Literacy" with Giancarlo Fiorella 1:01:36

6M ago1:01:36

1:01:36

In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by Bellingcat' Director of Research and Training, Giancarlo Fiorella. Giancarlo detailed Bellingcat's efforts in the education space and how training high school students in media literacy may be one solution to the issue of disinformation. You can find a link to the Student View project here: https://thestu…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With George Katz from Bellingcat 39:22

6M ago39:22

39:22

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With George Katz from Bellingcat Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on th…

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#54 Tobias Carlisle: The Acquirer's Multiple 1:17:36

7M ago1:17:36

1:17:36

Tobias Carlisle is a former lawyer and the author of several books, including The Acquirer’s Multiple. Tobias is the manager of two funds based on the book’s ideas, which are trading as ETFs under the tickers ZIG and DEEP. In the episode, we discuss how strictly he follows the deep value methodology, reflect on patience among investors, and investi…

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”The Secretive World of AI Pornography” with Kolina Koltai 1:02:15

6M ago1:02:15

1:02:15

Warning: This episode discusses explicit adult content and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This week we were joined by Bellingcat Researcher Kolina Koltai, discussing her latest research focus into nonconsensual sexual AI generated imagery and the communities and companies set up to create and distribute AI porn. Her research so far has led to …

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUp 30:51

7M ago30:51

30:51

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUp Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world…

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"Making Investigating Companies Easier" with George Dyer 57:47

7M ago57:47

57:47

For the first stage talk of 2024 we were joined by Bellingcat Technical Fellow George Dyer. George is a developer and an entrepreneur, he is the cofounder of Informatism, an AI and data research firm that is currently building a financial news and data platform. During his time at Bellingcat George built a useful toolkit for financial researchers a…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Matilde Vaca Torrico from the Civil Peace Service of GIZ/Bolivia 27:44

7M ago27:44

27:44

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Matilde Vaca Torrico from the Civil Peace Service of GIZ/Bolivia Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging tec…

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#53 Todd Wenning on Lessons from the Titans 1:02:49

7M ago1:02:49

1:02:49

Todd Wenning is an investor with experience from Ensemble Capital, The Motley Fool, and Morningstar. In episode five, we came across some of his work as he is a contributing author to the book Why Moats Matter. This time, we speak about Lessons from the Titans, a book about the lessons that today’s businesses can draw from America’s industrial gian…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Daniel Duke Odongo from Ushahidi 29:59

8M ago29:59

29:59

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Daniel Duke Odongo from Ushahidi Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world …

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"Tracking Damage In Gaza and Other Conflicts” with Ollie Ballinger 58:19

8M ago58:19

58:19

For our final Stage Talk of 2023, Ollie Ballinger joined us on stage. Ollie is a lecturer in Geocomputing at University College London and a regular Bellingcat contributor. He is known for his development of useful tools for open-source research. In this session, he shares the details behind his latest tool, a map that allows you to estimate probab…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Anne-Marie Buzatu from the ICT4Peace Foundation 49:21

8M ago49:21

49:21

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Anne-Marie Buzatu from the ICT4Peace Foundation Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the…

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#52 Stephen Penman: Accounting for Value 1:10:24

8M ago1:10:24

1:10:24

Stephen Penman is a professor of accounting and security analysis at Columbia Business School and Bocconi. He has also written the book Accounting for Value, which illustrates how accounting numbers relate to value creation. In our conversation with Penman, we discuss the necessary separation between speculation and valuation, the ideal structure o…

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"The Risk Of Moral Injury In Open-Source Research” with Hannah Storm 1:01:33

9M ago1:01:33

1:01:33

This week journalist and mental health first aider Hannah Storm joined us on stage. Hannah co-authored the first study into moral injury and the media for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She also launched the Headlines Network, an organisation set up to create connections and drive conversations towards improving mental health in…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Bjoern Eser from The Peacebuilding Practitioner 19:28

9M ago19:28

19:28

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Bjoern Eser from The Peacebuilding Practitioner Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the…

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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3 4:45

9M ago4:45

4:45

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3 Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand an…

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#51 Shu Hattori and Andrew Chou: The McKinsey Edge 1:12:13

9M ago1:12:13

1:12:13

Shu Hattori has more than fifteen years of experience in management consulting, turnarounds & venture-backed start-ups, with employers including McKinsey, Groupon, and Alix Partners. Shu is now building Japan’s first serial acquirer - Pinecone, together with Andrew Chou. Our conversation builds upon Shu’s book, The McKinsey Edge. We talk about what…

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”The Use Of Auto-Generated Music Videos To Fuel Hate” with Pooja Chaudhuri 55:01

9M ago55:01

55:01

This week new Bellingcat researcher Pooja Chaudhuri joined us on stage. Pooja is experienced in following the movements of far-right groups in India. For her first article for Bellingcat, Pooja investigated the phenomena of auto-generated music videos on YouTube and how some of these lyric videos were based upon songs that encourage the expulsion o…

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”Analysing Historical Imagery with Open-Source Methods” with Annique Mossou and Foeke Postma 57:06

10M ago57:06

57:06

This week Bellingcat researchers Annique Mossou and Foeke Postma joined the Bellingcat Stage Talk stage. Both researchers have a passion for unravelling historical secrets and have recently published articles relating to old mysteries. During the talk they discussed these pieces of research (linked in this description), expressed their reasoning as…

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#50 Ronald Fagerfjäll: They Made Sweden Rich 1:06:45

10M ago1:06:45

1:06:45

Ronald Fagerfjäll is a legend within Swedish business journalism. Having written more than 30 books centered around Swedish companies and the people behind them, his knowledge of the topic is truly unique. We speak about the book “They Made Sweden Rich” (De gjorde Sverige rikt), which covers important entrepreneurs, businessmen, and investors durin…

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“The War Came To Us: Life and Death In Ukraine” with Christopher Miller 1:03:59

11M ago1:03:59

1:03:59

This week we spoke to Christopher Miller from the Financial Times. Chris wrote a book titled "The War Came To Us: Life and Death In Ukraine' , the book is the Bellingcat' Discord Book Club's Book of the Month for September. During the talk Chris answered the audience's questions on life and war in Ukraine and his own experiences of reporting. You c…

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#49 Paddy Hogan on What It Takes 53:08

11M ago53:08

53:08

Paddy Hogan is the head of investor relations at ORIX, a Japanese company with 35,000 employees active within finance, investments, life insurance, and banking. The episode is centered around the book “What It Takes”, by Stephen A. Schwarzman. It tells the story of how Stephen co-founded Blackstone and made it the world’s largest alternative asset …

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"PeakVisor, a mountaineering tool useful for geolocations" with Sophie Tedling 1:03:24

11M ago1:03:24

1:03:24

Listen in as Bellingcat tech fellow Sophie Tedling breaks down how to use a tool, built for mountaineers, for geolocations and other open-source research purposes. She also shares her personal experience as an open-source researcher with Bellingcat's Global Authentication Project. If you have a suggestion for the developers of PeakVisor after liste…

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"How to monitor live feeds" with Aram Shabanian 56:25

12M ago56:25

56:25

This week's Stage Talk is with Aram Shabanian. Aram works at the Newlines Institute for Strategic and Policy as the Open-Source Information Gathering Manager for the Strategy and Innovation Department. In the talk he shares details on how to monitor traffic cameras, news channels and live webcams using free to access tools. This is an audio recordi…

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