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In December 2016, a US official in Havana went to the embassy medical centre to report a debilitating and confounding illness. The symptoms included headaches; nausea; hearing loss; problems with memory and vision – and its onset was characterized by hearing… something. A buzzing, hissing, grinding… sound. Soon, a second official came down with the same symptoms. Then a third. Then a fourth. By the time the story went public in summer 2017, dozens of US diplomats, as well as some Canadians, ...
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” Silicon Valley is an espionage innovator—it has been since its inception. During the dawn of the high-tech age, an engineer named James Harper begins his industrious climb. But as Silicon Valley blossoms into what it is today, so too does the dark side of all this newfound wealth and ambition—right as the cold war reaches its final crescendo. As Harper works to build his fortune, his ambition endangers his nation’s safety. He sells nuclear secret ...
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It’s the most shocking unknown tale of our era: a defense contractor who bribed Navy officers with cash, prostitutes and luxury items in return for multi-million-dollar deals. Now, under arrest and battling cancer, ​Leonard Francis, AKA Fat Leonard, is angry, and he’s talking for the first time. His explosive story will change the way you look at the U.S. Navy forever. With exclusive access to Leonard Francis himself, Fat Leonard reveals the true story of the misogynistic men at the heart of ...
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Innocent people are getting murdered. Lawyers live in safehouses, and a princess is in hiding. This is Europe today—it just might be the world’s next narco-state. Over the past decade, the historic European ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp have turned into global gateways for cocaine. Think Miami in the 1980s — but with even more drugs, and much shittier weather. In this six-part podcast series from Brazen, host Mitchell Prothero explores Europe’s cocaine crisis through the dramatic stories of ...
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The Closer brings you the inside story of deals changing the world, as told by the people who know how it all went down. Understand the human motivations behind groundbreaking business decisions, and learn dealmaking lessons through a deep dive into one deal each week, with host Aimee Keane. The Closer is a Project Brazen production. For more thrilling storytelling, search for the Brazen channel on Apple Podcasts or visit brazen.fm, home to all our podcasts, documentaries and newsletters. At ...
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Go backstage with Prince at the Super Bowl, The Rolling Stones as they face off with the Pope in Cuba, and Michael Jackson as he escapes to Bangkok amid a media frenzy. In Night of Show, accomplished concert promoter Adam Wilkes joins music industry legends as they share behind-the-scenes stories about the pressures superstar artists faced when staging some of their biggest performances. Co-hosted by Adam and Tom Wright, a NYT bestselling author, Night of Show gives listeners a backstage pas ...
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People Like Us is a groundbreaking conversation show hosted by award winning journalist Kim Ghattas, bringing people together to connect the dots between today’s Middle East and the world, how it works and why it matters to everyone, wherever they are. Kim talks to film makers, activists, authors, refugees, politicians, a sexologist, exploring a pressing theme in every episode, from Roe v Wade to impunity in Syria and Ukraine, bringing a fresh, distinctive perspective on current events and c ...
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Lights, camera, audio! AV123 is an audiovisual podcast by Voice123. Are you an AV director, producer, video producer, creative director, designer, or just interested in everything AV? Well, follow us as we take you behind the lens and beyond the mic for a close-up at the nexus of voice and video in storytelling. Get insights, tips, hacks, and advice from script to screen and everything in between as we give a voice to leading AV companies!
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Along with her own financial chaos, Amy Sharp had a 14 year old son hellbent on trying every street drug he could find. In an attempt to save her sanity, she started writing a story about the inner world of a woman like herself, living on the BC coast while her reality rippled and rolled._______ A year later, she had a professionally edited 93,000 word manuscript. After more twists and turns, she got a grant from Canada Media Fund to create the first episode in video.______ Alexine's sex pos ...
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this special compilation episode, we’re taking you on a journey through the most insightful and memorable moments from our series so far. From the role o…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this episode, Jen Moss, co-founder and chief creative officer at JAR Audio, and Sam Seguin, technical director, share their industry insights on audio ad…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this episode, Megan Dean, a seasoned journalist and producer at Project Brazen, a branded podcast recording studio, discusses the A-Z of starting a podca…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! This week, Brittany Nguyen, the Creative Director at Quill Podcasting - a branded podcast agency - explains the importance of branded content in AV producti…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! Listen up! This week, Stew Redwine, the VP of creative services at Oxford Road - a leading advertising agency for all things audio - tells you why your AV p…
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Thanks for listening to The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome. You might be interested to know that Nicky Woolf is back with a new investigative podcast – and we think you're going to like it. It's called Fur & Loathing, and this time he's digging into another very different unsolved mystery. In early December 2014 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Ros…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice over project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this episode, Carel chats with Steve Porter from PorterHouse Media. Steve explains the role of multimedia content in AV projects. From dynamic video mash…
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice ove project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this episode, Carel chats with Jack Gillard from AMA! In this deep dive, Jack explains the transformative power of dynamic audio ads in creating engaging …
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AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted network to hire voice actors for any voice ove project. Sign up for free to bring your AV projects to vocal life! In this episode, Carel chats with Bryan Barletta, the founder of Sounds Profitable. With over 16 years of experience in the advertising and technology space,…
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Lights, camera, audio! Calling all audio enthusiasts, directors, producers, creators, and storytellers! Get ready for AV123 - an audiovisual show powered by Voice123 - the largest and most trusted voice over network. We'll take you behind the lens and beyond the mic for an over-the-shoulder look at the nexus of voice and video in storytelling. Get …
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It’s been a couple of months since the last episode of Gateway: Cocaine, Murders & Dirty Money in Europe, but business is busy as ever in the world of global drug trafficking. This week, we wanted to share an important update with fans of the series: Ridouan Taghi has been sentenced. If you listened to Gateway, you’ll know Taghi rose to become a ru…
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Alexine tells us more than we want to know about her should pain relief and having a 'moment' on a massage table. Her love for dog breasts, yes, dog breasts. And we hear about the first time she took her 14 year old son Harvey to the hospital after a reaction to his latest drug of choice. SFX from Artlist, Zapsplat, and Freesound.org; Specifically:…
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Alexine introduces us to a couple of cleans in luxury homes; one is stark and cold, the other is cluttered and cozy. She compares her pained body to the ladies of these grand properties. She finds friendship with Cairo, the family dog, even if her shoulders pay the price. SFX from Artlist, Zapsplat, and Freesound.org; Specifically: zaku18, matrixxx…
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Alexine reflects on what exactly ruined the perfect bulge, that whole soul mate idea and yet another level of self care. The likelihood of a 'lipless wonder'... is that even possible?!? Oh and ball trimmers... I used a few seconds of Capricho Arabe by Nylon Bliss and added the entire song at the end of the episode because it's incredible and you wi…
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Florida owns a massive property insurance company that’s been gobbling up policies while rates rise and some private insurers leave the state. A deal struck by the state legislature last year aims to fix this insurance market meltdown. To understand what’s happening – and what’s being done to fix it – we talked to former State Senator Jeff Brandes …
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Last summer, a Mexican beer overtook the longtime favorite Bud Light as America’s best-selling beer. It happened amid a customer boycott against Bud Light for a marketing campaign featuring transgender social media personality Dylan Mulvaney. But the story of how Modelo knocked Bud Light from its perch is about much more than a marketing u-turn. It…
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The Disney we know today came about in a series of game-changing deals led by CEO Bob Iger. But before the entertainment juggernaut bought properties like Pixar and Marvel, Disney, and former CEO Michael Eisner, inked an $19 billion deal for Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. The acquisition kick-started Disney’s transformation from a theme park and animated…
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Ray Dalio founded the firm that became the world’s largest hedge fund more than 40 years ago. For years, he promised to retire. Rob Copeland, author of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend, takes us inside the fight to succeed him – a negotiation that lasted almost two decades – exposing Bridgewate…
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Once a “unicorn”, WeWork has filed for bankruptcy. The co-working company was once valued at $47 billion, but it’s had a rocky few years, including a failed IPO (it later went public through a special purpose acquisition company) and was battered by the pandemic. But what set WeWork on this falling-from-grace path can be traced back to a failed dea…
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Back in 2019, an unlikely deal took Wall Street and the oil industry by surprise. Occidental Petroleum, commonly called Oxy, acquired Anadarko for $38 billion, beating out oil supermajor Chevron. But before the company triumphed, CEO Vicki Hollub chased Anadarko for nearly two years in pursuit of further expanding Oxy’s footprint in the Permian Bas…
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Google’s path to going public was rather untraditional from the start. The IPO included secret meetings at Denny’s, an infamous Playboy interview and something known as a “dirty” Dutch Auction. The listing ruffled feathers on Wall Street, and set new precedents for tech companies making their market debuts. Featuring Lise Buyer, partner and founder…
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When luxury behemoth LVMH tapped Marc Jacobs to lead Louis Vuitton back in 1997, it also acquired the designer’s eponymous label. Hear how the double deal set a new precedent in the industry and helped usher in the era of celebrity and pop culture within the world of high fashion. Featuring Lauren Sherman, fashion journalist for Puck and writer of …
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Fearing an energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a little-known policy wonk convinced the Biden Administration to help drive down oil prices by using the US’s government emergency supply of oil in a radical new way. Featuring Skanda Amarnath (@IrvingSwisher), Executive Director of the think tank, Employ America. For more from The Cl…
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In collaboration with SpyCast, this week on Spy Valley we're sharing a bonus episode recorded live at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. The panel was moderated by Sharon Weinberger, the national security and foreign policy editor at The Wall Street Journal, featuring Spy Valley host Zach Dorfman with Dr. Raymond J. Batvinis, a histori…
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Thanks for listening to Spy Valley. If you’re looking for a new podcast to follow, we think you’ll enjoy Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen. Listen here for a special preview of the series. Amid the nuclear threat of the Cold War, America's prized secrets were falling into the hands of its sworn enemy—the Kremlin. The FBI's hunt f…
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The story of Jet.com, its founder Marc Lore, and how the startup helped retail giant Walmart sharpen its ecommerce edge against Amazon. Featuring Jason Del Rey, author of Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart and the battle for our wallets. For more from The Closer and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit www.thecloser.fm. The Closer is a Project Braz…
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Deals change the world, and season 3 of The Closer brings you the inside story of those deals, as told by the people who know how it all went down. Each episode features the story of one deal, as host Aimee Keane talks to guests who bring insight into how and why the deal was done, and its broader impact. The Closer is a Project Brazen production. …
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There’s a new season of The Closer coming soon — but before it does, we have a special episode to share from our friends over at The Negotiators podcast. Last season, we talked to Jeffrey Kessler, the lawyer who represented the US Women's National Team in their equal pay lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation. He said one of the main obstacles wa…
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Alexine shares her current car woes, looks back on childhood beaters and wonders whether or not backyard mechanics need penises or not. This episode's artwork shows her in her home away from home; ready to launch a wad of what? And you'll find out about her handy friend who now sports a penis. Wow, that's a lot of penises in an episode description.…
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Alexine has a tasty experience while cruising the deli section. She tells you about some of the wide variety of characters that she cleans for. And oh, then there's Apollo... just wait til you hear about him! Credit: What What - Brick City Kids How Do You Want It - 2Pac I'm Alright - Mop Top Street Dreams - Nas Gin and Juice - Snoop Dogg - performe…
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Alexine gets real about body image, Facebook dating, sexual attraction and arousal when you're over 50. And yes, that's Bigfoot serving her and her coffee date... check it out! Again, brace yourself! Artlist music: Temperatura - Yarin Primak Northern Lights - Borden Lulu Think About Lights - Ben Fox Afterparty - Balloon Planet SFX: Zapsplat, Artlis…
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Season 3 of The Closer is coming very soon — and we want to know what you want to hear this season, and why? It can be a specific deal, or it can be something broad, like a takeover by an underdog, or a question, like: what’s the strangest thing a CEO has said at a closing dinner? You give us a prompt or a challenge and we’ll see if we can find tha…
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The man codenamed “Caribou” plays a critical role in James Harper’s story, but his own story remains in the shadows. In this bonus episode, Spy Valley host Zach Dorfman sits down with Hanna Kozlowska, journalist and translator of the Polish archives used in the series, to discuss Caribou’s position as a mole for the US within the Polish spy service…
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Spyhunters and prosecutors are closing in on James Harper. They need one last fount of information that could help put him away for good. But obtaining it could prove fatal for its source. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen production. Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or at brazen.fm/plus and get exclusive bonus episodes for Spy Valley and all ou…
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In this bonus episode, we bring you an intimate conversation with Zach Dorfman, an award-winning intelligence and national security journalist and host of the podcast Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal. Recorded live at the Podcast Garage at KQED in San Francisco earlier this month, the conversation delved into the making of the podcast ser…
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James Harper is in dire need of protection—and money. But the nuclear spy has exhausted his options and left breadcrumbs of his trail. The FBI is watching. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen production. Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or at brazen.fm/plus and get exclusive bonus episodes for Spy Valley and all our shows, as well as ad-free liste…
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Nuclear tensions between Moscow and Washington are reaching a fever pitch. When a desperate James Harper doubles down on spying for the Soviet Bloc, he gets his big payday. But in a game of double-cross and deception, even your friends start to feel like enemies. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen production. Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or a…
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One million dollars, lives on the line, and a spy who keeps a diary. James Harper’s wild ride selling nuclear secrets as the cold war heats up—secrets that might still help Moscow in a nuclear exchange today. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen production. Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or at brazen.fm/plus and get exclusive bonus episodes for S…
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Silicon Valley blossoms, but there’s a dark side to all this newfound wealth and ambition. With his technical savvy and a penchant for scheming, one of America’s most notorious cold war nuclear spies gets his start. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen production. Subscribe to Brazen+ on Apple Podcasts or at brazen.fm/plus and get exclusive bonus episode…
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This episode takes you from sex toys to YouTuber Angry Grandpa to big fat buds... Alexine is tantalized by her friend's tasty sex life while she plows on through her new 'career' choice. She eludes to her son and his choices of YouTubers. You can view the visual / video version of this episode here. You will need to sign into your YouTube account a…
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This episode takes you from Dexter's Doakes to Suicidal Tendencies to penny pinching... Alexine gets fired from her management job and starts a not-so-glamourous chapter of her life on the beautiful BC coast. #makemoistgreatagain A YouTube video of this first episode was created thanks to a grant from Canada Media Fund / TeleFilm. You can view the …
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Silicon Valley is an espionage innovator—and it has been since its inception. Journalist Zach Dorfman uncovers how Moscow’s spies opened up shop in San Francisco and Silicon Valley at the dawn of the hi-tech age, and how a group of pioneering FBI spy hunters assembled to stop them—and solve the case of a lifetime. Spy Valley is a Project Brazen pro…
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Vince McMahon took over his father’s regional wrestling business in the 1980s, and made it into an international media and entertainment juggernaut valued at billions of dollars. This is the story of how McMahon cleverly bulldozed competitors, acquired rivals and capitalized on the public’s hatred of his tactics, as told by writer Abraham Josephine…
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Silicon Valley is an espionage innovator—it has been since its inception. During the dawn of the high-tech age, an engineer named James Harper begins his industrious climb. But as Silicon Valley blossoms into what it is today, so too does the dark side of all this newfound wealth and ambition—right as the cold war reaches its final crescendo. As Ha…
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The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, has quietly built a deal-making machine that's gobbling up apartments in desirable and gentrifying neighborhoods. A real estate broker working at the center of these deals takes us inside the machine as we explore the trends driving this big bet on scarce, expensive housing. The Cl…
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Gateway host Mitchell Prothero visits “The Bunker” where Taghi is the star defendant in the largest criminal trial in Dutch history. As Taghi faces justice, his impact spreads far beyond the courtroom. Who will be the next kingpin to replace him? This is GATEWAY, a six-part podcast from Project Brazen revealing the rise of a new generation of cocai…
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In early 2020, the home-sharing platform was poised to make a splashy debut on the public markets later that year. But within just a few weeks, coronavirus brought travel - and Airbnb business - to a halt. Journalist Liz Hoffman takes us inside the financing that saved the Silicon Valley darling and became one of the defining Wall Street deals of t…
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