Best Steve Hester Podcasts (2024)

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315: Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin – Operation Crown Prince, Fried Chicken, Heroin, and Warlords 1:12:37

20h ago1:12:37

1:12:37

In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, retired agents Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin review Operation Crown Prince, an investigation into Afghan nationals residing in the U.S. transporting […] The post 315: Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin – Operation Crown Prince, Fried Chicken, Heroin, and Warlords appeared first on Jerri Wi…

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315: Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin - Operation Crown Prince, Fried Chicken, Heroin, and Warlords 1:12:37

20h ago1:12:37

1:12:37

Retired agents Christian Anglin and Craig McLaughlin review Operation Crown Prince, an investigation into Afghan nationals residing in the U.S. transporting heroin into the country and providing proceeds to the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and insurgents as a means of material support for their operations combating U.S. and allied forces. The case was nicknam…

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Revisited 179: Scott Duffey – Thomas Gibison, Skinhead Racially Motivated Murder 1:29:03

8d ago1:29:03

1:29:03

Retired Agent Scott Duffey reviews his years-long investigation of a nearly 2-decade-old rumor about an unsolved racially motivated homicide. The case, tenaciously pursued by Scott, his partner ATF special agent Terrance Mortimer, and the Philadelphia Police Department, resulted in the conviction of Thomas Gibison, a self-proclaimed skinhead for co…

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314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders 1:20:12

19d ago1:20:12

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In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, retired agent Julia Cowley reviews the murder investigation of two Weleetka schoolgirls, 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and her 11-year-old friend Skyla Whitaker […] The post 314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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314: Julia Cowley – Weleetka Schoolgirls Murders 1:19:38

15d ago1:19:38

1:19:38

Retired agent and former BAU profiler Julia Cowley reviews the murder investigation of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and her 11-year-old friend Skyla Whitaker on the rural dirt road near one of their homes in Weleetka, Oklahoma and the detailed BAU analysis Julia conducted to provide insights for investigators about the unknown subject who sho…

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Space and Time wants to help LLMs and AI agents get on-chain (w/ Scott Dykstra) 36:26

21d ago36:26

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Scott Dykstra, CTO and co-founder of Space and Time. Before diving into web3, Scott spent almost 8 years at the cloud analytics and data platform Teradata and throughout the years he held roles of senior architect, director of cloud solutions and worked his way up to VP of the firm’s global cloud. As f…

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Whoever rules the data rules the world (w/ Tegan Kline) 24:21

28d ago24:21

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tegan Kline, the CEO and co-founder of Edge & Node. The company is focused on creating and supporting decentralized applications, or dApps, and protocols. It was also the initial team behind The Graph, an indexing and query protocol, or what some have referred to as the Google of Web3, which aims to or…

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313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder 58:26

29d ago58:26

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In this episode, retired agent Jerome Lorrain reviews the investigation of the BDSM murder of Sarah Willard, a 29-year-old escort/sex worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sarah disappeared in November 2019 […] The post 313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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313: Jerome Lorrain and Shane Bozeman – BDSM Murder 58:27

1M ago58:27

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Retired agent Jerome Lorrain reviews the investigation of the murder of Sarah Willard, a 29-year-old escort/sex worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sarah disappeared in November 2019 and the Pascagoula, Mississippi Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) worked with Detective Lieutenant Shane Bozeman of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office to investigate he…

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New Podcast Announcement and Trailer - Listening T.O. History! 4:59

1M ago4:59

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I have a new podcast, Listening T.O. History! Here's a quick announcement about it and the trailer. Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/show/17OnQyM5pOXgcflZbBBlno.By Louis Reed-Wood

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Blockchain tech is working to combat AI-based deepfakes (w/ Melody Hildebrandt and Mike Blank) 35:33

1M ago35:33

35:33

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Melody Hildebrandt, CTO of Fox Corporation and Mike Blank, COO at Polygon Labs. Why these two companies? Well, Polygon Labs, the layer-2 blockchain focused on scaling Ethereum, and Fox Corporation, the well-known media conglomerate, joined forces in January to tackle deepfakes as artificial intelligenc…

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Blockchain could be the answer to getting AI artists paid (w/ Dee Goens) 40:48

2M ago40:48

40:48

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Dee Goens, the co-founder of Zora. Zora is a platform and protocol that helps developers and creators bring their ideas on chain and on Ethereum through an open and shared environment. The platform has minted over 4 million NFTs, has over $300 million in secondary sales and about 1 million unique colle…

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312: John Ouellet – Bibliomania Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg 1:15:07

1M ago1:15:07

1:15:07

In this episode, retired agent John Ouellet reviews his investigation of Stephen Blumberg, the most prolific book thief in the history of the United States. John first learned about the […] The post 312: John Ouellet – Bibliomania Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg appeared first on Jerri Williams.By Jerri Williams

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312: John Ouellet - Bibliomania Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg 1:14:42

1M ago1:14:42

1:14:42

Retired agent John Ouellet reviews his investigation of Stephen Blumberg, the most prolific book thief in the history of the United States. His investigation led John to Blumberg’s three-story, 17-room mansion in Ottumwa, Iowa, packed with antiques and 23,000 rare books and manuscripts stolen from libraries and universities in 45 states and Canada.…

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Looking back on the NFT marketplace Magic Eden (w/ Jack Lu) 26:38

2M ago26:38

26:38

For this week’s episode, we’re resharing a conversation I had in June 2023 with Jack Lu, CEO and co-founder of Magic Eden. When we recorded this episode, NFT sales were down around $640 million at the beginning of the month, compared to today where February 2023 NFT sales volume hit $1 billion, for the first time since February 2023. Looking back o…

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Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead expects NFT brand building to expand this year (w/ Steve Kaczynski) 37:17

2M ago37:17

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Steve Kaczynski, co-author of the book “The Everything Token,” and co-host of a web3 morning show Coffee with Captain. He also co-authored the first Harvard Business Review article about NFTs and outside of that, he consults with agencies and brands about building their web3 strategies including his ro…

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311: Jerry Hester – Mafia Miami, Operation Paesan Blues 53:37

2M ago53:37

53:37

In this episode, retired agent Jerry Hester reviews his Paesan Blues investigation, an FBI undercover operation that targeted Italian mafioso Roberto Settineri’s global crime network, with the collaboration of the […] The post 311: Jerry Hester – Mafia Miami, Operation Paesan Blues appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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311: Jerry Hester – Mafia Miami, Operation Paesan Blues 53:37

2M ago53:37

53:37

Retired agent Jerry Hester reviews his Paesan Blues investigation, an FBI undercover operation that targeted Italian mafioso Roberto Settineri’s global crime network with the collaboration of the Italian National Police (INP) and, surprisingly, the cooperation of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. After the case review, we discuss Jerry’s new book, Maf…

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Web3 brands and NFTs are on a global race for adoption (w/ Yat Siu) 48:49

2M ago48:49

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. Yat co-founded Animoca in 2014 and since then it has invested in over 400 web3 projects across a range of sectors like DeFi, education, infrastructure, blockchain gaming and the metaverse. Animoca also has its own NFT collections, blockchain…

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310: Dennis Cosgrove – Russian Diamond Looters, Golden ADA 1:33:15

2M ago1:33:15

1:33:15

In this episode, retired agent Dennis Cosgrove reviews the Golden ADA investigation, which he opened after an informant provided information about three Russian immigrants who had opened a state-of-the-art diamond […] The post 310: Dennis Cosgrove – Russian Diamond Looters, Golden ADA appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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310: Dennis Cosgrove - Russian Diamond Looters, Golden ADA 1:33:16

2M ago1:33:16

1:33:16

Retired agent Dennis Cosgrove reviews the Golden ADA investigation, which he opened after an informant provided information about three Russian immigrants who had opened a state-of-the-art diamond merchant center in San Francisco with diamonds suspected of having been looted from the Russian government and smuggled into the United States. The schem…

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OpenSea’s CEO sees greater opportunity for NFT use cases to grow (w/ Devin Finzer) 32:07

2M ago32:07

32:07

This year, Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. To start things off, this month we’re focusing on NFTs. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Devin Finzer, the CEO of NFT marketplace OpenSea. He co-founded OpenSea in 2017 and it quickly climbed to become one of the most well known – and …

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309: Richard Denholm – Murder of Jessie Davis and Unborn Child 49:09

2M ago49:09

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In this episode, retired agent Richard Denholm reviews the missing persons investigation of Jessie Davis, the 9 months-pregnant girlfriend of Canton, Ohio police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. Rich led the […] The post 309: Richard Denholm – Murder of Jessie Davis and Unborn Child appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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309: Richard Denholm – Murder of Jessie Davis and Unborn Child 49:09

2M ago49:09

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Retired agent Richard Denholm reviews the missing persons investigation of Jessie Davis, the 9 months-pregnant girlfriend of Canton, Ohio police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. Rich led the case as the supervisor of the Cleveland Division’s Canton Resident Agency. The disappearance became a national news story. The Starks County Sheriff’s Office invited th…

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SEC Commissioner sees a need for a new Token Safe Harbor Proposal (w/ Hester Peirce) 34:30

2M ago34:30

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This week we have a bonus episode with Hester Peirce, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Jacquelyn moderated a fireside chat with Commissioner Peirce at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business alongside Eddie Cullen, a former candidate for New York City Mayor in 2021 and co-founder and CEO of Crescite Innovati…

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Read Write Own this episode with a16z’s crypto partner (w/ Chris Dixon) 44:49

3M ago44:49

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Chris Dixon, general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Chris has been at the firm since 2012 and founded and leads a16z’s crypto team, which invests in the web3 world through four mega-funds with over $7 billion under management. He’s also an author of the recently released bo…

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Bonus Episode: Worldcoin is going on a race to billions of users “as fast” as it can (w/ Alex Blania) 18:49

3M ago18:49

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This is a bonus episode, where Jacquelyn interviewed Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, in a fireside chat at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco. The startup was co-founded by Alex, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Max Novendstern. To date, it has raised about $250 million from investors like a16z, Bain Capital Crypto and others. It is …

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Solana Mobile is just getting started (w/ Anatoly Yakovenko) 27:47

3M ago27:47

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, the technology company that aims to help grow the ecosystem for the layer-1 blockchain Solana. The conversation focused on Solana Mobile and its flagship web3 Android smartphone, Saga, which sold out in mid-December, as well as its new phone, Chapter 2 – wh…

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308: Barry Black – Accountant to Master Bomb Tech 1:03:54

3M ago1:03:54

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In this episode, retired agent Barry Black, an FBI accountant turned bomb tech, reviews an investment fraud and the initial investigative steps he took when responding to the Oklahoma City […] The post 308: Barry Black – Accountant to Master Bomb Tech appeared first on Jerri Williams.By Jerri Williams

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308: Barry Black – Accountant to Master Bomb Tech 1:03:55

3M ago1:03:55

1:03:55

Retired agent Barry Black was assigned to the Oklahoma City Division where he investigated complex financial crimes for the first half of his Bureau career and was a sniper on the SWAT team, before being certified as a Special Agent Bomb Technician (SABT). In this episode, he reviews two cases, the first a medical supply investment fraud case, whic…

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Ripple president talks XRP Ledger, SEC suits, and 2024 plans (w/ Monica Long) 23:49

3M ago23:49

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Monica Long, the president of Ripple, a blockchain-based digital payment network and protocol. Monica has spent the last 10 years at Ripple, working her way up from the director of communications to now, president. Ripple has been around since 2012 and is one of the oldest crypto entities. In recent ye…

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307: Steve Busch and Steve Kramer – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Cold Case Murders, Indago 1:13:43

3M ago1:13:43

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In part two of this two-part episode, retired agent Steve Busch and retired Bureau attorney Steve Kramer review how, after the success of the Golden State Killer case, they became […] The post 307: Steve Busch and Steve Kramer – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Cold Case Murders, Indago appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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307: Steve Busch and Steve Kramer - Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Cold Case Murders, Indago 1:13:43

3M ago1:13:43

1:13:43

In part two of this two-part episode, retired agent Steve Busch and retired FBI attorney Steve Kramer review how, after the success of the Golden State Killer case, they became the co-founders and architects of the FBI’s National Investigative Genetic Genealogy (or IGG) team, assisting law enforcement agencies in the identification of suspects, tra…

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Interview with Nazi Holocaust Expert, Doug Huneke 45:44

3M ago45:44

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Doug Huneke is a rare person. He is a pastor, friend, mentor and an expert on the Nazi Holocaust. Doug's primary focus is on the rescuers - those who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the German concentration camps. His book, The Moses of Rovno, recounts the life of Herman Graebe. Mr Graebe saved over a thousand Jews. Doug's first hand intervi…

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306: Steve Kramer and Steve Busch – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Golden State Killer 1:17:14

3M ago1:17:14

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In part one of this two-part episode, retired Bureau attorney Steve Kramer and retired agent Steve Busch review how Steve Kramer teamed up with Paul Holes, an investigator for the […] The post 306: Steve Kramer and Steve Busch – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Golden State Killer appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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306: Steve Kramer and Steve Busch – Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Golden State Killer 1:16:44

3M ago1:16:44

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In part one of this two-part episode, retired Bureau attorney Steve Kramer and retired agent Steve Busch review how Kramer teamed up with Paul Holes, an investigator for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, to use Investigative Genetic Genealogy to generate leads to identify the person known as the Golden State Killer. Different law enforcemen…

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Bitcoin spot ETFs has been approved in the U.S. (w/ Michael Sonnenshein) 20:53

3M ago20:53

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For this week’s bonus episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO at Grayscale Investments. Grayscale is a digital asset investment firm that aims to provide products and services to institutional and individual investors, it is well known for its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and now, its new bitcoin spot ETF product. The company …

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All roads seem to be leading to a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval soon (w/ Fred Thiel) 22:05

4M ago22:05

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For this week’s news episode, Jacquelyn dove back into the latest developments on spot bitcoin ETF applications in the U.S. as anticipation builds. Fred Thiel, the CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, a digital asset technology company and largest publicly traded bitcoin mining firm, joined to help break down the latest developments on spot bitcoin ET…

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You should join a crypto social club w/ Boys Club co-founders (re-release) 33:16

4M ago33:16

33:16

Welcome to a re-released episode of of Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, we're remixing an episode from earlier this year. Jacquelyn interviewed Dean…

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305: Steve Bennett – Missing Teen, Online Offender 57:43

4M ago57:43

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Retired agent Steve Bennett reviews a case involving a 15-year-old missing teen, “Jenny,” who disappeared but returned home after a few weeks. When a relative recovered a piece of paper […] The post 305: Steve Bennett – Missing Teen, Online Offender appeared first on Jerri Williams.By Jerri Williams

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305: Steve Bennett – Missing Teen, Online Offender 57:43

4M ago57:43

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Retired agent Steve Bennett reviews a case involving a 15-year-old missing girl who disappeared but returned home after a few weeks. When a relative recovered a piece of paper in Jenny's purse with the name and address of a man living in Minneapolis, MN, police suspected the stranger had something to do with her initial disappearance. After local d…

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Steve Hester and Malcus and Me 39:22

4M ago39:22

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In this episode I interview the author Steve Hester. Steve has written one of the best stories of the life of Jesus that I've ever read. The book is funny, serious, poignant and compelling. Malcus and Me had me laughing and wanting to pray all in the same chapter. Listen to Steve share the story of Jesus from the character of Malcus, one of the ear…

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Algorand foundation CEO sees tokenization as key sector to scale crypto (w/ Staci Warden) 28:41

4M ago28:41

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Staci Warden, the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, the organization behind the layer-1 blockchain Algorand. Previously, Warden worked at the Milken Institute and oversaw initiatives relating to capital market development, FinTech financial inclusion, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Before that she was …

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304: Barbara Verica – Tracking Arne Treholt, Soviet Spy 1:22:29

4M ago1:22:29

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Retired Agent Barbara Verica reviews her espionage case as a first-time, untrained, undercover agent in Manhattan, gathering intelligence and the evidence to prove that Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt was selling […] The post 304: Barbara Verica – Tracking Arne Treholt, Soviet Spy appeared first on Jerri Williams.…

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304: Barbara Verica - Tracking Arne Treholt, Soviet Spy 1:22:04

4M ago1:22:04

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Retired Agent Barbara Verica reviews her espionage assignment working as a first-time, untrained, undercover agent (UCA) in Manhattan, gathering intelligence and the evidence to prove that Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt was selling secrets to the former Soviet Union. The investigation was initiated on behalf of the Norwegian security service who h…

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Robinhood’s still on a quest to make crypto mainstream (w/ Johann Kerbrat) 23:51

4M ago23:51

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Johann Kerbrat, the general manager of crypto at Robinhood. Johann is leading the application's effort to expand its crypto exchange business and make digital assets more accessible to retail investors. Before joining Robinhood, Johann was an engineer at Airbnb and was the head of engineering at Uber a…

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303: Matt Fine – Disgruntled Phillies Fan Cyber Attack 49:57

4M ago49:57

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Retired agent Matt Fine reviews his investigation of a disgruntled Philadelphia Phillies fan who hacked computers and launched a cyber-attack against the team and email accounts of reporters at the […] The post 303: Matt Fine – Disgruntled Phillies Fan Cyber Attack appeared first on Jerri Williams.By Jerri Williams

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303: Matt Fine – Disgruntled Phillies Fan Cyber Attack 48:59

4M ago48:59

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Retired agent Matt Fine reviews his investigation of a disgruntled Philadelphia Phillies fan who hacked computers and launched a cyber-attack against the team and the email accounts of reporters at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, leaving messages voicing his complaints about the Phillies management. Matt served in the FBI…

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Vanessa Johnston, Death Doula 31:11

4M ago31:11

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You've heard of Birth Doula's, what about a Death Doula? In this episode I interview Vanessa Johnston who is a professional Death Doula. This is a fascinating episode as she shares with us the different ways she coaches people in the process of dying. Please listen and share with someone who might need someone to help them in the final transition o…

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Crypto VC space may be on the cusp of recovery (w/ David Pakman) 33:00

4M ago33:00

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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed David Pakman, managing partner and head of venture investments at CoinFund. Before CoinFund, David spent 14 years at the venture capital firm Venrock. He also led the Series A and B rounds at Dollar Shave Club which was acquired by Unilever for $1 billion. And in 1991, David co-created Apple Music when…

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