Power Corrupts

Artificial intelligence is the frontier of human innovation. But it has a dark side, too. ... more

Is the next war going to happen in space? What are space weapons like, anyway? And why sho... more

Is it a crime to steal back something that was once yours?    That's the question we'll ta... more

This week's episode is an excerpt from the opening chapter of Corruptible: Who Gets Power ... more

The title of this podcast is Power Corrupts. But is that true?   In this week's episode, h... more

The International Criminal Court prosecutes perpetrators of horrific crimes. But what if t... more

How do you capture a pirate after they’ve hijacked a ship? In today’s episode, we look at ... more

Pirates can teach us quite a lot about democracy and economics. What can Blackbeard teach ... more

Can doing the wrong thing ever be the right policy? That’s a question we’ll tackle this we... more

What if you hacked a hitman-for-hire website and found out the identities of people who we... more

Could you fake your death and get away with it? In this episode, we look at fake identitie... more

Is going into exile safe any longer?   A few years ago, a former Rwandan intelligence chie... more

In early 2021, hackers infiltrated the software that controlled the city’s water supply in... more

When it comes to understanding the underworld of corruption and criminality, you can’t jus... more

We all know that offshore areas of financial secrecy exist. In this episode, we’re going t... more

They say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But when it comes to the u... more

Pandemics are horrifying. But what if one could be unleashed deliberately? How did ancient... more

When revolutions happen, everything changes. In this episode, we'll look at why one revolu... more

Pandemics are as old as human civilisation, from the Plague of Athens to mysterious diseas... more

Have you ever made a catastrophic mistake? What if your mistakes could cause an empire to ... more

Corruption is usually hidden. But sometimes, it’s out in the open — either by design, or b... more

Christopher Blair has been called the Godfather of Fake News. He's an American troll. And ... more

When a brutal dictatorship collapses, there's a big problem: everyone who knows how to run... more

If you're trying to consolidate power as a dictator, what's the best way to go about it? I... more

Mercenaries are sometimes described as "the world's second oldest profession." But how do ... more

Propaganda has been around for thousands of years. But what separates the pros from the am... more

Come explore the dark side of power as we travel across the globe meeting the often unsavo... more