26 episodios
Whistleblowers Spotify Podcasts
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- Crímenes reales
Would you risk it all - your career, your life, even the lives of your family - for what you believe in? In Whistleblowers, we explore the biggest, most bizarre lies in history, through the eyes of those who risked absolutely everything to expose them. Every Tuesday, we delve into captivating stories of corruption. There are respected spiritual leaders who ask way too much of their followers. Doctors with sinister motives. Governments that value profit over all else. And at the heart of every tale is a whistleblower who put everything on the line to tell the truth, and paid the price. Whistleblowers is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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The Kathryn Bolkovac Story
Kathryn Bolkovac arrived in Bosnia in 1999. The nation still bore scars from the recent war, and as a new member of the UN’s Police Task Force, she was keen to help the country heal. Before long, though, she realized that some of her colleagues had different priorities. When she discovered evidence of abuse and child trafficking at their hands, she spoke up, and paid the price.
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The Theranos Whistleblowers
Dazzling young entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes had a big idea. She claimed to have developed a new healthcare diagnosis technique that could change lives. But when junior lab employees Erika Cheung and Tyler Shultz joined her company, they realized that something was very wrong. Eventually, they exposed one of the biggest scandals in Silicon Valley's history.
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The Soviet Psychiatry Whistleblower
When Vladimir Bukovsky was arrested in 1961, he braced himself for a violent stint in prison. But his punishment turned out to be much worse. Vladimir, like many other Soviet dissidents, was diagnosed with ‘symptomless schizophrenia’, force-fed drugs and sent to a psychiatric hospital. He spent many of the next 15 years of his life locked up, until he found a way to tell the world about his country’s secret weapon: political psychiatry.
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The British MI5 Whistleblower
When David Shayler and Annie Machon became British MI5 intelligence officers in the 1990s, they were excited to make a difference in the world. But just a few months into their new roles, they began to lose faith in their government. They believed the security services were spying on politicians, failing to stop terrorists and even plotting assassination attempts. Frustrated, they took drastic action, and spent the next three years on the run.
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The Frank Serpico Story
In the late 1960s, detective Frank Serpico discovered widespread corruption in the New York Police Department. But when he blew the whistle, his fellow officers turned on him. He was even the victim of a shooting at work that he believes was a set-up. Miraculously, Serpico survived and continued his efforts, eventually transforming the NYPD.
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The Monica Lewinsky Whistleblower
Monica Lewinsky first met colleague Linda Tripp at the Pentagon, and the pair quickly became close friends. So close that Monica felt comfortable sharing her biggest secret: she was having an affair with the President of the United States. When Linda blew the whistle on the relationship, Clinton was left facing impeachment and Monica Lewinsky ended up in court. Her last words on the stand? "I hate Linda Tripp.”
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