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Hot Money: The New Narcos

Pushkin Industries & Financial Timeswww.iheart.com

Hot Money is back. In this series, Financial Times reporter Miles Johnson investigates a mysterious murder in a small town that leads to a web of drugs, money laundering and state-sponsored assassinations stretching from Dublin to Dubai. At the centre is a cocaine super cartel that is revolutionising the global drugs market. This eight-part investigative podcast, published twice-weekly, probes the links between criminals and legitimate businesses, and between governments and gangsters.

Episodes

Introducing White Hot Hate: Agent Pale Horse | Exposing the truth by living a lie

Here's a preview of the podcast White Hot Hate: Agent Pale Horse. FBI undercover agent Scott Payne’s job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it — people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism. In the second season of CBC’s White Hot Hate, host Mich...

Apr 17, 202532 min

FT long read: The Fugitive Prince

To those who believe his story, Paul is the crown prince of Romania, a direct descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. To those who don’t, he’s Paul Lambrino: a fantasist claiming heirship to a non-existent throne. This is the story of Paul’s fight to win a $1bn inheritance. It features private spy agencies, missing Caravaggios, and a billionaire with an eye for a deal. This piece, written by the FT’s Miles Johnson, is the first ...

Jan 21, 202551 min

Episode 8 - The Red Notebook

Law enforcement cuts off the Kinahan cartel, and a little red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal who killed the electrician in Almere. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 26, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 8

Episode 7 - Against the Ropes

Daniel Kinahan is more influential than ever, but law enforcement may finally be catching up. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 21, 202335 minSeason 2Ep. 7

Episode 6 - Ties with Tehran

An undercover operation in New York reveals a connection with Tehran. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 19, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 6

Episode 5 - Nerds vs Narcos

Back in the Netherlands, the high-tech unit of the Dutch police works to crack the murder case. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 14, 202325 minSeason 2Ep. 5

Episode 4 - Gangster's Paradise

No longer safe in Europe, the cartel bosses move to a city that is attracting criminals from around the globe. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 12, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Episode 3 - Sun, Guns & Sangria

International law enforcement is after the Kinahan cartel, revealing just how big the operation has grown. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 07, 202336 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Episode 2 - Cocaine CEO

An enterprising Dublin drug dealer makes the most of a revolution sweeping across Europe’s criminal economy. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 05, 202331 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Episode 1 - Murder Brokers

When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot. For more from the FT, sign up for the FT Edit App . To listen to Hot Money ad free, subscribe to Pushkin+ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 05, 202330 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Introducing Hot Money: The New Narcos

Hot Money is back with a new season that begins with a mysterious murder in a small town and leads to a cocaine super cartel and a secret proxy war between democracies and dictatorships. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 21, 20233 min

Episode 8: Inside Porn's Star Chamber

In the season finale, Alex and Patricia discover how Visa and MasterCard became the reluctant rulers of porn. And they figure out what being ruled by credit card companies means for the porn industry today. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to subscribe to our email list . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jul 19, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Episode 7: Porn Meets OnlyFans

Alex and Patricia track down the family behind OnlyFans, the site that has transformed online porn by shifting power back to performers. But there is a whole other side to the OnlyFans story. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jul 12, 202240 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Episode 6: Knocking on the Door of a Porn Empire

One of the biggest porn companies in the world was forced to radically change its practices. But another porn giant changed almost nothing. Patricia travels to the company's Prague headquarters to understand why. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jul 05, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Episode 5: The Billionaire Who Took Down Porn

A billionaire hedge fund manager reads a scathing column about a popular porn site. He sends an angry text to the CEO of MasterCard. Almost overnight, the biggest porn company in the world changes dramatically. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jun 28, 202238 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: Playboy vs. Rusty and Edie

How is it legal for porn sites to host millions of videos uploaded by users? The answer is in the story of an Ohio family in the early 1990s. In this episode: a family IT business, an FBI raid and a court case that set the precedent for porn – and for tech giants like Facebook and Twitter. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jun 21, 202240 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Episode 3: Mr. Goldman, Mr. Sex

When Fabian Thylmann ran into trouble with the law, a former Goldman Sachs banker swooped in to buy his porn sites. But nobody knew who he was. He managed to keep his identity a secret for years --- until Patricia rumbled his game.  If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to  sign up for our email list at  Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jun 14, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Episode 2: The Darth Vader of Porn

A decade ago, a computer programmer named Fabian Thylmann began to build one of the biggest porn empires in the world. How did Fabian do it? He was good with money in a business that was starved of finance. He convinced Wall Street to bankroll his vision to take control of the industry. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to  sign up for our email list at  Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jun 07, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Episode 1: Porn Meets the Internet

Stoya is a porn star who saw first-hand how a firehose of free porn online transformed the adult industry. She sends hosts Alex Barker and Patricia Nilsson a quest: Find out who is in charge, and get to the bottom of how the business of porn really works. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to  sign up for our email list at  Pushkin.fm . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jun 06, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?

When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: Nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, Nilsson and her editor, Alex Barker, have figured out who the guy was, and much more. Their reporting reveals a shadowy power structure that includes billionaires, tech geniuses and the most powerful finance companies in the world. Coming June 7th.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 25, 20223 min