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Hunting the Crypto Drug Lords

Hunting the Crypto Drug Lords

FromStory of the Week with Joel Stein


Hunting the Crypto Drug Lords

FromStory of the Week with Joel Stein

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A group of DEA agents from Fresno, California figures out the real name of a Dark Web drug kingpin. But before they can make the arrest, they have to follow him to Thailand and into the on-line world of pick-up artists. Andy Greenberg's sprawling Wired article is so intense it made host Joel Stein want to take drugs. 
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Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (48)

On Story of the Week, “journalist” Joel Stein chooses an article that fascinates him, convinces the writer to tell him about it, and then interrupts a good conversation by talking about himself. Sometimes the story will be the one everyone is talking about, like the New Yorker article on smoking hallucinogenic toads. Other times we’ll find a story you might have missed, like the one in the Verge about the rock groupie turned hacker who had huge corporations at her mercy. These are stories you’ll tell your friends about. Stories that stick with you long after you forget whatever headline you just doom-scrolled through. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.