Homegrown: OKC dives into a case of domestic terrorism from the past that’s really a warning about the future. Back in 1995, there was a disaster that should have prepared us for January 6th and the political violence that we’re seeing today: t

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Bonus #2: CZ Pleads Guilty - The End of the Road for the Crypto Kingpins?

Dec 20th, 2023 18m 24s

As another kingpin falls, what’s next for crypto? At the start of November, Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted. After weeks of complex testimony, the jury took just four hours to find him guilty of defrauding customers and investors out of billion

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Bonus #1: Courtroom Bombshells - An Update from Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial

Oct 26th, 2023 21m 50s

“He is somebody who likes double or nothing coin flips – and this is basically his last coin flip.”Since kicking off on October 3, the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried has generated headlines around the world. It’s produced hours of witness testimony

Episode 6: Kill Shot

Oct 3rd, 2023 38m 15s

With FTX’s debts spiraling and Alameda’s books a blackhole, Sam needs to bring in more cash fast to keep the two companies afloat. But CZ has been biding his time — and he’s done tolerating Sam’s backstabbing. When CoinDesk publishes an explosi

Episode 5: The Island Cowboy

Oct 3rd, 2023 33m 20s

Life’s a beach for Sam — he moves FTX to the Bahamas just as China starts cracking down on crypto and lands a jaw-dropping $200 million funding deal with Sequoia Capital. He attracts the backing of Wall Street financier and one-time Trump White

Episode 4: Coming to America

Sep 26th, 2023 31m 14s

Sam spends hundreds of millions to buy name recognition and political influence for FTX in the U.S. — and suddenly his upstart crypto exchange is everywhere, from the Miami Heat’s arena to the halls of Congress. Football stars, models, and TV p

Episode 3: The Wild East

Sep 26th, 2023 26m 45s

Sam moves Alameda Research’s headquarters from Berkeley to Hong Kong to take advantage of the unregulated crypto market there. Caroline comes along for the ride, struggling to manage the stress of he r new job. Sam pitches investors on a new id

Episode 2: Money and a Hat

Sep 18th, 2023 37m 2s

Starting his career at a secretive Wall Street firm, Sam learns to gamble and is praised for taking big risks. He embraces Effective Altruism, a movement aimed at doing “the most good,” and starts “earning to give” big donations to charity. He

Episode 1: Silicon Valley Nerds

Sep 18th, 2023 33m 20s

Two cryptocurrency titans, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, and Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, the founder of Binance, face off in an epic struggle for the soul of crypto – a battle that will result in eight felony charges and a $32 bi

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Introducing: Crypto Kingpins

Sep 14th, 2023 1m 57s

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Aug 4th, 2023 32s

Once upon a time, there were two titans of the crypto industry: Sam Bankman-Fried, the child of Stanford professors and founder of FTX, and Changpeng Zhao, the nomadic founder of Binance. The pair were the faces of crypto, generating billion-do

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