In 2012, Karl Williams took a flight to Dubai to soak up the sun and party with his friends in the legendary club scene. That would be the last time he saw his home for over 1 year. Accused of a crime he didn't commit, Karl was driven out to t

The Mastermind: Evan Ratliff

May 29th, 2016 26m 45s

Paul Le Roux started out as a brilliant computer programmer who developed some of the strongest encryption software ever created. But that life was not good enough for him. In the mid-2000's, Paul began to dabble in criminal activity. Within 10

Your Privacy Is Dead: Moritz Bartl

Apr 24th, 2016 42m 31s

You are being spied on right now. Acccording to Tor Project advocate and computer scientist Moritz Bartl, there is very little you can do about it. Governments and big corporations are aligned in the pursuit of your personal data, and they are

Rise Of The Surveillance State: Andrei Soldatov Part 2

Apr 10th, 2016 30m 20s

Investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov and I continue our talk on the attempts by the Russian security services and Vladimir Putin to control the Russian internet. We talk Edward Snowden, western companies complicity, and what the future ho

Rise of the Survelliance State: Andrei Soldatov Part 1

Apr 3rd, 2016 26m 8s

In 1999, Vladimir Putin made a promise: to leave the internet alone and unregulated. Amazingly, he kept that promise. As a result, the internet in Russia developed into one of its most competitive industries. But in 2012, that promise died. Ind

A Lasting Legacy: Quincy Jones

Mar 20th, 2016 31m 7s

Imagine you were given 1 year to live. What would you do? Well, comedian Quincy Jones has decided to pursue a lasting legacy. When he is not fighting terminal cancer, he is chasing his dream of filming a comedy special. I talked with Quincy abo

King of Clubland: Michael Alig

Mar 12th, 2016 36m 36s

In the late 80's through to the mid-90's, New York City was a different world from the corporate, Disney-fied, version of today. Crime and drugs were rampant. In a pre-9/11 world, the NYPD was just barely keeping the city safe. And that was fin

A Legendary Mountaineer: Cecilie Skog

Feb 21st, 2016 29m 30s

On August 1, 2008, 31 climbers from 8 separate international teams began summiting the second tallest mountain in the world, K2. Of those 31, only 20 would make it back to base camp alive. One of the survivors was legendary mountaineer and pola

The Satanic Temple: Doug Mesner aka Lucien Greaves

Feb 7th, 2016 33m 36s

To many, Satanism is a word that conjures up visions of devil worship and supernatural evil. So why are so many people publicly associating themselves with it nowadays? Is the apocalypse close? Has Lucifer finally hatched his diabolical plan t

Capital of Vice: Alexander Coggin

Feb 1st, 2016 28m 58s

Berlin is a city that must be experienced to be defined. And one of the people defining the Berlin experience every day, is VICE News photojournalist Alexander Coggin. I talked with Alex about his VICE News stories regarding US college debt dod

A Champions Life: Rich Franklin

Jan 19th, 2016 32m 25s

In just 3 years, Rich Franklin went from being a full time teacher, to becoming the best mixed martial artist on the planet. Rich and I candidly discuss how he broke the news to his family that he was quitting his job to pursue his dream of be

A Nuclear Nightmare Remembered: David E. Hoffman

Dec 27th, 2015 29m 3s

Recent declassified information shows that in 1983, the US and Soviet Union came much closer to nuclear war then anyone had previously known. I talked with the Pulitzer Prize winning author about this, how a lowly Soviet Lt. Colonel saved the

Life and Times in the IRA: Anthony McIntyre

Dec 5th, 2015 43m 22s

Historian, scholar and former IRA gunman, Anthony McIntyre talks with me about the republican struggle, murder, going to prison for 18 years, becoming a vocal critic of the IRA, and the infamous Belfast Tapes that are now threatening to disrupt

A Happy Hooker: Male Escort Lance Navarro

Nov 18th, 2015 31m 15s

Lance Navarro talks open and honestly about his life as a gay sex worker, how he got into the business, why prostitution should be seen as a job and not a crime, whether he charges more for a big penis, coming out of the closet at 16 in rural V

A Most Honorable Irish Mobster: John 'Red' Shea Part 2

Nov 8th, 2015 29m 31s

In part 2, the former head of drug operations for Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang talks about hanging out with Johnny Depp on the set of his film 'Black Mass' , how Whitey stole $250,000 from the Italian mafia, how he lost the love of h

A Most Honorable Irish Mobster:John 'Red' Shea Part 1

Oct 31st, 2015 46m 48s

In the 1980's, John 'Red' Shea became the head of drug operations for arguably the most infamous mobster in American history, Whitey Bulger. John talks candidly about his personal relationship with Whitey, his rise to the top of the Irish mob

My Friend Simba: Living w. Albinism in Africa, Witch Doctors and Measuring Penis's

Oct 17th, 2015 20m 10s

For this first installment of Jim's Welt, we talk with my friend Simba. I was fortunate enough to meet him down in South Africa while in country helping to launch an uncensored talk radio channel. Together we discuss what it's like for him liv

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