Let’s just say you didn’t grow up wanting to become a spy. You just wanted out of the family car business. You’re armed with an Ivy League education in your back pocket. You have a more noble profession in mind.

I don’t know... maybe... to be an actor.

But... to support yourself... you need a survival job. Before you now it, while your acting peers are waiting tables, you begin your apprenticeship as a corporate spy.

Dear listeners... everything you about to hear is entirely true... At least as far as we know...

I mean... this is the security industry... And we are talking about a working professional actor

But I digress...

pm73media and Matt Stephenson are excited to welcome Robert Herbek to the show. Robert has worn many hats over a long career... most of them in various characters as a CORPORATE SPY! Yes, that is a thing. After a career as a working actor on many network shows you have probably seen, he went full time into the world of social engineering. His new book RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street details stories that are just too good to not be true.  Dig it...

RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street

RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street is the story of a young man who dreams of stardom but can’t quite shake everything he’s learned growing up in the family car business.

RUSE lives in a unique intersection of Hollywood and Wall Street as Robert tries to straddle both worlds: interacting with entertainment legends as a burgeoning actor while making ends meet as corporate spy, coaxing people inside big Wall Street firms to reveal information and secrets that could bring down companies worth billions of dollars—and bring him into the crosshairs of the authorities.

About Robert Kerbek

Robert Kerbeck is the author of RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street, a thrilling look into the world of corporate espionage and his career as a secret spy.

Robert’s essays and short stories have been featured in numerous magazines and literary journals. One story was adapted into the award-winning film, Reconnected.

He fought one of the worst fires in California history, the 2018 Woolsey Fire, to save his home. His debut book, Malibu Burning: The Real Story Behind LA’s Most Devastating Wildfire, won the 2020 IPPY Award as the Silver Medalist in Creative Nonfiction, the Readers’ Favorite Award as the Silver Medalist in Nonfiction Drama, and the Best of LA award.

A lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Robert has worked extensively in theater, film, and television, appearing in lead roles in major shows and earning several awards. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he resides in Malibu.

About Matt Stephenson

My name is Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) and I have hosted podcasts, videos and live events all over the world which put me with experts on every corner of the cybersecurity landscape. pm73media is my first solo endeavor. On this platform and others to come, I will continue to expand upon the tradition we started with the Insecurity podcast as I seek out the leading minds in the tech industry and beyond. I am always looking for fun people who may break things every now and again.

In 20 years in the ecosystem of Data Protection and Cybersecurity I have toured the world extolling the virtues of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and how, when applied to information security, these technologies can wrong-foot the bad guys.

Whether in person, live virtual events or podcasting, I get to interview interesting people doing interesting things all over the world of technology and the extended world of hacking. Sometimes, that means hacking elections or the coffee supply chain... other times that means social manipulation or the sovereign wealth fund of a national economy.

Wherever I go, my job is all about talking with the people who build, manage or wreck the systems that we have put in place to make the world go round...

If you tuned in to any of my previous podcasts, there’s great news…! pm73media is here! I will be bringing the same kind of energy and array of guests you know and love. Best part? We’re still at the same spot. You can find it at Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music & Audible as well as GooglePlay, Gaana, Himalaya, I Heart Radio and wherever you get your podcasts!

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