Hey Shoot the Messenger Listeners - we are hard at work on Season 2, “Who Killed the Haitian President?” It will launch in late February. Until then, we’re bringing you special bonus episodes. This episode we’re sharing the first episode of a

Exiled Russian Journalist Hacked with Pegasus

Oct 31st, 2023 38m 10s

In this bonus episode of Shoot the Messenger, we share a special interview host Rose Reid did with Russian journalist and founder of the media outlet Meduza, Galina Timchenko.Citizen Lab and Access Now confirmed Galina Timchenko had been infe

BONUS: The Spy Inside Your Phone, a special collab with Reveal

Sep 26th, 2023 52m 51s

We partnered with our friends at Reveal for a special episode on Pegasus, “The Spy Inside Your Smartphone,” featuring a deeper dive in the hacking of the El Faro newsroom in El Salvador and an interview with co-host Rose Reid. Reveal, hosted

Shoot The Messenger: Recommending "Silenced: The Radio Murders"

Aug 15th, 2023 36m 5s

A chilling wave of murders sweeps through Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood that is home to many Haitian exiles. The victims are radio broadcasters, using the airwaves to demand democracy at home. Little Haiti is up in arms, calling for justic

A Sneak Peak into Season 2 of Shoot The Messenger

Jul 11th, 2023 3m 42s

We're taking a brief hiatus, but here's a sneak peak into what we're working on for Shoot The Messenger season two!For our second season of Shoot the Messenger, we are doing a special collaboration with reporter David Adams to tell a story th

BONUS: Introducing Transportista

Jun 27th, 2023 30m 2s

Captain Humberto Coral was a key member in the Search Bloc that hunted down and killed notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Only a few months after the killing of Escobar, Captain Coral was mysteriously killed in the streets of Medellín. His son,

Bonus: How a US Reporter was Imprisoned in Putin's Russia

Jun 13th, 2023 26m 4s

On March 29, Russian authorities arrested Evan and accused him of spying on Russia on behalf of the US government. Evan was imprisoned in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, where he remains today. In this special episode from Project Brazen, you’ll hea

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BONUS: Introducing Click Here

May 30th, 2023 19m 48s

A special bonus episode from one of our favorite podcasts, Click Here.Click Here is a podcast about the world of cyber and intelligence hosted by Dina Temple-Raston. Click Here did a special episode about Pegasus spyware in Mexico:Classif

10. A Blacklist, an Executive Order, and Front Companies to Circumvent it All

May 16th, 2023 35m 39s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware concludes its first season with its tenth episode.Up until now, this show has focused on the use of Pegasus in foreign countries. But while we were in the middle of releasing the epis

9. 50,000 Phone Numbers

May 2nd, 2023 37m 45s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its ninth episode, a conversation with Sandrine Rigaud and Laurent Richard of Forbidden Stories, the organization behind the Pegasus Project. Published in July 2021, th

8. Living with Pegasus

Apr 18th, 2023 48m 15s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its eighth episode, a special interview with acclaimed journalist Carlos Dada about the intense targeting of him and his newsroom, El Faro, in El Salvador. El Faro is n

7. Pegasus, Netanyahu’s Foreign Bargaining Chip

Apr 4th, 2023 34m 1s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its seventh episode, revealing a pattern of Pegasus as a bargaining chip for foreign relations.Over the past decade, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Net

6. How Are Ordinary Americans Supporting the Makers of Pegasus?

Mar 21st, 2023 36m 10s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its sixth episode, breaking down the private equity funds behind the makers of Pegasus.The NSO Group has grown from a few founders working in a renovated chicken coop t

5. WhatsApp and Facebook Take the NSO Group to Court

Mar 7th, 2023 43m 21s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its fifth episode. As WhatsApp and Facebook bring NSO to court in the federal court, the future of the NSO Group is in jeopardy and their tactics are further exposed.A

4. The Day Pegasus Breached WhatsApp

Feb 21st, 2023 38m 51s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its fourth episode, exposing what really happened at WhatsApp when it was breached by Pegasus in 2019.The WhatsApp breach is a critical moment because it has put everyt

3. Who is the NSO Group?

Feb 7th, 2023 41m 2s

Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its third episode of the series digging into the origin story behind the company that makes Pegasus spyware, the NSO Group. Israeli tech entrepreneurs Shalev Hulio and Om

1. What Happened to Jamal Khashoggi?

Jan 24th, 2023 44m 11s

In 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey and was never seen again. Weeks later, the Turkish intelligence released secret tapes of Khashoggi’s last moments before being brutally murdered, causing an interna

2. Discovering Pegasus Spyware - The Magic Worm

Jan 24th, 2023 41m 40s

More than four years after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Khashoggi’s phones are still with Turkish authorities. We learned how Khashoggi’s wife, Hanan Elatr discovered she had been targeted,

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Introducing Shoot The Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware

Jan 13th, 2023 3m 8s

Shoot the Messenger is a new serialized, investigative-reporting podcast where we do deep dives on the international news stories that warrant a reexamination. We start our first season asking what really happened to the murdered Washington Pos

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