When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: Nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, Nilsson and her editor, Alex Barker, have figured out who the guy was, and much more. Their reporting reveals a shadowy power structure that includes billionaires, tech geniuses and the most powerful finance companies in the world.
Introducing Untold: The Retreat
Introducing Untold, a new podcast from the Financial Times's special investigations team. In its first series, The Retreat, host Madison Marriage examines the world of the Goenka network, which promotes a type of intensive meditation known as Vipassana. Thousands of people go on Goenka retreats every year; people rave about them. But some who go to these meditation retreats suffer. They might feel a deep sense of terror, or a break with reality – and afterwards, they’re not themselves anymore.
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2/12/2024 • 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 8 - The Red Notebook
Law enforcement cuts off the Kinahan cartel, and a little red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal who killed the electrician in Almere.
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12/26/2023 • 33 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 7 - Against the Ropes
Daniel Kinahan is more influential than ever, but law enforcement may finally be catching up.
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12/21/2023 • 35 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 6 - Ties with Tehran
An undercover operation in New York reveals a connection with Tehran.
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12/19/2023 • 32 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 5 - Nerds vs Narcos
Back in the Netherlands, the high-tech unit of the Dutch police works to crack the murder case.
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12/14/2023 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 4 - Gangster's Paradise
No longer safe in Europe, the cartel bosses move to a city that is attracting criminals from around the globe.
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12/12/2023 • 34 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 3 - Sun, Guns & Sangria
International law enforcement is after the Kinahan cartel, revealing just how big the operation has grown.
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12/7/2023 • 35 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 2 - Cocaine CEO
An enterprising Dublin drug dealer makes the most of a revolution sweeping across Europe’s criminal economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/5/2023 • 31 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 1 - Murder Brokers
When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/5/2023 • 29 minutes, 45 seconds
Introducing Hot Money: The New Narcos
Hot Money is back with a new season that begins with a mysterious murder in a small town and leads to a cocaine super cartel and a secret proxy war between democracies and dictatorships.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
