This week, we’re covering the transformation of the collapsed LTCB into the revived Shinsei (“New Life”) Bank, and the motley…
Two women entered Kuala Lumpur International Airport to film a prank show. Their target: an unassuming business traveler. The result: the assassination of the former heir apparent of the North Korean government. How did two aspiring actresses end up caught in the middle of the biggest diplomatic incidents of the decade? And why did Kim Jong-nam go from North Korea’s future leader to its top target?
This week: a combination of political scandals, tabloid journalism, institutional inertia, and of course the goddamn Swiss lead to the…
This week, we’re returning to the era of the bubble economy and its aftermath with an up close look at…
One man’s quest for vengeance against Wells Fargo turned into a massive crime spree—with occasional poetry breaks. Returning guest Amanda Jean joins us to fall in love with Black Bart, the gentleman robber who bluffed his way through a criminal career with no horse, no accomplices, and no bullets.
This week, we’re wrapping up our month on piracy by looking at how the image of “Japanese pirates” became so…
This week, we’re talking about how Hideyoshi finally tamed Japan’s pirates, and why that makes them so hard to understand…
Welcome to the seedy underbelly of Pittsburgh, where the battle for control over the sex trade turned into an all-out gang war. Caught in the middle: A trans horse riding instructor who turned to a life of crime when he needed money to care for his ailing mother. S.A. Chant joins us today for a conversation about money laundering through paint-your-own ceramics, fighting the cops with birthday cake, and the way respectability politics changes the stories we tell about queer history.
This week, we’re focusing on the height of piracy during the civil wars in Japan, and in particular the powerful…
This week, in the first of a four part series on piracy in Japan, we’re covering the background of piracy…