What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast

Roy Wood, Jr. Exposes the Loch Ness Monster Gun Lobby Conspiracy

As a Daily Show correspondent, comedian Roy Wood, Jr. knows a thing or two about fake news and truthiness as well as the truth-and-a-half that is comedy.
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What the Hack with Adam Levin

Max McCoy Investigates $47 Million That Isn’t in Kansas Anymore

Journalist Max McCoy traveled to the land of Bonnie and Clyde, Ground Zero of the Dust Bowl, to investigate an epic scam.
Pig Butchering

Erin West Puts the Bad Guys to Shame

Erin West is the Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California and the founder of Project Shamrock.
Dick Gephardt

Dick Gephardt Wants a Safer Internet

Dick Gephardt wants accountability for big tech—before more lives are harmed.
What the Hack with Adam Levin

Kara Swisher Calls Out the Man Babies of Big Tech

Kara Swisher joins us this week to talk about her new memoir Burn Book and the man children of Silicon Valley.
Jen Caltrider

Jen Caltrider Unwraps this Season’s Hidden Privacy Nightmare

A privacy OG joins Beau and Travis just in time for Black Friday to deck the halls with AI-fueled dystopian dread.
Al Franken

Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri...

Al Franken joins fellow SNL alum Laraine Newman with a cameo by Susan Bennett (the real Siri) in this mock Big Tech takedown.

Scams

The Seven Digital Sins

It’s no secret the internet doesn’t always bring out the best in people. The relative anonymity and global sprawl of digital life make it the ideal environment for scams, trolling and other kinds of bad behavior online.  I host a podcast about cybersecurity, and was pondering how to put the issues we all face in our digital lives in a memorable form, and here’s what I came up with: The Seven Digital Sins: Pride: Thinking you’re safe. According to the FTC, U.S. citizens reported roughly $10 billion in losses to cybercrime in 2023, up $1 billion from the year before; far...
Blind Mule Scam

Blind Mule Scams: What You Need to Know

Scammers groom unwitting targets and then trick them into trafficking illicit drugs and other contraband.
SNAP EBT fraud

Joy and Michelle Talk Skimmers, Scammers and SNAP EBT Fraud

SNAP EBT scams sap twenty percent of the funds earmarked for food assistance. This week’s guests tell us how to tackle the problem.
Christina LaBarbiera

Christina’s Alleged Romance Scammer Plays A Long Con

Sometimes the most convincing online dating scams happen in person.
Scams targeting small businesses

3 Scams Targeting Small Businesses

Small businesses are often easy targets for scammers. Here’s how.
Marjorie Bloom

Marjorie Bloom Reveals a $661,000 Tech Support Scam

A tech support scam linked to a bank scam turns into a crypto scam of epic proportions.
David Maimon

David Maimon Introduces Us to a Fresh New Hell

David Maimon came to visit us again to talk about a new scam that’s troubling in scale and scope.

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