• 184. Escape from Bamban: One man’s scam farm nightmare in the Philippines
    Nov 19 2024

    Back in February, Dylan went to the Philippines for what he thought would be a great Chinese Lunar New Year vacation. Then he found himself held hostage in a gang-run scamming compound. We tell one man’s story about getting out and what the Philippines is doing to shut these operations down.

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    29 mins
  • 183. Mic Drop: Moore’s Law now applies to space
    Nov 15 2024

    Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu says Moore’s Law of computing power doesn’t just apply to chips anymore – he says it describes the exponential growth of satellite launches, too.

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    10 mins
  • 182. Exclusive: Gen. Nakasone on national security threats, life after the NSA, and a possible return to government
    Nov 12 2024

    (November 12, 2024)

    A week before the election, we sat down with Ret. General Paul Nakasone and he talked about North Korea, Russian hackers, his life after the NSA and why he hasn’t ruled out taking another government job.

    More from our interview: https://therecord.media/nakasone-click-here-interview-north-korea-exploding-pagers-government-job





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    30 mins
  • 181. A hacker’s final frontier — Space
    Nov 8 2024

    Recently, a lot of smart people who work on space problems gathered at the Value of Space Summit in Colorado Springs and talked to us about the things that keep them up at night. At the top of their list? Earthlings hacking satellites and speeding bits of space junk.

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    20 mins
  • 180. Mic Drop Exclusive: Gen. Nakasone says reports about influence campaigns are ‘a sign of success’
    Nov 5 2024

    We sit down one-on-one with Retired General Paul Nakasone, the man who dreamed up the US response to the latest iteration of foreign election chicanery. He explains why he’s so confident the 2024 vote will be safe and secure.

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    19 mins
  • 179. Mic Drop: Guardians of the Galaxy are sitting in Colorado Springs
    Nov 1 2024

    While the world was taking selfies against the colorful backdrop of solar storm auroras this past spring, officials at the Space Watch Center in Colorado Springs were searching for something more nefarious.

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    11 mins
  • 178. Saving Odie: A team of space geeks, a scrappy lunar lander and today’s hackable space race
    Oct 29 2024

    NASA has off-loaded much of the space program onto the private sector. Companies are building space suits and moon buggies and lunar landers. We tell the story of a scrappy little lander — and how earthlings had to hack it to save it.

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    23 mins
  • 177. Mic Drop: NSA’s David Luber on Russia, China and the power of partnerships
    Oct 25 2024

    We talk to the NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity, David Luber, about Ukraine, adversaries in cyberspace, and the importance of partnerships.

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    12 mins