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Reportercast January 2023 with Dan Neidle, on the Nadhim Zahawi scandal, corporate transparency and libel law
The last Reportercast of the season (meaning we’re taking a break to plan this experiment’s future) features Dan Neidle, a tax and transparency expert and founder of the Tax Policy Associates think tank, who has been in the news frequently in recent weeks over the key role he played in uncovering the scandal around Tory […]
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Reportercast December 2022 with Garrett Ziegler on the Hunter Biden saga
Ho, ho, ho… Merry Christmas to everyone, especially the people interested in our Reportercast. And this latest festive episode dropping today features a man who is at the heart of one of the biggest stories in the world, that of the controversies surrounding Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, alleged illegal lobbying […]
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Reportercast November 2022: Valeria Hontareva on Ukraine’s reconstruction and banking reforms
Welcome, people, to November’s Reportercast, with a very distinguished guest – Valeria Hontareva, the former central bank governor of Ukraine (2014-2017), and now a world-famous expert on finance reforms, banking governance and monetary policy. Hontareva is also one of the bravest central bankers the world has ever seen, having closed dozens of dirty banks affiliated […]
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Reportercast October 2022 with Alexandru Flenchea: Transnistria explainer
In this special episode of Reportercast, Alexandru Flenchea, a former negotiator for Moldova’s government on the issue of Russia-occupied separatist Transnistria, and former advisor to the US embassy in Moldova, joins host Matei Rosca to discuss little-known Transnistria’s role in the Ukraine invasion. Flenchea, who also runs a Transnistria-focused NGO in Moldova called Initiative 4 […]
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Reportercast September 2022: Bradley Birkenfeld on whistleblowing
People, September’s Reportercast has appeared. Our guest for this edition is world-famous whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, a self-described “hammer looking for nails” known for exposing a multi-billion tax scam at UBS and receiving what at the time was the largest reward in US history for his disclosure, which led to the overhauling of the Swiss banking […]
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Reportercast August 2022: Tom Spiller on crypto and Tory politics
Welcome, all, to August 2022’s episode of Reportercast. The guest for this edition is Tom Spiller, a top lawyer specialised in the UK cryptocurrency industry and general international commercial litigation, and a Conservative Party activist who was given an Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his services to politics in the UK. […]
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Reportercast July 2022: Edward Lucas on Eastern Europe’s geopolitics
Welcome, welcome, to the second episode of our monthly Reportercast, now available on major platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Youtube. Or you may listen directly from Acast and Youtube below, as well as use the RSS feed code to add the stream to your preferred podcast app. The guest was Edward […]
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Reportercast June 2022: Jamison Firestone on Russia sanctions
In this first episode, our guest is Jamison Firestone, a legendary lawyer and campaigner among Russia-watchers. He discusses his experience of living in Moscow in the 90s, then being driven out after his friend and colleague Sergei Magnitsky was killed for discovering a massive state-enabled corruption scheme. Jamison played a top role in the ensuing […]