Bob Sullivan’s podcast projects

Bob is currently the host of AARP’s The Perfect Scam podcast. Listeners ride along weekly as scam victims and professional con artists tell their stories. Co-host Frank “Catch Me if You Can” Abagnale rounds out a roster of experts who help listeners avoid digital criminals.

Debugger is a podcast about technology and democracy, produced with help from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics.

Breach is a deep-dive audio documentary that investigates history’s biggest hackers. Bob is co-host with Alia Tavakolian of Spoke Media. Season 1 uncovers the role of Russia in the massive Yahoo hack; Season 2 examines the comedy of errors that led to the Equifax breach. Sponsored by Carbonite. A Shorty Award finalist.

No Place to Hide is a 6-episode miniseries examining the state of privacy in America, from abusive digital police tactics to abusive romantic partners who hunt down victims through cyberspace. Bob co-hosts with Spoke Media’s Alia Tavakolian. Part fiction, part non-fiction. Sponsored by Intel.

“So, Bob?” is a weekly investigation of the unintended consequences of technology.

LATEST EPISODES

Digital ‘superhero’ hacks scammers and has the video to prove it — hear what makes Jim Browning tick

May 6, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

This looks like a normal office full of workers doing normal office-y things. But it’s a scammer phone bank, set up to rip off people all around the world. If you didn’t see it for yourself, you wouldn’t believe it. But thanks to a European tech worker who calls himself [Keep reading]

We could have fixed the Web. ‘It wasn’t that hard. We just failed’

April 19, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

This is the third part of the transcript from part 2 of our podcast, “What is the Original Sin of the Internet.” Tim Sparaponi is a really engaging speaker, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy listening to him more than reading his comments. But if you’d like to skim what he [Keep reading]

‘If it’s legal, it’s ok’ — the Original Sin of the Internet, part 2

April 15, 2021 Bob Sullivan 8

This is the second transcript from part 2 of the “What is the Original Sin of the Internet” podcast launched this week. Here, Ari Schwartz — whose career has spanned the Center for Democracy and Technology and the White House and private industry — explains why it’s so hard to [Keep reading]

‘We haven’t looked at privacy. As a crisis’ — The Original Sin of the Internet

April 12, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

This is part 3 of the transcript for the Debugger podcast, “What is the Original Sin of the Internet.” Somehow we went from bankrupt sock puppets to a fundamental attack on free will to billions of dollars of research designed to find psychological vulnerabilities and hack people’s minds. Bill’s version [Keep reading]

Why the collapse of the dot-com bubble led to the surveillance economy — and the techlash

April 12, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

This is part two of a six-part series based on my new podcast, Debugger. I am on a quest to find the Original Sin of the Internet with a series of experts who were there at the beginning of the Internet age. Next up: Bill Woodcock from the Packet [Keep reading]

The state of Internet: ‘Huffing and puffing, blowing bubbles into dirty water’

April 11, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

First up: Richard Purcell, one of the first privacy executives. From him, you’ll learn as much about working on the railroad as you will about the abuse of power through privacy invasions. But before that, I try to explain what I mean by “original sin” in the introduction, and why [Keep reading]

Welcome to Debugger, a podcast sponsored by Duke University

April 11, 2021 Bob Sullivan 1

Is there an Original Sin of the Internet? Join me on a journey to find out. Today I’m sharing a passion project of mine that’s been years in the making. I’m lucky. I’m getting old. Much better than the alternative! My career has spanned such a fascinating time in the [Keep reading]

Law enforcement scandal ended by 99-year-old’s stirring courtroom testimony

April 9, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

Florence Puana at her deposition Last week, I told you about Florence Puana — the 99-year-old woman who ended Honolulu’s biggest law enforcement scandal ever. Puana, you might recall, moved to Hawaii right before the Pearl Harbor attacks, raised nine children there, and lived to see her 100th birthday. She [Keep reading]

The scammer called days after her husband’s funeral

March 12, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

Some scam stories hurt more than others. In this one, Janet lost her husband of 52 years, and days later, got a call from someone who claimed she worked with her husband’s former employer. There was a life insurance policy, the caller said, but there were unpaid premiums. As anyone [Keep reading]

Podcast: How Debbie left an online lover scam, with help from her son

March 4, 2021 Bob Sullivan 2

Romance scams cost Americans $500 million each year, the FBI says. And the crime is soaring fast. Lonely people isolated at home during the pandemic are an attractive target for thee criminals. We’re currently exploring this awful phenomenon in a two-part podcast series at AARP’s The Perfect Scam. In last [Keep reading]

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