Ponzi Supernova

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Ep. 6: Something Fishy

2017-06-0937:51

In the series finale, reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches the core of Madoff's collapsed star: the forces that pulled $65 billion down a dark hole. With Bernie as our guide, we learn about unseen financial forces that continue to tug on us all, and why they might be impossible to control.

Ep. 5: Clawback!

2017-06-0233:121

In this episode, the most familiar faces of Madoff's collapse - the victims - in a new light. Reporter Steve Fishman goes behind the scenes of a surprisingly effective and complicated recovery effort that blurs the lines between fair and cruel, guilty and innocent.

Ep. 4: Hide the Screw

2017-05-2623:27

Bernie Madoff, the man behind a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, confessed. He was never caught. In this episode, reporter Steve Fishman sets out to discover how a ragtag team, with 30 year-old technology, managed to fool private auditors and the United States government for decades.

Ep. 3: The Operation

2017-05-1927:32

When Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme collapsed, we saw a portrait of a high-tech Wall Street genius duping the financial world. In this episode, what we didn't see. Reporter Steve Fishman introduces us to the unlikely, almost unbelievable perpetrators of history's biggest fraud.

Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls

2017-05-1127:27

Reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches Bernie Madoff in North Carolina, where the famous Ponzi schemer is serving a 150 year prison sentence. In never before heard jailhouse interviews, Fishman asks Bernie the big questions: how did he do it? And why? The answers lead further and deeper than we ever imagined.

Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff

2017-05-0523:35

Reporter Steve Fishman tells the story of how he convinced Bernie Madoff to call him from prison. Along the way, Steve learns about Madoff’s life in prison from Bernie’s new associates: the other criminals serving time in Butner, NC.

Comments (2)

Sandeep Patel

this podcast was ok. I was hoping I would learn more about the Ponzi scheme after this podcast, but ended up learning nothing more than I already know. To me it seemed to focus more on the editing and the FX and making the story dramatic rather than focusing on the facts and the story in general.

Feb 21st

Bronwyn Fraser

If you listen to fox news this is the kind of sensational twittering for you. The over editing is unbearable, and the journo shows little respect to their subject - even if he is a crook.

Oct 2nd

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