#supply-chain-security
60 episodes
#5213: Who Tracks the Ships? Inside Maritime Intelligence
AIS data, dark vessels, and the quiet organizations—UKMTO, IMB, Windward—that watch the world's shipping.
#4992: The Repair Shop That Didn't Want Customers
A small-town repair shop with no customers, a clueless tech, and a name that doesn't match. Front or failure?
#4976: Building a Procurement Agent That Actually Works
How to encode the weird, undocumented skills technical buyers use every day into an AI agent that won't get you audited.
#4804: How Industrial Safety Became an Industry
From the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to OSHA and the conglomerates that own your hard hat.
#4646: A Single Slice of Turkey: Border Biosecurity Explained
Why a leftover sandwich triggered a full customs inspection — and the surprising science behind agricultural biosecurity.
#4409: The Port Concession Trap: Dependency vs. Malware
Why letting a foreign state-run your port for 25 years is worse than any Trojan horse.
#4308: Inside the Secret World of Pyrotechnicians
Only 4,000 licensed pyrotechnicians exist in the US. What do they actually do the other 300 days a year?
#4203: Your Alibaba Shipment Is Stuck at Customs — Here’s Why
Why letting your supplier handle customs clearance can cost you more than the markup — and how to fix it.
#4174: DAP vs DDP: The Real Cost of Customs Risk
DAP looks cheaper, but hidden fees can erase your savings. Here's what actually changes hands at the border.
#4153: The Corporate Org Chart of Cybercrime
Stop picturing a lone hacker. Today's cybercrime looks like a consulting firm with a really unethical business plan.
#3982: Can AliEver Be Ethical?
Why a package from China arrives faster than one from 20km away — and what that says about sustainable shopping.
#3881: Baby Food Tampering in Jerusalem: What Parents Need to Know
Infants collapsed from benzodiazepine-laced baby food in Jerusalem. Here's what happened, the history, and how tamper-evident packaging works.
#3860: Qatar's Gift Plane: Air Force One Security Risk?
A foreign government gave the U.S. a Boeing 747 for Air Force One. Is it a generous gift or a security nightmare?
#3859: How Gartner Shapes Tech Buying (and Who Pays for It)
Gartner's Magic Quadrant and Hype Cycle shape billions in tech spending. But who's really paying the analyst?
#3843: Tracing the Grey Economy's Hidden Pipes
How journalists trace fraud from Tel Aviv boiler rooms to trafficking networks using public records and patience.
#3842: The Moving Scam That Holds Your Belongings Hostage
How a Tel Aviv call center runs interstate moving scams on Americans — and why it's still happening.
#3771: How Mossad Built a Fake Factory to Pager-Bomb Hezbollah
Mossad didn't just intercept pagers — they manufactured them from scratch, explosives included, through a multi-layer fake company network.
#3694: The Hidden World of Electronic Component Distributors
Digikey, Mouser, and Farnell aren't normal retailers—they're the backbone of global electronics manufacturing. Here's how they work.
#3608: The Lost Scent of the Temple: Incense in Jewish Tradition
How a core Temple ritual vanished from Jewish practice and became associated with other religions instead.
#3558: How to Spot a Rigged Government Tender
Learn to identify sham tenders and bid effectively on genuine government contracts without wasting time.
#3096: How Encrypted Plots Actually Get Busted
Encrypted phones don't stop arrests. Here's how intelligence agencies actually catch terror cells.
#3070: The Hidden World of Custom Drug Dosing
Why getting a precise 6.25mg Seroquel dose reveals the strange economics of custom medicine.
#2954: The 47 Lubricants of War: Inside Defense Supply Chains
How Israel’s military actually buys bullets, missiles, and tank grease — and why a single factory in Virginia matters.
#2922: The Milk That Never Touched a Cow
Precision-fermented dairy is on shelves. But is it milk? And is it kosher? Three rabbinic positions, one yeast strain.