Making a Killing Podcast
1) Ep. 35 | Ed Lucas on Fortifying Britain’s Democracy Against Kleptocracy
Paul Massaro talks to Edward Lucas about the outsized role of Britain in laundering the world’s ill-gotten gains, particularly from China and Russia, and enabling kleptocracy. They discuss what this m...Show More
2) Ep. 34 | Deterring Putin with Marshall Billingslea
As the White House warns of an “imminent” attack on Ukraine, former US Treasury Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea joins Nate Sibley to explore what options America and its allies still possess ...Show More
3) Ep. 33 | Defending Ukraine and Punishing Putin with Peter Rough
Hudson senior fellow Peter Rough joins Paul Massaro and Nate Sibley to discuss US policy options for deterring further Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well as the role of strategic corruption i...Show More
4) Ep. 32 | China’s Serial Censorship
Paul Massaro talks to Dr. Andreas Fulda about how the CCP leverages its market to silence academics and other critics. The two discuss the case study of Germany, which has been particularly vulnerable...Show More
5) Ep. 31 | Putin’s Killer Kleptocracy is on Ukraine's Doorstep
Paul talks to Russian opposition politician and economist Vladimir Milov about Putin’s troop build-up on the border of Ukraine and how that links back to the corruption that underpins the Kremlin syst...Show More
6) Special | Ep. 30: A New Era for US Efforts Against Kleptocracy with Josh Rudolph
The new US Strategy on Countering Corruption was released hours before the Summit for Democracy and promises to rewrite the rulebook on global anticorruption efforts. Josh Rudolph of the German Marsha...Show More
Special | Ep. 30: A New Era for US Efforts Against Kleptocracy with Josh Rudolph
37:07 | Dec 7th, 2021
7) Ep. 29: American Kleptocracy with Casey Michel
Casey talks to Nate and Paul about his debut book, which chronicles the rise of US financial secrecy through the colorful stories of two famous kleptocrats—and explains why the US must lead global eff...Show More
8) Ep. 28: How Corruption Drives Climate Change
Casey, Nate and Paul discuss the kleptocrats at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the role of bribery in driving environmental abuses, and how green sanctions and law enforcem...Show More
9) Ep. 27: Real Estate Laundromat
Casey speaks with Lakshmi Kumar, policy director at Global Financial Integrity, about the damaging - and deadly - consequences of money laundering in American real estate.
10) Ep. 26: Rethinking Sanctions
Description: Casey and Paul chat about the US Treasury Department's recent sanctions review, raids on sanctioned Russian oligarchs, and why targeted sanctions remain the best tools for targeting klept...Show More