Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
BONUS: Introducing "The Professor"
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Shoot the Messenger Listeners - we are hard at work on Season 2, “Who Killed the Haitian President?” It will launch in late February. Until th...
Exiled Russian Journalist Hacked with Pegasus
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of Shoot the Messenger, we share a special interview host Rose Reid did with Russian journalist and founder of the media outlet ...
BONUS: The Spy Inside Your Phone, a special collab with Reveal
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We partnered with our friends at Reveal for a special episode on Pegasus, “The Spy Inside Your Smartphone,” featuring a deeper dive in the hacking...
Bonus: Recommending "Silenced: The Radio Murders"
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A chilling wave of murders sweeps through Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood that is home to many Haitian exiles. The victims are radio broadcasters, ...
A Sneak Peak into Season 2 "Who Killed The Haitian President?"
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a brief hiatus, but here's a sneak peak into what we're working on for Shoot The Messenger season two! For our second season of Shoot th...
BONUS: Introducing Transportista
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Captain Humberto Coral was a key member in the Search Bloc that hunted down and killed notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Only a few months after the ...
Bonus: How a US Reporter was Imprisoned in Putin's Russia
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On March 29, Russian authorities arrested Evan and accused him of spying on Russia on behalf of the US government. Evan was imprisoned in Moscow’s L...
BONUS: Introducing Click Here
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A special bonus episode from one of our favorite podcasts, Click Here. Click Here is a podcast about the world of cyber and intelligence hosted by Di...
10. A Blacklist, an Executive Order, and Front Companies to Circumvent it All
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware concludes its first season with its tenth episode. Up until now, this show has focused on ...
9. 50,000 Phone Numbers
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its ninth episode, a conversation with Sandrine Rigaud and Laurent Richard o...
8. Living with Pegasus
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its eighth episode, a special interview with acclaimed journalist Carlos Da...
7. Pegasus, Netanyahu’s Foreign Bargaining Chip
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its seventh episode, revealing a pattern of Pegasus as a bargaining chip fo...
6. How Are Ordinary Americans Supporting the Makers of Pegasus?
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its sixth episode, breaking down the private equity funds behind the makers...
5. WhatsApp and Facebook Take the NSO Group to Court
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its fifth episode. As WhatsApp and Facebook bring NSO to court in the fede...
4. The Day Pegasus Breached WhatsApp
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its fourth episode, exposing what really happened at WhatsApp when it was br...
3. Who is the NSO Group?
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder and Pegasus Spyware continues with its third episode of the series digging into the origin story behind the com...
1. What Happened to Jamal Khashoggi?
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey and was never seen again. Weeks later, the Turkish intelligence releas...
2. Discovering Pegasus Spyware - The Magic Worm
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than four years after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Khashoggi’s phones are still with Tur...
Introducing Shoot The Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shoot the Messenger is a new serialized, investigative-reporting podcast where we do deep dives on the international news stories that warrant a reex...