Power Corrupts
Brian Klaas
Power Corrupts
Brian Klaas
Tuesday 23 November 2021 : Artificial intelligence is the frontier of human innovation. But it has a dark side, too. In this episode, we explore how AI intersects with...
Tuesday 16 November 2021 : Is the next war going to happen in space? What are space weapons like, anyway? And why should we be worried about the space ventures of...
Tuesday 09 November 2021 : Is it a crime to steal back something that was once yours? That's the question we'll tackle this week, as we look at a string of...
Tuesday 02 November 2021 : This week's episode is an excerpt from the opening chapter of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. (If you pre-order the book...
Monday 01 November 2021 : The title of this podcast is Power Corrupts. But is that true? In this week's episode, host Brian Klaas has the microphone turned around on...
Tuesday 26 October 2021 : The International Criminal Court prosecutes perpetrators of horrific crimes. But what if the perpetrator is also a victim? That's the...
Tuesday 19 October 2021 : How do you capture a pirate after they’ve hijacked a ship? In today’s episode, we look at two ingenious sting operations that managed to...
Tuesday 12 October 2021 : Pirates can teach us quite a lot about democracy and economics. What can Blackbeard teach us about signaling theory? Why were pirates...
Tuesday 05 October 2021 : Can doing the wrong thing ever be the right policy? That’s a question we’ll tackle this week as we look at the possibility of letting...
Tuesday 28 September 2021 : What if you hacked a hitman-for-hire website and found out the identities of people who were slated to die before the murder? How much does...
Tuesday 21 September 2021 : Could you fake your death and get away with it? In this episode, we look at fake identities, from people who've tried to fake their own...
Tuesday 14 September 2021 : Is going into exile safe any longer? A few years ago, a former Rwandan intelligence chief hiding out in exile was found strangled to death...
Tuesday 07 September 2021 : In early 2021, hackers infiltrated the software that controlled the city’s water supply in Oldsmar, Florida. Through dumb luck, they...
Tuesday 31 August 2021 : We all know that offshore areas of financial secrecy exist. In this episode, we’re going to take a look at the origin story of one of...
Tuesday 31 August 2021 : When it comes to understanding the underworld of corruption and criminality, you can’t just look at the rich crooks. You also have to look...
Thursday 05 August 2021 : They say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But when it comes to the underworld of corruption, murder, and greed, from...
Thursday 09 April 2020 : Pandemics are horrifying. But what if one could be unleashed deliberately? How did ancient armies from the Greeks to the Mongol hordes use...
Thursday 09 April 2020 : Pandemics are horrifying. But what if one could be unleashed deliberately — by terrorists or a disgruntled scientist? How did ancient...
Thursday 02 April 2020 : When revolutions happen, everything changes. In this episode, we'll look at why one revolution was launched when a rebel leader in southeast...
Thursday 26 March 2020 : Pandemics are as old as human civilisation, from the Plague of Athens to mysterious diseases that ravaged armies throughout history. But...
Thursday 19 March 2020 : Have you ever made a catastrophic mistake? What if your mistakes could cause an empire to fall, a war to start, or thirty million people to...
Thursday 12 March 2020 : Corruption is usually hidden. But sometimes, it’s out in the open — either by design, or by incompetence. In this episode, we explore...
Thursday 05 March 2020 : Christopher Blair has been called the Godfather of Fake News. He's an American troll. And whether you realized it or not, you've probably...
Thursday 27 February 2020 : When a brutal dictatorship collapses, there's a big problem: everyone who knows how to run the government is someone who worked for the...
Thursday 20 February 2020 : If you're trying to consolidate power as a dictator, what's the best way to go about it? Is it better to be feared or loved? How do you...
Power Corrupts
Brian Klaas
The Dark Side of AI
Artificial intelligence is the frontier of human innovation. But it has a dark side, too. In this episode, we explore how AI intersects with...
Space Wars
Is the next war going to happen in space? What are space weapons like, anyway? And why should we be worried about the space ventures of...
Loot
Is it a crime to steal back something that was once yours? That's the question we'll tackle this week, as we look at a string of...
Corruptible: Audiobook Excerpt
This week's episode is an excerpt from the opening chapter of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. (If you pre-order the book...
Does Power Corrupt?
The title of this podcast is Power Corrupts. But is that true? In this week's episode, host Brian Klaas has the microphone turned around on...
War Criminal or Victim?
The International Criminal Court prosecutes perpetrators of horrific crimes. But what if the perpetrator is also a victim? That's the...
Walk the Plank
How do you capture a pirate after they’ve hijacked a ship? In today’s episode, we look at two ingenious sting operations that managed to...
The Invisible Hook
Pirates can teach us quite a lot about democracy and economics. What can Blackbeard teach us about signaling theory? Why were pirates...
Golden Handcuffs
Can doing the wrong thing ever be the right policy? That’s a question we’ll tackle this week as we look at the possibility of letting...
Hitman for Hire
What if you hacked a hitman-for-hire website and found out the identities of people who were slated to die before the murder? How much does...
Fake IDs
Could you fake your death and get away with it? In this episode, we look at fake identities, from people who've tried to fake their own...
Do Not Disturb
Is going into exile safe any longer? A few years ago, a former Rwandan intelligence chief hiding out in exile was found strangled to death...
Click Here To Kill Everybody
In early 2021, hackers infiltrated the software that controlled the city’s water supply in Oldsmar, Florida. Through dumb luck, they...
The Billion Dollar Shack
We all know that offshore areas of financial secrecy exist. In this episode, we’re going to take a look at the origin story of one of...
The Shell Game
When it comes to understanding the underworld of corruption and criminality, you can’t just look at the rich crooks. You also have to look...
Power Corrupts Season 3: Returning 31st August 2021
They say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But when it comes to the underworld of corruption, murder, and greed, from...
Biological Weapons
Pandemics are horrifying. But what if one could be unleashed deliberately? How did ancient armies from the Greeks to the Mongol hordes use...
Biological Weapons
Pandemics are horrifying. But what if one could be unleashed deliberately — by terrorists or a disgruntled scientist? How did ancient...
Revolutions
When revolutions happen, everything changes. In this episode, we'll look at why one revolution was launched when a rebel leader in southeast...
Pandemics
Pandemics are as old as human civilisation, from the Plague of Athens to mysterious diseases that ravaged armies throughout history. But...
Catastrophic Miscalculation
Have you ever made a catastrophic mistake? What if your mistakes could cause an empire to fall, a war to start, or thirty million people to...
Corruption in Plain Sight
Corruption is usually hidden. But sometimes, it’s out in the open — either by design, or by incompetence. In this episode, we explore...
The Godfather of Fake News
Christopher Blair has been called the Godfather of Fake News. He's an American troll. And whether you realized it or not, you've probably...
The Unthinkable Olive Branch
When a brutal dictatorship collapses, there's a big problem: everyone who knows how to run the government is someone who worked for the...
How to be a Dictator
If you're trying to consolidate power as a dictator, what's the best way to go about it? Is it better to be feared or loved? How do you...
