Leah Ambler, Director, Corruption Prevention at the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and former Legal Analyst at the OECD, joins the podcast—in her personal capacity—to discuss her excellent chapter on Whistleblower Protections. Leah discusses the importance of whistleblower protections to reducing corruption and the challenges inherent in these protections in the absence of comprehensive, harmonized legislation.

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This episode was originally published on 12 January 2022.

Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption, joins the podcast to discuss the early days of his Global Witness investigations, how their efforts gained momentum and where we should be focusing our attention next.

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This episode was originally published in 10 August 2022.

Brian Klaas, Associate Professor at University College London and host of the award-winning podcast &ldquoPower Corrupts,&rdquo joins us to discuss his book &ldquoCorruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us&rdquo. Brian describes research on who is drawn to positions of power and how power impacts us, including potentially re-wiring our brains.This episode was originally published 30 March 2022.

Joel Bakan joins the podcast to discuss his books, and the films based on them. He outlines the fundamental conflict inherent in companies ostensibly committed to ESG principles while simultaneously driven by a legal requirement to maximize shareholder value.This episode was originally published on 14 July 2021.

Michael Forsythe, co-author with Walt Bogdanich of &ldquoWhen McKinsey Comes to Town&rdquo, joins the podcast to talk about McKinsey&rsquos work in support of autocratic regimes, its rampant conflicts of interest and the distance between its stated values and its work on the ground.This episode was originally published on 18 January 2023.