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PodcastJuly 14, 2025

Tracking Money, Misogyny, and Misinformation with the OSINT Lens of Sarah Cammarata

Social media, often underestimated, has become a useful source in connecting digital footprints. “You might find a company’s Instagram revealing…

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PodcastJune 13, 2025

The Review series: Israel’s ‘Operation Rising Lion’ against Iran explained

Israel's operation targeted multiple nuclear and military installations across Iran, including the Natanz nuclear site, missile storage facilities, and air…

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PodcastJune 9, 2025

OSINT, AI, and the Emotional Cost of Watching Everything with Jenna Dolecek

When asked about the rise of AI in OSINT, she acknowledges its efficiency but warns of risks: “We've caught it…

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PodcastJune 7, 2025

The Evolution of the Turkistan Islamic Party

In the latest episode of The Review Series, Intel Focus co-hosts Qais Alamdar and Rajab Taieb unpacked a development that…

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PodcastJune 3, 2025

The importance of fact-checking for activists and human rights defenders

In a world saturated with conflicting claims, rapid news cycles, and AI-generated media, the truth doesn’t just need defenders —…

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PodcastJune 3, 2025

How neuroscience can help us combat misinformation and cognitive bias with Faissal Sharif

Stress, trauma, and anxiety — especially during societal crises — narrow our cognitive flexibility. Under pressure, the brain reverts to…

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PodcastMay 25, 2025

How open-source intelligence shapes modern investigative journalism with Ben Heubl

In a world where your source could be a Russian dissident or a soldier in a conflict zone, the rules…

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PodcastMay 25, 2025

How Intelligence Operations and Militancy Evolve in a Post-Taliban Afghanistan with Sarah Adams

Surprisingly, Sarah admits she wasn't exactly the academic type in high school. “I liked sports more than anything,” she laughs.…

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PodcastMay 25, 2025

Citizen Journalism & Grassroots Investigations with Neus Vidal Martí from SEEK Initiative

Neus is passionate about one particular mechanism: access to information laws, sometimes known as Freedom of Information Acts (FOIA).“These laws…

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PodcastMay 22, 2025

Migration and Human Rights Journalism with May Bulman from Lighthouse Reports

“We couldn’t go to Afghanistan. The Taliban denied access. So we worked with remote sources, families, survivors, and a network…

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