The Bunker – Your daily news Deep Dive

It’s the biggest theft in human history. Shadowy North Korean hackers drained $6.3bn in digital assets from the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, and it took only 20 minutes. How did they get in so easily? If crypto exchanges are so porous, why do Trump and Farage want to turn the US and UK into havens for digital money? And if crypto is the international currency of terror, porn and crime, why should we care if its owners get ripped off? Crypto sceptic, journalist and podcaster Molly White tells Andrew Harrison what the Binance Hack reveals about our modern cryptocracy.
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Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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“Perv glasses”? “Nonce goggles”? The backlash against Meta’s smart glasses is so severe that early adopters are frightened to wear them outdoors. Even visually impaired people who could really use a digital assistant are worried they’ll look like voyeuristic creeps. But are camera-equipped glasses really making sexual harassment on the streets worse? And is the bigger problem the one behind all big tech: data abuse and the destruction of privacy? James Ball of Oh God, What Now? and The New World talks Andrew Harrison through the society of the spectacle.

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Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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Trump’s GOP faces a stern test in the US midterms this week. Could his grip on power be about to weaken? And is the cult of Trump slowly faltering? Rafael Behr joins Jacob Jarvis to discuss this and the other news to look out for in the week ahead.
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Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Rafael Behr. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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Looking back at the past seven days… John Healey’s Budget has divided opinion as you might expect, but much criticism has suggested it was not bold enough. Why didn’t he go further than what he has? Plus: Netanyahu’s coalition has lost its far-right majority as Israel’s elections deadlock drags on. And it’s crunch time for the Republicans as they fight to cling on to both chambers of Congress. Jonn Elledge and Jacob Jarvis recap the biggest, strangest and most underreported stories of the week.

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Written and presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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What is daily life like inside Putin’s Russia? Censorship is rife, elections are rigged, the media serves the regime, protests are banned, and young men are dragged to the front lines in Ukraine – but how do ordinary Russians cope with everyday life? Is civil society dead or just “sleeping”? And can Russians ever really be free?
Veteran journalist Åsne Seierstad – bestselling author of The Bookseller Of Kabul – has seen Russia before and under Putin. She talks to Seth Thévoz about her new book Never Say War: Life Inside Russia and the day-to-day reality of Putin’s Russia.

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