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The CSI Chat podcast is for folks who want to learn about trending topics and will have a few laughs along the way as we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Several of episodes have a finance slant (the podcast is hosted by an accountant!), but we also try and branch out into topics outside of our comfort zone. Why should you listen, well…I will give you two reasons: 1. You will learn about a new topic. 2. You will have a few laughs along the way. It is a simple objective, to ”Laugh and

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#43 - Guido Palazzo

CSI Chat ·

2025/10/21

We are joined on CSI Chat by Guido Palazzo. Guido is a professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and a business advisor. During our "Chat", we talk about Guido's latest book, "The Dark Pattern: The Hidden Dynamics of Corporate Scandals" whereby Guido reviews several corporate scandals and identifies certain trends and commonalties across each of these. During our "Chat" with Guido, we discuss: The balance between "Human Morality" and "Shareholder

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#42 - Feng Gu and Baruch Lev

CSI Chat ·

2025/10/07

We are joined by business Professors Feng Gu and Baruch Lev to discuss their latest book, "The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed". We talk to Professor Gu and Professor Lev about: The process of analyzing historical acquisitions and how they reached the conclusion that most M&A ends in failure. Over time, has the M&A failure rate improved or gotten worse? The statistics are surprising. What are some of the main reasons why M&A

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#41 - Pav Gill

CSI Chat ·

2025/09/16

We are joined by Pav Gill, formerly of Wirecard and perhaps the most famous whistle-blower on the planet. Despite serious risk to Pav's physical well-being and his professional reputation, he made the courageous decision to blow the whistle on the issues he was seeing within Wirecard. During our "CSI Chat" with Pav, we talk to him about: - His decision-making process to originally join Wirecard as legal counsel and how long it took him to realize that there may be serious issues within the

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#40 - Dan McCrum

CSI Chat ·

2025/09/02

We are joined by Dan McCrum, an investigative reporter from the Financial Times who wrote extensively about Wirecard and was the author of the terrific book, "Money Men: A Hot Start-up, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth" which chronicles the story of Wirecard, the large German payment processing company which collapsed. During our "CSI Chat" with Dan, we discuss: - The role of an investigative reporter and the extensive research which goes into articles produced by the Financial

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#39 - Drago Dzieran

CSI Chat ·

2025/08/19

We are joined on “CSI Chat” by retired United States Navy SEAL Drago Dzieran. Drago wrote an terrific book entitled “The Pledge to America: One Man’s Journey from Political Prisoner to U.S. Navy SEAL”.During our "Chat", Drago and I talk about: The challenges of growing up in Poland under the Communist rule and how we was able to immigrate to the United States. Drago’s time in Poland included being locked up as a political prisoner under extremely difficult circumstances. Drago became a US Navy

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01:23:39

#38 - Jake Ryan

CSI Chat ·

2025/08/05

We are joined on CSI Chat by Crypto Currency expert Jake Ryan to talk about Crypto and his book “Crypto Asset Investing in the Age of Autonomy”. If you were looking for a “Crypto 101 Seminar”, you will find the “Chat” very interesting.During our "CSI Chat" with Jake, we talk about: The current state of the “United States Dollar” and how Crypto Currency may play a significant role in the future. The history of Crypto Currency/Bitcoin and how it was developed by a yet to be identified founder,

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01:29:02

#37 - Chris Mayer

CSI Chat ·

2025/07/22

We are joined by investment expert Chris Mayer to talk about "100 Baggers". Chris wrote a terrific book entitled "100 Baggers: Stocks that return 100-to-1 and how to find them". In the book, Chris analyzes these high performing stocks and tries to find similarities between them. During our "Chat" with Chris, we talk about: - Chris' background and how he transitioned from a corporate lender to a professional investor. We also talk about Chris' core investment values and how he goes about trying

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01:26:26

#36 - Dan Levy and Richard Zeckhauser

CSI Chat ·

2025/07/08

We are joined by Harvard Kennedy School business professors Dan Levy and Richard Zeckhauser to talk about decision making and their latest book, "Maxims for Thinking Analytically". End of the day, if you can think more analytically, it will enable you to understand the world around you and make better decisions. During our Chat with Dan and Richard, we discuss the interesting topic of "Decision Making" and touch on: How does it help to leverage both extreme cases and simple cases when it comes

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#35 - Peter Warmka

CSI Chat ·

2025/06/17

We are joined by Peter Warmka who is a former Senior Intelligence Officer with the CIA with over 20 years of experience in national intelligence and security issues. To make it simple, Peter is an expert in "Human Hacking" or the art of influencing people. Peter is also the author of 2 terrific books entitled "Confessions of a CIA Spy" and "Why are you messing with me". During our "Chat" with Peter, we talk about: How did Peter join the CIA? Peter outlines the crazy story of how he joined the

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01:52:45

#34 - Robert Mazur

CSI Chat ·

2025/06/03

Robert Mazur served for 27 years as a special agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the Customs Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency working predominantly as a undercover agent working as a money launderer. Robert wrote two terrific books, "The Infiltrator" and "The Betrayal", the first of which was turned into a movie which starred Brian Cranston as none other than Robert Mazur!Robert joins CSI Chat and we touch on a number of topics including: - How did someone go from working at

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#33 - Barbara McQuade

CSI Chat ·

2025/05/20

We are joined by the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan (and HUGE Detroit Tigers fan) Barbara McQuade to talk about her book "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America". After spending some time talking about the pros and cons of both the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays signing Alex Bregman during the offseason, we get down to business and address:Her experience as the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and some of the

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01:25:13

#32 - Dawn Meyerriecks

CSI Chat ·

2025/05/06

We are joined by the "Q" (James Bond fans will know "Q") of the CIA, Dawn Meyerriecks. After learning a bit more about Dawn, perhaps it is more accurate to state that "Q" is the Dawn Meyerriecks of the British Secret Service. In any event, Dawn was the Deputy Director of the CIA for Science and Technology. Dawn recently led a "Masterclass" on "The Art of Intelligence" which I would highly encourage everyone to check out. We talk to Dawn about: - There are a few questions that we have always

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#31 - Colin Bryar

CSI Chat ·

2025/04/15

We are joined by Colin Bryar, a former Amazon executive and co-author of the outstanding book, "Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon". How did Amazon grow from a tiny start-up to one of the most successful companies on the planet? What best practices did Amazon leverage to facilitate this success? Colin was Jeff Bezos' "shadow" (Jeff's Chief of Staff") during those early days and talks to CSI Chat about:- How was Amazon able to hire the best and the brightest

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#30 - Michele Rigby Assad

CSI Chat ·

2025/04/01

Michele Rigby Assad, who is a "super spy" and a renown author, joins us to talk about her latest book, "Get off the X: CIA's Secrets for Conquering Obstacles and Achieving your Life's Mission". Michele spent 10 years working in the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") and is now an international corporate advisor, author and keynote speaker. Michele talks to us about: How do you go through the process of joining the CIA? How do you apply and how does the interview process work? What types of

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#29 - Frank Perri

CSI Chat ·

2025/03/18

Frank Perri joins CSI Chat to talk about "Red Collar Crime". Frank is the author of "Red Collar White Collar Crime: Corporate, Predatory Violent Fraud Offenders". Frank debunks the myth that white collar criminals reflect the kinder, gentler offender and Frank explains how red collar criminals resort to violence to prevent the detection of their fraud schemes. Frank takes us down a fascinating journey of how a white collar criminal can turn to violence ("Red Collar") when cornered.

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01:31:44

#28 - Bethany McLean

CSI Chat ·

2025/03/04

We are joined by Bethany McLean on CSI Chat to talk about the learnings from Enron, the 2008 financial crisis and her most recent book, "The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed about Who America Protects and Who it Leaves Behind". Bethany is a well-known journalist who published in 2001 the now famous article in Fortune, "Is Enron Overpriced". Bethany is the author of several books, cohost of the podcast "Capitalisn't" and a special correspondent at Insider and a contributing editor at Vanity

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01:30:51

#27 - David Giersdorf

CSI Chat ·

2025/02/18

David Giersdorf joins us at CSI Chat to talk about his experience in the cruise industry and his fantastic book, "Hardships: Navigating your company, career, and life through the fog of disruption". David has spent nearly his entire professional life involved with the travel and cruise industry. When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, the cruise industry was hit extremely hard. How did the cruise companies deal with this disruption? How were they able to navigate when a

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01:25:18

#26 - Kelly Paxton

CSI Chat ·

2025/02/04

The "Pink Collar Crime" lady Kelly Paxton joins us on CSI Chat for a terrific discussion on "Pink Collar Crime". Kelly Paxton is the author of the book "Embezzlement: How to Detect, Prevent, and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime" and is a world-renown expert and global speaker in the area. Kelly's background ranges from investigating narcotics crimes for the United States Customs to investigating how owner managed businesses are at risk of fraud. During our Chat with Kelly, we touch on: The

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#25 - Tom Hardin

CSI Chat ·

2025/01/21

Tom Hardin, also known as "Tipper X", was working his way up the corporate ladder on Wall Street when he was stopped on the street by a couple of FBI agents and his life was never the same. Tom was faced with accusations of insider trading and decided to cooperate with the FBI. It was at this point Tom transitioned from being "Tom Hardin", up and coming Wall Street banker to "Tipper X", undercover agent for the FBI. After working with the FBI, Tom is now a renown public speaker and sought after

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01:37:22

#24 - Gregory Makoff

CSI Chat ·

2025/01/07

Gregory Makoff is the author of the terrific book, "Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring". Greg's book outlines the saga of Argentina's default on their sovereign debt obligations and the lengthy process of resolving the default. We talk to Greg about a number of topics, including: The key differences between sovereign debt and corporate debt. The major players in the international debt markets who played a role in helping to resolve the

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