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We sit down with the author of the new OSINT reference book Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, Rae Baker. Baker is an expert in OSINT with an emphasis on maritime …

Not his real name, but there’s real fun to be had learning how JoseMonkey geolocates videos on his wildly popular TikTok channel. Hear the tools, techniques and process he uses to pinpoint even the t…

We attended USGIF’s GEOINT Symposium so you don’t have to (but you should – it’s great). NeedleStack producers Aubrey and Shannon break down the geospatial intelligence conference (and its many, many…

In this episode, our guest brings more than 30 years of experience from the Department of Defense to the conversation. James A. Samuel, Jr. is now in the private sector working as an entrepreneur in …

As commercial satellites increase and technology advances, what does the future of geospatial intelligence look like? We ask our guest to explain the basics of GEOINT, where it’s headed and how other…

Abbi Dobbertin of Fivecast and Adam Huenke join the podcast to talk hot takes. As tradecraft and training leads, respectively, and years of OSINT practitioner experience between them, they’ve come to…

Producers Shannon and Aubrey attend the 2023 Symposium on Open Source, Social Media and National Security. They discuss highlights, panel topics and advice for people hoping to break into a career in…

This week, a high school criminology teacher joins the podcast to discuss how teaching open-source research helped engage his students during distant learning. In the classroom, OSINT can show studen…

Our guest is a former FBI investigator and current university professor who has tips for practitioners in every industry. From the protocol before you log on to conduct OSINT research to the resource…

A founding member of the OSINT Curious Project joins us to give practical tips and advice for researchers. We discuss tools, tradecraft and trends with Micah Hoffman.

The president of the OSMOSIS Association and host of OSINT Cocktail, Cynthia Navarro, joins the podcast to discuss how creating a community of open-source researchers had allowed her to learn from ot…

The times they are a’changing. Open-source intelligence was once the lesser celebrated branch and now makes up the bulk of analytical reporting. Our guest tells how the federal government is changing…

The director of the soon-to-open Open-Source Intelligence Laboratory of University of Albany joins the podcast to discuss the definition of OSINT and how his students will research its effect on soci…

It’s a new year and as researchers work to hit their goals, we want to revisit some of our most important advice for securely investigating online. It’s time to take stock of your security hygiene an…

Watch when Jack Rhysider of Darknet Diaries shares his amazement at what hackers will do “for a free burrito,” or the moment Rob Fuller, a read team and CTI director, condemns security awareness trai…

Our second book club episode features essential reading for threat intelligence. New York Times reporter, Nicole Perloth, gives a history of the zero-day market and how it has changed the cyber weapo…

This special edition of NeedleStack features a must-read for open-source researchers, We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins. Our producer Shannon discusses what she learned from the founder of Bellingca…

In this episode, an expert OSINT practitioner from both government and private sector practices joins to share hands-on tips from in the field. He also shares what the students of Center for Intellig…

Authoritarian regimes create propaganda and disinformation, in part, by blocking citizens’ access to traditional news sources. In this episode, co-founder of Samizdat Online, Yevgeny Simkin, walks us…