15 Best Surveillance Podcasts
Surveillance Podcasts
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Join us for thought provoking conversations on surveillance, digital privacy, and cybersecurity law and policy in the information age. Each week, hosts Dave Bittner and Ben Yelin break down the headlines, legal cases, and policy battles that matter most. MORE Hosts Dave Bittner, Ben Yelin
Producer/Network N2K Networks
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 108Facebook 17.7KTwitter 42.1KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free
2. Techlore Surveillance Report
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Techlore Surveillance Report is your weekly deep-dive into the privacy and security news that matters for your digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode cuts through the noise to bring you carefully selected stories with the context, analysis, and historical perspective you need to truly understand what's happening to protect yourself (and others!) in the digital space...MORE Producer/Network Techlore & The New Oil
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 141Twitter 11.2K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
3. Opt Out
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Welcome to Opt Out, where I sit down with passionate people to learn why privacy matters to them, the tools and techniques they've found and leveraged, and where we encourage and inspire others towards personal privacy and data-sovereignty.MORE Host Seth Simmons
Producer/Network Seth For Privacy
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 48Twitter 34.2K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Since May 2021 Get Email Contact
4. Secure Insights: Conversations
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Secure Insights: Conversations aims to help business owners and professionals learn the ins and outs of surveillance, getting insights to intelligent security solutions and show how it can help you gain business intelligence. All to support our vision of a smarter, safer world.Axis enables a smarter and safer world by creating solutions for improving security and business performance. As a network technology company and industry leader, Axis offers solutions in video surveillance, access control, intercom, and audio systems...MORE Producer/Network Axis Communications
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 28Facebook 53.1KTwitter 632Instagram 10.1K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact
5. The Grayman Concept
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A skilled individual can effortlessly blend into any environment without drawing attention, effectively hiding their true capabilities and intentions.They seamlessly mingle, remain unmemorable, and forge relationships to gather vital information for their objectives.Every move they make is calculated and intended to keep them inconspicuous.Originating from espionage, the term 'gray man' refers to incorporating spy tradecraft into one's daily life. This involves honing skills essential for gathering information, ensuring privacy, and enhancing personal security.MORE Host Bryan
Producer/Network Bryan (Shammer)
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 75Facebook 12.6KTwitter 380 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact
6. PSA Today
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PSA Today = Privacy, Surveillance, Anonymity. Join Kaliya Young and Seth Goldstein for a spirited conversation at the intersection of the three themes driving modern identity: privacy, surveillance and anonymity. We wrestle each week with some of the most contentious issues facing our world as we try to find opportunities for agency and self-sovereignty within shared communities, both online and off.MORE Producer/Network Kaliya & Seth
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 24.4KInstagram 4.3K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact
7. City Surveillance Watch
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When does a smart city become an overly-surveilled city? In City Surveillance Watch, a scripted podcast series from Smart Cities Dive, reporter Kate Kaye explores the inherent dichotomy of data-hungry technologies that - while promising to make cities safer and more efficient - can also be considered forms of surveillance tech. In three in-depth episodes, listeners will travel across the country, digging deep into stories that illuminate how and why cities are using surveillance tech...MORE Producer/Network Smart Cities Dive
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 93.6KTwitter 6.9K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact
8. Enemy of the [Surveillance] State
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A weekly podcast of news, tips, and tools for protecting your privacy against the Surveillance State. Be free; be an enemy of the surveillance state.
Producer/Network enemyofsurveillance
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 30Facebook 1.7KTwitter 2 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact
9. Coding Freedom - The Safing Podcast
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Discontent with the global state of mass surveillance and its negative impact on our lives, the Safing team decided it was time to do something about it. Take part of the journey and explore the behind-the-scenes: How do you fund a privacy company? Why are deadlines always unrealistic? And ultimately, what is the solution to the privacy dilemma?MORE Producer/Network safing.io
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Twitter 5.4K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact
10. The Spy Who Raised Me Podcast
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Conversations between a daughter, Jane Craigie, and her father, Iain Craigie. Iain spent a career in Intelligence from the late 1950s until the early 2000s, living in the UK, Cyprus, India, Turkey, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Labuan. The podcast covers the technology used, the methods of spying, the targets, the relevance of place and time and the historical context. The observations and intrigues of a life in surveillance make compelling listening, as well as what it was like having an adventurous 'spy' as a Dad.MORE Producer/Network Jane Craigie
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 24 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact
11. What's Your Perspective
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What's Your Perspective Radio Show is all about video surveillance and physical security. Your host Neil Haley of LENSEC will interview video surveillance experts, feature security experts, and discuss the latest VMS news.MORE Producer/Network Lensec
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Twitter 32.4KInstagram 807 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact
12. Surveillance Capitalism
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This podcast series offers listeners with an understanding about big data algorithms and data privacy on the internet and the world wide web. Three university students provide relevant examples of how our data is being monitored and tracked online.MORE Producer/Network Mariah
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Since Apr 2021 Get Email Contact
13. Surveil-links
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Making sense of surveillance news so you don't have to.
Producer/Network Ethan Gregory Dodge
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Facebook 564Twitter 1.4KInstagram 1 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact
Surveillance shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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| Dave Bittner | thecyberwire.com/podcasts/caveat | 28 | Male | @bittner | 5.6K | |
| Ben Yelin | thecyberwire.com/podcasts/caveat | 28 | Male | @byelin | 2.5K | |
| Seth Simmons | optoutpod.com | Male | @sethforprivacy | |||
| Bryan | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grayman | 42 | Male | @graymanconcepts | ||
| Techlore & The New Oil | surveillancereport.tech | 38 | @techloreistaken | 11.2K | ||
| Lensec | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lensec/episodes/Sheila-Stine--Chief-Legal-Counsel-for-eMDs-talks-about-security-risk-management-in-healthcare-eq8b5d | 20 | @neilhaleyshow | 32.4K | ||
| Enemyofsurveillance | enemyofsurveillance.podbean.com/e/why-surveillance-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide | 20 | @SurveillanceNME | |||
| Ethan Gregory Dodge | anchor.fm/surveil-links/episodes/Surveil-links-February-16--2021-Apparently-Warrantless-Searches-of-Devices-at-Border-are-Constitutional--Another-Location-Data-Broker-Banned--and-More-eshkdb | 20 | Male | @egd_io | 1.4K | |
| Kaliya & Seth | anchor.fm/psatoday/episodes/PSA-Today-18-Kaliya-and-Seth-welcome-Brian-Hofer-from-Secure-justice-org-to-talk-about-how-to-figh-local-surveillance-through-privacy-activism-ejnvk0 | 20 | @seth | 24.4K | ||
| Safing.io | safing.iopodcast/011-hiring-a-designer-from-the-privacy-community.mp3 | 20 | @SafingIO | |||
| Jane Craigie | chrt.fm/track/625A11/www.buzzsprout.com/497569/2749351-1950s-posting-to-hong-kong-and-labuan.mp3?blob_id=9364279 | 16 | Female | |||
| Henry | surveillancepod.substack.com/p/duckduckgo-finally-blocking-microsoft-a97 | 13 | @techloreistaken | 11.2K | ||
| Henry And Nate | surveillancepod.substack.com/p/duckduckgos-new-tracking-protection | 7 | @techloreistaken | 11.2K | ||
| Mariah | anchor.fm/mariah5971/episodes/Episode-1-etou5s | 6 | ||||
| Smart Cities Dive | spreaker.com/user/11884933/citysurveillancewatchteaser | 4 | @katekayereports | 6.9K | ||
| Jane Craigie And Iain Craigie | chrt.fm/track/625A11/www.buzzsprout.com/497569/2537038-the-spy-who-raised-me-podcast.mp3?blob_id=8382427 | 2 | ||||
| Gavin Daly, Avery Moore Kloss | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/new-technologies-evolving-business-environment-XZWieLoT | 2 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Axis Communications (canada) | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/iot-cities-and-cybersecurity-5yggGGBO | 2 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Steve Burdet, Avery Moore Kloss | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/power-video-analytics-cH3fiREA | 2 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Mario Vigevany, Ryan Gregory, Marie-helene Mansard | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/technology-trends-affecting-the-security-sector-in-2024-pnFuA_uV | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Ryan Gregory, Marie-helene Mansard, Mats Thulin | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/technology-trends-affecting-the-sector-in-2023-_DHycV0C | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Alex Lee, Avery Moore Kloss, Kevin Taylor | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/advancing-cities-of-tomorrow-RPZSDMRk | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Aaron Kamitomo | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/security-and-ai-the-good-the-concerns-and-the-future-_dHWl9kh | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Fredrik Norman, Chris Wildfoerster | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/network-audio-by-axis-more-than-background-music-3EXsxOkg | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Avery Moore Kloss, Paul Baratta | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/future-healthcare-patient-monitoring-_72wZ6LU | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Avery Moore Kloss, Hedgie Bartol, Rick Snook | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/smart-design-considerations-modern-retail-yM_kuVdx | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Gavin Daly | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/smart-technologies-intelligent-design-hlhyTF_w | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Brine Hamilton, Avery Moore Kloss, Paul Baratta | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/emerging-trends-healthcare-5d8bH94V | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Joe Morgan, Avery Moore Kloss | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/thermal-technology-critical-infrastructure-yedaMaBy | 1 | @Axis_CA | |||
| Avery Moore Kloss, Kevin Taylor | secure-insights-conversations.simplecast.com/episodes/what-smart-city-FUwaIpVx | 1 | @Axis_CA |