Invaded from the Underworld Up with Andrew McCabe | Sitdown 10
In the summer of 2017, the FBI's Deputy Director stood firm at the helm of that agency, guiding it through an all-out assault from the realm...
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The World Beneath
The first-ever series that defines and exposes the true nature of the underworld: a second economy of dirty money, born from the intersection of organized crime and intelligence operations....
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20 of 22 episodesBuried Alive | Chapter 10
Now having walked through the origin and partial evolution of the Second Economy - built from a smuggling empire, we return to the two assas...
Smashing Codes with Jason Fagone | Sitdown 9
LB sits down with author Jason Fagone to discuss his extraordinary book "The Woman Who Smashed Codes", and what we all can learn from the li...
X Marks the Spot | Chapter 9
The underworld re-organizes after the departure of Lucky Luciano. Elizebeth and William set down their swords and go gently into the good ni...
The Enemy Inside with Craig Unger and Yuri Shvets | Sitdown 8
LB sits down with author and investigative journalist, Craig Unger, and former KGB agent Yuri Shvets - Unger's source for his deep dives on...
A Woman's Touch | Chapter 8
Elizebeth breaks the German enigma machine - twice, and defends the Western Hemisphere from an Axis invasion. The extensive clandestine inte...
Hunting at the FBI with Frank Figliuzzi | Sitdown 7
LB does the important work of asking dumb questions about spies, so that we can all learn the meaning and value of counter-intelligence from...
That Is One F*cked Up Rooster | Chapter 7
The President that Lucky Luciano put into office transforms into the leader a world at war needs. Meyer protects the homefront by taking on...
Just a Woman with Jill Wine-Banks | Sitdown 6
Eunice Carter was the first woman prosecutor to take on the mob, and Jill Wine-Banks followed her lead to become the first to take on a Pres...
Operation Underworld | Chapter 6
Thanks to a woman prosecutor, Lucky Luciano finally faces the long arm of the law. And with a second world war on the horizon, the stage is...
Beware of Strongmen with Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Sitdown 5
When crime lords, or their puppets, find their way into political office, the worst of mankind is unleashed. LB sits down with scholar and a...
Shifting Silhouettes | Chapter 5
Two gangland hits propel Meyer and Lucky to the top of the world they helped create; while Elizebeth's investigations show a darker product...
The Jersey Situation with Stuart Syvret | Sitdown 4
The offshore laundromat that Meyer Lansky created continues to ravage the free world today. LB sits down with Stuart Syvret, former Senior S...
The Laundromat | Chapter 4
Elizebeth successfully hunts and exposes a pivotal piece in The Syndicate's smuggling empire, enabling Elmer Irey and his T-Men to finally n...
The Silent Warrior with Melissa Davis | Sitdown 3
LB sits down with Melissa Davis - Director of Library and Archives at the George Marshall Foundation, guardian of William and Elizebeth Frie...
Pirates of Fifth Avenue | Chapter 3
Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano find the business mentor they need to launch their bootlegging empire. Once they do, the Treasury Department...
History Matters with Greg Olear | Sitdown 2
LB sits down with friend and novelist Greg Olear, who was one of the first artists to write and warn about the invasion of mobsters and spie...
Love Code | Chapter 2
We meet our first season's hero: Elizebeth Smith Friedman, creator of cryptanalysis and godmother of the NSA. And she would never have forme...
Humanizing the NSA with Mr. Black ("Unc") | Sitdown 1
LB's first sit-down is with her uncle, Jeremy Black - a loving father, terrific twin brother, and 35+-year veteran of the National Security...
Two Dead Bodies | Chapter 1
LB introduces The World Beneath with two assassinations in 1985: the Boss of Bosses of the American Mafia and the Little Godfather of the KG...