As Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion dollar Ponzi scheme collapsed and the Wall Street financier went behind bars, he left behind a mystery. Hosted by journalist Steve Fishman, Ponzi Supernova is an original audio series that questions how and why Madoff was able to get away with the largest con in history and who may have helped. Drawn from hours of unheard conversations with Madoff from prison, as well as interviews with law enforcement and victims, the series takes a hard look at what happened while tracing still unfolding effects.
6 Available Episodes (6 Total)Average duration: 00:28:51
Jun 09, 2017
Ep. 6: Something Fishy
00:37:51
In the series finale, reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches the core of Madoff's collapsed star: the forces that pulled $65 billion down a dark hole. With Bernie as our guide, we learn about unseen financial forces that continue to tug on us all, and why they might be impossible to control.
Jun 02, 2017
Ep. 5: Clawback!
00:33:13
In this episode, the most familiar faces of Madoff's collapse - the victims - in a new light. Reporter Steve Fishman goes behind the scenes of a surprisingly effective and complicated recovery effort that blurs the lines between fair and cruel, guilty and innocent.
May 26, 2017
Ep. 4: Hide the Screw
00:23:28
Bernie Madoff, the man behind a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, confessed. He was never caught. In this episode, reporter Steve Fishman sets out to discover how a ragtag team, with 30 year-old technology, managed to fool private auditors and the United States government for decades.
May 19, 2017
Ep. 3: The Operation
00:27:32
When Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme collapsed, we saw a portrait of a high-tech Wall Street genius duping the financial world. In this episode, what we didn't see. Reporter Steve Fishman introduces us to the unlikely, almost unbelievable perpetrators of history's biggest fraud.
May 11, 2017
Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls
00:27:27
Reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches Bernie Madoff in North Carolina, where the famous Ponzi schemer is serving a 150 year prison sentence. In never before heard jailhouse interviews, Fishman asks Bernie the big questions: how did he do it? And why? The answers lead further and deeper than we ever imagined.
May 05, 2017
Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff
00:23:36
Reporter Steve Fishman tells the story of how he convinced Bernie Madoff to call him from prison. Along the way, Steve learns about Madoff’s life in prison from Bernie’s new associates: the other criminals serving time in Butner, NC.
Jun 09 | 00:37:51
Ep. 6: Something Fishy
Jun 02 | 00:33:13
Ep. 5: Clawback!
May 26 | 00:23:28
Ep. 4: Hide the Screw
May 19 | 00:27:32
Ep. 3: The Operation
May 11 | 00:27:27
Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls
May 05 | 00:23:36
Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff
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