In the shadows of the digital world, where anonymity is power and information is currency, battle lines are drawn not with bullets but with code. This show takes listeners deep into the heart of cyberspace’s most high-stakes confrontations — where rogue programmers exploit vulnerabilities, corporations scramble to secure their data empires, and government agencies wage invisible wars across invisible lines. It’s a realm shaped by encryption, espionage, whistleblowers, and wild ambition. From black hat exploits to state-sponsored surveillance, every episode explores the blurred boundaries between ethics and law, privacy and paranoia, control and chaos. This isn’t just about computers — it’s about the future of power itself.
Join as we uncover 11 million untold true stories.
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In the shadows of the digital world, where anonymity is power and information is currency, battle lines are drawn not with bullets but with code. This show takes listeners deep into the heart of cyberspace’s most high-stakes confrontations — where rogue programmers exploit vulnerabilities, corporations scramble to secure their data empires, and government agencies wage invisible wars across invisible lines. It’s a realm shaped by encryption, espionage, whistleblowers, and wild ambition. From black hat exploits to state-sponsored surveillance, every episode explores the blurred boundaries between ethics and law, privacy and paranoia, control and chaos. This isn’t just about computers — it’s about the future of power itself.
Join as we uncover 11 million untold true stories.
Disclosure Statement: The National Media Archive and affiliated programs use Artificial Intelligence throughout areas of research, production, and editing. These tools are actively embraced as part of our approach to development and workflow. All outputs are subject to human review to ensure they meet our editorial standards. For more information about our use of AI, please visit our website at NationalMediaArchive.com/ai
David Pokora wasn’t the kind of kid who had to try very hard to get into trouble. By the age of three, he wasn’t reading stories — he was playing first-person shooters with more grace than most adults could manage with a controller. He wasn't interested in the aliens or the explosions. What grabbed him was the feeling. Press a key, make something happen. Left-click, and pixels obey. It was a language. One he understood fluently before anyone realized it was dangerous to know that kind of thing. When his family traveled to Poland, he didn’t bring books or toys. He brought a laptop, a brick of a machine he’d use to teach himself programming from scratch. No Wi-Fi. No Google. Just trial, error, and the kind of masochistic joy only a true hacker understands: breaking something a thousand times just to learn how to fix it once.
Hackers: Code & Chaos | National Media Archive
In the shadows of the digital world, where anonymity is power and information is currency, battle lines are drawn not with bullets but with code. This show takes listeners deep into the heart of cyberspace’s most high-stakes confrontations — where rogue programmers exploit vulnerabilities, corporations scramble to secure their data empires, and government agencies wage invisible wars across invisible lines. It’s a realm shaped by encryption, espionage, whistleblowers, and wild ambition. From black hat exploits to state-sponsored surveillance, every episode explores the blurred boundaries between ethics and law, privacy and paranoia, control and chaos. This isn’t just about computers — it’s about the future of power itself.
Join as we uncover 11 million untold true stories.
Disclosure Statement: The National Media Archive and affiliated programs use Artificial Intelligence throughout areas of research, production, and editing. These tools are actively embraced as part of our approach to development and workflow. All outputs are subject to human review to ensure they meet our editorial standards. For more information about our use of AI, please visit our website at NationalMediaArchive.com/ai
