This week on Whistleblower of the Week, Caroline Hunt-Matthes, a former United Nations investigator whose efforts to expose sexual exploitation and misconduct sparked a 15-year legal battle—the longest in UN history. Speaking with guest hosts, Agnes Jonsson and Greta Leeb, she reveals the systemic failures, retaliation, and culture of silence that continue to plague the UN’s internal justice system. Hunt-Matthes also discusses her new book, We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers, an...
All content for Whistleblower of the Week is the property of Jane Turner and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
This week on Whistleblower of the Week, Caroline Hunt-Matthes, a former United Nations investigator whose efforts to expose sexual exploitation and misconduct sparked a 15-year legal battle—the longest in UN history. Speaking with guest hosts, Agnes Jonsson and Greta Leeb, she reveals the systemic failures, retaliation, and culture of silence that continue to plague the UN’s internal justice system. Hunt-Matthes also discusses her new book, We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers, an...
This week on Whistleblower of the Week, Caroline Hunt-Matthes, a former United Nations investigator whose efforts to expose sexual exploitation and misconduct sparked a 15-year legal battle—the longest in UN history. Speaking with guest hosts, Agnes Jonsson and Greta Leeb, she reveals the systemic failures, retaliation, and culture of silence that continue to plague the UN’s internal justice system. Hunt-Matthes also discusses her new book, We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers, an...
In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI Special Agent Emily Fertitta, who breaks her silence on the retaliation she and her husband, Valentine “Val” Fertitta—a decorated Marine Corps officer and FBI agent—have endured for exposing misconduct inside the Bureau. From denied promotions and mental health evaluations to “national security” investigations and coerced interrogations, Emily shares their harrowing fight for justice in the face of rele...
Leading US whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn joins host Jane Turner on this episode of Whistleblower of the Week. Kohn discusses the National Whistleblower Center’s (NWC) participation in the 11th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, emphasizing the urgency of bolstering whistleblower laws worldwide. The NWC is advocating for international support of NWC’s proposal to promote whistleblower protection and awards worldwide. Kohn states th...
When FBI analyst Teresa Tumblin reported misconduct inside the Bureau, she expected accountability—not retaliation. In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with Teresa about her 16-year career, the fallout from speaking up, and the personal cost of standing by her principles. From demotion to dismissal, Teresa’s story is a powerful look at the price of integrity inside one of America’s most powerful institutions. Listen to the podcast on WNN or on Spotify, Ap...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Dr. James Wells retired criminology and criminal justice professor and author of the new book Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. In Because, Wells details his journey to uncover the truth about the death of his father, who passed away in Vietnam when Wells was nine years old. In his research, Wells discovers that his father Jack Wells was a wartime whistleblower who...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI agent Robyn Gritz. Gritz had a 16-plus year career at the FBI including serving as a supervisor over Washington Field Office’s elite Extraterritorial Counter Terrorism squad. However, Gritz claims she faced gender discrimination, including numerous sexist comments and less preferential treatment, during her time at the Bureau and was eventually forced out of her job. She has an ongoing lawsuit ag...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower-turned-whistleblower attorney Will Kramer, an associate in the Litigation Practice Group of Pines Bach. Prior to becoming an attorney, Kramer was an occupational health and safety consultant who blew the whistle on deeply disturbing conditions and improper handling of hazardous waste at several plants in Wisconsin. Turner and Kramer, discuss Kramer’s experiences blowing the whistle and his jou...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Dr. Toni Savage and her attorney Michael Kohn about Dr. Savage’s landmark whistleblower retaliation case. A former Supervisory Contracting Officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, Dr. Savage blew the whistle on millions of dollars in fraudulent contracts and faced severe retaliation for speaking out. Kohn, a founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, represented D...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Kate Reeves about efforts to strengthen whistleblower rights in the United Kingdom. Reeves is the International Liaison for the U.S. whistleblower firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto. Currently based in London, Reeves works alongside advocates in the UK, including WhistleblowersUK, to further efforts to reform the country’s whistleblower laws. Turner and Reeves discuss the differences between the U.S. and UK wh...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower attorney and former SEC official Andrew Feller. Feller is currently Senior Special Counsel at the leading whistleblower firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, where as co-Chair of the firm’s Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Group, he represents whistleblowers who seek to report fraud and other legal violations to financial regulators including the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, IRS, and FinCEN. Prior to jo...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower Abdel Badoura, who exposed the price gouging of Australia’s supermarket duopoly, Coles and Woolworths. For over a decade, Badoura worked in the consumer goods sector, directly negotiating prices with Coles and Woolworths. In a 2024 Senate testimony, he blew the whistle on the supermarket giants’ price gouging and market power abuse, outlining their tactics and practices which he witnessed firs...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with leading tax whistleblower expert and advocate Dean Zerbe, partner at Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank and Jadav, LLP and Senior Policy Analyst at the National Whistleblower Center. Prior to entering private practice, Zerbe was active in Congressional investigations of government waste, fraud, and abuse for over 25 years. As Senior Counsel and Tax Counsel on the Senate Finance Committee for Senator Charles E. ...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with anti-corruption advocate and attorney Estefania Medina, co-founder of TOJIL and Vice President of the Anti-Corruption Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce-México. TOJIL is a non-profit organization dedicated to combating corruption in Mexico through deep investigations, strategic litigation, and the development of public policy. Jane and Estefania discuss Estefania’s background and her inspir...
In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with Stephen M. Kohn, co-Founder and Board Chairman of National Whistleblower Center and leading whistleblower attorney. On February 10th, President Trump halted enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) in an Executive Order, arguing the move would aid American business abroad. Listen to Kohn and Turner discuss how this decision will impact American business and whistleblowers reporting bribery, corru...
Whistleblower Advocate Stephen Kohn Discusses Firing of Special Counsel Dellinger. Listen to the podcast on WNN or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon. Subscribe on your favorite platform!
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Poornima Ramarao, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who tragically passed away in November. Balaji blew the whistle to the New York Times on alleged copyright violations by OpenAI. He was found dead in his apartment months later. In this episode, Turner and Ramarao discuss Balaji’s upbringing and courageous whistleblowing, the questions Ramarao has surrounding his death and the related polic...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Ed Pierson, Boeing whistleblower and the Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety. Pierson served as a Senior Manager at Boeing’s Renton, Washington 737 Max factory, overseeing the manufacturing of Boeing’s 737 Max airline and leading the Industrial Engineering and Shipside teams in final assembly and P-8 Poseidon Shipside teams. He blew the whistle on safety issues he witnessed in the manuf...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with former FBI special agent Zach Schoffstall. Schoffstall was a supervisory senior resident agent in the FBI’s Salt Lake City Division. He alleges that he was retaliated against by the FBI after refusing to sign a warrant for a white nationalist organization, the Patriot Front, when he believed there was not actionable evidence. During their wide-ranging conversation, Jane and Schoffstall discuss hisupbrin...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI official Marcus Allen. Allen was suspended by the FBI for 27 months after making a protected disclosure and in 2023 the Bureau revoked his security clearance before he testified before Congress. In 2024, the FBI reinstated Allen’s security clearance and reached a settlement agreement with him for backpay for his suspension. During their wide-ranging conversation, Jane and Allen discuss his upbr...
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with Samsung whistleblower June Bellamy.In 2017, Bellamy blew the whistle on a director in the Service Division at theJohannesburg Samsung Head Office. She was subsequently fired from Samsungand has been fighting for her whistleblower rights in court ever since.During their wide-ranging conversation, Jane and Bellamy discuss her upbringing,her decision to blow the whistle, and her journey since coming forward.For...
This week on Whistleblower of the Week, Caroline Hunt-Matthes, a former United Nations investigator whose efforts to expose sexual exploitation and misconduct sparked a 15-year legal battle—the longest in UN history. Speaking with guest hosts, Agnes Jonsson and Greta Leeb, she reveals the systemic failures, retaliation, and culture of silence that continue to plague the UN’s internal justice system. Hunt-Matthes also discusses her new book, We the People: The United Nations Whistleblowers, an...
