Navigating New Media: Stories of Transition

In the 2010s, US Navy officers took cash, prostitutes and more from a Malaysian defense contractor known as Fat Leonard. To tell a story that bears more than a hint of resemblance to the Jho Low 1MDB scandal, award-winning journalist Tom Wright (@tomwrightasia) joins me to discuss Fat Leonard’s relationship with the military and how it all came crashing down.

Tom is the host of the podcast series FAT LEONARD, and previously wrote a New York Times bestseller on Jho Low titled Billion Dollar Whale.

We discuss

• How Fat Leonard managed to earn millions through US Navy contracts
• The fate of the Navy officers who got mixed up with him
• The secret orgy recordings now in China’s possession
• Which Chinese historical events deserve the Death of Stalin treatment

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Outtro music: V - Swizz Beats by Lil Jon feat. Jho Low (unreleased)

Bonus: The song Tom mentions about Jho Low and Leonardo DiCaprio is Check My Steezo by Blind Scuba Divers, from the 22 Jump Street official soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcnMvZC6pb0

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