{"podcast":{"title":"IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith","slug":"it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626","podcast_index_feed_id":7324626,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/548877/rss","website_url":"https://www.ithorrorstories.eu","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/d/b/f/adbf846dceadad62e55e3c100dce7605/image-1400.png","author":"Jack Smith","episode_count":22,"summary":"We delve into the bizarre and often cringe-worthy world of IT mishaps, glitches, and the horror stories that come with it. With a sarcastic twist we recount the tales of those who somehow manage to create chaos out of the simplest tasks. We strike a balance between relatable frustration and dark humor that gets even the most cringe-inducing stories entertaining and you will find yourself laughing, cringing, and shaking their heads in disbelief as we take a wild ride through the chaotic world of IT, where every glitch is a ghost story waiting to be told.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:18:46.219369+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626"},"episode":{"title":"IT and Global Politics - The Chaos Of Your Sales Team Being Arrested For Industrial Espionage","slug":"it-and-global-politics-the-chaos-of-your-sales-team-being-arrested-for-industrial-espionage","published_at":"2025-08-04T10:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/it-and-global-politics-the-chaos-of-your-sales-team-being-arrested-for-industrial-espionage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626","url":"https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-4-it-and-global-politics/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/c3f32df0-f9b4-48d7-9782-c3252d84e69a/Jack_Smith_EP4_-_IT_and_Global_Politics.mp3?dest-id=4735702","summary":"A pharmaceutical sales team is detained at an international border. On their tablets: standard product brochures that end up in an escalation into allegations of industrial espionage. In this episode, we unpack how a well-intentioned directive to preload sales materials onto devices as per strategic choices made in boardrooms can unravel on tarmacs and in detention rooms. Back home, the IT team is asleep—until the CIO calls in the middle of the night and it's on IT to contain the fallout of a crisis they didn't create. Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-4-it-and-global-politics/ All other links and socials : https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/ 00:00 Welcome & Banter 01:16 IT Horror Story Begins 08:12 Global Politics Clash 13:56 The Crisis Call 18:44 Smart Solution 24:33 Lessons Learned 31:47 Wrap Up","meta_description":"A pharmaceutical sales team is detained at an international border. On their tablets: standard product brochures that end up in an escalation into allegat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2004,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/episodes/it-and-global-politics-the-chaos-of-your-sales-team-being-arrested-for-industrial-espionage/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/it-and-global-politics-the-chaos-of-your-sales-team-being-arrested-for-industrial-espionage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}