{"podcast":{"title":"Proof Positive","slug":"proof-positive-7769387","podcast_index_feed_id":7769387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN1376325340","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/888b1f84-0357-11f1-befc-ab71d1d198c5/image/70b2158e31ae217cacd060fb38c52caa.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Torres","episode_count":108,"summary":"What happens when the official story doesn't add up? Join Daniel Torres as he picks apart the cases, scandals, and mysteries that everyone else stopped asking questions about. This isn't your typical true crime podcast — it's investigative documentary work that digs into current events, historical cover-ups, and social issues that deserve a second look. Daniel spent eight years as a freelance journalist chasing down everything from small-town corruption to corporate whistleblowers. He started this podcast because the best stories always had too many layers for a newspaper article. Now he's using that same dogged reporting to unpack the investigations that matter, the ones that got buried, and the ones that are still happening right now. Each episode is a deep dive into real documentation — court filings, leaked memos, forgotten archives. You'll hear the actual evidence, not just opinions about it. Daniel breaks down complex cases so you can understand what really went down and why it matters today. Sometimes he even convinces his neighbors to share their weird hobbies, which honestly makes for surprisingly good radio. Ready to question everything you thought you knew? Follow Proof…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:19:49.347648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387"},"episode":{"title":"How Kim Dotcom Built the World's Largest File-Sharing Empire","slug":"how-kim-dotcom-built-the-world-s-largest-file-sharing-empire","published_at":"2026-07-17T13:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-kim-dotcom-built-the-world-s-largest-file-sharing-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6771515089.mp3?updated=1776260259","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6771515089.mp3?updated=1776260259","summary":"What if Hollywood's biggest nightmare started with a German entrepreneur who legally changed his name to Kim Dotcom? In 2012, the FBI orchestrated the largest copyright raid in history, targeting a file-sharing site so massive it handled 4% of global internet traffic. In this episode, Daniel Torres uncovers how one man built a digital empire that fundamentally changed how we share files and why his takedown still shapes internet policy today. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Megaupload reached 50 million daily users and became bigger than most countries' economies • The shocking legal tactics Hollywood used to destroy Kim Dotcom's $175 million reward system • Why 20 simultaneous raids across 9 countries couldn't actually prove the copyright case • How this legal battle created the blueprint for modern platform liability laws 👤 Perfect for: anyone curious about the hidden forces shaping our digital world and the wild stories behind the websites we use every day. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Daniel Torres introduces the man who became the internet's most wanted [01:30] Building Megaupload: from zero to 25 petabytes of data [04:00] The $175 million reward system that terrified Hollywood [07:00] Operation Takedown: how 9 countries coordinated the perfect raid [10:00] The legal aftermath that's still playing out in courts today [12:00] What Kim Dotcom's empire tells us about internet freedom 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow Proof Positive on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and turn on notifications. New episodes drop daily, your next favorite investigation is one tap away. 🔍 Topics: Kim Dotcom, Megaupload, file sharing, copyright law, internet freedom Get new episodes at Proof Positive --------------- Keywords: leaked documents, conspiracy theories, deep dive podcast, court filings, corporate sc…","meta_description":"What if Hollywood's biggest nightmare started with a German entrepreneur who legally changed his name to Kim Dotcom? In 2012, the FBI orchestrated the lar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/proof-positive-7769387/episodes/how-kim-dotcom-built-the-world-s-largest-file-sharing-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-kim-dotcom-built-the-world-s-largest-file-sharing-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}