{"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 Wikipedia's Finances Actually Work: The Donation Banner Mystery","slug":"how-wikipedia-s-finances-actually-work-the-donation-banner-mystery","published_at":"2026-07-26T22:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-wikipedia-s-finances-actually-work-the-donation-banner-mystery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN9679200159.mp3?updated=1776260324","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN9679200159.mp3?updated=1776260324","summary":"Ever wonder why Wikipedia keeps begging for money when they're sitting on a $100 million war chest? Daniel Torres pulls back the curtain on one of the internet's biggest financial mysteries and reveals why those desperate donation banners might not tell the whole story. On Proof Positive, we break down Wikipedia's shocking financial reality - they actually have enough cash to run the site for over a century. You'll discover why their servers only cost about $2-3 million annually while they employ 550+ people worldwide, learn where that extra donation money actually goes (spoiler: it's not all going to Wikipedia), and find out about the failed projects your five-dollar donation helped fund. This episode exposes the gap between Wikipedia's public messaging and their private balance sheet. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Introduction with Daniel Torres [01:30] Wikipedia's donation guilt trip tactics [04:00] The real cost of running Wikipedia [07:00] Where your donations actually go [10:00] The Wikimedia Foundation's side projects [12:00] What this means for donors 🔍 Topics: Wikipedia finances, Wikimedia Foundation, online donations, nonprofit transparency, internet funding, Wikipedia budget ⭐ Think your friends need to hear this? Share this episode and follow Proof Positive so you don't miss our daily deep dives into the stories behind the headlines. Drop us a 5-star review - it really helps other curious minds find us. New episodes every day! Get new episodes at Proof Positive ----------- Keywords: media manipulation, true crime, current events analysis, geopolitics, documentary podcast, leaked documents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Ever wonder why Wikipedia keeps begging for money when they're sitting on a $100 million war chest? Daniel Torres pulls back the curtain on one of the int…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":704,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/proof-positive-7769387/episodes/how-wikipedia-s-finances-actually-work-the-donation-banner-mystery/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-wikipedia-s-finances-actually-work-the-donation-banner-mystery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}