Whistleblower of the Week

 In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane Turner continues her conversation with Stephanie Van de Motter, who blew the whistle on safety concerns at a luxury apartment building in Santa Monica. In the last episode, Van de Motter provided background on her journey to getting a dream job at 1221 Ocean Avenue and excelling at her job and then detailed her whist...

 In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, FBI whistleblower Jane Turner talks with Stephanie Van de Motter, who worked and lived in 1221 Ocean Avenue, a luxury apartment building in Santa Monica owned by the Irvine Company. Van de Motter talks about her journey from Michigan to California and the dream job she landed, where she brushed shoulders with the rich and famous and create...

In this episode, Jane talks with Siri Nelson, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). Nelson discusses the ins and outs of information whistleblowers need to know and how they can get help. She talks about the advocacy, education, and policy work NWC does and looks to the future, highlighting her goals for the organization over the next 10 years. Nelson also gives insight in...

In this episode, Jane talks with Judge Alex Ferrer, a former police officer, Circuit Court Judge, star of the nationally syndicated courtroom TV show “Judge Alex,” and host of the CBS TV show “Whistleblower.” Ferrer discusses his background and start as a promising young police officer in Florida and details his journey of becoming the youngest Circuit Court judge at the time. He talks about his d...

In the second part of a two-part episode, Jane continues her conversation with Mike German, an FBI whistleblower who blew the whistle on illegal wire-tapping. In the first part of the podcast, German talked about his journey through the FBI and described his whistleblowing experience.  German provides more information about his experience going undercover in neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles....

In the first part of a two-part episode, Jane talks with Mike German, an FBI whistleblower. German talks about his journey through the FBI and provides incredible, in-depth insight about going undercover in neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles. He shares his wealth of knowledge about this topic and discusses the illegal wire-tapping on which he blew the whistle. German talks about the retaliatio...

 In this episode, Jane chats with Scott Davis, who blew the whistle while working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Davis talks about his whistleblowing experience, the culture at the VA, and the injustices he has faced on his whistleblower journey. Davis also discusses his future at the VA, support from the veteran community, and how everyone can help elevate veterans’ stories in...

In this exclusive interview and her first media appearance since being released from prison, FinCEN whistleblower Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards tells her story in her own words. Edwards talks with FBI whistleblower Jane Turner about her career journey through the intelligence community, eventually landing at the Treasury Department. She talks about what she witnessed at Treasury, serving time in...

In this episode, Jane thanks the brave whistleblowers who have appeared on WNN’s Whistleblower of the Week podcast as well as listeners of the podcast. She thanks each of the 13 whistleblowers whose stories have appeared on the podcast and looks forward to continuing sharing stories that deserve to be told in 2022.  View the full Whistleblower of the Week podcast archives here.  Click here to dona...

*This will be the last Full Episode of the Year!! We are excited to bring you new stories and interviews in 2022! Until then, everyone stay safe and stay healthy!  In this episode, Jane chats with three whistleblower experts to round out 2021: Georgina Halford-Hall, Chief Executive of WhistleblowersUK, Siri Nelson, Executive Director of National Whistleblower Center, and Paul Milata, General Manag...

In this episode, Jane Turner and FBI whistleblower Theresa Foley continue their conversation about Foley’s powerful, tragic whistleblower story. Foley talks about the pain and suffering she has gone through due to medical issues stemming from leptospirosis, a disease she contracted while stationed in Guantanamo Bay. Foley describes her fight to obtain some kind of relief from the agency that turne...

In the first of a two-part episode, Jane talks with Theresa Foley, an FBI whistleblower and the first female agent to be assigned to Guantanamo Bay full-time. Foley talks about her journey becoming an FBI agent and the horrors she suffered once stationed at Guantanamo Bay, including contracting leptospirosis, an illness she got from rats that infested her deplorable living quarters. The illness ha...

In this episode, Jane talks with Gretchen Peters, a journalist, author, and crime expert. Peters is the Executive Director of the Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime (CINTOC) and the Executive Director and Founder of Alliance to Counter Crime Online (ACCO). Peters talks about how wildlife crime and other forms of criminal activity functions on Facebook and discusses develo...

In this episode, Jane talks with John Clarke, a social worker, lay theologian, journalist, and whistleblower advocate in South Africa. Clarke discusses his work in South Africa supporting whistleblowers who have faced incredible adversity. He also explains the idea of “state capture” and the brutal ways in which whistleblowers have been treated in South Africa. Interested in Clarke’s work? Visit h...

In this episode, Jane talks with Jason Leopold, a senior investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News whose notable work includes reporting on the FinCEN Files, a project in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that consisted of thousands of documents pointing to large-scale global financial corruption. The documents were sourced primarily from U.S. Treasury whis...

In this episode, Jane talks with Rosemary Dew, one of the first hundred women to join the FBI. Dew discusses her experience moving up the ranks of the FBI, the treatment she received from superiors and fellow agents, and her decision to share her story with the media. Turner and Dew discuss working in the FBI as both women and whistleblowers, and how the Bureau deals with both groups in insidious...

In this episode, Jane talks with James Davidson, a former FBI agent and President of non-partisan organization Protect the FBI. The organization aims to empower FBI employees to speak up and make whistleblower complaints without fear of retaliation. Davidson talks about the internal culture of the FBI and how he realized that the whistleblowing and disciplinary process at the FBI needed reform. He...

In this episode, Jane talks with Trevor Kitchen, a whistleblower who brought attention to currency manipulation involving the British pound, U.S. dollar, and Swiss franc. Kitchen discusses the manner in which and to whom he reported the misconduct. He also talks about the intense retaliation he has persevered through to this day for his 2011 whistleblowing and the personal toll that his whistleblo...

In this episode, Jane talks with Georgina Halford-Hall, founding member and Chief Executive of not for profit organization WhistleblowersUK. Halford-Hall discusses her career path and blowing the whistle at a nonprofit she worked at. She talks with Jane about retaliation she endured for speaking up and the state of whistleblowing laws in the UK. Finally, she highlights the work WhistleblowersUK is...

With the 20th anniversary of the Enron scandal fast approaching, Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins continues her conversation with Jane Turner. (This is a two-part episode: be sure to listen to the first part here !) In this part, Watkins talks about sending the anonymous memo to Enron’s then-CEO and Chairman Kenneth Lay. Watkins and Jane dive deeper into the fallout from blowing the whistle, ho...

Sherron Watkins, Enron whistleblower, sits down with Jane as we approach the 20-year anniversary of the Enron scandal. Watkins worked her way up to Vice President of Corporate Development, and later blew the whistle on financial fraud in an anonymous memo to Enron’s then-CEO. Watkins talks about her upbringing in a small Texas town, being a person of faith, and her journey in accounting and financ...

In this episode, Jane talks with FBI forensic laboratory whistleblower Frederic Whitehurst. Whitehurst, a veteran and accomplished FBI agent, earned a Ph. D in chemistry and worked at the FBI laboratory as a Supervisory Special Agent. He blew the whistle on misconduct at the lab, noting the outdated and dirty equipment, and bringing attention to instances where lab employees committed perjury and...

In this episode, Jane talks with Peace Corps whistleblower Sara Thompson. Thompson was a volunteer in Burkina Faso, and came out of her service with medical complications due to mefloquine, a controversial anti-malaria medicine administered by the Corps. Almost a decade later, Thompson still experiences severe side effects from mefloquine toxicity, and has been denied redress by the Corps and the...

In this episode, Jane talks with famed whistleblower Frank Serpico, who blew the whistle on corruption in the NYPD in the 1960s and 70s. Serpico’s heroic actions inspired a Hollywood adaptation of his experiences and he’s since become a major figure in the whistleblower community. Serpico talks with Jane about the aftermath of his disclosures, his views on blowing the whistle today versus when he...