Bonus: The Lazarus Heist Episode 1
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Introducing our new original podcast. Here’s episode 1: Hacking Hollywood. A movie, Kim Jong-un and a devastating cyber attack. The story of the Sony hack. How the Lazarus Group hackers caused mayhem. And this is just the beginning…Search for The Lazarus Heist wherever you get your podcasts. #LazarusHeist
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jean Lee. And I'm Jeff White. And we have spent the last, I don't know, how long has it been Jeff? |
| 0:06.0 | Long time, months, months, months, I think. |
| 0:08.0 | Working on our podcast, The Lazarus Heist. |
| 0:11.0 | It's the latest original podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:13.6 | We've already given you our trailer to hear, but we just thought you might like to hear the entire first episode. |
| 0:20.0 | It's the incredible story of the most daring cyberheist that's ever been attempted |
| 0:24.4 | And it all begins in Hollywood. The story takes us from the secretive state of North Korea |
| 0:29.1 | To Bangladesh to New York for a story that spans the globe. It's gripping fast-paced I'm hooked |
| 0:35.3 | that's not our words but those are written in some of the many reviews we've had. |
| 0:38.7 | Others have said I wish there were more podcasts like this and it may have become my new favorite |
| 0:43.6 | podcast that's all really appreciated thank you so much but you should make up your |
| 0:47.8 | own mind and now's your chance this is the first episode and if you like it and you |
| 0:51.5 | want more search for the Lazarus |
| 0:53.8 | heist wherever you get your podcasts. You know all those movies you thought were made in Hollywood? Gone with the wind, The Matrix, Ben Her? |
| 1:11.0 | Well they weren't filmed in Hollywood at all they were actually shot across town in an area of Los Angeles County called Culver City |
| 1:18.5 | That's where you'll find the old MGM film lot this place is huge and it's legendary and there are these two white |
| 1:24.9 | arched gates at the front. Step through them and you're in Fantasyland. |
| 1:31.8 | The first thing you see is this massive rainbow sculptor. The And all around you are these mammoth billboards showcasing upcoming movie releases and also these towering facades that are painted like shops |
| 1:48.3 | A dry cleaner a bowling alley a movie marquee you can go on a public tour of the place and they still make TV programs on the lot |
| 1:55.3 | so there's always a chance of glimcing a Star War tour as you mooch around and there are |
| 1:59.6 | movie-themed rides to go on as well. But away from the glitz the |
| 2:05.0 | MGM lot is a workplace like any other. It's the HQ of Sony Pictures |
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