S34 EP4: Spam King | Dirtbag Climber

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CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

With his dark political dreams in shambles, Davis Wolfgang Hawke capitalizes on his internet marketing skills and uses them to create a shady and lucrative spamming ring. But while spam is making him very wealthy, it’s also making him some powerful enemies.

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0:14.7	Join me, Alameen Abdul Mahmood in my podcast where I talked to some of the smartest culture critics that I know about how Bad Bunny is rewriting the rules of touring and other big culture stories from this week.
0:24.0	You can find and follow commotion on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.2	This is a CBC podcast.
0:40.9	Hello? Hi.
0:42.4	Hello, yes.
0:43.5	I'm trying to reach Dave Bridger.
0:45.9	Dave, Breeder speaking.
0:47.4	Hey, Dave, it's Brian McWilliams from New Hampshire Public Radio.
0:51.5	Oh, okay.
0:52.1	Hey, what's up?
0:53.4	Well, I wanted to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
0:56.9	Oh, what story is that?
0:59.1	A story looking at amazing Internet products
1:02.5	and I guess the whole spam operation you got going.
1:08.1	Spam?
1:09.8	Well, you know, internet-based advertising.
1:14.0	I'm not sure what that is.
1:16.9	What do you mean?
1:18.5	A spam. I'm not sure what that is.
1:24.4	I think you probably know what spam is.
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