Whistleblower of the Week
Join FBI whistleblower Jane Turner every other week as she talks with a whistleblower about their life experiences, what led them to blow the whistle, and their lives after their courageous and brave actions. In each episode, Turner will discuss in depth each individual’s choice to become a whistleblower in their respective fields and the fallout that occurred. Questions? Reach Whistleblower Network News at contact@whistleblowernews.com.
Episodes
98 episodes
Urgent: Tell FinCEN to Defend Whistleblower Confidentiality and Fight Global Corruption
Attorney Stephen Kohn joins Jane Turner to sound the alarm on an urgent action alert regarding the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Law. This new law is the most comprehensive award program ever passed—covering everything from drug car...
John Kiriakou: CIA Whistleblower Exposed Torture Program and Paid the Price
“Whistleblower of the Week” host Jane Turner speaks with CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the agency’s enhanced interrogation program. After refusing to participate and going public, he was imprisoned, lost his career, and faced ret...
Whistleblower Jonathan Buma: The FBI’s Missed Warnings Part 2
Part 2In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner continues her interview with former FBI counterintelligence agent Jonathan Buma. Buma became a whistleblower after seeing what he calls a serious breakdown of ...
Whistleblower Jonathan Buma: The FBI’s Missed Warnings Part 1
Part 1In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner talks with former FBI counterintelligence agent Jonathan Buma. Buma became a whistleblower after seeing what he calls a serious breakdown of integrity inside t...
Thomas Drake: Inside the NSA’s Post-9/11 Surveillance Machine (Part 2)
In this second part of Whistleblower of the Week, host and former FBI agent Jane Turner continues her conversation with NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, diving deep...
How Thomas Drake Became an NSA Whistleblower (Part 1)
In this week’s Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host and FBI whistleblower Jane Turner talks with NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake in a conversation recor...
A TSA Whistleblower’s Fight for Accountability: Robert MacLean
This week on Whistleblower of the Week, former Federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean joins host Jane Turner to share his story of exposing safety risks within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).MacLean r...
15 Years Against the System: Caroline Hunt-Matthes and the UN’s Culture of Silence
This week on Whistleblower of the Week, Caroline Hunt-Matthes, a former United Nations investigator whose efforts to expose sexual exploitation and misconduct sparked a 15-year legal battle—the longest in UN history. Speaking with gues...
Emily Fertitta: Fighting FBI Retaliation from the Inside
In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI Special Agent Emily Fertitta, who breaks her silence on the retaliation she and her husband, Valentine “Val” Fertitta—a decorated Marine Corps officer and FBI...
Leading US Whistleblower Attorney Advocates for Stronger International Whistleblower Laws
Leading US whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn joins host Jane Turner on this episode of Whistleblower of the Week. Kohn discusses th...
Teresa Tumblin: “I Lost Everything for Telling the Truth”
When FBI analyst Teresa Tumblin reported misconduct inside the Bureau, she expected accountability—not retaliation. In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with Teresa about her 16-year career, the fallout...
Dr. James Wells: Uncovering His Father’s Vietnam War Whistleblowing
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with Dr. James Wells retired criminology and criminal justice professorand author of the new book Because: A CIA Coverup...
Robyn Gritz: Exposing Gender Discrimination at the FBI
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with former FBI agent Robyn Gritz. Gritz had a 16-plus year career at the FBI including serving as a supervisor over Washington Field Office’s elite Extraterri...
Will Kramer: From Whistleblower to Whistleblower Attorney
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with whistleblower-turned-whistleblower attorney Will Kramer, anassociate in the Litigation Practice Group of Pines Bach.Prior to becoming an attorney,...
A Landmark Whistleblower Retaliation Case: Dr. Toni Savage and Michael Kohn
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Dr. Toni Savage and herattorney
Advancing Whistleblower Rights in the UK: Kate Reeves
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with Kate Reeves about efforts to strengthen whistleblower righ...
Strengthening the SEC Whistleblower Program: Andrew Feller
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower attorney and former SEC official Andrew Feller
Exposing Grocery Giants’ Price Gouging: Abdel Badoura
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with whistleblower Abdel Badoura, who exposed the price gouging ofAustralia’s supermarket duopoly, Coles and Woolworths.For over a decade, Badoura work...
Successes and Flaws of the IRS Whistleblower Program: Dean Zerbe
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with leading tax whistleblower expert and advocate Dean Zerbe, partner at Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank and Jadav, LLP and Senior Policy Analyst at the National ...
Fighting Corruption in Mexico and Across the Globe: Estefania Medina
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with anti-corruption advocate and attorney Estefania Medina, co-founderof TOJIL and Vice President of the Anti-Corruption Commission at theInternationa...
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What Trump’s Order Means for Whistleblowers
In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with Stephen M. Kohn, co-Founder and Board Chairman of
Stephen Kohn
Whistleblower Advocate Stephen Kohn Discusses Firing of Special Counsel Dellinger.
Poornima Rao
In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turnerspeaks with Poornima Ramarao, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower SuchirBalaji, who tragically passed away in November.Balaji blew the whistle to the New York ...