What the Hack?

beau.friedlander@joindeleteme.com

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Booking Overview

“What the Hack?” is a cybercrime-focused show that mixes real-world security stories with practical guidance on how to spot and prevent digital harm. It’s especially useful for PR teams pitching tech, security, fraud, and digital risk experts who want to reach a highly engaged audience with credible, memorable narratives.

Metrics

Episodes: 260

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 58.0k followers

Contact Information

beau.friedlander@joindeleteme.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Security practitioners, fraud/victim or impersonation targets who became public-facing cases, and recognized thought leaders in adjacent areas (e.g., marketing attention models) relevant to spam/scams.
Required Achievements:  
Security or hacking expertise applied to real-world defense, Public recognition through media/books/ideas (e.g., widely known thought leaders), Notable public case study impact (e.g., identity misuse in large-scale scams)

Recent Guest Discussions

Tal Kollender - Rage-hacking A Tetris Leaderboard; Career Transition Into Ethical Intrusion/security Work; “anthropic’s Mythos” (cybersecurity/cyber-themed Content)

Seth Godin - Anti-spam Playbook; Attention Economy Vs Spam; How Internet Attention Gets Hijacked By Poorly Targeted Marketing

Bryan Denny - How Scammers Used His Face For Romance Scams; Impact Of Identity Misuse; What To Do When Crime Rings Adopt Your Identity

Recent Topics

Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Fraud, Malware, Spam

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
What the Hack?
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Episode 258: Fighter Pilot Cadet Turned Hacker, She Keeps Us Safe

June 30, 2026

A teenager rage-hacks a Tetris leaderboard and becomes a millionaire by 18. Now Tal Kollender breaks into companies for a living—and fixes whatever made that possible. We talk about that and Anthropic's Mythos, which is a cyber idyll for our time.Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 257: Seth Godin's Anti-Spam Playbook: Be Awesome

June 23, 2026

Marketing visionary Seth Godin explains how the Internet got hijacked by an attention-stealing spam economy that keeps us in an endless loop of badly targeted marketing. Godin's anti-spam playbook: demand companies earn your attention with awesomeness, and break the digital slop loop that broke the Internet. Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 256: The Colonel & the Catfish

June 16, 2026

A retired Army Colonel becomes the unwitting face of thousands of romance scams. Bryan Denny has been breaking the hearts of people he's never met for years. What do you do when hundreds of crime rings are using your face? Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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