In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with
former intelligence contractor Reality Winner.

Motivated to act on a belief that the American public was not getting the full truth.
Winner leaked a top-secret NSA report on the Russian government’s attempts to hack a Florida-based voting software supplier ahead of the 2016 election to the news media.
Winner and Turner discuss her background, motivations, and how the Espionage Act
should be modified to give it more nuance. They also talk about the harsh sentence
handed down by the court and the impact her choices made on her life today. Winner
encourages would-be whistleblowers to use legal reporting channels.

Winner was the first person to be prosecuted, and later sentenced, under the Trump
administration for defying the Espionage Act.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with Aris Danikas, a whistleblower and the founder and CEO of Liberty of
Speech.

Turner and Danikas discuss his journey from whistleblower, he blew the whistle
on human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings by police in South Africa, to
whistleblower advocate.

They also speak about the upcoming conference Global Corruption And Public
Integrity - The Human Factor which features panel discussions on international
whistleblowing protection policies with a specific focus on the human toll
whistleblower retaliation has on whistleblowers and their families.

For more information on the conference (including how to register) visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-corruption-and-public-integrity-the-human-
factor-tickets-884026706677?aff=oddtdtcreator

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Johannah Phenya, the owner of a South African IT company who alongside her husband blew the whistle on alleged corruption and fraud in the awarding of government contracts.

Following their whistleblowing, Johannah’s husband, Marumo Phenya, was assassinated. Johannah was honored for her bravery by Blueprint for Free Speech in their 2023 Whistleblowing Awards.

She and Turner discuss her whistleblowing journey, her commitment to ensuring her husband’s death was not in vain, and the immense dangers faced by whistleblowers in South Africa.

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