New podcast on one of the biggest goldmining frauds of all time

six billion dollar gold scam

A co-production from the BBC World Service and CBC investigates what was originally thought to be the biggest gold discovery in history.

The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam hosted by Suzanne Wilton tells of when Canadian mining company Bre-X announced to the world that it had found a large deposit of gold, deep in the jungles of Indonesia in 1995. Stock prices soared, as investors worldwide fought for their stake. But not everything was as it seemed.

Oona Chaplin hosts podcast on how grandfather was on Hollywood blacklist

hollywood exiles

A new BBC World Service and CBC podcast tells how Charlie Chaplin was embroiled in an FBI campaign aimed at rooting out communism from Hollywood.

Hollywood Exiles, hosted by Charlie’s granddaughter Oona Chaplin, describes the events that led to the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee hearings and the era of the infamous “Hollywood blacklist.”

The extent and impact of the FBI’s investigation into Charlie Chaplin and others in the film industry, is revealed in the podcast.