Fireside with Lei

In this episode I interview Marcus Carey, a US navy veteran who came up and succeeded in life from humble beginnings in rural Texas to now the CEO of Threat Care. I hear from Marcus about his early life struggles being a “good guy” while many of his peers take advantage of his loyalty. Marcus … Continue reading "Episode 12: Marcus Carey and the Four Agreements"

In this episode I am joined by Jericho, a champion of small misunderstood woodland creatures We talk about the changes in the ‘hacker culture’ from the the days of party lines and trashing for tthe obtainment and sharing of hard to come across knowledge (this being pre-google days). I reflect how it seems Attrition.org is … Continue reading "Episode 11: Jericho, champion of small misunderstood woodland creatures."

I speak with “XORshac” an actual doctor of psychology who I met at the first disconnect.camp where he talked about social engineering. In this episode XORshac answers my questions about burnout, stress and healing the mind. We see some connections between a person’s empathy and their ability to live a happy life by simply being … Continue reading "Episode 10: XORshac, talks burnout, mental health and empathy."

I get to catch up with Viss, founder of Phobos Group and hacker storyteller extraordinaire about his origins, the infamous “This is not a Camera” meme, and other great tales from infosec culture.

A followup episode, where Funsized and I chat about how shellcon.io went, tell tales about tamper evidence contests, counterfeit badges, and the origins of porno-claus. We end on a great side discussion regarding dealing with depression after conferences, self-analysis and mental health.

Donovan founded Alias Forensics Inc. in 2010. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Donovan’s vision has always been to create a community that grows and supports a fresh aptitude in Information Security. In this episode we talk about growing up as a trouble-maker kid from a poor family, working odd jobs, fixing computers at his schools, … Continue reading "Episode 6: Donovan Farrow, The little scamp who could."

In this episode I talk with two of the shellcon.io organizers and founders, Funsized and Sean. These guys have two different paths coming into the hacker culture, but both have […]

This interview with Tprophet covers the experience of LGBTQ+ in the hacker community since the 90’s and the impact of QueerCon, and his many other pursuits from creating problems to […]

Humble beginnings with Phreck, from what he learned being a script kiddie in the 90s, joining the military post 9/11, and straightening out his life and pivoting from systems adminstration/devops […]

In this episode we talk about the history of Int80 of Dual Core, from his early days punting people off AOL to his start as a nerdcore rapper leading to […]