At the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting award ceremony last month, former prosecutor and National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino led a conversation with ICIJ&rsquos Spencer Woodman, Bellingcat&rsquos Aric Toler, and 2022 Prize winners Hans Peterson Hammer of Göteborgs-Posten and Lilia Saúl Rodriguez of the OCCRP. They discuss the evolution, impact and future of cross-border collaborative investigative journalism.This episode was originally published on 20 July 2022.

Jim Wasserstrom spoke at the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting in Vancouver last month, describing his own experience as a whistleblower and his commitment to building an Integrity Sanctuary where whistleblowers can recover and flourish in safety.

Khadija Ismayilova speaks at the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting in Vancouver last week, describing the risks to whistleblowers and what we can do to encourage and protect them.

Oliver Bullough joins the podcast again to discuss his latest book, out this week: Butler to the World. The book addresses how the UK went from a colonial power dominating the world to a service provider&mdashor butler or perhaps consigliere&mdashto the world&rsquos oligarchs.

Robert Worth, a journalist previously based in Baghdad with the New York Times and author ofA Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil from Tahrir Square to ISIS, describes the deadly and intractable problem of corruption in Iraq. He discusses the role the United States and its pallets of cash played in this, but also the enforced sectarian apportionment of power&mdashtheMuhasasa&mdashthat ensures each group protects its fiefdom rather than acting in the best interest of the whole country.