The Underworld Podcast

by The Underworld Podcast

Category

Documentary

Frequency

Updated weekly

Language

English

Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible ...

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Recent Reviews

Addictive storytelling that only gets better every episode

Charlotte Burgman•10/6/2026

UPDATE: Oh. My. God … these episodes are so consistently amazingly good. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE UNDERWORLD PODCAST. I can’t list a favorite; they’re all so good. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Dark, well-told accounts of humans doing their things … a combination of tales as old as the hills and about how innovators keep ahead of, and outside, the law around the globe.

Danny needs to break away solo

Flamethrower99mph•9/17/2026

Danny is incredibly entertaining and informative. Sean, the British guy, is unbelievably distracting trying to be funny. He takes away from the beauty of the pod and isn’t funny

Well researched and articulate

Guy Hung•9/15/2026

Best narrator & well thought out and presented

Come for the crime, stay for the banter…

YUsucksobad•8/1/2026

This is arguably one of the best podcasts out there, irrespective of genre. You’re both legitimately entertaining. This is a genre that’s easy to render insufferable, but you guys add charm to well researched topics and clearly aren’t interested in picking the low hanging fruit or using the podcast as a forum to pander or emote. Not a regurgitated Wikipedia narration like most.

Great

J Clam•7/17/2026

You study hard Nd your efforts payoff. Thanks