Indie radio producer and story editor. Host of CBC’s Love Me. Season 4 coming in 2025.
Lu Olkowski
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EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
Was incredible to be part of this.
EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
What I’ve been working on… Incredible reporting from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and @cr0ft0n.bsky.social at @lighthousereports.com Then, Michael Montgomery @revealnews.org made it into a radio story that I was lucky enough to edit. What a partnership. 14 newsrooms. 😮
Reggie Ugwu always puts together a great year-end list… and, well, look at that... CBC’s Love Me is included! Thank you Reggie and the @nytimes.com, but most of all to audio sorceresses Cristal Duhaime and Mira Burt-Wintonick. Thanks for inviting me on this ride 💗💗💗 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Half & Half produced by @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime for Love Me was joyful, playful and moving. The return of Love Me to CBC was a highlight of the audio year - for more tender joy seek out Chris Attaway’s bedtime story feature too… www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
SURVEILLANCE SECRETS: @lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
2/ Watch reporter @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social as he retraces the tracking of 23&Me Founder Anne Wojcicki (then maried to Google's Serge Brin) through SF's Union Square, just like in The Conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
We made more than 100 cold calls. Each one began the same way: “You’ve been targeted by government-grade surveillance tech.” In our @lighthousereports.com collab with @revealnews.org, you can hear the voices on the other end. revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
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We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
Could not be happier that @luolkowski.bsky.social's Love Me is back (the ordinariness of that statement belies my genuine excitement): www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
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Celebrate the beauty and messiness of human connection. Real stories of real, complicated relationships. How does it feel when your dead mom’s Italian ex-lover won’t stop writing you? Or when you try ...
We made more than 100 cold calls. Each one began the same way: “You’ve been targeted by government-grade surveillance tech.” In our @lighthousereports.com collab with @revealnews.org, you can hear the voices on the other end. revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
We joined @lighthousereports.com, @papertrailmedia.de, and several news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire targeting journalists, celebrities, and maybe even you.
This week on Reveal:
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In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
