Joining the Dots with Thomas Drohan

About Joining the Dots with Thomas Drohan

Joining the Dots provides real-world insights from those dedicated to justice, harm reduction, and global security. Hosted by Thomas Drohan, technologist and co-founder of Clue Software, each episode delves into the challenges and triumphs of those on the frontline tackling real issues like child abuse, human trafficking, corruption, organised crime, and fraud. Thomas leverages his experience working with diverse intelligence and investigations teams to explore candid conversations with victims, perpetrators, investigators, leaders, tech experts, and academics. Joining the Dots highlights the tireless efforts and innovative strategies making our world safer. Subscribe and tune in to hear from the often-unsung heroes committed to real change.

Publisher

Clue Software

Category

business · technology · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2024

Latest episode

28 May 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 May 2026

   Tom Sefton-Collins – Inside the online influence battlefield

   Thomas is joined by Tom Sefton-Collins, Founder of GhostShift and former GCHQ Head of Operations for offensive cyber and influence, to explore how the online information environment has become a frontline for modern threats. Drawing on 15 years in government across counter terrorism, organised crime, and state-level cyber operations, Tom shares how online influence has evolved from a niche capability to a complex, large-scale ecosystem. The conversation unpacks this rapidly expanding threat l...

2. 

   14 May 2026

   Rachael Herbert – Exposing the UK high street’s money laundering problem

   In this episode of Joining the Dots, Thomas Drohan is joined by Rachael Herbert, Director of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), to explore how economic crime is playing out closer to home than many people realise. Rachael explains how money laundering, illicit finance and organised crime are increasingly embedded in everyday places – including the UK high street – and why tackling these threats requires a genuinely system-wide response. Using Operation Machinize as a case study, she u...

3. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Jamie Bartlett - How to Talk to AI, Influence and The Missing Cryptoqueen

   In this episode of Joining the Dots, Thomas is joined by Jamie Bartlett, journalist, author and creator of the BBC podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen, for a wide-ranging conversation on emerging technology, influence and how society responds when innovation outpaces institutions. Jamie reflects on his career tracking the social impact of new technologies, from the dark web and cryptocurrencies to social media, online radicalisation and now artificial intelligence. He explains why it is rarely th...

Who has been a guest on Joining the Dots with Thomas Drohan

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alex Rothwell
• Mark Button
• Laura Eshelby

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,839

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51