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Format
Podcast Series
Genre
Tech Thriller / Financial Conspiracy
Comparables
Black Mirror meets Limetown
Audience
Adults 25-55, podcast thriller fans, audiences drawn to ordinary-person antiheroes and stories of institutional corruption

The Ledger

After her husband is murdered, a fugitive widow discovers he built a quantum device capable of quietly redistributing wealth. She becomes the only person who can decide whether to finish what he started.

Janet Clarke is a 65 year old former sixth form teacher living quietly in the English countryside. When her husband is murdered and she discovers he built a quantum device capable of cracking global financial systems, Janet is accused of his murder and disappears.

Then she starts a podcast.

Episode by episode, from the shadows, Janet exposes the corruption her husband's invention threatens to unravel. A government cyber unit, a private risk firm protecting elite wealth, and a ruthless politician all want her silenced. Her only weapon is her voice. Turns out that's enough.

She does not want power. Which is exactly what makes her dangerous when she has it.

If harm is imperceptible, is it still harm?

From The Ledger

A Tech Thriller Podcast · Quiet Corrections

Production notes

Episodes
8 episodes, 30 to 40 minutes each
Tone
Intimate and confessional, a slow burn into systemic paranoia

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