Vice Series: The evolving business of crime

The podcast uses a dramatic, noir-style narrative to introduce a series of episodes from "The Indicator from Planet Money" that will focus on the evolving business of crime. The narrative features a detective, Billy Hull, who is approached by someone in trouble with the mob over a "numbers racket." The dialogue contrasts old-school crime with modern forms like synthetic drugs, data breaches, and deep fakes, indicating that the upcoming episodes will explore these contemporary criminal enterprises.