Foundering is an award-winning, serialized podcast from the journalists at Bloomberg Technology. Each season, Foundering brings you inside a different high-stakes drama from the technology industry, where its companies are wielding unprecedented capital and power.
What this show covers
Bob LeeSan FranciscoNima Momenitrue crimetech culturemurder trialmedia spectaclemedia narrativestech industrycrime narrativemisinformationstreet crimeAI boommedia attention
What listeners will find here
Inside the Bob Lee trial as a murder case becomes a referendum on San Francisco
Nima Momeni's October 2024 trial over the killing of Bob Lee shifts the story from fears about random street crime to a tabloid-fueled courtroom drama. Reporter Shawn Wen takes listeners inside a made-for-TV proceeding shaped by drugs, violence, sex, and the city's image.
A murder arrest, a city under pressure, and the mystery of Nima Momeni
Bob Lee’s killing enters a new phase when police arrest Nima Momeni nine days after the stabbing. The episode examines why San Francisco officials pushed a familiar-victim narrative and traces Momeni’s past and the events that brought him into Lee’s orbit.
Bob Lee’s final chapter looks past the headlines and into the man his friends knew
Bob Lee’s death became a symbol twice over: first in a San Francisco crime narrative, then in stories about an elite underground party scene. This episode follows how that shift happened and centers the version of Lee described by his friends and family.
How Bob Lee’s killing became a flashpoint for fear, blame, and rumor in San Francisco
Bob Lee’s killing and the backlash that followed are the focus of this episode. Reporter Shawn Wen revisits the days before an arrest, when online outrage, speculation, and harsh criticism of San Francisco spread quickly through the tech world.
How Bob Lee’s death became a flashpoint in San Francisco’s crime-and-tech battle
Bob Lee Part 5 examines why Lee’s killing drew such intense attention even after Nima Momeni’s second-degree murder conviction. Reporter Shawn Wen connects the case to San Francisco’s fight over street crime, its so-called doom loop, and the city’s shift into the AI boom.
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