Carl Miller Keynote Speaker

Host and writer of the true-crime podcast Kill List, a top-ten UK podcast.
Author of The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, winner of the 2019 Transmission Prize.
Delivered keynotes for institutions such as NATO, Oxford University, and the Hay Literary Festival.

Carl Miller's Biography

Carl Miller is a leading voice in understanding how technology is reshaping power, society, and our everyday lives. Best known as the host and writer of the chart-topping true-crime podcast Kill List, Carl captivated audiences with his gripping story of uncovering a murder-for-hire website on the dark net.

His investigation exposed a kill list targeting innocent people and turned into a race against time to warn potential victims and uncover the truth when law enforcement failed to act. The podcast reached the top ten in the UK charts in Autumn 2025, cementing Carl as a compelling storyteller and fearless investigator.

Carl’s debut book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, won the 2019 Transmission Prize. It explores how digital technologies have disrupted traditional power structures, from politics and media to business and geopolitics. Carl has immersed himself in the digital revolution, visiting information warfare bases, meeting fake news merchants, and uncovering shadowy online markets. His work highlights the unseen forces shaping the world, from the rise of cryptocurrencies to the transformation of crime and disinformation.

Over the past 15 years, Carl has led more than 40 major research projects delving into the digital age. He coined the term “SOCMINT” (social media intelligence) with the former Director of GCHQ and was among the first to identify the influence of conspiracy theories and the urgent need for digital literacy. His investigations have tackled critical issues, including how AI is controlled, the transformation of crime, and the existential challenges to democracy in the digital age.

Carl is a sought-after speaker delivering compelling keynotes worldwide including for Parliament, NATO, the British Academy, Hay Literary Festival, and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. His talks blend immersive storytelling with data-driven insights, drawing on his interviews with cyber-criminals, police cyber-crime teams, presidents, spies, and digital ministers to unpack how technology is fundamentally reshaping power dynamics and society.

‍Power Trip: the Age of AI

When did you first hear of GPT, Claude, DALL-E or Bard? AI has penetrated our conversations, our places of work and dominates the culture. Discover Carl's insights on his 5-part podcast series for Intelligence Squared to explore how AI is changing power from the workplace to culture, our friends and even what it means to be human at all.

Lessons from Kill List: Investigative Storytelling in a Digital World

Carl shares insights about a four-year long investigation where he, and a small team of journalists and a hacker secretly surveilled a murder-for-hire website on the dark net. The investigation ultimately led to 175 kill orders being disclosed, over 30 arrests and 100 years of prison time being handed down. Explore the lessons those frenetic years have for all of us: on stepping into the unknown, on grit and tenacity, the importance of finding moments of laughter and about making decisions in extremely imperfect conditions.

Disinformation and Information Warfare

Yura, the Romanian cyber-criminal mastermind at the heart of the Kill List story ran an enormous and successful disinformation campaign for years. Learn more about Carl's insights as he takes that campaign apart to show how the reality of online disinformation really isn’t what you think.