Podcast Episodes

True Spies Debriefs: David McCloskey On His Life After Espionage

Season 1 Episode 289

True Spies producer Morgan Childs joins former CIA analyst, author and podcast host David McCloskey for a deep dive into his post-Agency career, and what he's learned along the way.

David McCloskey'…

Published on 5 hours ago

The Many Lives of Agent Zo | WW2

Season 1 Episode 288

Author Clare Mulley has built her formidable reputation on finding the remarkable stories that have been left out of the history books. This is one of them - the remarkable, heartstopping story of El…

Published on 1 week ago

True Spies - Brief Histories: Counterintelligence

Season 1

From the lagoon of Venice to revolutionary Russia, counterintelligence has always been an important aspect of statecraft.

In Brief Histories, the new monthly special from True Spies, series producer …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

True Spies Classic: The Spy In The Cornfield | FBI

Season 1 Episode 287

In the golden cornfields of rural Iowa, mysterious men are stealing seeds. Corn is big business - and the secret of growing good corn is priceless intellectual property. But is this a simple case of …

Published on 2 weeks ago

True Spies Debriefs: Brett Janis on Economic Intelligence

Season 1 Episode 286

This time on the Debrief, Morgan Childs joins former CIA economic analyst Brett Janis to discuss the Agency's role in monitoring global financial trends, Ukraine, and the future of the USA's place at…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Chasing Chi, Part Two: One Man's Trash... | FBI

Season 1 Episode 285

By 2004, FBI Special Agent Jim Gaylord has seen a lot of counterintelligence operations go right. But he's also seen plenty go wrong, especially when it comes to the People's Republic of China. But n…

Published on 4 weeks ago

True Spies - Brief Histories: Women in Espionage

Season 1

NEW from True Spies: Brief Histories. From 7th Century China to Nazi-occupied France, discover a selection of stories from the long history of female spies.

In Brief Histories, the new monthly specia…

Published on 1 month ago

Chasing Chi, Part One: The Engineer | FBI

By 2004, FBI Special Agent Jim Gaylord has seen a lot of counterintelligence operations go right. But he's also seen plenty go wrong, especially when it comes to the People's Republic of China. But n…

Published on 1 month ago

True Spies Classic: Blood on the Waterside | MI5

Season 1 Episode 283

In this classic episode of True Spies, Vanessa Kirby meets a spy who infiltrated the political wing of the Irish Republican movement. Willie Carlin risked his life in Derry, Northern Ireland, on a da…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Secret Policeman | MI6

Season 1 Episode 282

Lawyer and intelligence historian David Burke reveals a shadowy chapter in the story of Anglo-Irish relations in the 20th century.

Irish police intelligence analyst Patrick Crinnion was a man of rare…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago