Podcast Episodes

The Forever Spies

Episode 86

Jeff talks with Calder Walton, author of “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.”

Calder Walton

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3 years, 1 month ago

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The Forever Spies

Jeff talks with Calder Walton, author of “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.”

Calder Walton

https://twitter.com/calder_walton

Spies…

3 years, 1 month ago

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The Senator Who Roped the CIA

Episode 85

Journalist James Risen speaks with Jeff Stein about his new book on Sen. Frank Church’s unprecedented investigation of CIA misdeeds, from assassinati…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Behind the Bust of China’s Brash New York Spy Base

Episode 84

Former CIA and DoD Chinese espionage expert Nicholas Eftimiades talks with Jeff about Beijing’s newly aggressive covert campaigns against pro-democra…

3 years, 2 months ago

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That Monster Leak

Episode 83

Legendary retired CIA officer Jim Lawler talks with Jeff about the massive leak of highly classified Pentagon documents. 

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3 years, 2 months ago

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JITTERS: Can FBI Stop Extremist Violence This Time?

Episode 82

Law enforcement and extremist reporter Ali Winston says the FBI is getting better, but radicals are metastasizing.

Ali Winston

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Ukraine Air War Heats Up

Episode 81

David Cenciotti, founding editor of The Aviationist, speaks with SpyTalk about the collision of a Russian warplane and a US MQ-9 reconnaissance drone…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Intelligence Tricks, from Covert to Overt Covert Ops

Episode 80

Political scientist, author, and senior aide to the chair of the Church Committee Loch Johnson joins Jeff to talk about oversight of intel agencies; …

3 years, 4 months ago

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YET ANOTHER SPY AGENCY SECURITY BREECH

Episode 79

The McGonigal scandal is just another chapter in a pathetic history of outrageous security lapses at the FBI, CIA and NSA, says investigative reporte…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Are Spies Sociopaths?

Episode 78

Former top CIA officer James Lawler says the manipulation practiced by agent handlers could be described as sociopathic. We talk about that and his l…

3 years, 5 months ago

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