Podcast Episodes

How Trump Broke the ODNI

Former senior CIA analyst David Kanin on the crises in US intelligence.

David Kanin is a retired CIA senior analyst and member of the Senior Intellige…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Terror Case Fizzled

Former Gitmo prosecutor Michael Lebowitz takes us inside the nuclear plot that never was.

Mike Lebowitz is one of America’s few war-crimes prosecutors…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pod Save Our National Security with Tommy Vietor

Former Obama speechwriter Tommy Vietor talks about energizing Dems on vital US foreign policy issues.

Tommy Vietor | https://x.com/TVietor08 | https:/…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Havana Up For Grabs?

Cuba intervention expert Peter Kornbluh joins SpyTalk to discuss Trump’s pressure campaign.

Peter Kornbluh | National Security Archive 

Peter Kornbluh,…

3 months ago

The Ultimate Intelligence Fiasco

Ex-CIA operative Jerry Watson and journalist Bob Drogin tell the disastrous story of Curveball and its relevance to today’s war against Iran.

The US i…

3 months, 1 week ago

Putin in Peril?

Former CIA Russia hand Sean Wiswesser assesses Putin’s grip on his security services amid rumors of coups. 

Sean Wiswesser is a Russian intelligence a…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

JFK’s Fatal Mistake

Veteran journalist Jack Cheevers takes another look at President Kennedy’s ambivalent role in the overthrow and assassination of South Vietnamese Pre…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deciphering the Iran War Talks

A former Pakistani ambassador to the US says the more Trump bashes Iran, the more it will dig in.

Husain Haqqani joins SpyTalk to discuss the state of…

4 months ago

A Spy's Iran

Former CIA Iran spy recruiter Mark Fowler says the “peace deal” is not the end of the war. He shares his analysis of the recent peace talks based on …

4 months, 1 week ago

Stone Age Tactics

Former CENTCOM commander Gen. Joseph Votel says military leaders should refuse a Trump order to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Ages" 

Joseph Leonard Vot…

4 months, 2 weeks ago