Podcast Episodes

The Human Factor

Episode 23

Top former CIA operations official William Murray talks with Jeanne Meserve about the loss of the agency's spy base in Kabul, while Africa expert Jac…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Implications for the Kabul Catastrophe

Episode 22

Counterterrorism expert and Georgetown University Professor, Bruce Hoffman explains the drastic implications of the Taliban triumph, and journalist T…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Ali Soufan on the Taliban’s Global Plans

Episode 21

The celebrated former FBI special agent and counterterrorism specialist says the Taliban aspire to undermining the West’s “Roman Empire.”

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5 years, 2 months ago

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SPYING ON MISSILES

Episode 20

Jeanne Meserve talks with Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, about how the world …

5 years, 2 months ago

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Spies vs. Spies

Episode 19

An expert on Congressional probes tells Jeff Stein why investigators on the House Select Committee on Jan. 5 have to develop confidential sources dee…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Going Deep

Episode 18

The FBI is still coming up short on dealing with white violent extremists, former undercover special agent Mike German tells Jeff Stein. And Jeanne M…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Families of Spies

Episode 17

A father & daughter have a monster TikTok hit talkIng about his intelligence career. Former CIA analyst Frank Snepp describes the heartbreak of Saigo…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Battling on All Fronts

Episode 16

Former CIA counterintelligence chief James Olson tells Jeff Stein the CIA and FBI need to “resuscitate” double agent ops to penetrate enemy spy servi…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Enemies Within and Without

Episode 15

Former senior CIA officer Doug London talks with Jeff Stein about the present and future intelligence picture in chaotic Afghanistan. And Jeanne Mese…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Spies that Bind

Episode 14

Nicholas Eftimiades, a top expert on Chinese espionage, tells Jeff Stein he doubts reports that Beijing’s top counterspy defected to the US—but that …

5 years, 4 months ago

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