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Breaking the Silence: Coming Out in the CIA
Episode 689
Emerging alongside Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare in the 1950s was the Lavender Scare: Widespread panic and paranoia over the inclusion of gay personnel…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
A Conversation with House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman
Episode 688
What should the US Intelligence Community prioritize domestically and overseas, and how should the work be done? We sat down with Congressman Rick Cr…
10 months ago
Ghost Stories: The Hunt for Russian Spies in the US
Episode 687
In the early 2000s, the FBI uncovered a team of Russian operatives who had been living double lives in the United States. They were posing as profess…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Secret Navy and Their Hunt for a Nazi Sub
Episode 686
How do you catch an enemy’s submarine … and then make it vanish? That’s what the U.S. Navy’s elusive Tenth Fleet planned, as it tracked down Germany’…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
How Are Shifting Priorities Impacting National Security in America?
Episode 685
Most Americans would agree that the United States should be protected, but from whom … and how? Dr. Donell Harvin, the former Chief of Homeland Secur…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Sharing Intelligence: Challenges between US and Ukraine
Episode 684
After Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. rushed to create a secret center that set targets for the Ukrainians to destroy. But the coun…
11 months ago
Stories From the President's Daily Brief
Episode 683
Conflict has been escalating between two nuclear powers–India and Pakistan. It started in April, after India blamed Pakistan for supporting militants…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Minions: Putin's Expendable Spies
Episode 682
They were a spy cell like no other — operating from quiet British suburbs, hailing from Bulgaria, and working on behalf of Russia. Their handler dubb…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Escalation: Tracking the US-Ukraine Relationship
Episode 681
The United States and Ukraine have had a long, complicated history that has been defined by just as much partnership and collaboration as hesitation …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Where the ‘West V. Russia’ Plot Begins
Episode 680
Why does Vladimir Putin often say that the West is conspiring to weaken Russia? Historian James Crossland traces this narrative back to a British int…
11 months, 4 weeks ago