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Spooks and Nukes: An Interview with Dr. James Acton
Spooks and Nukes: An Interview with Dr. James Acton

Episode 253

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for I…

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CIA’s Secret War in Laos: An Interview with Josh Kurlantzick
CIA’s Secret War in Laos: An Interview with Josh Kurlantzick

Episode 252

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Josh Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss his new book A Great Place to Have a War: …

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“Historian” Roundtable: 2016 Revisited
“Historian” Roundtable: 2016 Revisited

Episode 251

SPY Historians Vince Houghton sat down to rehash the year that was 2016. He was joined by former SPY Historian Mark Stout, former CIA briefer David P…

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John Nixon - Debriefing the President
John Nixon - Debriefing the President

Episode 250

SPY Historian Vince Houghton is joined by John Nixon, who shares what he learned as the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of the capture…

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Bioweapons Containment: An Interview with Dr. Hank Parker
Bioweapons Containment: An Interview with Dr. Hank Parker

Episode 249

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with bioterrorism expert Hank Parker to discuss current threats and Parker's new book Containment.

9 years, 3 months ago

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Cyber Special Forces: An Interview with Dmitri Alperovitch
Cyber Special Forces: An Interview with Dmitri Alperovitch

Episode 248

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Dmitri Alperovitch, the CTO and co-founder of CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that detected the hack o…

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From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 1
From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 1

Episode 245

The Secret History of Disguises (November 1, 2006) Peter talks with Tony Mendez, former Chief of Disguise for the CIA. Peter and Tony discuss the int…

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From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 2
From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 2

Episode 246

Woman in Disguise - Jonna Mendez (November 18, 2008) Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a secretary and ended it as head of the agency’s O…

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From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 3
From the Vault: The Tony and Jonna Mendez Edition, Part 3

Episode 247

The Iranian Hostage Crisis (September 1, 2008) In November 1979, radical Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran, capturing most of the e…

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From the Vault: Russians Behaving Badly Edition, Part 1
From the Vault: Russians Behaving Badly Edition, Part 1

Episode 242

The Litvinenko Murder and Other Riddles from Moscow (December 4, 2006) Peter sits down with former CIA officer Bob Rayle and Oleg Kalugin to talk Rus…

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