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The Spy Who Outran the KGB | Before Gordievsky, and the Secret War Inside Britain - with Author Tim Tate
Season 21 Episode 4
How did the Soviet Union infiltrate so many of Britain’s institutions? Investigative journalist Tim Tate dives into the dark underbelly of British-So…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spy Who Outran the KGB | The Chase
Season 21 Episode 3
Oleg Gordievsky's back in Moscow and the KGB are tracking his every move, waiting for him to slip up. He’s got just one option left: MI6’s harebraine…
5 months ago
The Spy Who Outran the KGB | War Games
Season 21 Episode 2
When a new job turns Oleg Gordievsky into MI6’s top spy in the KGB, the West is shocked to learn that Soviet nuclear paranoia isn’t just for show.
Hav…
5 months, 1 week ago
Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three
On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny local police department launches an investigation bu…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Spy Who Outran the KGB | Secrets and Chocolate Bars
Season 21 Episode 1
When KGB man Oleg Gordievsky is spotted shopping in Copenhagen’s red-light district, Western intelligence sees a chance to recruit him. But they’re g…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Spy Who Lived Inside Al-Qaeda | Morten Storm on his extraordinary life, being 'one of the worst spies' and the true cost of espionage
Season 20 Episode 4
The ex spy at the heart of our story joins host Charlie Higson to unpack his days in a biker gang, his immersion in radical Islam, his rise within al…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spy Who Lived Inside Al-Qaeda | Disposable Hero
Season 20 Episode 3
Danish spy Morten Storm is closing in on terrorist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to secure a huge CIA bounty. But he’s about to be double crossed.
See Privac…
6 months ago
Listen Now: American History Tellers | The Mayflower
The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our h…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Spy Who Lived Inside Al-Qaeda | The Struggle Within
Season 20 Episode 2
As the threat from jihadi preacher Anwar al-Awlaki increases, Morten Storm goes to Yemen to spy on him for the CIA. But al-Awlaki’s got a surprise mi…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Spy Who Lived Inside Al-Qaeda| Jump in the Fire
Season 20 Episode 1
When an outlaw biker swaps crime for Islamic extremism, he finds himself on MI5’s radar. But as he gets closer to al-Qaeda’s inner circle, one decisi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago