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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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spy Who Colluded with Castro | How Ana Montes Fooled Her FBI Siblings
Season 19 Episode 4
How did Ana Montes spy for Cuba for 17 years while surrounded by FBI agents, which included her own relatives? Investigative journalist Jim Popkin jo…
5 months ago
Listen now: Scamfluencers | The Pharmacist Femme Fatale
Natalie Cochran seemed like she had it all: a good job as a pharmacist, a loving husband, and two kids. But then she quit her job to become a governm…
5 months ago
The Spy Who Colluded with Castro | Ready to Snap
Season 19 Episode 3
The Defense Intelligence Agency thinks it’s found the Cuban spy in its ranks but convincing the FBI won’t be easy. And as the agencies clash, Ana Mon…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Spy Who Colluded with Castro | In This Building
Season 19 Episode 2
When intelligence analyst Ana Montes is briefed on one of the USA’s greatest military secrets, she is torn. Should she pass the intel to Cuba to alte…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Spy Who Colluded with Castro | The A Traitor in the Making
Season 19 Episode 1
In the heart of the Cold War, student Ana Montes is angered by US meddling in Central America. So when a mysterious Cuban offers her a chance to do m…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spy Who is Back Soon
Season 18 Episode 6
Hosts Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey return, unveiling three gripping stories of espionage that changed history: a Cuban mole inside US intelligence, …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Encore: The Spy Who Inspired 007 | The Other James Bonds
Season 18 Episode 5
Charlotte Philby interviews Andrew Lycett, the biographer of Ian Fleming, about the other real life spies that inspired his most famous character: Ja…
7 months ago