Podcast Episodes

Putin’s War: How Russian Intelligence Failed (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 33

How did Russia’s invasion of Ukraine go so badly wrong? What crucial mistakes did the Kremlin make in the opening days? And why did Putin’s inner circle give him false intelligence about what would h…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin’s War: The CIA Warn Zelensky (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 32

How did Ukraine defy the odds against Russia? What role did Western intelligence play in preparing Kyiv for war? And what did Western intelligence know that Russia didn’t?

For months, Western intellig…

Published on 9 months ago

Putin’s War: The Secret Plot to Invade Ukraine (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 31

How did western intelligence services learn of Putin's plan to invade Ukraine?

2021 is drawing to a close and the CIA is becoming increasingly concerned that Putin is going to invade Ukraine. He's mad…

Published on 9 months ago

30. The Spy Who Betrayed Oppenheimer: Showdown with MI5 (Ep 4)

Season 1 Episode 30

What happens when the world’s most valuable spy is finally caught? How did British and American intelligence hunt him down? And, was Klaus Fuchs a hero, a villain, or something in between?

Klaus Fuchs…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

The Spy Who Betrayed Oppenheimer: Deception at Los Alamos (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 29

How did a Russian spy end up at the heart of the Manhattan Project? What happened when Soviet intelligence lost track of their own spy? And how did one man hand Stalin the bomb on a silver platter?

Kl…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

The Spy Who Betrayed Oppenheimer: The Manhattan Project (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 28

What makes a man betray his closest friends? How did a German refugee help Stalin build the bomb? And why did British intelligence fail to spot the most dangerous spy in the Manhattan Project?

Klaus F…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Spy Who Betrayed Oppenheimer: Fighting the Nazis (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 27

Who was the Russian spy working under Oppenheimer to build the atomic bomb? Why was it so dangerous to be a communist in Nazi Germany? And how did a young science prodigy become one of the most notor…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Intelligence War: Trump and the End of American Support for Ukraine

Season 1 Episode 26

Donald Trump has paused all intelligence sharing with Ukraine. What does this mean? What intelligence was being shared? How dependent are Ukraine on this? And what impact will this have on the war?

Li…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump vs the CIA: The Halloween Massacre (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 25

When the CIA is forced to downsize, who gets cut? What happens to the intelligence left behind? And how does political control change the way spies operate?

In the late 1970s, Jimmy Carter’s CIA direc…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump vs The CIA: Purging the Deep State (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 24

How do politicians control the CIA? What happens when politics affects the way it is run? And how often does the White House clash with Langley?

Trump is trying to bring the CIA more directly under hi…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago