Podcast Episodes

Crossing the Iron Curtain: The CIA’s Mole In Moscow (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 14

How did the CIA recruit a Russian asset in Moscow during the height of the Cold War? Why would someone be so determined to defect from the Soviet Union and spy for the US? And what would happen if th…

Published on 11 months ago

How China Spies: Trump, TikTok, and Taiwan

Season 1 Episode 13

Is the Chinese state using TikTok to spy on you? Why did President Biden move to shut TikTok down in the US the day before Trump's inauguration? And where does TikTok fit into China's cognitive warfa…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The Spy Who Loved Me: A Russian in New York (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 12

The net is closing in around Anna Chapman. She is being watched by the FBI as they suspect her of being a Russian spy. Her moves are being tracked, but it is not as simple as they think. With the US …

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The Spy Who Loved Me: Undercover in Londongrad (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 11

How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was Anna Chapman really an old fashioned Russian honeytrap or was she underestimated by the world's press…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

North Korea’s CIA: The Billion Dollar Heist (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 10

What happens when an authoritarian state runs its security services like an organised crime syndicate? Why did a group of North Korean cyber criminals gamble away vast sums of stolen money in the cas…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

North Korea’s CIA: Inside Kim’s Crime Family (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 9

How did a group of North Korean cyber criminals manage to pull off the biggest bank heist in history? Did Kim Jong Un really orchestrate the murder of his own brother? And what does it take to keep a…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

The Man Who Made MI6

Season 1 Episode 8

The daring, gadget-loving, mischievous founder of MI6. Mansfield Cumming, the first C, was a former navy man brought out of retirement to keep tabs on German spies around the outbreak of the First Wo…

Published on 1 year ago

The Real Godfather: The Assassination that Shook Syria (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 7

Did the assassination of Rafic Hariri lay the foundations for the ultimate downfall of the Assad regime? And was the Syrian dictator always destined for evil, or was evil thrust upon him?

Rafic Harir…

Published on 1 year ago

The Real Godfather: Assad’s Syrian Mafia (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 6

How did Bashar al-Assad become one of the Middle East’s most feared dictators? What role did Hezbollah play in the assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister in 2005? And how did Assad’s rise to ul…

Published on 1 year ago

CIA vs the Taliban: Bin Laden's Trojan Horse (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 5

Mazar i-Sharif has fallen without much of a fight. The Taliban's grip on Afghanistan is looking all the more shaky. It seems as if the American policy to work with the warlords is paying dividends. E…

Published on 1 year ago