Podcast Episodes

Israel Attacks Iran: The Virus Spreads (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 70

What was the "horse blanket" and how did it guide Obama's decisions on cyber warfare? How did the Stuxnet virus evolve to target Iran's centrifuges more aggressively? And what were the risks and ethi…

Published on 1 month ago

Israel Attacks Iran: Mossad’s First Assault (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 69

How did Israel and the US develop this new type of weapon which they would unleash upon Iran? Who will they rely on to get it into the system? And how will they try to sabotage Iran in silence?

List…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Israel Attacks Iran: The Origins of the Iranian Nuclear Programme (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 68

When did Israel first attack Iran’s nuclear program? How did they do it? And how did Iran develop its nuclear program that has shaped so much of the politics of the Middle-East over the past 20 years…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Great Betrayal: Defecting to Moscow (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 67

How do you switch sides and become a spy for the KGB? When the FBI is tracking you, how do you escape the country? And what is life like for a traitor on the other side of the Iron Curtain? Join Davi…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Great Betrayal: An American Traitor (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 66

How did an alcoholic, drug-addicted hippie end up working for the CIA? How are CIA agents trained? And what is the real purpose of a lie detector test? Join David McCloskey and Gordon Corera as they …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Former Head of MI5: 7/7, Putin, and Al-Qaeda (Eliza Manningham-Buller)

What was it truly like inside MI5 and the heart of government as the 7/7 attacks unfolded? How did 7/7 expose a shocking blind spot for Britain's spy agency? And what lessons are still being applied …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Terror Strikes London: The Forgotten Attack (Ep 4)

Season 1 Episode 65

Two weeks after 52 people were murdered on London’s transport network, terrorists tried to strike again. How did the UK's domestic security services leverage bulk phone record collection to track dow…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Terror Strikes London: The Al-Qaeda Mastermind (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 64

He left a video for his daughter before he vanished to Pakistan. A quiet farewell, wrapped in the language of faith and finality. What no one knew was that in the mountains near the Afghan border, he…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Terror Strikes London: What did MI5 know? (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 63

Fifteen months before the London bombings, MI5 had seen them. They had names, photographs, and addresses. Two of the men who would carry out the 7/7 attacks had already appeared in surveillance. And …

Published on 2 months ago

Terror Strikes London: 7/7 (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 62

London woke up to joy and celebration on 7 July 2005. The city had just won the 2012 Olympics. It was a glorious summer. There were parties in the streets. But, by 9am, everything had changed.

Three…

Published on 2 months ago