Podcast Episodes

EXCLUSIVE: Google's President of Global Affairs on AI, Cyber Attacks and Silicon Valley

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This week Gordon and David are joined by Kent Walker, Google's President of Global Affairs, to discuss the Aurora cyber atta…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

China vs Google: The Battle That Shaped the Internet (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 89

When we left the team at Google's headquarters, they were deep inside their "war room," planning the counter-strike against the sophisticated adversary they now knew was coming from China. Their miss…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

China vs Google: When Beijing Took on Silicon Valley (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 88

"Like many other well-known organisations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis." This was the striking public statement from Google's chief legal officer in January 2010. What…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mossad Pager Attack: Crippling Hezbollah (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 87

Hezbollah thought they’d found the perfect solution to Israeli surveillance: the pager. In the midst of their paranoia, they negotiated a cut-price deal for thousands of new devices, but what they re…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Mossad Pager Attack: The Long War with Hezbollah (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 86

"The smartphone is a lethal collaborator. " This was the stark warning from Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in February 2024. In the wake of intense conflict with Israel, the group made …

Published on 3 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: The Spy Who Smuggled Gordievsky Out of Russia

*Declassified Club exclusive: SUBSCRIBE to listen to the full interview* What does it take to smuggle the West’s most valuable Russian agent out of the Soviet Union, under the noses of the KGB? How …

Published on 3 months ago

The Man Who Saved The World: The Great Escape (Ep 6)

Season 1 Episode 85

Oleg Gordievsky wants to leave Moscow, but how? How can a man under suspicion of being a traitor escape the watchful eye of the KGB? Do MI6 have a plan to rescue him? Or will the man who has leaked c…

Published on 3 months ago

The Man Who Saved The World: A Friendship Shattered (Ep 5)

Season 1 Episode 84

Just as Oleg Gordievsky was moments away from being the KGB’s most senior man in Britain, he is recalled to Moscow. Has his spying been revealed? What can MI6 do? And will he return to his homeland k…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Man Who Saved The World: Countdown to Armageddon (Ep 4)

Season 1 Episode 83

It’s 1983 and the world is on the brink of nuclear war. Operation Able Archer has ratcheted tensions right up, how is Oleg Gordievski going to prevent a nuclear apocalypse? Is this the greatest contr…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Man Who Saved The World: Britain’s Best Ever Agent (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 82

Oleg Gordievsky is now recruited as an agent for MI6 and he is providing intelligence of the highest order, but is there a chance he’ll be rumbled by the KGB? Who will keep him safe in London? And wh…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago