Podcast Episodes

Bin Laden vs the CIA: Declaring Jihad (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 52

How did a Saudi millionaire, seemingly more interested in a simple life than luxury, become the architect of a global terrorist organization? What personal and geopolitical forces converged to transf…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bin Laden vs the CIA: The Origins of Al-Qaeda (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 51

What kind of man was Osama bin Laden before he became the world's most wanted terrorist? How did his early life and radical beliefs shape the figure who would one day challenge the West? And what rol…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Man Who Tried To Kill The KGB: On the Run from Russia (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 50

He risked everything to expose the KGB's darkest secrets, but Vasily Mitrokhin had two non-negotiable demands: his family's safety and his archive's publication. How did MI6 navigate these unpreceden…

Published on 7 months ago

The Man Who Tried To Kill The KGB: A Traitor in the Kremlin (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 49

The Cold War may have ended, but the hunt for dangerous secrets never truly stops. What happens when a disillusioned KGB archivist decides to betray his masters? How did he manage to steal masses of …

Published on 7 months ago

The Leak That Changed The World: Death of Privacy (Ep 6)

Season 1 Episode 48

Do we have any privacy in the modern era? Why did Snowden do the things he did? Was he successful? And what is the closest Gordon Corera ever came to being a spy?

Listen as David McCloskey and Gordo…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The Leak That Changed The World: Spying on the World (Ep 5)

Season 1 Episode 47

Stories continue to flood out of the Snowden leaks and it's not just American doing the spying. How were the British 'Mastering the Internet'? Should we be surprised that America are spying on their …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden On The Run (Ep 4)

Season 1 Episode 46

The world has met Edward Snowden and now he fears repercussions. How will he escape Hong Kong? Where will he go? And will any nation be willing to risk the fury of the USA and help him?

Listen as Da…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Leak That Changed The World: America Exposed (Ep 3)

Season 1 Episode 45

With Snowden now in possession of 1,500,000 secret American files, how can he get them in the public eye? Which journalists will he choose to help him? And why does he choose to hole himself up in a …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Leak That Changed The World: Stealing State Secrets (Ep 2)

Season 1 Episode 44

Edward Snowden has decided he is going to leak some of America's biggest secrets, but first he needs to steal them. How do you steal from some of America's most secure facilities? Does he have the ac…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Leak That Changed The World: Snowden Hacks the System (Ep 1)

Season 1 Episode 43

Who was Edward Snowden? Was he an ideologue or a disgruntled employee? And what led him to orchestrating the biggest leak in modern American history?

Join David McCloskey and Gordon Corera as they d…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago