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Enter the secretive world of spies, espionage, and covert operations. Hosted by former CIA analyst turned spy novelist, David McCloskey, and veteran security correspondent, Gordon Corera, this podcast unravels real-life spy stories, intelligence secrets, and the hidden power struggles shaping global events. From Cold War espionage to modern-day intelligence agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, explore the world of double agents, classified missions, and the shadowy figures who operate in them...
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Episodes (351)
191. 9/11: The Twin Towers Fall (Ep 5)
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190. 9/11: Could the Attacks Have Been Prevented? (Ep 4)
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189. 9/11: How Much Did the Saudis Know? (Ep 3)
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188. 9/11: How to Recruit a Hijacker (Ep 2)
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The Man Who Briefed the President on 9/11
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187. 9/11: The Rise of Osama bin Laden (Ep 1)
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186. The Secret Spy Network: Can Five Eyes Survive Trump? (Ep 4)
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185. The Secret Spy Network: How Snowden Nearly Destroyed Everything (Ep 3)
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184. The Secret Spy Network: Kim Philby Threatens the Alliance (Ep 2)
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183. The Secret Spy Network: How The US and UK Spy Together (Ep 1)
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182. The Imitation Game: The Codebreakers Who Defeated Hitler (Ep 2)
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181. The Imitation Game: How Alan Turing Broke Enigma (Ep 1)
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180. Have the US and Israel Always Spied on Each Other? (Ep 2)
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179. Did Israel Spy on Trump’s Iran Negotiations? (Ep 1)
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178. The Plot to Destroy Russia’s Gas Empire (Ep 2)
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177. Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? (Ep 1)
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176. The True Story of the Spies Held Hostage by China (Ep 2)
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175. How China Downed a US Spy Plane (Ep 1)
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174. The Murder of Litvinenko: Did the British State Hide the Truth? (Ep 6)
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173. The Murder of Litvinenko: The Killers Escape (Ep 5)
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172. The Murder of Litvinenko: Russia’s Nuclear Weapon (Ep 4)
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171. The Murder of Litvinenko: Killed in Plain Sight (Ep 3)
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170. The Murder of Litvinenko: Putin’s Plan To Kill (Ep 2)
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169. The Murder of Litvinenko: Poisoned in London (Ep 1)
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168. Trump's New Director of National Intelligence and the CIA's Missing Gold Ba...
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167. The Covid Origin Story: What the CIA Really Found (Ep 2)
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166. The Covid Origin Story: Lab Leak or Animal Outbreak? (Ep 1)
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165. Why England Didn't Win the 1970 World Cup (Ep 2)
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164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)
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163. Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4)
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162. Argo: How the CIA Made a Movie That Never Existed (Ep 3)
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Is Iran Recruiting Spies to Conduct Anti-Semitic Attacks?
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161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)
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160. Argo: The Secret Iranian Hostage Crisis (Ep 1)
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159. Is NATO Prepared for a Russian Attack?
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158. The Road to Iraq: George Bush's Unstoppable War (Ep 6)
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157. The Road to Iraq: What the Spies Got Wrong (Ep 5)
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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)
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155. The Road to Iraq: How 9/11 Changed Everything (Ep 3)
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154. The Road to Iraq: Saddam Hussein's Fatal Error (Ep 2)
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153. The Road to Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (Ep 1)
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152. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: Unmasking the Traitor (Ep 4)
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151. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: From Spy to Executioner (Ep 3)
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Why Do Russian Spies Interfere in Global Politics?
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150. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: How to Run a Killer (Ep 2)
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149. Britain’s Man Inside the IRA: The Truth Behind Stakeknife (Ep 1)
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148. Can Europe Salvage its Relationship with Trump?
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147. Will Trump Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Programme? (Ep 2)
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146. How the CIA Rescued a Pilot Inside Iran (Ep 1)
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145. Black Hawk Down: What Osama bin Laden Learnt from Somalia (Ep 4)
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