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Major Hollywood storytellers and top international spies join host Rory Bremner to break down what we see on screen, to separate the fact from the fiction and shine a light on extraordinary characters and skills.
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People have been complaining about Facebook sending them ads on items they had brought up in conversations minuets earlier. They believe Facebook is violating their privacy and social security. This podcast gives you our thoughts on the topic and stories that might hint at Facebooks dirty tricks. Is Facebook innocent or guilty? What side will you take?
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The Enigma Machine. The B2 stealth bomber. The poisoned-tipped umbrella. Napoleon’s Briefcase of Secrets. As long as there has been conflict, there have been spies, and as long as there have been spies, there have been incredible gadgets and iconic objects. These are the stories of the tools that power the world of espionage, told by historian Alic…
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A new season of True Spies kicks off with Daisy Ridley as the Narrator and Edward Norton as Lee Harvey Oswald. The Oswald Project tells the shocking story of Oswald – the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy – and his relationship with the CIA. Was he being trained by the CIA to become a KGB double-agent – or to take the fall for JFK’s mur…
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Joe Weisberg, the Emmy Award-winning creator of The Americans and a former CIA operative, meets Jack Barsky, who was a genuine Soviet "Illegal" operating undercover inside the United States. Host Rory Bremner hears about the amazing real-life inspiration for The Americans, why Joe’s life as an agent was cut short and what happened to Jack when the …
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Philippe Sands, leading international law and human rights barrister, Professor of Law at UCL and presenter of The Ratline, is joined by Dave Butler BEM, a former British spy active in Berlin during the Cold War. In an episode that covers Nazi plots, the redrawing of boundaries and incursions over enemy lines, we also hear from the Spymaster himsel…
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The American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, hailed by none other than President Obama, talks to former Jihad supporter turned undercover Canadian counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh. Host Rory Bremner hears about everything from how to foil a terrorist plot and AK47 envy to the moment you realise you’ve made a terrible error of judgement. Series…
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Former Presidential close protection officer and medal of valor recipient Evy Poumpouras is joined by Jed Mercurio the man behind Line of Duty, Bodyguard, Trigger Point and Bloodlands. Rory Bremner hosts a deep dive into the reality behind protecting high-profile targets, from mind games and meticulous planning through to the importance of how to g…
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Nadav Schirman, the multi-award-winning filmmaker behind The Green Prince, The Champagne Spy and April 7, 1980 is joined by the former Mossad agent, Gad Shimron who was part of the Operation Moses, otherwise known as The Red Sea Diving Resort plot, which led to the rescue of thousands of Ethiopian Jews via a deserted retreat in Sudan. Presenter Ror…
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Former clandestine CIA operative Amaryllis Fox and screenwriter, producer and director Simon Kinberg, the man behind The 355, Mr and Mrs Smith, Sherlock and the X-Men franchise, get together to talk about gender representation in spy fiction. They also discuss the real life pitfalls of sex and special agents. Host Rory Bremner hears about what moti…
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The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Sonya, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends author Ben Macintyre meets former Russian FSB officer turned whistle-blower Janosh Neumann, to uncover the truth behind the Cold War spies and life inside Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In an episode recorded before the Ukrainian crisis, host Rory Bremner hears about everyt…
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How closely do the silver screen and the spying game overlap? Deep State, Star Wars Rogue One, The Mark of Cain and The Night Manager star, Alistair Petrie, meets former field agent and CIA Chief of Disguise, Jonna Mendez. Presenter Rory Bremner hears it all, from Jonna’s recollections of the real Argo operation, to the spy tactics used to protect …
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In an Operation Mincemeat special, A Spy Among Friends, Agent Sonya and Double Cross author Ben Macintyre meets former British Intelligence Operative Julian Fisher as they unpack the real story behind the Netflix Movie Operation Mincemeat, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald. Presenter Rory Bremner uncovers a world of daring…
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Alex Rider, James Bond and Sherlock Holmes author Anthony Horowitz meets former DIA Intelligence Officer Shawnee Delaney. Rory Bremner presents. Series Producer: Paulo Garret. A Cup and Nuzzle Production. From Spyscape, the home of secrets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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When The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers it sparked one of the greatest battles for press freedom in US history. In an unprecedented move, the Nixon administration sought to bar The New York Times from publishing further. The Times's outside counsel had told them they would not defend them if they chose to publish the top-secret histor…
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Daniel Ellsberg is the most iconic whistleblower in US history. On our inaugural episode, he joins host Chip Gibbons for an in-depth conversation. On the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers release, Ellsberg explains how the top secret history of the Vietnam War led him to believe the war was not merely a mistake, but a crime. Ellsberg explains…
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The FBI has long devoted its resources to stamping out dissent. As part of its ruthless war on the Communist Party, the Bureau set its sites on America’s folk singers. In his new book The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956, historian and writer Aaron J. Leonard draws on a…
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In our final episode, we explore the Defending Rights & Dissent’s own origins. Frank Wilkinson was a public housing advocate who was working on an integrated public housing project in Chavez Ravine, The FBI and HUAC working together, hounded him out of a job and Chavez Ravine became Dodgers Stadium as opposed to public housing. Frank went on to fou…
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The Second Red Scare may have been named after the demagogic Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, but no one was more central to it than J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Host Chip Gibbons is joined by renowned historian Ellen Schrecker to discuss what McCarthyism was, how the FBI was central to it, and why if “observers known …
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Since 9/11, the FBI has subjected the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities to surveillance. Sending infiltrators and confidential informants into mosques and other community spaces absent any evidence of criminal wronging, it’s clear that for the FBI race, religion, and national origin are inherently suspicious in the War on Terror. However, t…
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The Young Lords were a political organization led predominantly by poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth. They emerged as part of the larger New Left, but as advocates of Puerto Rican independence they were part of a much older lineage of resistance. In the first segment, host Chip Gibbons discusses the history of FBI repression against both th…
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The FBI was ruthless in its pursuit of civil rights activists. At the same time, the Ku Klux Klan was engaged in a reign of terror. How did the FBI's attitude towards those fighting nonviolently for racial justice compare to its attitude towards those who wished to violently stop them? In this episode, we explore the career of the FBI's controversi…
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The FBI is still spying on dissent. But how do we know what they’re up to? On this episode, Alice Speri of The Intercept talks about the importance of the Freedom of Information Act and whistleblowers to journalists reporting on FBI surveillance. She also discusses the case of Terry Albury, an FBI whistleblower who was prosecuted under the Espionag…
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In our conclusion of Still Spying’s three-part exploration of the FBI’s war on Black dissent we bring the story up to the present. In response to police violence and white supremacy, the US has witnessed renewed movements for racial justice. Unsurprisingly, the FBI is yet again on the case. In this episode we talk about the FBI and other federal ag…
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In what Noam Chomksy called the “gravest domestic crime of the Nixon Administration,” the FBI orchestrated a Chicago police raid that killed Black Panther Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. In part two of a three part exploration of the FBI’s War on Black Dissent, host Chip Gibbons is joined by Jeffrey Haas, a lawyer with the People’s Law Office and the …
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What does the neutral application of the law mean if the law itself is not neutral? Still Spying podcast host Chip Gibbons & noted abolitionist Alex S. Vitale. explore the political nature of federal and local law enforcement and ask the question: is political policing a feature of law enforcement, not a bug? What does this mean for our society, es…
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An exploration into the history of the FBI looking into certain political activities and political actors that conspicuously all seemed to have a common denominator. Also, a one-on-one conversation with Mike German, a retired FBI agent and a fellow in the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security program. He's also the author of "D…
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People have been complaining about Facebook sending them ads on items they had brought up in conversations minuets earlier. They believe Facebook is violating their privacy and social security. This podcast gives you our thoughts on the topic and stories that might hint at Facebooks dirty tricks. Is Facebook innocent or guilty? What side will you t…
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