SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author, investigative reporter, and two-time Pulitzer- winner, Eric Lichtblau, to discuss OSS operations in Europe and his new book Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee's Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 393
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Guantanamo defense attorneys Alka Pradhan and Ben Farley, who represent one of the 9/11 defendants, Ammar al-Baluchi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2019•59 min•Ep. 392
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with attorneys John Tye and Mark Zaid to discuss their project Whistleblower Aid, which is a non-profit organization designed to protect whistleblowers – and to prevent them from becoming leakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 08, 2019•56 min•Ep. 391
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former Washington Post reporter and author Steve Vogel, and the curator of Berlin’s Allied Museum, Bernd von Kostka, to discuss the Berlin Tunnel, the ambitious Cold War SIGINT operation that is the focus of Vogel’s new book, Betrayal in Berlin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 01, 2019•54 min•Ep. 390
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with academic and author Dr. Doug Ronald to discuss one of the most fascinating personalities of the American Revolution, and the subject of his book, The Life of John André: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 389
Former SPY Historian Alexis Albion sat down with current SPY Historian Vince Houghton to discuss WWII and early Cold War nuclear intelligence, and Houghton’s new book, The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 388
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA Chief of East Berlin and Moscow stations David Rolph, who also served as the handler for one of CIA’s most important Soviet assets, Adolf Tolkachev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 387
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez to talk about operating in VERY denied areas, and her newest book, The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics that Helped America Win the Cold War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 03, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 386
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Matt Korda of the FAS Nuclear Information Project, and co-author of the Nuclear Notebook, to discuss multiple current issues in the world of nukes and intel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 385
At a live event at the International Spy Museum, SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA, NSA, and INSCOM infosec specialist Emily Crose to talk the past, present, and future of cyber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 13, 2019•58 min•Ep. 384
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former military intelligence officer and prolific author Peter Tsouras to discuss the role of George Sharpe and the Bureau of Military Information in helping the Union win the Civil War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 383
SPY Executive Director Chris Costa sat down with the founder of the James W. Foley Foundation, Diane Foley, and Cynthia Loertscher, the lead researcher for “Bringing Americans Home,” the First Non-Governmental Assessment of US Hostage Policy and Family Engagement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 30, 2019•58 min•Ep. 382
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former Deputy Director of CIA, former Acting Director, and former Deputy Director for Intelligence Richard Kerr, to discuss his career and his new book, The Dark Side of Paradise: Odd and Intriguing Stories from Vero Beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 381
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA counterterrorism officer Dan Gabriel, who is now filmmaker Dan Gabriel, the writer and director of the extraordinary documentary, Mosul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 16, 2019•48 min•Ep. 380
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former intelligence analysts John Gentry and Joe Gordon to discuss one of the most misunderstood aspects of the intelligence business: strategic warning. Gentry and Gordon are the authors of the book, Strategic Warning Intelligence: History, Challenges, and Prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 379
SPY Executive Director Chris Costa sat down with former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to discuss the current threat environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 378
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with journalist and author Matti Friedman for a fascinating look at early Israeli intelligence, and his book, Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 25, 2019•49 min•Ep. 377
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Jack Doyle, former field director for NEST, the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Emergency Search Team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2019•59 min•Ep. 376
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former Green Beret Major Jim Gant and his wife, former war correspondent Ann Scott Tyson, who is the author of the book, American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2019•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 375
SPY Adult Education Director Amanda Ohlke sat down with Dr. Julie Wheelwright, the author of The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari and the Myth of Women in Espionage. Julie and Amanda discuss the famous early 20th century dancer: her background, how she became famous and successful against all odds, and the truth about her espionage activities during WWI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 04, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 374
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with writer, editor, and historian Audra Wolfe to discuss Cold War propaganda and psychological operations, and her book, Freedom’s Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 28, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 373
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with TD Barnes, who served as a field engineer at the NASA High Range in Nevada for the X-15, XB-70, lifting bodies and lunar landing vehicles; worked on the NERVA project at Jackass Flats, Nevada; and served in Special Projects at Area 51. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 21, 2019•58 min•Ep. 372
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former NSA Director and CYBERCOM commander Admiral Mike Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 14, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 371
Guest host David Priess sat down with SPY historian and curator Vince Houghton to discuss Houghton’s new book, Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes And Military Plots Left On The Drawing Board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 370
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with John Browne, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, who was there for – among other things – the Wen Ho Lee spy investigation. IARPA/ARL link: https://sites.google.com/create.jhuapl.edu/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 369
SPY Executive Director Chris Costa sat down with the former Commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 23, 2019•56 min•Ep. 368
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis to discuss nuclear threats from around the world, and his fascinating book, The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 16, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 367
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Gary Weir to discuss some of the history of NGA, and their vital role in the mission to find and neutralize Usama bin Laden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 09, 2019•48 min•Ep. 366
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Peter Lapp, whose two decade career at the FBI included extensive work in counterintelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 02, 2019•59 min•Ep. 365
SPY Historian Vince Houghton say down with cybersecurity expert and former FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill to discuss the investigation into, and arrest of, Soviet/Russian spy Robert Hanssen, and O’Neill’s new book on the topic, Gray Day: My Undercover Mission To Expose America’s First Cyber Spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 26, 2019•59 min•Ep. 364