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SpyCast

SpyCast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum, is a journey into the shadows of international espionage. Each week, host Sasha Ingber brings you the latest insights and intriguing tales from spies, secret agents, and covert communicators, with a focus on how this secret world reaches us all in our everyday lives. Tune in to discover the critical role intelligence has played throughout history and today. Brought to you from Airwave, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum.  The Spy Museum does not endorse, approve, or support the opinions stated by guest speakers. Statements made by speakers do not represent the position or opinion of the International Spy Museum.

Episodes

The CIA War in Kurdistan: A Conversation with Sam Faddis

Executive Director, Chris Costa is joined by former CIA Officer and author, Sam Faddis to discuss his book The CIA War in Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 20201 hr 5 minEp. 423

Current Affairs in the Middle East: A Conversation with Kirsten Fontenrose

Executive Director, Chris Costa talks with Kirsten Fontenrose, current Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, about current events in the Middle East and her twenty years of experience with the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 07, 20201 hr 9 minEp. 422

Talking to a Former Hostage: A Conversation with Jason Rezaian

Executive Director Chris Costa sits down with Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian to talk about his book and experiences being taken hostage in Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 31, 20201 hr 4 minEp. 421

From the Vault: Remember When Computer Viruses Were The Scary Viruses?

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Rick Holland, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Strategy for Digital Shadows, to discuss the latest cyber trends and developments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 24, 202051 minEp. 420

From the Vault: Quarantine Edition

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with bioterrorism expert Hank Parker to discuss current threats and Parker's new book Containment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 17, 202042 minEp. 419

Spy Chat with Chris Costa

Having trouble getting a handle on world events? Join Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa and Former CIA/ Spy Museum Advisory Board Member Karen M. Schaefer for a discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 10, 20201 hr 5 minEp. 418

The Unexpected Spy: A Conversation with Tracy Walder

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA officer and FBI special agent Tracy Walder to discuss her career in intelligence, and her new book, The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 03, 202051 minEp. 417

SpyCast Special Preview: Life's Little Mysteries

SpyCast has teamed up with Live Science to bring you this special preview clip of the new podcast, Life's Little Mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 02, 202013 minEp. 416

Russians Among Us: A Conversation with Gordon Corera

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera to discuss the Russian “illegals” program and his new book, Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 202057 minEp. 415

The SpyCast Conversation with Darrell Blocker

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA officer Darrell Blocker to discuss his career and work throughout Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 20201 hr 1 minEp. 414

Chinese Corn Caper: A Conversation with Mara Hvistendahl

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with writer, speaker, commentator, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Mara Hvistendahl to discuss the rise of economic espionage, the American response to this threat, and her new book, The Scientist and The Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 202050 minEp. 413

The SpyCast Conversation with Sue Gordon

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon to discuss her career and many important topics in intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 04, 20201 hr 6 minEp. 412

From the Vault: The SpyCast conversation with Gen. David Petraeus

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with retired 4-star general David Petraeus, former Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq; Commander, US Central Command; commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander, US Forces Afghanistan; and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served from September, 2011, until November, 2012. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 28, 202048 minEp. 411

Spy Chat with Chris Costa

Having trouble getting a handle on world events? Join Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa for a discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21, 20201 hr 19 minEp. 410

Avoiding the Terrorist Trap: A Conversation with Tom Parker

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with counterterrorism expert and former MI5 officer Tom Parker to discuss the role of human rights in the fight against terrorism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 14, 20201 hr 6 minEp. 409

How Haven’t I Heard of This??: A Conversation with William Rosenau

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with terrorism expert William Rosenau to discuss a most improbable true story: America’s first female terrorist group and their attacks, which included the Washington Navy Yard, an FBI office, and even the US Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 07, 20201 hr 11 minEp. 408

2019 Staff Picks: A Conversation with Jim Gant and Ann Scott Tyson

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

Dec 31, 20192 hr 33 minEp. 405

2019 Staff Picks: A Conversation with Jack Doyle

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

Dec 31, 201959 minEp. 404

Protected Voices: A Conversation with FBI ASAC Jason Fickett

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Jason Fickett, the Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, Intelligence Division, FBI’s Washington Field Office, to discuss his career and the government’s new program to combat foreign influence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 24, 201949 minEp. 402

Out of the Shadows: A Conversation with Marc Polymeropoulos

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with recently retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer Marc Polymeropoulos to discuss a career that spanned more than two decades and crossed multiple continents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 17, 201957 minEp. 401

Trump and His Generals: A Conversation with Peter Bergen

SPY Executive Director Chris Costa sat down with Peter Bergen to discuss his new book, Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 10, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 400

The SpyCast Conversation with Nayyera Haq

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with a former senior advisor to both the White House and the Secretary of State to discuss the difficulties in explaining American national security policy to both domestic and foreign audiences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 03, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 399

From the Vault: SpyCast, the Giving Thanks Edition

In November, 2006, SpyCast was born. After 13 years, 397 episodes, and millions of worldwide listeners, we are still going strong. This is because of you, and your continued support for the little-podcast-that-could. Thank you! Here is the very first SpyCast: a conversation between the great Peter Earnest, and one of our very favorites, Tony Mendez, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 26, 201925 minEp. 398

Agents of Influence: A Conversation with Henry Hemming

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with bestselling author Henry Hemming to discuss information operations, fake news, British and German espionage, and his new book, Agents of Influence: A British Campaign, a Canadian Spy, and the Secret Plot to Bring America into World War II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 19, 201957 minEp. 397

From the Vault: The SpyCast conversation with Gen. Michael Hayden

Last week, Gen. Michael Hayden was honored by the International Spy Museum with the 2019 William H. Webster Distinguished Service Award. In 2016, SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Gen. Hayden to discuss his life and career in intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 12, 20191 hr 15 minEp. 396

Walking Away from the Kurds: A Conversation with LTG Michael K. Nagata

SPY Executive Director Chris Costa sat down with the Former Director, Directorate of Strategic and Operational Planning at the National Counterterrorism Center, to discuss recent events in counterterrorism, and the Trump Administration’s decision to end their support of the Kurds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 05, 20191 hr 25 minEp. 395

SpooooookyCast: DIA Investigates the Paranormal

In this special Halloween SpyCast, SPY Historian Vince Houghton spoke to DIA Chief Historian Greg Elder about the DIA’s investigation into telekinesis, telepathy, remote viewing, and other spooky stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 29, 20191 hr 5 minEp. 394