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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

US Intel in WWI: A Conversation with Mark Stout

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former SPY Historian Mark Stout to discuss all things American Intelligence in WWI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 14, 20181 hr 8 minEp. 332

Busy Days: A Conversation with Shane Harris

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Washington Post intelligence and national security reporters to discuss…well, everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 07, 20181 hr 7 minEp. 331

The SpyCast Conversation with former HPSCI Chair Mike Rogers

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former FBI agent and chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Rogers to discuss his career and how he feels about the current state of the Intelligence Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 31, 20181 hr 10 minEp. 330

“The Cyber”: A Conversation with Rick Holland

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

Jul 24, 201851 minEp. 329

The Other Woman: A Conversation with Daniel Silva

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with bestselling novelist Daniel Silva to discuss his career, his writing philosophy, and his new book, The Other Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 201846 minEp. 328

Operation Black Mail: A Conversation with Ann Todd

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with historian Ann Todd to discuss WWII propaganda efforts and her book, OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 03, 201850 minEp. 326

Wisdom of the Crowd: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Rieber

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Dr. Steven Rieber, IARPA program manager, to discuss CREATE, which seeks to develop, and experimentally test, systems that use crowdsourcing and structured analytic techniques to improve analytic reasoning. [CLICK HERE](https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/create/) for more information on the program. [CLICK HERE](http://join.createbetterreasoning.com) to sign up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 26, 201847 minEp. 325

Nine Lives: A Conversation with Aimen Dean

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Aimen Dean, former member of Al Qaeda, agent for MI-6, and author of the new book, Nine Lives: My Time as the West's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 20181 hr 13 minEp. 324

Overkill: A Conversation with Ted Bell

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with spy novelist Ted Bell, author of 10 consecutive New York Times Bestsellers, including the Alex Hawke series of spy thrillers. The newest is Overkill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 201837 minEp. 323

Spy Chiefs: A Conversation with Mark Stout and Chris Moran

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with intelligence experts Drs. Mark Stout and Chris Moran to discuss the 2nd volume of their new book, Spy Chiefs, which they both contributed to and edited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 05, 201857 minEp. 322

Space and National Security: A Conversation with Chirag Parikh

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Chirag Parikh, the Deputy Director for Counterproliferation at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, to discuss the importance of space in the 21st century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 30, 20181 hr 7 minEp. 321

The SpyCast Conversation with John Brennan

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA Director John Brennan to discuss his career and key moments during his time as Director . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 201857 minEp. 320

The Targeter: A Conversation with Nada Bakos

SPY historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA analyst and targeting officer Nada Bakos to discuss her career, the CIA, and the current state of intelligence in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 201858 minEp. 319

A Brotherhood of Spies: A Conversation with Monte Reel

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author and journalist Monte Reel, whose new book on the development and impact of the U-2 program is A Brotherhood of Spies: The U-2 and the CIA's Secret War. For more information about this week’s sponsor, visit ziprecruiter.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 08, 201859 minEp. 318

Cold War Navy SEAL: A Conversation with James Hawes

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former Navy SEAL and CIA operator James Hawes to discuss his time in Vietnam and the Congo in the 1960s. Hawes is the author of the new book, Cold War Navy SEAL: My Story of Che Guevara, War in the Congo, and the Communist Threat in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 20181 hr 6 minEp. 316

Last Night of the World: A Conversation with Joyce Wayne

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with award-winning literary journalist and author Joyce Wayne to discuss her new historical novel Last Night of the World, which centers on an infamous Soviet spy ring operating in early-Cold War Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 17, 201850 minEp. 315

The Mad Scientists: A Conversation with Lee Grubbs

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Lee Grubbs, director of the Mad Scientist initiative, a US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) program that continually explores the future through collaborative partnerships and continuous dialogue with academia, industry, and government. Check out their blog, at http://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 10, 201859 minEp. 314

Meet the New Guy, Part 2: An Interview with Chris Costa

SPY Historian Vince Houghton continues his conversation with the new Executive Director of the International Spy Museum to discuss his career in intelligence, special operations, counterterrorism, and policymaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 03, 201859 minEp. 313

Meet the New Guy, Part 1: An Interview with Chris Costa

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with the new Executive Director of the International Spy Museum to discuss his career in intelligence, special operations, counterterrorism, and policymaking. Part 2 will be posted next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 201853 minEp. 312

In the Enemy’s House: An Interview with Howard Blum

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with NYT bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Howard Blum to discuss his newest book In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 201846 minEp. 311

Breaking Cover: An Interview with Michele Rigby Assad

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA operations officer Michele Rigby Assad to discuss her career in intelligence, and her new book Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 201854 minEp. 310

Operation Chaos: An Interview with Matthew Sweet

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author Matthew Sweet, who has written on one of the most…extraordinary topics of the Cold War. His book, Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Themselves, is out now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 06, 201859 minEp. 309

The Peter Earnest “Exit Interview”

SPY Historian sat down with recently retired International Spy Museum Executive Director Peter Earnest to discuss his career in intelligence, his time with the Museum, and his thoughts on life moving forward . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 201857 minEp. 308

The Doomsday Machine: An Interview with Daniel Ellsberg

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down (remotely) with Daniel Ellsberg, who is best known for his release of the Pentagon Papers to the public in 1971. He is also the author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, which details his early life as a specialist on the command and control of nuclear weapons, nuclear war plans, and crisis decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 20, 20181 hr 20 minEp. 307

Technology and Human Intelligence: An Interview with Paula Doyle

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Paula Doyle, former Associate Deputy Director of Operations at CIA, where she oversaw worldwide HUMINT operations and activities that required the use of air, land, maritime, space-based and cyber technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 20181 hr 6 minEp. 306

Spy Watching: An Interview with Loch Johnson

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with political scientist and professor Loch Johnson, whose decade-long career in and out of the intelligence world has culminated in a new book, Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 06, 20181 hr 4 minEp. 305

The Saboteur: An Interview with Paul Kix

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Paul Kix, deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine, and author of the book The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 30, 201856 minEp. 304

Destination Casablanca: An Interview with Meredith Hindley

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with writer and historian Meredith Hindley to discuss her new book Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 23, 201849 minEp. 303