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Battlefield Greenland
vendredi 23 janvier 2026 • Duration 45:15
Former senior Danish intelligence officer Jacob Kaarsbo talks about Trump’s murky designs on Greenland and NATO.
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Will the Iranian Regime Survive?
Episode 192
vendredi 16 janvier 2026 • Duration 51:04
Two prominent Iranian-American journalists, Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and Hooman Majd of NBC News, say the regime may be losing its grip.
Jason Rezaian
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What’s the Covert Action Plan for Venezuela?
Episode 183
vendredi 7 novembre 2025 • Duration 50:29
Veteran war reporter and Latin America expert Doug Farah throws cold water on Trump’s campaign against Nicholas Maduro.
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A CIA EPITAPH ON 9/11
Episode 92
jeudi 14 septembre 2023 • Duration 31:26
Jeff talks with retired former CIA Al Qaeda expert Cindy Storer
Cynthia Storer | Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs
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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA - Kindle edition by Liza Mundy
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Sex, Lies and Women at the CIA
Episode 91
vendredi 25 août 2023 • Duration 34:06
Jeff talks with CIA operations veteran Laura Thomas about the gains and losses for women at the spy agency.
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A CIA Family Drama
Episode 90
vendredi 11 août 2023 • Duration 39:14
Jeff talks with John Hadden, author of “Conversations with a Masked Man: My Father, the CIA, and Me."
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Oppenheimer’s Origin
Episode 89
vendredi 28 juillet 2023 • Duration 43:04
Jeff Stein talks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.”
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CIA-CHINA SPY WARS: Real and Imagined
Episode 88
jeudi 13 juillet 2023 • Duration 32:12
David Ignatius talks about his new thriller “The Tao of Deception.”
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CIA’s RUSSIA CHALLENGE
Episode 87
vendredi 30 juin 2023 • Duration 40:19
Jeff talks with top former CIA Russia hand John Sipher about spy agency ops and Moscow’s leadership crisis.
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The Forever Spies
Episode 86
vendredi 2 juin 2023 • Duration 44:15
Jeff talks with Calder Walton, author of “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.”
Calder Walton
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Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
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