The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century with Tim Weiner

Iran’s Nuclear Future and Why Bombs Won’t Stop it with Joe Cirincione

S9 Ep57: Espresso Martini | NATO Navigates Trump, Presidential War Powers, and Ukraine Under Strain

S9 Ep56: The Iran Intel and Tulsi Gabbard’s Future as DNI with Shane Harris

S9 Ep55: Espresso Martini | Operation Midnight Hammer, Trump’s Claims, and What Comes Next

S9 Ep54: Espresso Martini | Israel vs. Iran, Trump Wavers, and Moscow’s China Paranoia

S9 Ep53: Terror Without a Cause: Nihilism, Youth, and the New Extremist Threat with Jacob Ware

S9 Ep52: Espresso Martini | Operation Spiderweb, CIA’s Star Wars Fan Site, and the Mystery of RAT55

S9 Ep51: The Rise of the Greek Far Right with Patrick Strickland

Service Announcement | Chris is ill. No Espresso Martini this weekend.

S9 Ep50: Pagan Extremism, Warrior Myths, and the Culture Wars of Russia and Ukraine with Ross Downing

Service announcement - Next show Saturday 24th

S9 Ep49: Espresso Martini | India and Pakistan Pull Back, A Warning on Loyalty Over Expertise, and Trump’s Flying Palace

S9 Ep48: Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos with Candace Rondeaux

Espresso Martini | Farage Surges, Allies Reject Trumpism, and Waltz’s Ouster

Surviving Corruption, Surveillance, and Cybercrime in Putin’s Russia with Bruce Talley

S9 Ep45: Espresso Martini | India Eyes Retaliation, a Mysterious Russian Satellite, and New Saudi Links to 9/11

S9 Ep44: Is Peace Possible for Ukraine? with Dr. Taras Kuzio

S9 Ep43: Espresso Martini | Hegseth on the Ropes, Putin’s Diplomat Spy, and Listener Questions

S9 Ep42: Russia’s Shadow War Against NATO with Florian Flade

S9 Ep41: Body Language and Lie Detection with Gavin Stone

S9 Ep40: God’s Banker and the Vatican’s Cold War Secrets with Nicolo Majnoni

S9 Ep39: Espresso Martini | Trump’s Special Economic Operation, NSA Purge, and the FBI in Turmoil

S9 Ep38: Photographing Area 51 with Michał Rokita

S9 Ep37: Espresso Martini | Signalgate with Shane Harris, Boeing’s F-47, and Remembering Oleg Gordievsky

S9 Ep36: Sell Like a Spy: What Business Can Learn from Intelligence Officers with Jeremy Hurewitz

S9 Ep35: Eric O’Neill on Cybersecurity and Catching One of America’s Most Infamous Spies

S9 Ep34: Is China’s Military Ready for War? PLA Readiness, Regime Stability, and Taiwan with Timothy Heath

S9 Ep33: Espresso Martini | Putin’s Dilemma, Moscow’s Play in Africa, and Listener Questions

S9 Ep32: Who Will Defend Europe? with Keir Giles

S9 Ep31: Espresso Martini | A Russian Spy Ring in the UK, Ukraine’s Ceasefire Gamble, and AI Warships on the Horizon

S9 Ep30: Mission Iran: Behind the Scenes of Operation Eagle Claw with James Stejskal

S9 Ep29: Espresso Martini | The Oval Office Debacle and a Reckoning for the Western Alliance

S9 Ep28: Shane Harris on the US Intelligence Community in Crisis

S9 Ep27: Espresso Martini | Trump’s FBI Shake-Up, China’s Military Buildup, and James Bond’s Future

S9 Ep26: Dr. Taras Kuzio on Ukraine & Trump Peace Negotiations

S9 Ep25: David Neiwert on Authoritarianism, Trump, Jan 6, and Antifa

S9 Ep24: Espresso Martini | The GRU’s New Black Ops Unit, Russian Hybrid Warfare in Britain, and Listener Questions

S9 Ep23: Espresso Martini | Trump Targets Cartels, NSA’s Word Purge, and Iran’s Drone Carrier

S9 Ep22: Espresso Martini | The Potomac Air Disaster, Trump’s FBI Purge, and Iran Explores Its Nuclear Options

Service Announcement - Listener Questions & Adverts

S9 Ep21: Espresso Martini | Southport Killer, South Korea’s Political Crisis, Trump’s Team Navigates Middle East Ceasefires, and TV’s Spy Thriller Renaissance

S9 Ep20: Espresso Martini | January 6 Pardons, Syria’s Crossroads, and the CIA’s Secret Partner

S9 Ep19: Will ISIS Make a Comeback in 2025? with Aaron Zelin

S9 Ep18: How to Think Like A Spy with Julian Fisher

S9 Ep17: 2025 Global Forcast with Sam Liechtenstein from RANE

S9 Ep16: Murder of a British Spy in the IRA with Henry Hemming

Happy Holidays and Thank You for your support over 2024

S9 Ep15: Russian Spy Ships and undersea cables with Florian Flade

S9 Ep14: The Fall of Assad and What’s Next for Syria with Phillip Smyth

S9 Ep13: We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History with Jack Murphy

S9 Ep12: Can a Federation Heal the Divide between Israel and Palestine with Nigel Roberts

S9 Ep11: Far-Right Extremism Under Trump 2.0 with Jacob Ware

S9 Ep10: Espresso Martini | Trump’s Coming War on the Intelligence Community, Russia’s Sabotage Campaign, and America’s Future at a Crossroads

S9: Podcast Update 11/23

S9 Ep9: Russian mercenaries in Africa with Philip Obaji

Podcast Update November 2024

S9 Ep8: David Bickford, former Legal Director of MI5 & MI6 turned author

S9 Ep7: Espresso Martini | North Korean Troops to Ukraine, Sinwar’s End, Israel Rolls Up an Iranian Spy Ring, and Conspiracies Drive Threats to FEMA

Chris is unwell, so he is resharing The Double Bind with Meredith Tax

S9 Ep6: Espresso Martini | Gaza After a Year of War, Iran’s Criminal Alliances, Russia’s Arctic Intrigues, and Tom Clancy’s Legacy

S9 Ep5: Who Attacked Nord Stream? Inside the Investigation with Florian Flade

S9 Ep4: Hezbollah Decapitated, Israel Invades, and Iran Attacks with Phillip Smyth

S9 Ep3: Exploding Pagers and More Airstrikes: Unpacking Hezbollah’s Catastrophic Week with Phillip Smyth

S9 Ep2: Extra Shot Preview: The weaponisation of disgust, a peek inside a US Far-Right militia and a globally integrated ISIS

Teen Terrorism, Telegram Trouble, and Exposing the Kremlin’s American Useful Idiots | Espresso Martini

S8: The Secret History of Area 51 with Peter Merlin (Repost)

Extra Shot Teaser: Privacy vs. national security, threats to democracy, Ukraine aid, and the state of the Royal Navy

Secrets & Spies Listener Survey 2024

S8 Ep59: Tim Tate - To Catch A Spy - Peter Wright and the SpyCatcher affair

Russian Sleeper Spies in Germany with Florian Flade

S8 Ep57: Inside the blockbuster US-Russia prisoner swap with Shane Harris

S8 Ep56: Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah on the brink with Phillip Smyth

S8 Ep55: How autocracies try to undermine democracy with Anne Applebaum

S8 Ep54: Espresso Martini | Russian agents target the Olympics, Trump assassination attempt and President Biden steps out of the Presidential race

S8 Ep53: Unpacking the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump with Jacob Ware

S8 Ep52: UK & French Elections, UK defence report and Russian information campaign exposed in US

S8 Ep51: How the KGB and the FSB attempt to subvert Western democracies with Mark Hollingsworth

S8 Ep50: Conspiracies, Disinformation, and Mission Implausible with John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea

S8 Ep49: God, Guns, and Sedition with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

S8 Ep48: Espresso Martini: Hamas leaders messages, Europe & China, Chinese spies and potential ISIS-K plot foiled in USA

No show this weekend, we will return next weekend.

S8 Ep47: London Met Murder Investigation Team with Steven Keogh

S8 Ep46: Espresso Martini: Iran’s President is killed, Israel & Iranian espionage comparisons and secret Hamas surveillance files.

S8 Ep45: What President Raisi’s death means for Iran

S8 Ep44: Havana Syndrome from a technological and medical perspective.

S8 Ep43: Espresso Martini: Plot to kill Zelensky, Russian sabotage plots, and Chinese hacking.

S8 Ep42: Agent Of The Iron Cross With Bill Mills

S8 Ep41: The reality behind “A Spy Alone” with Charles Beaumont

S8 Ep40: Israel and Iran climb (and descend?) the escalation ladder with Phillip Smyth

No Espresso Martini or Extra Shot this weekend

S8 Ep39: The legal case for the victims of Havana Syndrome with Mark S. Zaid

S8 Ep38: Directed energy and Havana Syndrome with Dr. James Giordano

S8 Ep37: Former US Navy Captain Gene Moran on the Houthi threat in the Red Sea

S8 Ep36: Espresso Martini: Putin exploits ISIS-K attack, House Republicans hold up US aid to Ukraine, and new Havana Syndrome information.

S8 Ep35: Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu imprisoned in Azerbaijan

Moscow ISIS-K attack, Ukriane update and Ukraine Intelligence

S8: Easter sample of Extra Shot our Patreon only show

S8 Ep33: Espresso Martini: Tactical nukes, Spies in Brussels, Turkish spies in the West and more

S8 Ep32: The US government’s search for alien life with Garrett Graff

S8 Ep31: The Discord Leaks with Shane Harris

S8 Ep30: Espresso Martini: Leaked Russian documents, defector shot in Spain, CIA's relationship with Ukrainian intelligence

S8 Ep29: The death of Alexei Navalny and its consequences with Edward Lucas

S8 Ep28: Espresso Martini: Russian space weapons, Tucker Carlson in Russia and a beheading in Pennsylvania

S8 Ep27: The Path Ahead For The Middle East with Laura Rozen

US Airstrikes in Iraq & Syria with Phillip Smyth

The Year of the Locust with Terry Hayes

Espresso Martini: Strikes against the Houthi’s, Chinese spies and the hunt for Hamas’s spokesman Abu Obaida.

The Secret History of Area 51 with Peter Merlin

S8 Ep22: UK release of Moscow X with former CIA analyst David McCloskey

2024 Global forecast with Sam Lichtenstein from RANE

The Lion And The Fox with Alexander Rose

S8 Ep19: Directing James Bond with John Glen

Spy Artist Prisoner with Lady Jane Reid

Spy Game Trilogy, with Michael Frost Beckner and guest host Stephen England

S8 Ep16: Espresso Martini: An alleged Cuban Mole, Traders profiting off 7th October attack and Israeli Intelligence Failures

S8 Ep15: Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Anti Western Axis with Dr Taras Kuzio

S8 Ep14: Iranian Militia Attacks on US Forces with Phillip Smyth

Hamas hostage deal, coming to terms with 7th October, Ukraine nuclear weapons and political dysfunction the greatest threat to the US

S8 Ep12: The Double Bind revisited - No Espresso Martini or Extra Shot this week

S8 Ep11: Israel-Hamas War with Malcolm Nance

S8 Ep10: Espresso Martini: Hamas Spies, Russian Sabotage and ATACMS for Ukraine

Disrupting Time, a tale of watches and industrial espionage with Aaron Stark

S8 Ep8: Inside the Israel-Hamas War with Phillip Smyth

The Lumumba Plot with Stuart A. Reid

S8 Ep6: Espresso Martini: Hamas 7th October Attack in Israel

S8 Ep5: Best Thriller Books with Kashif Hussain

S8 Ep4: Espresso Martini: Russian & Chinese Spies in the UK and an Assassination in Canada

S8 Ep3: Moscow X with former CIA analyst David McCloskey

S8 Ep2: Extra Shot Teaser -- Espresso Martini & Extra Shot returns 30th September

Espresso Martini: Coups in Africa, Prigozhin’s death and a Russian pilot defects.

S7 Ep41: Summer Special: Stalin’s Englishman with Andrew Lownie

S7 Ep40: Espresso Martini 15: Missing Chinese Foreign Minister, another Russian coup predicted and the dangers of AI.

S7 Ep39: Espresso Martini: Cluster Bombs, Ukraine NATO membership and Prigozhin’s meeting with Putin

S7 Ep38: Soon Dies the Day with Stephen England

S7 Ep37: Operation Chrysler and a Murder Behind Enemy Lines in World War II with Pate McMichael

Summer production break in August

Espresso Martini: Prigozhin vs Putin and Wagners mutinous weekend in Russia

S7 Ep35: Espresso Martini: Trump Classified Docs Debacle and a Chinese Spy Base In Cuba

S7 Ep34: Espresso Martini: A Farewell to Robert Hanssen & No 10 Blacklisting with Dan Kaszeta

S7 Ep33: The Liquid Bomb Plot with Aki J. Peritz.

Chris on the Spy Hards Podcast talking about Body Of Lies, link below.

Espresso Martini Episode Ten

New Patreon exclusive show "Extra Shot" launching tomorrow

S7 Ep31: Espresso Martini Episode Nine

Espresso Martini Episode Eight

Challenges researching Israeli intelligence history with Eldad Ben Aharon

S7 Ep28: How to Write a Spy Thriller with Stephen England

Espresso Martini Episode Seven

Podcast update, Two Espresso Martinis a month and no podcast this week

Ukraine War First Anniversary with Matthew Orr from RANE

S7 Ep25: Nord Stream attack with Shane Harris

S7 Ep24: Espresso Martini Episode Six

Quick Update, no podcast this week due to Chris being unwell

Russia's war on Ukraine with John Sweeney

Ukraine War One Year On with Dr. Taras Kuzio

S7 Ep21: NFL Espionage with Kevin Bryant

Espresso Martini Episode Five

S7 Ep19: The Jabbari Lincoln Files with Yaya J. Fanusie

Espresso Martini to return on Saturday 11th Feb

Ukraine update with Malcolm Nance

2023 global forecast with Sam Lichtenstein from RANE

S7 Ep16: Berlin, Capital of Spies with Bernd von Koska

Espresso Martini: Episode Four

Happy Holidays and all the best for 2023

S7 Ep14: Espresso Martini: Episode Three

The Ideology behind Elon Musk buying Twitter

S7 Ep12: Espresso Martini 2

S7 Ep11: Social Media Disinformation, US Mid Terms and Elon Musk with David Neiwert

Biden and the Afghan evacuation one year on with Frank Snepp

S7 Ep9: Putin’s war on Ukraine with Matthew Orr

S7 Ep8: Hope Not Hate and the Walk-In with Nick Lowles

S7 Ep7: Ukraine Update with Dr Taras Kuzio

S7 Ep6: Espresso Martini 1

Episode one of Espresso Martini will be out this Saturday

S7 Ep5: Philby, Angleton and JFK

Western Foreign Fighters and the Yazidi Genocide

Autumn update - Secrets and Spies needs your help.

S7 Ep3: Heat 2 with Meg Gardiner

The Wayward Assassin with former CIA analyst Susan Ouellette

Spy Game with Michael Frost Beckner

S6 Ep24: Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education

Putin's Plan B for Ukraine with Frank Snepp

S6 Ep22: The Betrayal with Robert Mazur

S6 Ep21: Impact of the Ukraine War on Russian Espionage activity in Europe.

Everyday Spy with Andrew Bustamante

Spy Podcast Network

S6 Ep19: Bio Labs, Chemical Weapons and Nukes with Dan Kaszeta

Spy Hards interview about my love of the film "Spy Game"

Fighting Evil with Macer Gifford

S6 Ep17: Putin and Ukraine with Dr. Taras Kuzio

Russia Today & Ukraine with Dr Precious N Chatterje-Doody

Invasion of Ukraine with Edward Lucas

Podcast Trailer

Marc Polymeropoulos - Clarity in a Crisis

S6: Podcast Update Feb 2022

S6 Ep13: Syria, CIA & Damascus Station with David McCloskey

S6 Ep12: "Rutland From Jutland" -- Was a British war hero a Japanese spy?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

S6 Ep11: Russia Today and Conspiracy Theories with Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody

S6 Ep10: Mike Spann - First Casualty with Toby Harnden

Spymaster with Dr Helen Fry

S6 Ep8: Ian Fleming’s War

Reflecting on 9/11 with Tom Parker

S6 Ep6: Reflecting on 9/11 with Angie Gad

S6: Reflections on 9/11 & Podcast Update

Iain Ballantyne has a podcast! -- Warships Pod is out now!

S6 Ep5: License to Parent with former CIA officer Christina Hillsberg

Dr Ayesha Ray on the fall of Afghanistan and its geopolitical consequences

The fall of Kabul and the fall of Saigon with Frank Snepp

S6: THE DRY CLEANER IS OUT NOW ON SPYFLIX - LINK BELOW

Future Intelligence threats with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

S6: SPYFLIX - The Dry Cleaner will screen from 8th August 2021

S6 Ep1: Money Laundering, Organised Crime and Trojan Shield

S5: The Podcast is five years old!

S5: Between Five Eyes with Anthony Wells

S5: The Spy Who Was Left Out In The Cold with Tim Tate

S5: “Our Man In New York”

S5: Economic Espionage - Ben West from Stratfor

S5: “Hitler’s American Friends” with Bradley W. Hart

S5: Everything you wanted to know about COVID but were afraid to ask

S5: Avoiding The Terrorist Trap with Tom Parker

Podcast Update Feb 2021 - "The Tiers (or tears) of Patreon"

S5: 6th January Capital Attack, Trump's Legacy and the future of the Far-Right

S5: The Unexpected Spy - Interview with Tracy Walder

S5: Secret Twenties with Timothy Phillips

Podcast December 2020 Update

Podcast Update Sept 2020

Save Bletchley Park

S5: Prevent Two Years On

S5: Pandemic and Anti Vaccination Conspiracy Theories with Debra Winter

S5: Spies Of The Deep

S5: Secrets of the Kashmir Valley

S5: "Need To Know" - Russia Report With Calder Walton

S5: Need To Know - Russian Bounties With Frank Snepp

Listener Update -- Podcast Reboot in progress & Summer break

S4: Frank Snepp CIA In Vietnam

Listener Survey Update

S4: Former CIA officer Sarah M. Carlson - In the dark of war

Listener Survey

S4: Why Spies Spy with Michael Smith

S4: Dan Kaszeta - COVID19 is not a biological weapon

S4: David Neiwert COVID Conspiracy Theories And The Far Right

S4: Gordon Corera Russians Among Us

S4: A Naval Perspective On COVID - 19

S4: SPIES FIGHTING A SHADOW WAR AGAINST COVID19

S4: Matt Fulton - "Active Measures" book and new chapter.

S4: Calder Walton British Intelligence in the age of Brexit and Bellingcat.

Service announcement, COVID, new episodes & Patreon

S4: John Calvert Discusses Sayyid Qutb

S4: Need To Know: David Neiwert on latest Far Right developments

S4: The Spy In Moscow Station

S4: Director Chris Carr discusses his spy film The Dry Cleaner

The Dry Cleaner - Film Trailer and Film

Service Announcement

S4: Tim Tate -- Hitler's British Traitors

S3: My Islam With Angie Gad

S3: DDAY75 Submarines & Submarine hunters with Iain Ballantyne

S3: Andrea Chalupa, Discusses Mr Jones Film And Gaslit Nation

S3: David Neiwert, New Zealand Attacks, Rise Of Far Right

S3: Fred Burton Discusses His Book Beirut Rules

S3: Anti Semitism on the British Left with Dave Rich

S3: Need To Know - Malcolm Nance looking at Brexit & Russia

S3: Need To Know - South China Seas

Number Station Jingle Bells

Happy Holidays From The Dry CleanerCast

S3: Farhana Qazi, Invisible Martyrs

S3: Need To Know, Incel Movement, Alt Right And Violence

S3: Robert F. Delaney discussing China and his book "The Wounded Muse"

S3: Amy Knight - Russian Intelligence & Political Murder

S3: Need To Know - Salisbury Poisoning Revisited & Sonic Attacks With Fred Burton

Summer Break - We will be back Friday 28th September

S2: Ian Fleming With Jeremy Duns

S2: Discussing "Prevent" with Sean Arbuthnot and William Baldet

S2: David Neiwert, discussing "Alt America & Rise Of The Radical Right"

S2: Need To Know - Strikes against Syria With Iain Ballantyne

S2: Need To Know - Salisbury Poisoning With Jeremy Duns

S2: Need To Know - Salisbury Poisoning And Austin Parcel Bombings With Fred Burton

S2: Need To Know Salisbuy Poisoning, British & Russian Submarines With Iain Ballantyne

S2: Need To Know - Sergei Skripal And The Salisbury Poisoning With Edward Lucas

S2: Fred Burton, the DSS And Pre 9/11 Counter Terrorism

S2: Todd Leventhal - Cold War Russian Active Measures

S2: The Rage - The vicious circle of Islamist and Far-Right extremism

S2: The Battle For British Islam

S2: Discussing Moscow Gold, The Soviet Union & the British left

S2: Need To Know- Episode Two - North Korea, Parsons Green, Barcelona Attack And More-

S2: Submarines for espionage & trident for nuclear defence - With Iain Ballantyne

S1: Need To Know- Episode One - Terrorist Attacks, Manchester, London, Paris.

S1: Dr William Matchett Special Branch And The Intelligence War Against The IRA

S1: Peter Bleksley Undercover Policing, The War On Drugs, Organised Crime And Hunted

S1: Brian Dunning from SKEPTOID discussing Fake News, Conspiracy Theories And Alternative Facts

S1: Edward Lucas discussing Russia & Russian Espionage

S1: Dr Vince Houghton, International Spy Museum, Washington DC

S1: David Videcette - Former Counter Terrorism Detective London Met

S1: Malcolm Nance - The Plot To Hack America

S1: Shiraz Maher discussing "Salafi Jihadism: The history of an idea"

S1: Yaya J Fanusie - Former CIA Officer on Islam & Counterterrorism

S1: Paddy Hayes - Spy Trade Craft

S1: Meredith Tax - The Double Bind, The Islamic Right and the Anglo American Left