Mission Implausible

Operation Sparrow: Three Americans Who Wanted to Be Captured by the Nazis (with Jason Bell)

In March 1944, three American OSS officers parachuted into Hungary on a mission to be taken prisoner. A story that was classified for decades, the team — a Dartmouth grad

When Did We Lose Faith in Our Institutions? (with Garrett Graff) - ENCORE

Our summer holiday is over. All new episodes coming soon. We didn't always assume the government was hiding aliens. The Manhattan Project was a crash course in how to ru

What the Steele Dossier Got Right—and Why It Still Matters (with Christopher Steele) - ENCORE

 In 2016, former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele produced a series of intelligence memos that were leaked and widely called “The Steel Dossier” containing

The Five Eyes: Can It Survive (with Richard Kerbaj)

Investigative journalist and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Richard Kerbaj discusses The Defector, his book on Oleg Lyalin — the KGB officer who walked into a North London polic

No More Secrets: AI and the Future of Espionage (with Adam Davidson)

Now that Adam Davidson is a national expert on AI, he worries about how it will change worldwide politics, military power and international economic structures. Not just

The Corruption of American Intelligence (with Julia Curlee)

What's been done to American intelligence and what it costs: the 35 declassified documents that don't say what the president claims they say, analysts fired for accurate

The National Security Council Purge (with Julia Curlee)

Stephen Miller runs National Security now. Julia Curlee spent over 20 years as a CIA analyst, rising to being Acting Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the NSC.

CIA's Best-Kept Secret: It Was Fun (with Paul Kolbe & Doug Wise)

Two of John & Jerry’s old friends and agency colleagues swap war stories and tall tales, starting with their training at The Farm and including their time in Moscow. Some

Trump’s Presidential Payday (with Adam Davidson)

More on Trump's $2 billion is new money in the past year -- Financial investigative journalist (and Mission Implausible producer) Adam Davidson illuminates Trump's busine

Did the CIA Poison the World’s Best Goalkeeper at the 1970 World Cup? (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - Part 2

- Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse returns to Mission Implausible with the strange premise behind his podcast Foul Play: the claim that the CIA poisoned England goalkeeper Go

Did the CIA Poison the World’s Best Goalkeeper at the 1970 World Cup? (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - Part 1

Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse returns to Mission Implausible with the strange premise behind his podcast Foul Play: the claim that the CIA poisoned England goalkeeper Gord

Inside the Kremlin's Playbook: How Russia Really Works (with Michael Carpenter)

Former OSCE ambassador and Pentagon and NSC official Michael Carpenter argues Russia is weaker than it appears yet keeps being rescued by a West gripped by fear of escala

What the CIA Knows About Iran That Washington Keeps Getting Wrong (with Mark Fowler)

Former CIA Iran ops officer Mark Fowler joins Jerry and John to explain why Iran is one of the hardest targets on earth. From running agents and sources, Fowler has insig

Swinging at Curveball: When You Want It Bad, You Get It Bad (with Bob Drogin)

In 2003, a single Iraqi refugee — codenamed Curveball — fabricated stories about Iraqi weapons. The U.S. intelligence community, desperate for sources after 9/11, launder

How Everyone Else Sees America (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - ENCORE

ENCORE EPISODE - Gabriel Gatehouse is a journalist and broadcaster and author of “The Coming Storm” that looks at Q Anon and the January 6th conspiracies. And he’s Britis

The Hawaiian Cult that raised Tulsi Gabbard (with Christine Gralow) - ENCORE

In light of this week's resignation of Tulsi Gabbard, we're re-running our recent very illuminating episode about her. Also, check out John Sipher's timely piece on her i

Hunting Weapons of Mass Destruction (with Andy Weber)

Nuclear weapons-usable uranium, biolabs for biological warfare, secret chemical facilities -- In Operation Sapphire, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Andy Weber foun

How the CIA Decides What’s Legal (with James Petrila)

Former CIA and NSA attorney Jim Petrila explains the legal decisions about covert action, presidential power, and the legal guardrails surrounding America’s intelligence

Crypto: The Trump Family Business (with Zach Everson)

Forget hotel rooms and presidential merch, this time around, the Trumps are making untraceable billions with ventures like World Liberty Financial and a Trump-backed stab

Serving in the Middle East, then Writing About It (with Ilana Berry)

Award-winning author Ilana Berry explores the gap between how espionage is portrayed and how it actually works. Drawing on her experience in the CIA, the Department of De