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How China Spies

Former top DoD Chinese espionage expert Nick Eftimiades on Alice Huang. Nick Eftimiades | https://www.shinobienterprises.com/published | https://x.com/neftimiades Foll

Israel at a Crossroads

Middle East Envoy Brett McGurk on the past and future of Netanyahu, Hamas and Iran.  Our guest: Brett McGurk | https://x.com/brett_mcgurk  Brink by Brett McGurk | Peng

Deep Cover Sergeants

National security reporter for the Washington Post Zachary Dorfman discusses the Pentagon’s plan for a deep-cover spy program. More from our guest: Zach Dorfman - The W

How 9/11 Changed America

Janet Reitman’s The Inheritance is a portrait of 9/11’s devastating consequences, More from our guest: Janet Reitman https://x.com/janetreitman  https://www.penguinra

Patel's Partisan Politics Imperils Lives (feat. Brian Driscoll)

Brian Driscoll joins SpyTalk to discuss the circumstances of his dismissal from the FBI and how the Bureau’s current leadership is destroying the institution and making u

Chinese Dupe or Spy?

CNBC’s Eamon Javers weaves a cautionary tale for US officials. More from Eamon Javers | https://www.cnbc.com/eamon-javers/ https://x.com/EamonJavers Follow Jeff Stei

An Assassination on Embassy Row

Investigative reporter John Dinges tells how Henry Kissinger failed to prevent Chile’s 1976 murder of Orlando Letelier in downtown D.C. More from John Dinges When Terro

The Tech Bro Gods of War

Sharon Weinberger on how Big Tech is fueling the future of war. Sharon Weinberger talks about her latest book Valley of Death How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War.

Terror’s New Faces

A greater array of better-armed threats confronts the US than on 9/11. Terrorism and insurgency expert Bruce Hoffman joins the podcast to discuss the current state of Al

25 Years of Counterterrorism

Peter Bergen on the triumphs and tragedies wrought by 9/11. More from our guest: https://www.peterbergen.com/  His latest book: All the Presidents' Wars Twenty-Five

How to Recruit a Traitor

Former CIA operations officer and member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) turned author, Jim Lawler joins Micheal to discuss real world espionage, spy recruit

U.S. Adversaries Exploit Intel Failures

Former CIA Chief Learning Officer Steve Hirsch tells how Russia, China, and Iran exploit the cracks in US intelligence. More From Stephen Hirsch | https://stephenhirsch.

The World's First Super-terrorist

Joby Warrick joined SpyTalk to talk about “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.” Check out the book: The JackalThe Rise and Fall

Gunfight at the CIA Corral

Political pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee.  More From Julia Curlee at | https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributo

Kash Patel’s Strange Trips

Former FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches. Lauren C. Anderson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencandersonintl/ https://laurencan

The Nord Stream Conspiracy

Wall Street Journal reporter Bojan Pancevski unveils the astounding story of Ukraine’s sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Plus, Jeff and Michael discuss Jay Clayton, Todd

Who’s Running US Intelligence?

Atlantic staff writer Shane Harris drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/SpyTalker Follow Michael Isik

Trumpworld’s Dystopian World of Terror

Terrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security. More from our guest: Colin P. Clarke Follow Michael I

The Reporter and the China Trap

Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south.  Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24sight News, the independent ne

War-Ender Weapons

Seeing-eye bombs were supposed to limit civilian casualties. Jeffrey Stern, author of “The Warhead,” explains why they didn’t.  Jeffrey Stern The Warhead https://www.j