Episodes

  • The Hotel of Spies

    The Hotel of Spies
    Jun 19 2024
    The small Rossli hotel overlooked a quiet airfield in the tranquil town of Unterbach, Switzerland... and in the summer of 2023, it became the center of a suspected espionage plot by Chinese intelligence services to steal American secrets about the most advanced fighter jets ever made.

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    55 mins
  • Spies and Lies Recommends... The Gas Man

    Spies and Lies Recommends... The Gas Man
    Jun 4 2024

    Check out Tortoise Media's new show - The Gas Man!


    "It’s the late 1980s and US Special Agent Dennis Bass is warned about a shipment of suspicious chemicals headed to a secret destination. So he follows the lead – and ends up stumbling into a global plot helping fuel a war. The main suspect? The Gas Man.

    In the decades since, Special Agent Bass has been locked in an international game of cat and mouse with the man who supplied a dangerous regime with the chemicals to make weapons. Every time Bass thinks he’s got his hands on him… The Gas Man somehow manages to slip the net. And he’s still on the run today.

    But after more than 30 years, could his past finally be catching up with The Gas Man?"


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    5 mins
  • Season 2 Q&A

    Season 2 Q&A
    May 15 2024
    Wrapping up season 2, Omri and Jason answer listener questions and discuss past seasons, as well as what's to come.

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    48 mins
  • The Leper Spy of the Philippines

    The Leper Spy of the Philippines
    Apr 24 2024
    As the Pacific theatre of WW2 raged and the Philippines became a battleground between US and Japanese troops, Josephina Guerrero, a young woman suffering a terrible disease, joined the the Filipino resistance to become a spy, and through her bravery and deeds, helped save thousands of lives.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Spies of Genghis Khan

    The Spies of Genghis Khan
    Apr 17 2024

    The Mongol Empire, founded by Genghis Khan, who dubbed himself the 'wrath of God', became the 2nd largest empire in human history.

    But how did tribal steppe warriors conquer much of the then known world... and what were the secrets of their vast intelligence network?


    *Correction - "Nomadic Herders" was meant when referencing the Mongol tribes of the time, not "Hunter Gatherers"


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    59 mins
  • From Hero to Spy - Deniss Metsavas

    From Hero to Spy - Deniss Metsavas
    Apr 10 2024
    Deniss Metsavas was a symbol for all that Estonia aspired to stand for... patriotism, unity, and the refutation of Russian lies... until in 2018, he was arrested, and his terrible secret revealed... that he had been a spy for Russia all along...

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Are We in a 2nd Cold War?

    Are We in a 2nd Cold War?
    Apr 3 2024

    An article with a bombastic headline about Russian spies operating in a NATO country and another claiming details of the "worst breach since the Cold War" lead to a discussion and analysis of recent Ukraine & Russian events, as well as a "bigger picture" view of the state of espionage.


    Recorded March 22nd before the terrorist attack in Moscow...


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Hartlepool Monkey Spy

    The Hartlepool Monkey Spy
    Mar 27 2024

    Throughout France's history of espionage and spycraft... perhaps its most mysterious, daring, and eccentric agent was... a monkey?

    Wait, that can't be right... or - Is it?


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    53 mins