228 episodes
True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics SPYSCAPE
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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
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True Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino and Daisy Ridley talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. You’ll meet experts from the top intelligence agencies including FBI, CIA, MI5, MI6 (SIS), KGB, GRU, Mossad and many others. You’ll discover characters who spied because of money, ideology, coercion or just plain old ego. And, if you’d like to dig deeper into the world of secrets, and test your own secret intelligence skills, head over to spyscape.com for articles, games, experiences, puzzles and videos. A Cup & Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Music: Nick Ryan.
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The War on Terror, Part 2 - From Khost to Compounds | CIA
Former CIA Operations Officer Aaron Brown joins Rhiannon Neads to discuss his role in two defining moments in the CIA's War on Terror.
In Part 2, the aftermath of Khost informs the most dramatic operation in the history of the modern CIA. And Aaron has a seat at the table.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Music by Nick Ryan.
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The War on Terror, Part One - From Cairo to Khost | CIA
Former CIA Operations Officer Aaron Brown joins Rhiannon Neads to discuss his role in two defining moments in the CIA's War on Terror.
In Part 1, we follow Aaron's journey into the Agency's inner sanctum - and its' darkest hour.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Music by Nick Ryan.
Aaron Brown is the host of the UnderSimplified Podcast, and a keynote speaker: https://www.undersimplified.org/
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Disinformation Warfare, Part Two - America | Investigation
Just how influential is the 'white noise' of information, and disinformation, emanating from Russia?
In this second and final episode on the phenomenon of modern disinformation, hear from author and former Executive Director of the US Disinformation Governance Board: Nina Jankowicz. She shines a light on how small acts of manipulation, made on the other side of the world, can pit fellow Americans against themselves...
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Ashley Clivery. Music by Nick Ryan.
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Disinformation Warfare, Part One - The Troll Farm | Investigation
Just how influential is the 'white noise' of information, and disinformation, emanating from Russia?
In this first of two special episodes on the phenomenon of modern disinformation, Ukrainian-British journalist and author Peter Pomerantsev, reveals the evolution of the dark tactics the modern Russian state uses to cripple both neighbouring countries, and dissenters within its own borders.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Ashley Clivery. Music by Nick Ryan.
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Kim Philby, Super Spy: Part Two, The Third Man
Born to the British upper-crust - devoted to the Revolution. Harold 'Kim' Philby was the ultimate Soviet superspy.
For decades, Philby sold secrets to the Russians from inside the upper echelons of MI6. Inspired by an unpublished memoir recently acquired by Spyscape, we bring his fascinating story to life.
In Part 2, Rhiannon Neads follows the trail of booze, bad luck and betrayal that brought Philby down.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Justin Trefgarne. Music by Nick Ryan. Kim Philby voiced by Dominic Mafham.
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Kim Philby, Super Spy: Part One, Codename Sonny
Born to the British upper-crust - devoted to the Revolution. Harold 'Kim' Philby was the ultimate Soviet superspy.
For decades, Philby sold secrets to the Russians from inside the upper echelons of MI6. Inspired by an unpublished memoir recently acquired by Spyscape, we bring his fascinating story to life.
In Part 1, Rhiannon Neads details Philby's rise to the top - and the fateful decisions that will lead to his undoing.
From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Justin Trefgarne. Music by Nick Ryan. Kim Philby voiced by Dominic Mafham.
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Customer Reviews
I love it!
I’ve been listening for 3 years and it’s fantastic.
Disappointed
This was one of my favorite podcasts, but I’ve now unfollowed and removed all episodes from my library after the “disinformation” episode. I’m all for different viewpoints and encourage healthy debate in conversation, but the entire episode was very clearly an attack on Trump and served no purpose other than to continue to divide, the very thing it starts out claiming Russia did to the US. Typically, when this show has someone on that has a controversial opinion, they let them state that opinion themselves or say something along the lines of “according to (guest)”. They didn’t do that in this episode. They presented everything she said as fact, when some of it does not appear to have been true. It was very clear on this episode that the host, guest, and possibly production are focused on continuing the divisiveness that the country has faced recently by only discussing what they believe the Trump campaign has done without ever even mentioning the disinformation and harmful statements that have been proven to have occurred by the Biden and Clinton administrations. Its actual purpose was the division of half of its viewership from the show.
Used to love this (when it was spy stories)
The “disinformation” episode was the last straw. Completely dishonest accounting of the Hunter Biden “debunked” laptop story, not calling out Hillary Clinton planting false stories on Trump, but claiming Trump is super evil, etc. Wish they stuck to what worked (spy stories). Now, I’m unfollowing as I’m not supporting this.