About this podcast
SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalists Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff and Karen J. Greenberg, the podcast features exclusives by SpyTalk’s roster of longtime reporters, news and profiles of US and foreign spymasters, and interviews with policymakers and expert authors. There’s nothing quite like it—a place for experts and laypersons alike, who enjoy national security scoops and insights by SpyTalk's subject matter experts.
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Episodes
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- Deep Cover Sergeants · 60 minNational 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 Washington…
- How 9/11 Changed America · 1 h 4 minJanet Reitman’s The Inheritance is a portrait of 9/11’s devastating consequences, More from our guest: Janet Reitman https://x.com/janetreitman…
- Patel's Partisan Politics Imperils Lives (feat. Brian Driscoll) · 47 minBrian 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 us less…
- Chinese Dupe or Spy? · 50 minCNBC’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 Stein on Twitter…
- An Assassination on Embassy Row · 56 minInvestigative 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 Terrorists…
- The Tech Bro Gods of War · 55 minSharon 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. Follow…
- Terror’s New Faces · 1 h 0 minA 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-Qaeda…
- 25 Years of Counterterrorism · 1 h 11 minPeter 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 Years of…
- How to Recruit a Traitor · 56 minFormer 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 recruitment…
- U.S. Adversaries Exploit Intel Failures · 44 minFormer CIA Chief Learning Officer Steve Hirsch tells how Russia, China, and Iran exploit the cracks in US intelligence. More From Stephen Hirsch | https://stephenhirsch.com/…
- The World's First Super-terrorist · 53 minJoby 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 Jackal The Rise and Fall of…
- Gunfight at the CIA Corral · 52 minPolitical pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee. More From Julia Curlee at | https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/jcurlee…
- Kash Patel’s Strange Trips · 55 minFormer FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches. Lauren C. Anderson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencandersonintl/…
- The Nord Stream Conspiracy · 57 minWall 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 Blanche…
- Who’s Running US Intelligence? · 41 minAtlantic 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 Isikoff on…
- Trumpworld’s Dystopian World of Terror · 49 minTerrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/SpyTalker…
- The Reporter and the China Trap · 48 minTom 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 news site…
- War-Ender Weapons · 1 h 0 minSeeing-eye bombs were supposed to limit civilian casualties. Jeffrey Stern, author of “The Warhead,” explains why they didn’t. Jeffrey Stern The Warhead…
- Trump's Hatchet Man Atop US Intelligence · 51 minNew York Times Intelligence Reporter Julian Barnes on the Rise of Bill Pulte. More from Julian Julian E. Barnes Writes about the American intelligence community, including the…
- How Trump Broke the ODNI · 1 h 0 minFormer senior CIA analyst David Kanin on the crises in US intelligence. David Kanin is a retired CIA senior analyst and member of the Senior Intelligence Service…
