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Secrets and Spies - A Spy & Geopolitics Podcast Secrets & Spies
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Secrets and Spies is an enthralling podcast that guides listeners on an immersive journey into the hidden realm of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and international intrigue. Hosted by filmmaker Chris Carr and writer Matt Fulton, each episode promises riveting conversations with best-selling authors, historians, journalists, and former intelligence professionals.
Secrets and Spies is more than a podcast—it's an intellectual adventure that invites you to join us in deciphering the most enigmatic professions, ideologies, and organizations that shape the global landscape. Tune in for thought-provoking discussions and expert insights with balanced yet critical perspectives that will expand your understanding of our uncertain world. Subscribe to Secrets and Spies today on all major podcast streaming platforms.
Our Hosts
Host Chris Carr, driven by a teenage encounter with former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky, brings a unique authenticity to the podcast. His deep-seated fascination with espionage is evident in his highly acclaimed short spy film "The Dry Cleaner," available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Currently developing feature film and television scripts inspired by the podcast's themes, Chris aims to create realistic and compelling spy dramas.
Joining him is Matt Fulton, a novelist and screenwriter who draws inspiration from masters of the spy genre like John Le Carré, Tom Clancy, and Graham Greene. Author of the “Active Measures” series of globe-trotting geopolitical thrillers, Matt brings his decades of extensive research and narrative prowess to the podcast, offering listeners a front-row seat to the thrilling world of covert operations.
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Unpacking the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump with Jacob Ware
On today’s special episode, Matt is joined again by Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations focusing on domestic and international terrorism. Jacob helps make sense of last weekend’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, placing it in the larger context of political violence in the United States and the ongoing threat to the presidential election.
Read Jacob’s coverage of the Trump assassination attempt and preventing violence in the 2024 election:
https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/trump-assassination-attempt-poses-new-test-us-democracy
https://time.com/6998930/the-trump-assassination-attempt-represents-a-dark-new-chapter-in-american-politics/
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-15/trump-assassination-attempt-poses-new-test-for-u-s-democracy
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4411720-assassination-attempts-are-on-the-rise-worldwide-is-the-us-next/
https://www.cfr.org/report/preventing-us-election-violence-2024
Follow Jacob on social media:
https://x.com/Jacob_A_Ware
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
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Secrets & Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD. -
UK & French Elections, UK defence report and Russian information campaign exposed in US
On today's episode, we will examine who’s who in the new Labour-led UK government, a report on the UK’s armed services, the French elections, and a recently discovered Russian covert information campaign.
On Extra Shot, our Patreon only show we will look at NATO’s 75th anniversary, terrorists returning to Afghanistan, a Chinese spy base in Cuba and GPS under attack.
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Links to articles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0veg88g7jyo
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-intelligence-warning-starmer-major-security-threats-election-3152924
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-defence-secretary-john-healey-addresses-mod-staff/
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/hollow-force-choices-uk-armed-forces
https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-france-elections-2024-national-rally-paris-jordan-bardella-emmanuel-macron-europe/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/business/russian-bots-artificial-intelligence-propaganda.html
On Extra Shot
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2024/07/nato-summit-ukraine-russia-war
https://8am.media/eng/the-taliban-host-terrorist-groups-four-new-settlements-built-for-al-qaeda-and-ttp/
https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-cuba-spy-sigint/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/02/world/gps-threats.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240708&instance_id=128218&nl=from-the-times®i_id=172310860&segment_id=171610&te=1&user_id=0e295462ed2f443b418b1b6c162349bd
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
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For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/
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Secrets & Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD. -
How the KGB and the FSB attempt to subvert Western democracies with Mark Hollingsworth
On today’s episode, Chris speaks with author and journalist Mark Hollingsworth about his book Agents of Influence, which looks at how the KGB attempted to subvert Western democracies during the Cold War and how its replacement agency, the FSB, attempts to do the same now.
Check out Mark’s website for information about him, his book and his other work: https://markhollingsworth.co.uk/
And get a copy of “Agents of Influence” here: https://markhollingsworth.co.uk/agents_of_influence/
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
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For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/
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Secrets & Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD. -
Conspiracies, Disinformation, and Mission Implausible with John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea
On today’s episode, Matt speaks to former senior CIA officers and now co-founders of Spycraft Entertainment, John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea, to discuss their podcast, Mission Implausible.
In their careers with the clandestine service, John and Jerry, in a sense, created conspiracies, convincing terrorists and hostile foreign governments to believe things that were not true. Now, they’re looking into past and present conspiracy theories to assess what’s real and what isn’t and explore why so many are eager to believe the most outlandish ideas.
Listen and subscribe to Mission Implausible: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-mission-implausible-146774875/
Spycraft Entertainment: https://spycraftentertainment.com/
Follow John on Twitter: https://x.com/john_sipher
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
Buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=u
Subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg
For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/
Connect with us on social media.
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God, Guns, and Sedition with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
On today’s episode, Matt is joined by terrorism experts Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware to discuss their book, "God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America.” Both are fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations and teach at Georgetown University. Their book examines the far-right’s long embrace of political violence as a tactic, its proliferation through social media, and provides a range of policy advice to counter this movement and extremism in democratic societies.
Purchase God, Guns, and Sedition: https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231211228
Bruce and Jacob’s work for the Council on Foreign Relations:
https://www.cfr.org/expert/bruce-hoffman
https://www.cfr.org/expert/jacob-ware
Follow Bruce and Jacob on Twitter:
https://x.com/hoffman_bruce
https://x.com/Jacob_A_Ware
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
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Espresso Martini: Hamas leaders messages, Europe & China, Chinese spies and potential ISIS-K plot foiled in USA
On today’s show, we are going to look at reports about private messages from the leader of Hamas, criticisms of Europe’s outdated approach to China, a former CIA officer and FBI linguist pleading guilty to spying for China, and a potential plot from ISIS-K foiled in the US.
Then we will move to our Patreon only show “Extra Shot” we will look at Europe on high alert to Russian sabotage, Russian backed online efforts to disrupt the Olympics, a Fugitive sheriff from Florida who has a new career as an online propagandist in Russia and we will wrap up looking at a piece about Chinese espionage efforts in the west.
You will need to be a Patreon subscriber to get access to Extra Shot. Click here to subscribe and listen to Extra Shot:
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Articles discussed
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/11/middleeast/sinwar-hamas-israel-ceasefire-hostage-talks-intl/index.html
https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/in-the-new-cold-war-europes-approach-to-china-is-already-outdated/
https://apnews.com/article/cia-fbi-officer-spying-china-56865d1f194b94c014afcef9c53b0b30
https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-border-fbi-homeland-security-7088e6f665f095ad38186cafe69bbddd
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/tajikistan/new-recruiting-ground-isis
On Extra Shot we look at
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/europe-on-high-alert-after-suspected-moscow-linked-arson-and-sabotage
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/
https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/john-mark-dougan-russian-disinformation-network/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmm33rm32veo
Support Secrets and Spies:
Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies
Buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=u
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