Mission Implausible

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Mission Implausible

As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why. - Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern - Associate Producer: Rachel Harner - A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Embedded with The Proud Boys on January 6th (with Nick Quested)

    Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested called up the leader of The Proud Boys and got an invite to tag along to The Insurrection with his cameras. Quested’s eye-witness footage was part of the Congressional January 6th Committee evidence and now part of Jack Smith’s case against Trump. Quested shares his insights and his predictions about what will go down this November.

    26 min

  2. OCT 9

    Everyone Controls the Weather But Nobody Does Anything About It

    Jerry and John -- and Adam! -- think about the current hurricanes and the dangerous conspiracy theories that weaponize them. As always, they view the larger context of false weather beliefs.

    13 min

  3. OCT 2

    America the Hellhole? Russian Disinformation Today (with Michael Weiss)

    Certain American are repeating Russian propaganda and might not even realize where it came from. Russia is pushing the narrative that America is a disaster, and Trump has picked up the thread. How does Russia feed their message into U.S. conversations and how do they benefit from it? It's the end of our trilogy of Michael Weiss' illuminating interview.

    34 min

  4. SEP 25

    Russian Disinformation Part Two: The Last Three Weeks (with Michael Weiss)

    Would you take $100,000 per week to parrot Russian propaganda on your podcast? Well, some guys did, and are now indicted.

    34 min

  5. SEP 18

    Russian Disinformation (with Michael Weiss)

    How did the Russians get so good at the disinformation game, how do they do it, and who's doing it for them?

    37 min

  6. SEP 11

    The Private Life of a Spy (with Jen Banbury)

    Adam’s wife has a lot of personal CIA questions for John & Jerry.

    51 min

  7. SEP 4

    Does the CIA Control the Media? (with Philip Mudd)

    If not the CIA, then maybe the FBI? How about both? Philip Mudd worked for both agencies and then resigned and he has the answers. Including whether RFK Jr.'s suspicions about Operation Mockingbird are valid.

    44 min

  8. AUG 28

    Honeytraps

    Jerry and John reflect on how intelligence services employ honey traps — snaring assets using sex.

    33 min
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As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why. - Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern - Associate Producer: Rachel Harner - A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures

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