Spies Like Us

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Conversations about all things national security in Canada and globally hosted by three retired Canadian intelligence practitioners with almost a century of experience in SIGINT, HUMINT and other forms of intelligence.

  1. JAN 31

    Foreign interference finally 'registers' in Canada!

    The boys in the virtual bar celebrate Friday with a variety of real beers and have reason to cheer! Canada's Public Safety Minister Gary "the recuser" Anandasangaree finally announces a head of the soon-to-be-created Foreign Influence Transparency Registry! It may have been a long time in coming, but they needed to choose a wall colour first (enquiring minds want to know: was it Pantone's colour for 2026 - Cloud Dancer?). And will the new office have the US at the top of its list? One thing that never lists is Spies Like Us!

    31 min

  2. JAN 24

    Season 3 Episode 15: We were never here, but now we are!

    After a short hiatus, the boys are back...and they have a guest! Andrew Kirsch is a former CSIS intelligence officer, an author and willing to talk to us! This is so cool, more people to listen to!

    44 min

  3. JAN 2

    Season 3 Episode 14 - 2026: more doom and gloom...and boom?

    Happy New Year fans!! Like many sites Spies Like Us can have a look ahead episode. Here the lads prognosticate on what we can expect to happen in 2026. Oh, and advice from the Hardy Boys on how to use a cut out operative if you are a foreign state sowing mayhem in another country.

    34 min

  4. 12/20/2025

    Season 3 Episode 13 - the year that was and the foreign agent registry that wasn't

    As 2025 draws to a close, Al, Phil and Neil look back at what made national security headlines this year, wonder why Gary Anandasangaree is still Canada's Public Safety Minister, and figure out why Neil can't be host of the podcast. Despite a lack of good news, we end with a note of holiday cheer!

    30 min

  5. 12/16/2025

    Season 3 Episode 12 - What a week in terrorism! And a potential Canadian spy thrown in for good measure

    The boys are back - with Al having returned from a Top Secret mission to Casablanca where he ate and drank too much - and just in time to weigh in on a whole bunch of foiled and successful terrorist attacks! With Grizzly Bear's reappearance Phil no longer has to ?sing? the musical intro but he does get to mark a special birthday!

    33 min

  6. 12/05/2025

    For the sake of the FBI and the US, Patel should 'kash' out

    While Al is AWOL - didn't he just get back from vacation? - Neil and Phil fill (!) in ably and are joined by former FBI Agent Lauren Anderson to talk about what the heck if happening at the FBI.  No fake guns or challenge coins were harmed in this recording by the way.

    42 min

  7. 11/22/2025

    Season 3 Episode 10 - What keeps the CSIS Director up at night?

    An Al-less trio - which makes Neil and Phil a dynamic duo! - weighs in on CSIS Director Dan Rogers first ?annual? threat overview speech and what Canadians should take away from it. From terrorism to foreign interference to transnational repression to the Canadian Arctic, we look at the landscape but refrain from singing Celine Dion's 'My heart will go on' for obvious reasons.

    36 min

  8. 11/17/2025

    Season 3 Episode 9 - The link between intelligence and warfare is an important one

    To mark Remembrance Day, an important time to pay their respects to the Canadian women and men who paid the ultimate sacrifice, the lads talk about the role that intelligence played in the Afghan conflict.

    32 min
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Conversations about all things national security in Canada and globally hosted by three retired Canadian intelligence practitioners with almost a century of experience in SIGINT, HUMINT and other forms of intelligence.

Information

  • Creator
    PHIL
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © PHIL
  • Show Website
    Spies Like Us

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