EP20: James Bond - the real world of MI6, espionage and the fact in the fiction

EP20: James Bond - the real world of MI6, espionage and the fact in the fiction

The 25th Bond film is in cinemas now and in this episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan he digs into the real life world of espionage, counter terrorism and the life of Bond creator Ian Flemming. First up Peter is in conversation with Sir David Omand. He was the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, served on the Joint Intelligence Committee, Permanent Secretary of the Home Office, and before that Director of GCHQ. His recent book How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence gives a real insight into information gathering. In part two we hear from Dr Robert Bartholomew about the mysteriousHavana Syndrome. Are Western embassies across the World being targeted by a new sonic weapon? He along with Dr Robert Baloh have written extensively on the subject. And to wrap this episode we speak to Andrew Lycett, author of an outstanding biography of Ian Flemming - the creator of the one and only 007. Should you wish, all of today's guests and there work can be found on the links below as well as the wider web... Sir David Omand - www.penguin.co.uk/authors/138288/david-omand.html Dr Robert Bartholomew - www.rebartholomew.com Andrew Lycett - www.andrewlycett.co.uk Peter can be found on Twitter via @peterfrankopan Produced, edited and mixed by @producerneil

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EP15: Private education with author of Sad Little Men, Richard Beard

EP15: Private education with author of Sad Little Men, Richard Beard

What is private education? Who goes in and who comes out? Like Peter, Richard Beard experienced such an education and writes about its impact and how it has shaped modern government in his latest bo...

19 Syys 202136min

EP14: An Atlantic Slave War and competition within Africa with Professor Vincent Brown of Harvard

EP14: An Atlantic Slave War and competition within Africa with Professor Vincent Brown of Harvard

On this episode of I've Been Thinking Peter is in conversation with Vincent Brown, Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard and author of the exce...

12 Syys 202130min

EP13: The Taliban, their roots and other terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan

EP13: The Taliban, their roots and other terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan

Welcome to the second part of this deep look into Afghanistan. Peter speaks to Professor Sumit Ganguly who provides the history and background of the Taliban's origins, and Professor Amira Jadoon one...

5 Syys 202127min

EP12: How Afghanistan fell and why Pakistan may shape their neighbours future

EP12: How Afghanistan fell and why Pakistan may shape their neighbours future

This is a two part special of I've Been Thinking, digging deeper into the situation in Afghanistan. In this episode Peter is in conversation with Ajmal Ahmady, until very recently the Governor of the...

5 Syys 202132min

EP11: Pacific trade routes of the Americas after the arrival of Columbus with Mark Moyama & Fernando Artaga

EP11: Pacific trade routes of the Americas after the arrival of Columbus with Mark Moyama & Fernando Artaga

The Pacific Ocean trade routes have fascinated many for a long time including economic historians Mark Koyama & Fernando Arteaga. Together with their colleague Desiree Desierto they have written an ex...

29 Elo 202134min

EP10: Afghanistan: The past, present, future and ramifications of what we see happening before us

EP10: Afghanistan: The past, present, future and ramifications of what we see happening before us

This episode of I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan is a special one as we look at the developing situation in Afghanistan. Peter has spent a lot of time working on the history of Afghanistan an...

22 Elo 202141min

EP9: Pandemic impact on elections and parallels between the Spanish-Flu & Covid-19 with Leticia Arroyo & Noel Maurer

EP9: Pandemic impact on elections and parallels between the Spanish-Flu & Covid-19 with Leticia Arroyo & Noel Maurer

Leticia Arroyo and Noel Maurer are New York based academics who have written a fascinating work on if and how pandemics shape elections following their paper on the 1918 Spanish Flu. In this episode t...

15 Elo 202142min

EP8: Former Sky News Foreign Correspondent & best selling author Tim Marshall on border tensions, cultural reform & future hopes

EP8: Former Sky News Foreign Correspondent & best selling author Tim Marshall on border tensions, cultural reform & future hopes

Tim Marshall was Diplomatic Editor and foreign correspondent for Sky News but after three decades he chose to step away to focus on analysis and writing of what he had witnessed and learn in his caree...

8 Elo 202131min

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