Author Debriefing: The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
For more than forty years, the United States has played an indispensable role helping the Chinese government build a booming economy, develop its scientific and military capabilities, and take its pla...
3 Feb 201544min
Defending a Spy: An Interview with Espionage Attorney Plato Cacheris
What do Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Ana Montes have in common? Two things: they all spied against the United States, and they all had Plato Cacheris as their lawyer. SPY Historian Vince Houghton...
27 Jan 201530min
Author Debriefing | Iran-Contra: Reagan’s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power
Through exhaustive use of declassified documents, previously unavailable investigative materials, and wide-ranging interviews, Malcolm Byrne explores what made the Iran-Contra scandal possible and met...
13 Jan 20151h 9min
Drones: Past, Present, and Future: An Interview with Dr. Trevor McCrisken
Guest host Dr. Chris Moran of Warwick University (UK) sat down with his colleague, Dr. Trevor McCrisken, for a SpyCast on the role of drones in modern surveillance, warfighting, and counterterrorism. ...
16 Des 201440min
Inside the Stasi Archives: An Interview with Dr. Doug Selvage
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with historian Doug Selvage to discuss the archives of the East German Ministry of State Security, the Stasi. Dr. Selvage, Project Director in the Office of the F...
2 Des 201440min
Spies, Policymakers, and Nuclear Weapons: An Interview with Gregg Herken (Part 1)
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with historian Gregg Herken to discuss his new book The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington. Herken, the professor emeritus of modern Americ...
25 Nov 201427min
Spies, Policymakers, and Nuclear Weapons: An Interview with Gregg Herken (Part 2)
SPY Historian Vince Houghton continues his conversation with historian Gregg Herken, focusing on his previous four books on US nuclear policy. Brotherhood of the Bomb, Cardinal Choices, Counsels of Wa...
25 Nov 201432min
Can a Drone Read Your Email? : An Interview with Mike Tassey and Rich Perkins
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Mike Tassey and Rich Perkins, creators of the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform, a state-of-the-art cyber drone. Mike and Rich built their unmanned aeria...
17 Nov 201429min
