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 ar...
4 Sep 202443min
Honeytraps
Jerry and John reflect on how intelligence services employ honey traps — snaring assets using sex.
28 Aug 202433min
How the Brain Is Built for Conspiracies (with David Eagleman)
Are our brains wired to believe in conspiracy theories? Brain expert David Eagleman (“Inner Cosmos”) tells John & Jerry how, and how to break through.
21 Aug 202436min
The Trump Loyalty Test (with Tim Miller)
Former Republican National Committee spokesman Tim Miller tells John & Jerry what it's like trying to meet the requirements of membership of today's Republican party.
14 Aug 202437min
Patrick Ewing and the Frozen Envelope (with Chris Ballard)
The 1985 NBA Draft was one of the most controversial in NBA history. How did The New York Knicks land first pick and get Patrick Ewing? Was it rigged? Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard might kno...
7 Aug 202432min
The Simpsons (with Bill Oakley & David Silverman)
Two Simpsons legends explore the theory that The Simpsons either predicts the future or causes the future, perhaps in cahoots with the CIA. Then they ask John & Jerry inside-CIA questions they always ...
31 Jul 202440min
The Elites (with Evan Osnos)
Who are these “elites” that are running everything? And don’t we all aspire to be elite anyway?
24 Jul 202442min
CIA Q&A
Adam Davidson usurps the podcast with questions he always wanted to ask about the CIA, starting with Surveillance Detection Runs.
17 Jul 202426min
