“How Spies Think” – Spy Chief David Omand
Ever thought you were the smartest person in the room? You’ve never been in a room with Sir David Omand. My former professor – no slouch himself – described Sir David as “the brightest person I have e...
24 Nov 20201h 1min
From the Vault: Intelligence & Analysis in the National Football League
If 1985 was “The Year of the Spy,” was 2019 its equivalent in the sporting world? The Patriots were accused of spying on the Bengals, Leeds Utd. of surveilling Derby County, and the Houston Astros of ...
17 Nov 202025min
Moxie + Brains = America’s First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent
Join Andrew and former Baltimore Sun reporter Liz Atwood as they dig into the fascinating life of multi-lingual Baltimore socialite Marguerite Harrison: path-breaking journalist, documentary actor, co...
10 Nov 202057min
Dis.information: Russia, China & the Specter of Democracy
Fact vs. Fake. Truth vs. Lies. Information vs. Disinformation. For voters trying to choose between competing parties and candidates the distinction between them would seem to be central. But is it sti...
3 Nov 202047min
An Ode to Sean Connery’s ‘Bond’ | WTOP
For Andrew Hammond, a Scotsman and the historian and curator of the International Spy Museum, the loss of iconic actor Sean Connery this week at the age of 90 hits particularly hard. “As a Scot, some...
2 Nov 20204min
2020 Election Special: Electoral Interference & Intelligence
What do you get if you cross a Harvard historian with a UCLA trained political scientist and an award winning doctoral researcher? One word: context. Join Andrew and his guests – Calder Walton, Dov Le...
27 Okt 20201h 12min
Personal Attention, SpyCast Listeners - The Authorised History of GCHQ
Authorized History of a Secret Intelligence Agency –(STOP)– author debriefed by Spy Historian Hammond –(STOP)– WW1 WW2 Cold War –(STOP)– reevaluation of Western Front Bletchley Park Ultra Falklands W...
20 Okt 202052min
Chinese. Communist. Espionage. (Part 1 of 2) - Dr. Matthew Brazil
14 Okt 202043min
