Spymasters Books of the Year 2024
The inaugural Books of the Year from the Spymasters Podcast. Join your host Antonia Senior as she talks to three special guests about their books of the year. Oliver Webb-Carter is the Editor of Aspe...
5 Dec 20241h 5min
Trump, Foreign Policy and Intelligence, with Michael Smith
Michael Smith, intelligence expert, talks to Oliver Webb-Carter, editor of Aspects of History, about Trump, Foreign Policy and Intelligence. Michael talks about how the re-election of Trump will eff...
21 Nov 202445min
Putin's Spooks. Inside the FSB, with Dr Kevin Riehle
Kevin Riehle is the author of The Russian FSB, A Concise History of the Federal Security Service. Dr Riehle spent 30 years working for the US Government in various intelligence roles before switching ...
7 Nov 20241h 2min
From Spy to Writer, with IS Berry
Antonia Senior talks to IS Berry about her debut novel The Peacock and the Sparrow. It has garnered rave reviews, and has won the Edgar Award for best first novel. It's set in Bahrain during the Arab ...
24 Okt 202444min
Spies, Istanbul and the 1930s, with Alec Marsh
In this episode of the Spymasters podcast, Antonia Senior talks to Alec Marsh, author of the Drabble and Harris series of historical thrillers. The talk ranges from Istanbul, to the peculiar atmospher...
10 Okt 202439min
To Catch a Spy. The Spycatcher Affair, with Tim Tate
The SpyMasters podcasts interviews all the best writers about spying: fact and fiction, historical and contemporary. In this episode, Antonia Senior talks to the brilliant journalist, writer and docu...
26 Sep 20241h 4min
Midnight in Vienna, with Jane Thynne
Antonia Senior talks to acclaimed novelist Jane Thynne about her new book Midnight in Vienna. Set in London and Vienna in 1938 it follows a young unemployed English tutor called Stella Fry and a disgr...
12 Sep 202453min
Spycraft. Tricks and tools of the dangerous trade from Elizabeth 1 to the Restoration. With Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman
Antonia Senior interviews Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman about their fascinating new book Spycraft. What did it mean to be a spy in Early Modern England? What tips and tricks of the trade were emplo...
29 Aug 202449min
