So, A KGB Spy & A Navy Intel Guy Walk Into a Bar…Jack Barsky & Keith Mahoney
The door to the walk-in cooler slammed shut behind Jack Barsky. This is it, he thought, this is how it all ends – in a restaurant in the Deep South at the hands of a crazy Irish-American eight inches ...
16 Feb 202154min
“The Cyber Arms Race” – Spies, Hackers & Nicole Perloth of the NY Times (Part 1)
Have you seen that episode of The Crown where an intruder gets in one of the most heavily guarded buildings in the world via an unlocked window? Welcome to its cyber equivalent: “zero-days.” Join Andr...
9 Feb 202144min
U.S. Air Force Counterintelligence – Office of Special Investigations (Part 1 of 2)
Counterintelligence. Counterespionage. Criminal Investigations. The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) have a fascinating remit around the world and across the country – one that also includes cyb...
2 Feb 202137min
“Desperately, Madly in Love” – Brett Peppler and the Australian IC
What better way to start developing an Antipodean flavor to SpyCast than to release an episode with Brett Peppler. Aussie Army. Spec Ops. Deputy Director Military Intelligence. AIPIO President. Profes...
26 Jan 20211h 4min
“American Spy” – A Conversation with Lauren Wilkinson
Marie Mitchell is an FBI agent sent by the CIA to spy on the “African Che Guevara,” leftist president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Inspired by real events, he became president in 1983 at the age o...
19 Jan 202153min
“Insurrection” – The Intelligence Implications: A SpyCast Special
January 6, 2021. What to say. Former president George W. Bush, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all used the term “insurrection.” As these m...
7 Jan 20211h 8min
Chinese. Communist. Espionage. (Part 2 of 2) - Dr. Matthew Brazil
This is the second in our two-parter with Dr. Matthew Brazil, a historian of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence operations. Andrew and Matt discuss everything from recruitment, ideology, and f...
5 Jan 202147min
Pardon Me, Mr. President - From the Vault
Edward Snowden is back in the news. I know what you are thinking: shocker! As we move into the new year from the annus horribilis that was 2020, however, one of the main intelligence stories is will S...
29 Dec 202046min
