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All Episodes

Covert Contact — 118 episodes

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1

Shortwave Numbers Stations | Episode 118

2

Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement – And Everywhere Else | Episode 117

3

The Threat of Fake Spies | Episode 116

4

Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage | Episode 115

5

French Officer Busted Spying on NATO for GRU & Other Espionage Cases | 114

6

Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot | Episode 113

7

Texas A&M, NASA, and Chinese Espionage | Episode 112

8

Careers in Intelligence: Beyond the Three Letter Agencies |Episode 111

9

Spying for Russia: The Peter Debbins Case | Episode 110

10

Counterintelligence Chat: Alexei Navalny & Alexander Ma | Episode 109

11

Preparing for A Career in Intelligence: Thoughts on Personal Security and Behavior | Episode 108

12

Understanding the Israel-UAE Deal | Episode 107

13

A Pardon for Edward Snowden? | Episode 106

14

Washington Takes Aim at the Confucius Institute | Episode 105

15

Israel and The United States: Past, Present, and Future with Alon Pinkas | Episode 104

16

Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy | Episode 103

17

Chinese Spies and Russian Honey Traps | Episode 102

18

Quick Take: An Explosion in Beirut | Episode 101

19

Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise | Episode 100

20

Chinese Espionage in the United States | Episode 99

21

Shaping Intelligence Products for Maximum Impact | Episode 98

22

When You Can’t Obey | Episode 97

23

What’s Happening at the Chinese Consulate in Houston? | Episode 96

24

Covert Contact is Back | Episode 95

25

The Poisoning of Sergei Skripal | Episode 94

26

Team Leadership & Ethics | Episode 93

27

The Jerry Chun Shing Lee Case | Episode 92

28

North Korean Cryptocurrency Ops | Episode 91

29

Combatting Misinformation | Episode 90

30

Evaluating the North Korean Threat | Episode 89

31

Protecting the British Royal Family | Episode 88

32

Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Investing | Episode 87

33

Bullets of Palestine | Episode 86

34

Terrorists and Technology | Episode 85

35

Economic Espionage: No One Is Immune | Episode 84

36

Iraq’s Consolidation and the Kurds | Episode 83

37

The Crypto Wars: Update from the Australian Front | Episode 82

38

From CIA Case Officer to Rookie Cop | Episode 81

39

The Kurdish Problem | Episode 80

40

Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption | Episode 79

41

Australian Cyber Policy | Episode 78

42

Australian Approaches to Counterterrorism | Episode 77

43

Australian Special Operations Forces | Episode 76

44

Understanding and Developing Resilience To Information Warfare | Episode 75

45

Deep State Conspiracies | Episode 74

46

Data, AI, and Ethics | Episode 73

47

Beyond Russia: Overlooked Counterintelligence Threats | Episode 72

48

System Failure: It Only Gets More Difficult from Here | Episode 71

49

Iran in the Age of Trump | Episode 70

50

Securing Data, Communications, and Identity with Keybase | Episode 69

51

Egyptian, Muslim, American | Episode 68

52

The Manchester Attack | Episode 67

53

Intelligence Analysis: Feedback, Bias, and Other Challenges | Episode 66

54

Counterintelligence in the Trump Era | Episode 65

55

Exploring Divergent Options | Episode 64

56

Understanding the Pace and Scope of Technology Driven Change | Episode 63

57

Russia, Trump, and Hillary | Episode 62

58

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – The First Debate | Episode 61

59

Putin’s Struggle for Relevancy and Power | Episode 60

60

Citizen Soldiers: Service and Sacrifice with Wendy R. Anderson | Episode 59

61

Inside the President’s Daily Brief with David Priess | Episode 58

62

Fragmented Realities – AV and VR Update | Episode 57

63

Russia, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Election | Episode 56

64

Journalism and Conflict in East Africa | Episode 55

65

The Nice, France Attack: How Can Counterterrorism Evolve with the Threat | Episode 54

66

Building an Intel Shop from the Ground Up | Episode 53

67

Russian Hackers Run Wild on the DNC | Episode 52

68

The Orlando Shooting and Our Struggle to Make Sense of the Senseless | Episode 51

69

Victor in The Rubble: Tackling Intelligence Community Bureaucracy Through Satire | Episode 50

70

Developing and Leveraging Strategic Foresight | Episode 49

71

Intelligence at the State and Local Level | Episode 48

72

Lockpicking 101 (And Why Your Locks Are Useless) | Episode 47

73

Cutting Through the Hybrid Warfare Hype | Episode 46

74

How Will ISIS Evolve and How Will Our Response Evolve with Them? | Episode 45

75

Navigating Massive Technological Change | Episode 44

76

Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin: Identity, Espionage, and Counterintelligence | Episode 43

77

The Rise and Challenge of Transnational Crime | Episode 42

78

What Did Russia Gain in Syria? | Episode 41

79

Are Ungoverned Spaces Inherently Dangerous? | Episode 40

80

Russian Strengths – and Weaknesses | Episode 39

81

Iran’s Quest for Regional Domination | Episode 38

82

LZ Grace: A Place for Warriors to Heal | Episode 37

83

Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and The Burns Oregon Militia Standoff | Episode 36

84

Closing Out 2015 and Looking Toward 2016 with William Tucker | Episode 35

85

Art in Diplomacy and Conflict | Episode 34

86

Understanding and Influencing Enemy Behavior | Episode 33

87

Video Games, Virtual Reality, and Conflict with Robert Rath | Episode 32

88

Understanding the Limits of Intelligence and Counterterrorism | Episode 31

89

The San Bernardino Attack, Small Scale Terrorism, and ISIS | Episode 30

90

Islamism and Democracy: Finding Models for the Middle East and Preserving Our Own | Episode 29

91

Thanksgiving | Episode 28

92

Turkey Shot Down a Russian Jet – Where Do We Go From Here? | Episode 27

93

What You Are Getting Wrong About ISIS | Episode 26

94

Catching Russian Spies with Former Double Agent Naveed Jamali | Episode 25

95

The Paris Attacks and Europe’s Security Challenges | Episode 24

96

War and the New Normal: Phil Walter on Life After War | Episode 23

97

Supporting Independent Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 22

98

The Damascus Cover and the Psychology of Spies with Howard Kaplan | Episode 21

99

Government Email Problems, Wikileaks, Russia, Drone Leaks, NASA Security and Other Counterintelligence Nightmares | Episode 20

100

Encryption as the New Norm: Discussing A Changing Internet with ProtonMail Co-Founder Andy Yen | Episode 19

101

The Battle Between Encryption and Mass Surveillance with Former FBI Agent David Gomez | Episode 18

102

Life, and Art, in Afghanistan with Francesca Recchia | Episode 17

103

Why Terrorism Fails: A Discussion with Max Abrahms | Episode 16

104

Hillary Clinton’s Email Server: Dissecting the Risks with William Tucker | Episode 15

105

Andy Priest on the Importance of Developing New International Crisis Policing Models | Episode 14

106

Scriven King on Balancing Security, Values, and Public Perception in Modern Policing | Episode 13

107

Counterintelligence: William J. Tucker Breaks Down the Challenges | Episode 12

108

Counterterrorism Challenges – Pondering Seemingly Unsolvable Problems with Phillip Smyth | Episode 11

109

The Senate Torture Report | Episode 10

110

Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 9

111

The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama bin Laden and the Heroes You’ll Never Know | Episode 8

112

Why Daesh’s Social Media Campaign is a Massive Failure | Episode 7

113

Robots and the Future of Warfare: The Advantage Might Not Lie with the Inventors | Episode 6

114

Lone Wolf Terrorism and the Importance of Perspective | Episode 5

115

What the Attack in Ottawa Teaches Us About Terrorists – And Ourselves | Episode 4

116

Crypto Wars: Winners, Losers, and the Case for Compromise | Episode 3

117

The State of Twitter, the Struggle to Understand, and The Perils of Technology for Terrorists | Episode 2

118

Intelligence Failures, Agent Storm, and eDiplomacy Trolling | Episode 1