All Episodes
Iron Butterfly — 103 episodes
J'Tia Hart: Sable Sage—The Future is Fierce
Susan Miller: California Cool
Chitra Sivanandam: Maven Gray on Remote Sensing, Failure as Fun, and Living as an Experiment (pt 2)
Chitra Sivanandam: Maven Gray on Immigrant Community and Being an Artistic Engineer (pt 1)
Laura Thomas: Firefly on Recruiting Spies, Exfiltrating Assets, & Dating as a Case Officer (pt 2)
Laura Thomas: Firefly on Annie Oakley, Fake IDs, Getting a CIA Pseudonym, & a Fake Cavity Op (pt 1)
Karen Gibson: Kumquat on her First Star, Beating Breast Cancer, and the Sergeant at Arms pt. 2
Karen Gibson: Kumquat on a Rugged Upbringing, War Stories, and Tolkien’s Chick with the Sword pt. 1
Tish Long: Mimi on Creating an Intel Agency, as the First Female Director & Being a Step-Mom, pt 2
Tish Long: Mimi on Becoming an Engineer, Being the Only Woman, & Conquering Public Speaking (pt 1)
Sue Gordon: Humble Servant on Sally Ride, Cancer Treatment, and Grief as a Doorway (pt 2)
Sue Gordon: Humble Servant on Duke Basketball, a Meet Cute, and Early Career at CIA (pt 1)
Carmen Medina: Kind Rebel at Work on MI6, the Dawn of the Internet, and Male-Ordered Systems, Part 2
Carmen Medina: Kind Rebel at Work on Curiosity, Her Puerto Rican Roots, and Being a Bad Bureaucrat
Inside The Power We Hold: Stories from Women Spies, Iron Butterfly's First Feature Documentary, Part 2
Inside The Power We Hold: Stories from Women Spies, Iron Butterfly's First Feature Documentary, Part 1
Andrea Wallis Aven: A Historical Special Episode on her aunt, an OSS veteran, Jane Wallis Burrell
CC Durall: Wave Rider on Language, Translation, Human Capital, and the power of Self-Reinvention
Lucy Ferguson: Steel Bubbles on British Intelligence, Diplomacy, and James Bond
Yolanda Reid: Mercedes on the NSA, Cybersecurity, and Strength through Adversity
Rupal Patel: Arsenal on Intelligence Analysis, Curiosity, Courage, and Self-Leadership
Michelle Mosey: Cowgirl on Risk-Taking, Difference-Making, and FVEY Intelligence-Sharing
Suzanne Spaulding: Kingfisher on WMD, Family Life, and the Hokey Pokey with the KBG
Elizabeth Grimm (Pt 2): Reaper Ever After on Activism, Kindness, and Hope in 2025
Elizabeth Grimm (Pt 1): Reaper Ever After on Teaching, Torture, and Selzter Water
Katrina Mulligan (Pt 2) on Benghazi, GTMO, Snowden, & Surviving a Cancer Diagnosis
Katrina Mulligan: Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me on Seizing Opportunity and Barack Obama’s Campaign
Shari Garcia Rozen: Steel Blossom
Special Episode: Iron Butterfly Documentary
Marisa Lightfoot: Formidable Bear
Diana Burley: Steel Fist inside a Velvet Glove
Special Episode with Girl Security on Election Security
The Future is Female: Live at George Mason University
Jennifer Ewbank: Renaissance Quest
Beyond the Beltway: Live at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Season 7 Teaser
Eman Blair: Faith
Sandra Auchter: Badassy
Caitlin Marsh: Evergreen
Maureen "Marty" Fromuth: Danvers
Special Panel Episode | See Her Be Her
Debora Plunkett: Steel Scale
Linda Weissgold: Reality check
Uyen Dinh: Diamond Eye
Kristi Scott: Red October
Season 6 Teaser
Arlene Gaylord: Corazón
Vinita Fordham: Ms. Marvel
Tasha Jones: Ghost Phoenix
Jen Sovada: Interstellar
Anjuma Goswami Karkera | Fierce Something-or-Another
Special Live Episode | Firefly, Mija, and Simple Patriot
Sarah Mineiro: Plasma Unicorn
Teresa Shea: Jinx Johnson
Season 5 Teaser
Iron Butterfly | Special Episode – Documentary Announcement
Season Finale: The Iron Butterfly Podcast Team (Beating Falcon, Wise Wisteria, Fierce Fire, & Bulldog)
Nazaret Berhane: Khaleesi
Stephanie LaRue: Mija
Kristin Wood: The Conductor
Melissa Smislova: Bumblebee
Janaki Kates: Spy Mom
Lauren Bean Buitta: Eagle Ears
Special Episode: Virginia Hall (The Intrepidus Eagle)
Suzanne Heckenberg: Y Flyer
La’Naia Jones: Bikram
Jackie Barbieri: Pearl of Delphi
Quiet Bear, Ruski Frog, Sidewinder, and Titanium Shark
Rachel Grunspan: Time Traveler
Jacqueline Tame: Game Breaker
Silver Cloud, Jericho, and Water Dragon
Season Two Finale Teaser
Laura Nelson: Crypto Raven
Erringer Helbling: Ruby
Chitra Sivanandam: Fermented Chimera
J'Tia Hart: Sable Sage
April Falcon Doss: Grace Note
Laura Thomas: Firefly
Special Episode: The Leprechaun, The Jackal, and Envoy
Janna Scott-Tarman: The Trampoline
Joan Dempsey: Steely Eyed Blonde
Jeny Mills: Blue Hand
Dr. Stacey Dixon: Serene
Mary Legere: Dragon Six
Lynn Dugle: Boundless
Leslie Ireland: Wonder Woman
Season Two Teaser
Yvette Hopkins: Amarone 6
Alice Fisher: Radar
Dawn Meyerriecks: Heritage Oak
Maria Witkop: Stone Catcher
Margery Conway: Meteorite
Corin Stone: Tempered Glass
Janice Glover-Jones: Warrior Luminous
Suzanne Kelly: Cipher One
Mary Quinn: Q
Jenifer Smith: Sapphire Helix
Tish Long: The Velvet Hammer
Ellen McCarthy: Big Mac
Karen Gibson: Kumquat
Sue Gordon: Simple Patriot
Carmen Medina: Rebel at Work
Iron Butterfly Trailer