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S9 Ep21: Espresso Martini | Southport Killer, South Korea’s Political Crisis, Trump’s Team Navigates Middle East Ceasefires, and TV’s Spy Thriller Renaissance
S9 Ep20: Espresso Martini | January 6 Pardons, Syria’s Crossroads, and the CIA’s Secret Partner
S9 Ep19: Will ISIS Make a Comeback in 2025? with Aaron Zelin
S9 Ep18: How to Think Like A Spy with Julian Fisher
S9 Ep17: 2025 Global Forcast with Sam Liechtenstein from RANE
S9 Ep16: Murder of a British Spy in the IRA with Henry Hemming
Happy Holidays and Thank You for your support over 2024
S9 Ep15: Russian Spy Ships and undersea cables with Florian Flade
S9 Ep14: The Fall of Assad and What’s Next for Syria with Phillip Smyth
S9 Ep13: We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History with Jack Murphy
S9 Ep12: Can a Federation Heal the Divide between Israel and Palestine with Nigel Roberts
S9 Ep11: Far-Right Extremism Under Trump 2.0 with Jacob Ware
S9 Ep10: Espresso Martini | Trump’s Coming War on the Intelligence Community, Russia’s Sabotage Campaign, and America’s Future at a Crossroads
S9: Podcast Update 11/23
S9 Ep9: Russian mercenaries in Africa with Philip Obaji
S9 Ep8: David Bickford, former Legal Director of MI5 & MI6 turned author
S9 Ep7: Espresso Martini | North Korean Troops to Ukraine, Sinwar’s End, Israel Rolls Up an Iranian Spy Ring, and Conspiracies Drive Threats to FEMA
Chris is unwell, so he is resharing The Double Bind with Meredith Tax
S9 Ep6: Espresso Martini | Gaza After a Year of War, Iran’s Criminal Alliances, Russia’s Arctic Intrigues, and Tom Clancy’s Legacy
S9 Ep5: Who Attacked Nord Stream? Inside the Investigation with Florian Flade
S9 Ep4: Hezbollah Decapitated, Israel Invades, and Iran Attacks with Phillip Smyth
S9 Ep3: Exploding Pagers and More Airstrikes: Unpacking Hezbollah’s Catastrophic Week with Phillip Smyth
S9 Ep2: Extra Shot Preview: The weaponisation of disgust, a peek inside a US Far-Right militia and a globally integrated ISIS
S9 Ep1: Espresso Martini | Teen Terrorism, Telegram Trouble, and Exposing the Kremlin’s American Useful Idiots
The Secret History of Area 51 with Peter Merlin (Repost)
Extra Shot Teaser: Privacy vs. national security, threats to democracy, Ukraine aid, and the state of the Royal Navy
Secrets & Spies Listener Survey 2024
S8 Ep59: Tim Tate - To Catch A Spy - Peter Wright and the SpyCatcher affair
S8 Ep58: Russian Sleeper Spies in Germany with Florian Flade
S8 Ep57: Inside the blockbuster US-Russia prisoner swap with Shane Harris
S8 Ep56: Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah on the brink with Phillip Smyth
S8 Ep55: How autocracies try to undermine democracy with Anne Applebaum
S8 Ep54: Espresso Martini | Russian agents target the Olympics, Trump assassination attempt and President Biden steps out of the Presidential race
S8 Ep53: Unpacking the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump with Jacob Ware
S8 Ep52: UK & French Elections, UK defence report and Russian information campaign exposed in US
S8 Ep51: How the KGB and the FSB attempt to subvert Western democracies with Mark Hollingsworth
S8 Ep50: Conspiracies, Disinformation, and Mission Implausible with John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea
S8 Ep49: God, Guns, and Sedition with Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
S8 Ep48: Espresso Martini: Hamas leaders messages, Europe & China, Chinese spies and potential ISIS-K plot foiled in USA
No show this weekend, we will return next weekend.
S8 Ep47: London Met Murder Investigation Team with Steven Keogh
S8 Ep46: Espresso Martini: Iran’s President is killed, Israel & Iranian espionage comparisons and secret Hamas surveillance files.
S8 Ep45: What President Raisi’s death means for Iran
S8 Ep44: Havana Syndrome from a technological and medical perspective.
S8 Ep43: Espresso Martini: Plot to kill Zelensky, Russian sabotage plots, and Chinese hacking.
S8 Ep42: Agent Of The Iron Cross With Bill Mills
S8 Ep41: The reality behind “A Spy Alone” with Charles Beaumont
S8 Ep40: Israel and Iran climb (and descend?) the escalation ladder with Phillip Smyth
No Espresso Martini or Extra Shot this weekend
S8 Ep39: The legal case for the victims of Havana Syndrome with Mark S. Zaid
S8 Ep38: Directed energy and Havana Syndrome with Dr. James Giordano
S8 Ep37: Former US Navy Captain Gene Moran on the Houthi threat in the Red Sea
S8 Ep36: Espresso Martini: Putin exploits ISIS-K attack, House Republicans hold up US aid to Ukraine, and new Havana Syndrome information.
S8 Ep35: Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu imprisoned in Azerbaijan
S8 Ep34: Moscow ISIS-K attack, Ukriane update and Ukraine Intelligence
S8: Easter sample of Extra Shot our Patreon only show
S8 Ep33: Espresso Martini: Tactical nukes, Spies in Brussels, Turkish spies in the West and more
S8 Ep32: The US government’s search for alien life with Garrett Graff
S8 Ep31: The Discord Leaks with Shane Harris
S8 Ep30: Espresso Martini: Leaked Russian documents, defector shot in Spain, CIA's relationship with Ukrainian intelligence
S8 Ep29: The death of Alexei Navalny and its consequences with Edward Lucas
S8 Ep28: Espresso Martini: Russian space weapons, Tucker Carlson in Russia and a beheading in Pennsylvania
S8 Ep27: The Path Ahead For The Middle East with Laura Rozen
S8 Ep26: US Airstrikes in Iraq & Syria with Phillip Smyth
S8 Ep25: The Year of the Locust with Terry Hayes
S8 Ep24: Espresso Martini: Strikes against the Houthi’s, Chinese spies and the hunt for Hamas’s spokesman Abu Obaida.
S8 Ep23: The Secret History of Area 51 with Peter Merlin
S8 Ep22: UK release of Moscow X with former CIA analyst David McCloskey
S8 Ep21: 2024 Global forecast with Sam Lichtenstein from RANE
S8 Ep20: The Lion And The Fox with Alexander Rose
S8 Ep19: Directing James Bond with John Glen
S8 Ep18: Spy Artist Prisoner with Lady Jane Reid
S8 Ep17: Spy Game Trilogy, with Michael Frost Beckner and guest host Stephen England
S8 Ep16: Espresso Martini: An alleged Cuban Mole, Traders profiting off 7th October attack and Israeli Intelligence Failures
S8 Ep15: Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Anti Western Axis with Dr Taras Kuzio
S8 Ep14: Iranian Militia Attacks on US Forces with Phillip Smyth
S8 Ep13: Hamas hostage deal, coming to terms with 7th October, Ukraine nuclear weapons and political dysfunction the greatest threat to the US
S8 Ep12: The Double Bind revisited - No Espresso Martini or Extra Shot this week
S8 Ep11: Israel-Hamas War with Malcolm Nance
S8 Ep10: Espresso Martini: Hamas Spies, Russian Sabotage and ATACMS for Ukraine
S8 Ep9: Disrupting Time, a tale of watches and industrial espionage with Aaron Stark
S8 Ep8: Inside the Israel-Hamas War with Phillip Smyth
S8 Ep7: The Lumumba Plot with Stuart A. Reid
S8 Ep6: Espresso Martini: Hamas 7th October Attack in Israel
S8 Ep5: Best Thriller Books with Kashif Hussain
S8 Ep4: Espresso Martini: Russian & Chinese Spies in the UK and an Assassination in Canada
S8 Ep3: Moscow X with former CIA analyst David McCloskey
S8 Ep2: Extra Shot Teaser -- Espresso Martini & Extra Shot returns 30th September
S8 Ep1: Espresso Martini: Coups in Africa, Prigozhin’s death and a Russian pilot defects.
S7 Ep41: Summer Special: Stalin’s Englishman with Andrew Lownie
S7 Ep40: Espresso Martini 15: Missing Chinese Foreign Minister, another Russian coup predicted and the dangers of AI.
S7 Ep39: Espresso Martini: Cluster Bombs, Ukraine NATO membership and Prigozhin’s meeting with Putin
S7 Ep38: Soon Dies the Day with Stephen England
S7 Ep37: Operation Chrysler and a Murder Behind Enemy Lines in World War II with Pate McMichael
S7 Ep36: Espresso Martini: Prigozhin vs Putin and Wagners mutinous weekend in Russia
S7 Ep35: Espresso Martini: Trump Classified Docs Debacle and a Chinese Spy Base In Cuba
S7 Ep34: Espresso Martini: A Farewell to Robert Hanssen & No 10 Blacklisting with Dan Kaszeta
S7 Ep33: The Liquid Bomb Plot with Aki J. Peritz.
S7 Ep32: Espresso Martini Episode Ten