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The Live Drop — 76 episodes

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1

Jack Beaumont on Memory and the French DGSE

2

Shawnna Morris and the Glamorous Cambridge Five

3

James Stejskal: Author, Soldier, Snake-eater, Spy

4

Thomas Maier Reveals the Invisible Spy

5

John Lechner Unveils The Wagner Group

6

Kit Turner & A Ragtag Group of Rebels Hit The Shores of Revolutionary Cuba

7

Digesting Military History with Chris Petty

8

Spycatcher Eric O'Neill Plies his Trade on Cybercrime

9

Mafia Spies from Page to Screen with Thomas Maier

10

The Fenian Raids and a Friendly Border Threat Analysis with Phil Gurski

11

Trevor Aaronson Takes The Sting Out of Law Enforcement

12

Professor Erik Dahl Offers a Prescription for Pandemic Intelligence

13

Syndicating the Experience of Brittany Butler

14

Alma Katsu is Creating a Novel Spy Franchise

15

Berlin Author Bernd von Kostka Duels in the Dark with Cold War History

16

John Pomfret and Polish American Intelligence Cooperation

17

Author Rebecca Donner Enters Hostile Archives to Find Anti-Nazi Spy Mildred Harnack.

18

Taking a Hard Look at the Five Eyes Agreement with Dr. Anthony Wells

19

McCloskey Deconstructs Damascus Station

20

Spending Time on Target with Author Douglas London

21

A Spymaster and a Gentleman, Jack Devine Dispels CIA Myth and Dispenses his Truth

22

George Koval Discussion: The Atomic Spy Who Got Away

23

Former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer Marc Polymeropoulos Offers Clarity In Crisis

24

Daniel Levin Negotiates Hostage Release and Mediates Armed Conflict in the Middle East

25

Todd Bensman Surveys the Southern Border and the Convoluted Path of Human Trafficking

26

Toby Harnden Guides Us Back Into Afghanistan With CIA's Team Alpha, ODA 595, and the Northern Alliance with his new book: FIRST CASUALTY

27

A Moscow Station Conversation with John Sipher who Shares the Secret to a Good Spy Story

28

Author and former refugee, Kao Kalia Yang Reveals the Life, Loss, and Hmong Legacy of the Secret War in Laos

29

Author Jonathan Dyer Switches Back to his Time on Teufelsberg as an Army Intercept Operator with Field Station Berlin

30

International Security Risk Specialist Mike Croll Starts a New Conversation about Safety, Security and Risk

31

Berlin Photographer Dan Kane and That Time the Stasi Made it Weird on the Way to Rostock

32

Unraveling the Portland Spy Ring with Dead Doubles author Trevor Barnes

33

Global Health Supply Chain is Having a Moment - A Covid Conversation with Expert Maeve Magner

34

Former CIA Analyst Cindy Otis Reveals How to Spot Fake News in a Crowded Feed

35

Norman Ohler’s The Bohemians Reveals a Spy Ring the Nazis Didn’t Want us to Remember

36

A Profile of Life in Beirut and Lebanon's History of Unrest with Middle East Historian Emily Whalen

37

Author Jessica Pearce Rotondi Searches the Secret War in Laos for Answers to a Family Mystery

38

Mossad Sends In The Good Assassin to Catch The Butcher of Latvia with Author Stephan Talty

39

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Veteran Dr. Sergei Belyakov Liquidates an Unseen Enemy

40

Dissecting the Anatomy of a Spy For Intent and Motivation with Author Michael Smith

41

Special Forces Author James Stejskal Stays Behind in Berlin with an Unconventional Unit

42

Federal Investigator Fred Burton Presents the Beirut Rules And The Hunt for Hezbollah

43

US Marine and Special Agent Cody Perron Reveals the Diplomatic Security Service

44

Shoulder Surfing in Hong Kong with Security Consultant Ilya Umanskiy

45

Air America Pilot Neil Hansen Drops Some Hard Rice on the CIA's Secret War in Laos

46

Former CIA & FBI Tracy Walder Shares an Unexpected Journey from Sorority Girl to Spy to Spyhunter to Educator

47

Stephen Vogel Digs Into Cold War Berlin and Taps Into British Spy George Blake

48

Canadian Author and Journalist Joyce Wayne Rolls Up the Soviets and Local Members of the Cold War’s Ottawa Spy Ring

49

Polish Solidarity Operative Witold Radwanski Reveals the Golden Rule of Konspiracja

50

High Stakes Poker Player Joe Rivers Reveals How to Avoid Being Shaken or Stirred.

51

Dave Rupert American Trucker, Traveler, and British Spy Who Brought Down the Real IRA

52

Irish Writer and Journalist Sean O’Driscoll Found an Accidental Spy in the IRA

53

Former US Army Intelligence Analyst Stephen Hoyt and Tour NCO Thomas Favia share the US Military Liaison Mission in Theory and Practice

54

An Advanced History of Intelligence with Professor Mark Stout of Johns Hopkins University

55

The Counterspycraft of Stuart Herrington from MACV-SOG in Vietnam to the US Army Foreign Counterintelligence Activity

56

Ambassador Rudy Perina Decodes Cold War Berlinery and How a Diplomat Can Keep the Peace

57

Los Angeles Mediator Lee Jay Berman Is Ripe to Share the Skill of Conflict Resolution

58

Veteran CIA Security Officer Tom Pecora on Guarding the Clandestine

59

Tradecraft Trainer Jason Hanson Transmits from his Spy Ranch Somewhere in Utah

60

Playwright Helen Banner's INTELLIGENCE Goes Onstage with Diplomats and Terrorists

61

Thinker and Soldier John Spencer Goes to Town on Urban Warfare

62

Michael Reiter Directs AGENTS UNKNOWN and Debriefs Intelligence Networks of the Vietcong.

63

Author and former Navy Special Operations JTAC Will Mackin Brings Out The Dog

64

Author Antje Arnold Takes Us Behind The Wall as a VOPO’s Daughter

65

Mr Fish aka Dwayne Booth Reveals Purpose of Satirical Imagery

66

Author Michael Brady Reveals his Non Official Cover as Intelligence Professor at The Citadel

67

Former NSA & CIA Director Michael Hayden Finds Objective Reality

68

Former KGB Jack Barsky Comes Clean About Life Undercover

69

James Vancel of the Busara Center talks Behavioral Economics in Kenya, and East Africa.

70

Assembling the Spy Trade's Most Valuable Weapon - The Code Of Trust with Author and FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke

71

Former ASA Analyst Tim Hall Talks in Dots and Dashes of His Time in Teufelsberg and Thailand,

72

Russia Expert Kevin Ryan of the Belfer Center Demystifies the Elbe Group and a New Role of Retired Military and Intelligence Professionals

73

Russian Actress Evgenia Brik of THE AMERICANS-inspired TV Show ADAPTATSIYA Explains the Elusive Russian soul.

74

Pulling Back The Curtain on Carnegie Center's Dr. Dmitri Trenin In Moscow

75

BSTU Communications Director Dagmar Hovestädt Crosschecks STASI and Privacy

76

Andrew Bustamante talks Everyday Espionage From CIA Case Officer to Everyday Espionage