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CLASSIC: The Honorary Citizens of the United States

Did you know you can become an honorary citizen of the United States? It's true -- but it isn't easy. Join the guys as they explore the life and times of the rare few who managed to become honorary citizens in the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

42m 15s

Jul 30

Who was the real John Henry?

For well over a century, schoolchildren across the United States learned the story of John Henry. According to the legend, John was a formerly enslaved man who found work with a railroad after the Civil War. Widely known as the best steel driver in the area, John wins a Phyrric v ... Show More

35m 13s

Jul 28

From Slaves to Superpower: The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Janissaries

While often forgotten by the global West, the Ottoman Empire was an absolute superpower in its heyday. As the Empire expanded across three separate continents, they also practiced mass enslavement -- and used it to power their army. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore t ... Show More

38m 58s

Mar 2024

Kryptos: The CIA’s Unsolvable Cipher

Everyone knows the CIA headquarters holds many secrets... But their most public secret might be the riddle encoded in Kryptos, a giant outdoor sculpture. As of 2024, the code remains uncracked… at least, as far as we know. Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod ... Show More

38m 6s

Jul 2020

Kryptos, the Uncrackable Code

At the heart of CIA headquarters stands an enigmatic sculpture called Kryptos, encoded with a secret message. For over 30 years, it's stumped an entire community of puzzle solvers. Master cryptologist Elonka Dunin refuses to give up on this challenge and today, she may be inching ... Show More

19m 55s

Aug 2013

Thinking Sideways: The Glomar Explorer

A Cold War mystery, featuring the CIA, Howard Hughes, a sunken Soviet sub and quite possibly a sunken American sub too. With cover stories inside cover stories and weak government explanations for obvious questions, this one is a puzzle wrapped in an enigma zip-locked inside a my ... Show More

27m 54s

Sep 2020

The Nuclear Superhighway | CIA

Undercover CIA agent James Olson takes Vanessa Kirby on a nail-biting mission behind the Iron Curtain. In the late 1970s, James was tasked with tapping an underground communications line between Moscow and a top-secret nuclear weapons facility. Under constant surveillance from th ... Show More

49m 43s

May 2017

E44: The Mystery of The Somerton Man|Tamam Shud Pt. 2

The search for answers about the Somerton Man and the intriguing paper found in his pocket leads hosts Carter and Wenndy to the center of Cold War espionage. As they continue the case, the investigation moves from Persian poetry to a mysterious woman who most certainly lied to th ... Show More

45m 42s

Nov 2022

Episode 4 - Into the Archives: Why Does CIA Have Historians?

On this episode of The Langley Files, CIA's Chief Historian joins Walter and Dee to talk about the Agency's cadre of in-house historians. They'll discuss how these officers' work studying the past supports CIA's mission in the present, what it's like going through the Agency's ar ... Show More

31m 59s

Jun 2023

Behind the Bamboo Curtain | CIA

When two CIA officers were captured in an ambush on Chinese territory, it seemed as though their story was over. In fact, their ordeal had only just begun. Two decades later, their fates still hung in the balance between the power-players of Beijing and Washington. Professor John ... Show More

50m 20s

Nov 2022

The Bin Laden Files, Part 2/3: Take The Shot

As a new era of True Spies begins, Sophia di Martino joins the experts to reveal Osama bin Laden’s origins, methods and motivation. CIA operatives Gina Bennett and Tracy Walder join CNN’s Peter Bergen, the man who first interviewed Osama, to share the unvarnished truth about Bin ... Show More

45m 41s

May 2021

2. The Reality of Life in the CIA with Doug Patteson

<p>In the second episode of Spycraft 101's double feature premiere, hear what it's really like to be a CIA case manager, with former agent Doug Patteson. Who's in more danger--a US agent or a foreign asset?<br/><br/>IG: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/spycraft10 ... Show More

53 m

The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field T...