Today's guest is Kit Turner. Kit has worked as an anthropologist and archeologist in the U. S., Polynesia, and Southwest Asia. He later joined the Central Intelligence Agency where he spent 25 years working in East Asia, South Asia, and Europe, running sensitive operations against high priority objectives. He's been awarded the Intelligence Star, a commendat ... Show More
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241. From Russia with Secrets: The Defection of an FSB Officer with Janosh Neumann
Today Justin sits down with Janosh Neumann, known as Jay. Jay was born in Russia under a different name and joined the Federal Security Service, known as the FSB ,as a counterintelligence officer in 1996. Over the next few years, he investigated international money laundering and ... Show More
1h 18m
Mar 23
240. A Czech Spy Turned Little League Coach with Zach Dorfman
Today Justin is joined again by Zach Dorfman. Zach is a national security reporter whose work has appeared in Politico, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. He received his vachelor's degree from Skidmore College and a Master's de ... Show More
47m 50s
Nov 2024
A CIA Man in China: 20 Years Imprisoned
<p>This is the story of America's longest held prisoner of war. John 'Jack' Downey, an American CIA operative, was imprisoned by the Chinese for 21 years during the Cold War.</p><br><p>Don speaks to Barry Wirth, author of 'Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey's Cold War.' They explore w ... Show More
40m 26s
Oct 2025
Candy Jones, the Brainwashed Fashion Model
Candy Jones had an impressive résumé: Miss Atlantic City, Model of the Year, highest-paid cover model of the 1940s, entrepreneur, radio personality, author…and an unwitting undercover CIA agent, brainwashed by the government. Or, so she claimed. To find out more, we’re digging in ... Show More
48m 3s
<p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Journalist Annie Jacobsen visits Google to discuss her book \"The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency\". \n\nMs. Jacobsen has written the first history of the Defense Department's ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">In this fascinating episode of the Spybrary Spy History Podcast, host <a href= "https://www.adambrookes.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Adam Brookes</a> interviews Barry Werth auth ... Show More
