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
Jun 15
252. Unearthing War Crimes and Mass Graves Through Geospatial Intelligence with Sam McKnight
Today Justin sits down with Sam McKnight. Sam is a graduate student at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He's also the founder and director of Khthon, a non-governmental organization that uses open source intelligence, satellite imagery, and digital analysis to document ... Show More
41m 39s
Jun 8
251. Unveiling Gladio: Cold War Secrets and Italian Intelligence with Niccolò Petrelli
Today Justin sits down with Dr. Niccolò Petrelli. Niccolò is a research scholar at the Center for International and Strategic Studies at LUISS in Rome, Italy. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science, his Master's degree in International Relations, and his PhD in Poli ... Show More
1h 11m
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
Jul 2023
Dancing With Jackals, Part One: The Idealist | CIA
In June 1970, a young man is arrested at the Israeli port of Haifa. On his person, police officers discover pro-Palestine propaganda, a Super-8 video camera, and 2 kilograms of high explosive. His name is Bruno Breguet - and his story only gets stranger from here. In this 2-part ... Show More
38m 20s
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
