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  1. 271. Escaping FARC: A Father Held Hostage by Colombian Rebels with Miles Hargrove

    Today Justin talks with Miles Hargrove. Miles has worked for more than 20 years behind the scenes in the film industry as a cinematographer, editor, and camera operator, including on major feature films such as The Last Castle and the Harry

  2. 270. A Stanford Student Targeted by China with Elsa Johnson

    Today Justin talks with Elsa Johnson. Elsa is a student at Stanford University currently in her senior year. She is majoring in International Relations and East Asian Studies and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. She is also the former managin

  3. 269. Operation Sparrow: Deceiving Hitler in WWII with Dr. Jason Bell

    Today's guest is Dr. Jason Bell. Jason is a professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick, who has served as a Fulbright professor in Germany and taught at universities in Belgium, the United States, and Canada. He's here to di

  4. 268. China's Cyber Spies: The Cyber Espionage Frontier with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel

    Today Justin talks with Dr. Ahana Datta Fasel. Ahana graduated from University College London with a PhD and is the former cyber chief for the Financial Times media group in London. She has also held senior roles in the United Kingdom gover

  5. 267. Guardian: Real Life in the CIA with Thomas Pecora

    This week Justin talks with Tom Pecora. Tom spent 24 years as a security officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in hotspots all over the world, including Somalia, Iraq, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Tom was the chief of se

  6. 266. Brian Franks: The Man Who Saved the SAS with Tim Spicer

    Today, Justin welcomes back Tim Spicer. Tim served for 20 years in the British Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and saw active service in Northern Ireland, The Falklands Campaign, The Gulf War, and the Balkans, as well

  7. 265. From Israel's Spycraft to Hollywood's Spotlight: The Arnon Milchan Saga with Joseph Gelman

    This week Justin sits down with Joseph Gelman. Joe served for three years in the Israeli army as a paratrooper. He's also worked as a private consultant on political campaigns, speech writing, government relations, international marketing,

  8. 264. CIA in Moscow: Behind Russian Lines with Gene Coyle

    Today, Justin talks with Gene Coyle. Gene graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a Bachelor's degree in 1973, followed by a Master's degree in 1974. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for 30 years

  9. 263. Infiltrating the Cartels with Robert Mazur

    Today Justin sits down with Robert Mazur. Robert is a world-renowned authority on money laundering techniques. He spent 27 years working as a US federal agent, including five years undercover, followed by 17 years in the private sector work

  10. 262. France's Secret Weapon Against the Nazis with Nicholas Reynolds

    Today, Justin talks woth Nicholas Reynolds. Nick has had a very enviable career. After graduating from Oxford University in the 1970s, he served in the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer and later as a historian. He retired from the res

  11. 261. Inside the Minds of Soviet Defectors with Kevin Riehle

    Today Justin sits down with Kevin Riehle. Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree in Russian and Political Science at Brigham Young University, his Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence at the Joint Military Intelligence College, and his PhD

  12. 260. Al Qaeda's Second Wave Plot: A Deep Dive into Post-9/11 Investigations with Michael Lebowitz

    Today, Justin is joined by Michael Lebowitz. Michael served as a paratrooper in the Army's 101st Airborne Division and later as a judge advocate in the US Army Reserve, currently at the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a civilian, he's worked

  13. 259. Superbills: The Secret Service's Global Counterfeiting Odyssey with William Gage

    Today Justin sits down with William Gage. Bill graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor's Degree in History and received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University. He worked for more than 11 years

  14. 258. Lawless Agent Running: Britains Biggest Informants in Northern Ireland with John Ware

    This week's guest is John Ware. John is an award-winning investigative journalist with over four decades experience reporting on security, intelligence, and public accountability. He's a former BBC Panorama correspondent who has led major i

  15. 257. [ARCHIVE] Solving the Murder of a CIA Case Officer with Michael Pullara

    This week, Justin revisits episode 61 with trial lawyer Michael Pullara. Michael is a practicing trial lawyer from Texas who has spent more than 40 years representing an incredibly wide variety of clients. In the courtroom, he squared off a

  16. 256. The Operational Life of a SEAL from Vietnam to Central America with Michael Walsh

    Today, Justin sits down with Michael Walsh. Mike served in the US Navy for more than twenty-six years, most of it spent as a SEAL. He completed five tours of duty in Vietnam, including working on the Phoenix Program, running agents and targ

  17. 255. CIA Case Officer to Tesla's Security Innovator with Charles Finfrock

    Today's guest is Charles Finfrock. Charles served in the Navy for four years as a military policeman and investigator. He then joined the Central Intelligence Agency in the summer of 2001 and was in training when the September 11th attacks

  18. 254. Code Name Puritan: The Legacy of Norman Holmes Pearson with Dr. Greg Barnhisel

    Today's guest is today is Dr. Greg Barnhisel. Greg is a graduate of Reed College, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is now a professor of English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the edi

  19. 253. The Plot Against Trotsky with Josh Ireland

    Today Justin talks with Josh Ireland. Josh has a master's degree in history from the University of York. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Headline and Quercus, two of Great Britain's leading publishing companies. Josh has ghostwr

  20. 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 im

  21. 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 Inte

  22. 250. CIA and MI6 in Post-War Albania with Dr. Stephen Long

    Today’s guest is Dr. Stephen Long. Stephen earned a PhD in US foreign policy and intelligence from the University of Birmingham and is an assistant professor of international relations at Shan Xiaotong Liverpool University. He's published a

  23. 249. From the Brazilian Navy to Strategic Intelligence with Luis Fernando Baptistella

    Today Justin speaks with Luis Baptistella. Luis is a specialist in intelligence and counterintelligence, and a retired officer of the Brazilian Navy, where he attained the rank of captain during a distinguished 35-year career. He also serve

  24. 248. The Secrets of British Black Propaganda with Rory Cormac

    This week Justin talks with Rory Cormac. Rory is a professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, specializing in covert action and secret statecraft. He's also given presentations at Number 10 D

  25. 247. Captured by Russians in Ukraine with Kirillo Alexandrov

    Today Justin sits down with Kirillo Alexandrov. Kirillo grew up in the United States, but moved to Kherson, Ukraine in 2018. In April 2022, following the Russian invasion and occupation of eastern Ukraine, Kirillo was taken prisoner. He was

  26. 246. The Ottoman Empire’s Cloak and Dagger with Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan

    Today’s guest is Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan. Emrah received his bachelor's and Master's degree from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and graduated with a PhD from Georgetown University in 2012. He's worked as a consultant for historical tel

  27. 245. Tales of A Cuban Exile: The Story of Angel Benitez with Eduardo Barreto

    Today Justin sits down with Eduardo Barreto. Eduardo is a high school teacher at Gulliver Prep School and an adjunct professor of English composition at Miami-Dade College. He's married with five children and lives in Miami, Florida. Eduard

  28. 244. Fighting Russian Intelligence with Sean Wiswesser

    Justin's guest for today is Sean Wiswesser. Sean is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in History and Russian and Slavic Linguistics. He also has a Master of Strategic Studies deg

  29. 243. From Radicalization to Redemption: Undercover in the Toronto 18 with Mubin Shaikh

    Today Justin sits down with Mubin Shaikh. Mubin grew up in Toronto, Ontario in a family of Indian Muslim immigrants. As a young man, he was drawn down the path of radicalization after traveling to India and Pakistan and encountering Taliban

  30. 242. Inside France's Spy World with Dr. Damien Van Puyvelde

    Today Justin talks with Dr. Damien Van Puyvelde. Damien is an associate professor and head of the Intelligence and Security Group at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, Netherlands. Before joining Leiden Unive

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