181. From Anthropology to Espionage and Authorship with Kit Turner

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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 commendation for valor after a dangerous deployment. He's also the author of a nonfiction book, four novels, and has published articles on intelligence activities which have appeared in The Journal of Intelligence, Propaganda, and Security Studies and The Cypher Brief. He's even been featured in an article from Watches of Espionage, one of my own favorite newsletters. I invited Kit onto the podcast to discuss his career along with his newest novel on the Cuban revolution.
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186. Defeating Noriega: Inside Operation Just Cause with Rick Yell 1:24:50

9 days ago1:24:50

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This week Justin talks with Rick Yell. Rick served as a civilian agent with the Naval Investigative Service, later renamed the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In 1986, he was assigned to the resident agency at Fort Amador, Panama. He was present along with his family before, during, and after Operation Just Cause, when the U.S. military ousted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Rick is featured as one of the primary subjects of the new book, Ghosts of Panama by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr and he's here today to discuss his time in Panama as relations with the United States deteriorated and both nations prepared for war, and what it is like to live through a chaotic invasion right in your own backyard. Check out the book, Ghosts of Panama , here . https://a.co/d/fVVKiAE Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . OC Strategic Academy Learn spy skills to hack your own reality. Use code SPYCRAFT101 to get 10% off any course! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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185. The Invisible Battlefield: Subversion in the Age of Information with Andreas Krieg 52:25

16 days ago52:25

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This week Justin interviews Andreas Krieg. Andreas is a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London and at the Royal College of Defense Studies. He spent more than 10 years living, studying, and working across the Middle East and North Africa, including in Lebanon, Syria, and Qatar. He is a co-author of the book, Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the 21st Century , which was published in 2019. He also works as a geo strategic consultant through his own private firm, Mina Analytica limited based in London. I invited Andreas onto the podcast to discuss his newest book, Subversion: She Strategic Weaponization of Narratives. Connect with Andreas: Check out the book, Subversion , here . https://a.co/d/ca9MoIZ Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Grayman Briefing Classified Use code GBCSpycraft to save 20% on your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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184. How to Deliver a Ransom with Rob Phayre 1:09:38

23 days ago1:09:38

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Today Justin sits down with Rob Phayre. Rob served for seven years in the British Army as a helicopter pilot and commander. After leaving the service, he moved to Kenya and opened his own business before moving into a second career in security and crisis management a few years later. Much of his time involved responding to Somali piracy and hostage taking in East Africa. He's helped resolve nearly 40 hostage incidents, both on and offshore, across Africa. Two of those ransoms have held the Guinness World Records for the largest ransoms ever paid for the release of hostages at sea. Rob has also published three novels and a series of short stories just since 2021. He's here to discuss his newest book, How to Deliver a Ransom . It's a handbook for understanding, preventing, and surviving some of the most dangerous situations that take place around the world every day, including hijackings and kidnappings for ransom. Connect with Rob: robphayre.com howtodeliveraransom.com Twitter/X: @robphayre IG: @robertphayre Check out the book, How To Deliver A Ransom , here . https://howtodeliveraransom.com/ Transform your career using spy skills from OC Strategic: https://academy.ocstrategic.com/ Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Grayman Briefing Classified Use code GBCSpycraft to save 20% on your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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183. My Life As a Canadian Spy with Andrew Kirsch 54:09

30 days ago54:09

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Today Justin sits down with Andrew Kirsch. Andrew grew up in Toronto, Canada, and is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He worked as an investment advisor in London before applying for a position with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service or CCIS. He spent nearly 10 years as an intelligence officer working in several positions, including analyst, investigator, and as a special operations team leader. He now runs the Kirsch Consulting Group, a risk advisory firm based in Toronto. He's here to discuss his career, which he wrote about in his book,. Andrew's memoirs, which were published in 2022, and was the first autobiography ever written by a former CSIS employee. Connect with Andrew: kirschgroup.com YouTube: youtube.com/@AS_Kirsch Check out he book, I Was Never Here , here . https://amzn.to/42Tcf8Q Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Support the show…

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182. The Most Damaging Espionage Case in History with Joe Navarro 42:53

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Today Justin talks to retired Special Agent Joe Navarro. Joe spent 25 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, primarily working on counterintelligence investigations. He is also a founding member of the National Security Division Behavioral Analysis Program, which focused on the behavior of spies, terrorists, and criminals. During his career, Joe developed tremendous expertise in nonverbal communication and body language, and after retiring, went on to write the international bestseller, What Everybody Is Saying , which teaches anyone how to improve their own nonverbal communication skills and situational awareness. Since then, he's also written several other books on body language, interview techniques, and human psychology, among other subjects. He's here to discuss a case from his time with the FBI, on which he's also written a book. In 1988, an interview with a U.S. soldier named Rod Ramsey led Joe and his fellow agents deep into a case of Cold War espionage now known as the Conrad Spy Ring. Connect with Joe: jnforensics.com Check out the book, Three Minutes to Doomsday, here . https://a.co/d/gqKDCZH Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Support the show…

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181. From Anthropology to Espionage and Authorship with Kit Turner 39:42

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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 commendation for valor after a dangerous deployment. He's also the author of a nonfiction book, four novels, and has published articles on intelligence activities which have appeared in The Journal of Intelligence, Propaganda, and Security Studies and The Cypher Brief . He's even been featured in an article from Watches of Espionage , one of my own favorite newsletters. I invited Kit onto the podcast to discuss his career along with his newest novel on the Cuban revolution. Connect with Kit: Check out his latest book, The Children of Outer Darkness, here . https://amzn.to/3WsDe6P Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Support the show…

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180. Evolution of Drone Warfare From Vietnam to the War on Terror with David Axe 37:10

7 weeks ago37:10

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Today's guest is David Axe. David is a journalist and filmmaker. His work has appeared in The Daily Beast , Vice , Reuters , Wired.com , The Washington Post , Forbes , and many other publications. He's published several books including fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels. He's also written, produced, or directed several independent films. David is here to discuss the origins of American battlefield drones and how their early successes and failures helped inform the continued development of drone warfare through the decades all the way to the global war on terror. Connect with David: forbes.com/sites/davidaxe Check out the book, Drone War Vietnam , here . https://amzn.to/4jnjhIC Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Grayman Briefing Classified Use code GBCSpycraft to save 20% on your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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179. Who Was D. B. Cooper? with Pat Boland 1:17:09

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This week Justin talks with Pat Boland. Pat has worked in several different positions in sales and marketing, including as a Portfolio Analyst, Consultant, and Senior Account Executive. She's currently working as a writer and researcher. But aside from her career, she's also devoted a great deal of time to investigating one of the most intriguing mysteries of the 20th century, the true identity of the famous skyjacker known as D. B. Cooper, who quite literally disappeared into thin air with $200,000 in ransom money in November 1971. Today, Pat shares her research and findings on this infamous story and the potential connections to other people and topics discussed here on the podcast in the past. Connect with Pat: negotiablecurrency.com Twitter/X: @PatBoland2 facebook.com/groups/328076965475576/ Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Grayman Briefing Classified Use code GBCSpycraft to save 20% on your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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178. Czechoslovakia's Cold War Liaisons with the Palestinian Liberation Organization with Dr. Daniela Richterova 1:12:22

9 weeks ago1:12:22

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Today Justin sits down with Dr. Daniela Richterova. Daniela received her master's degree from King's College London and her PhD from the University of Warwick. She is an associate professor of intelligence studies at the department of war studies at King's College London, as well as the co director of the King's Center for the Study of Intelligence. Her work has been published in international affairs, foreign policy, and other major media outlets and journals. She's here to discuss the culmination of her research into the Czechoslovakian STB intelligence agency and its decades of collaboration with third world organizations, most notably within the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Connect with Daniela: BlueSky: @drichterova.bsky.social Twitter/X: @dRichterova Check out Daniela's book, Watching the Jackals , here on Amazon or here from Georgetown University Press. https://a.co/d/eKuKzUD https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Watching-the-Jackals Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . History by Mail Who knew? Not me! Learn something new every month. Use code JUSTIN10 for 10% off your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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177. Traitor or CIA Double Agent? The Richard Craig Smith Story 34:30

10 weeks ago34:30

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In this solo episode, Justin share some of his own research. Today he discusses the very unusual case of Richard Craig Smith. Craig was a former army counterintelligence agent who was arrested in April, 1984 for passing classified information to a KGB officer in Japan on several occasions. There are two very different versions of Craig's story. He did meet with a Soviet intelligence agent. He did give him information on American double agents and he was paid for this information. Craig did not dispute this during the trial, but his defense was that he'd done it at the behest of case officers from the CIA who had approached him and recruited him as a double agent against the KGB. If that was so, why was he ever brought to trial in the first place? Because the CIA did not claim him as one of their recruited agents. So, either he was a spy and a traitor... or he was a double agent left out in the cold by his own country. Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Grayman Briefing Classified Use code GBCSpycraft to save 20% on your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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176. First to Afghanistan: The Earliest Days of the War on Terror with David Tyson 1:55:26

11 weeks ago1:55:26

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This week's guest is David Tyson. David served in the U. S. Army first as an enlisted artilleryman and later as an intelligence officer. During his time in the Army, he discovered he had an affinity for learning languages, and after leaving the service, he began working towards a graduate degree, focusing his studies on Central Asia. He was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1996, and five years later, was one of the first Americans to enter Afghanistan in November 2001. David and the other members of his team worked side by side with members of the Northern Alliance as they fought their way through the country, culminating in the retaking of Kabul and a decisive battlefield victory over the Taliban within just a few weeks. Along the way, the team found themselves in serious danger, including the terrible and costly fight during the Kali Jangi prison uprising, which cost the life of Johnny Michael Spann, America's first casualty in Afghanistan. Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Support the show…

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[BONUS] Espionage in TV: The Sandbaggers 16:34

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Join Justin for a special review episode of The Sandbaggers , a British television series that ran for three seasons between 1978 and 1980 following characters who worked at MI6. In Justin's opinion, this show is one of the best ever fictional portrayals of covert operations and the day-to-day running of an intelligence agency. You can find more reviews on Patreon , and catch The Sandbaggers on Prime Video. Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . Support the show…

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175. The Real Miss Moneypenny: Forgotten Women of the British Secret Service with Dr. Claire Hubbard-Hall 1:15:05

12 weeks ago1:15:05

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This week Justin sits down with Dr. Claire Hubbard-Hall. Claire received her doctorate in European history from the University of Hull. She has lectured and taught history courses at several British universities over the past 16 years with a particular focus on secret intelligence. She's also appeared in several television documentaries and written articles for many different publications. Today she discusses the story of the often overlooked contributions of many long serving and hard working women in Britain's MI5 and MI6, all the way back to the earliest years of those organizations. Connect with Claire: clairehubbardhall.com Substack: https://substack.com/@clairehubbardhall IG: @clairehubbardhall Twitter/X: @SpyHistory Check out Claire's book, Her Secret Service , here . Connect with Spycraft 101: Get Justin's latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond , here . spycraft101.com IG: @spycraft101 Shop: shop.spycraft101.com Patreon: Spycraft 101 Find Justin's first book, Spyshots: Volume One , here . Check out Justin's second book, Covert Arms , here . Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice, here . History by Mail Who knew? Not me! Learn something new every month. Use code JUSTIN10 for 10% off your subscription. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show…

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174. A German Spy Ring on Staten Island with Robert Weingartner 1:04:15

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