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SpyTalk, Jeff Stein

SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalist Jeff Stein, the podcast features exclusives by SpyTalk’s roster of longtime reporters, news and profiles of US and foreign spymasters, and interviews with policymakers and expert authors. There’s nothing quite like it—a place for experts and laypersons alike, who enjoy national security scoops and insights by SpyTalk's subject matter experts. For more SpyTalk go to: https://www.spytalk.co/

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WAR GAME’s Chilling Scenario for the Next Jan 6

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10/11/24 • 32 min

The filmed game’s organizer Janessa Goldbeck joins host Jeff Stein to discuss the jarring results of the all-too-real exercise .

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VetVoice Foundation
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War Game
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Oppenheimer’s Origin

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07/28/23 • 43 min

Jeff Stein talks with Kai Bird, co-author of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.”

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“American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer”

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Secret Service Meltdown

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07/19/24 • 42 min

Former DHS Intel Chief John Cohen on the Butler, Pa. fiasco with guest host Michael

Isikoff.

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How Will Israel Strike Back?

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10/03/24 • 37 min

Former FBI analyst and Hezbollah expert Matt Levitt says an attack on Iranian intelligence facilities - rather than nuclear sites- may be coming.

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Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
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SPY FAMILY SHOCKERS

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08/09/24 • 39 min

This week, we’re going to take a look at the shock and disorientation the children of spies face when they learn that one, or both, of their parents are not who they say they are.

Jeff’s guest, Johanna McCloy, didn’t know she was the daughter of an American spy until she was 15 years old.

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Russia, Russia, Russia

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02/26/24 • 20 min

Former top CIA ops official Dan Hoffman talks with Jeff about options on Putin.

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The Taylor Swift Infowar Tutorial

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02/09/24 • 40 min

Former US Army “influence ops” specialist Paul Cobaugh talks with Jeff about combatting conspiracy mongering.

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The Ghosts of Munich

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02/26/25 • 40 min

Former US NATO envoy and Army General Doug Lute discusses JD Vance insults of allies, administration abandonment of Ukraine to Russia with SpyTalk podcast host Michael Isikoff.

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Would Trump Revive "Fire and Fury" for North Korea?

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10/18/24 • 47 min

As president, Trump was known for his "bromance" with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, holding two summits in Singapore and Hanoi and engaging in a "love letter" correspondence with him that he took with him to Mar-A-Lago after he left office. But before that, journalist Zach Dorfman reminds us, Trump came perilously close to unleashing a nuclear strike on the country--an attack that, then Secretary of Defense feared, would "incinerate a couple of million people." In a SpyTalk podcast, Dorfman also talks about how, under Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on the country, the Pentagon and CIA updated ambitious-- and somewhat quixotic-- plans for regime change. Which Trump will guide U.S. policy should he return to the Oval Office: The peacenik who tried to engage Kim in diplomacy or the MAGA warrior who once threatened North Korea "with fire and fury" unlike the world has ever seen? As Dorfman points out, it's a pressing question given that, with North Korea's accelerated missile tests and a growing alliance with Vladimir Putin's Russia, including sending equipment and troops to Ukraine, some scholars believe the threat of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula is greater than it has been in years.

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Inside the Trump Admin’s Secret Battle Plans for North Korea
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Treachery

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05/26/22 • 46 min

Former CIA officer Robert Baer talks about the CIA’s unresolved search for another Russian mole in its ranks, while diplomatic historian Kelly McFarland addresses the ramifications of Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian wheat exports. With Jeff Stein and Jeanne Meserve.

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Robert Baer: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks

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