Covert Contact

Covert Contact

118 episodes

Covert Contact covers the key national security, intelligence, and technology stories that are shaping our world.

Covert Contact is hosted by Blogs of War creator John W. Little. His work and analysis has been featured on the BBC, CNN, CBC, ABC (Australia), PBS Newshour, Fast Company, CBS, and other international media outlets. The Blogs of War Twitter feed, @Blogsofwar, was selected as one of the top Twitter accounts of 2014 by Time magazine.

Podcasts

Shortwave Numbers Stations | Episode 118

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 2 seconds

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Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement And Everywhere Else | Episode 117

Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 24 seconds

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The Threat of Fake Spies | Episode 116

Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 3:08 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 19 seconds

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Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage | Episode 115

Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 2:16 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 17 seconds

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French Officer Busted Spying on NATO for GRU & Other Espionage Cases | 114

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 33 seconds

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Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot | Episode 113

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 1:48 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 4 seconds

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Texas A&M, NASA, and Chinese Espionage | Episode 112

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Careers in Intelligence: Beyond the Three Letter Agencies |Episode 111

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 10:17 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Spying for Russia: The Peter Debbins Case | Episode 110

Published: Aug. 22, 2020, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 57 seconds

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Counterintelligence Chat: Alexei Navalny & Alexander Ma | Episode 109

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds

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Preparing for A Career in Intelligence: Thoughts on Personal Security and Behavior | Episode 108

Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 8:04 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds

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Understanding the Israel-UAE Deal | Episode 107

Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 8 seconds

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A Pardon for Edward Snowden? | Episode 106

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 10:59 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds

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Washington Takes Aim at the Confucius Institute | Episode 105

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 2:21 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Israel and The United States: Past, Present, and Future with Alon Pinkas | Episode 104

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 45 seconds

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Australias Cyber Security Strategy | Episode 103

Published: Aug. 8, 2020, 3:58 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 54 seconds

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Chinese Spies and Russian Honey Traps | Episode 102

Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 45 seconds

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Quick Take: An Explosion in Beirut | Episode 101

Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise | Episode 100

Published: Aug. 1, 2020, 6:12 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 33 seconds

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Chinese Espionage in the United States | Episode 99

Published: July 31, 2020, 2:31 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds

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Shaping Intelligence Products for Maximum Impact | Episode 98

Published: July 26, 2020, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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When You Cant Obey | Episode 97

Published: July 24, 2020, 5:41 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 20 seconds

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Whats Happening at the Chinese Consulate in Houston? | Episode 96

Published: July 22, 2020, 2:34 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds

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Covert Contact is Back | Episode 95

Published: July 18, 2020, 11:57 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds

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The Poisoning of Sergei Skripal | Episode 94

Published: March 22, 2018, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds

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Team Leadership & Ethics | Episode 93

Published: Feb. 5, 2018, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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The Jerry Chun Shing Lee Case | Episode 92

Published: Jan. 23, 2018, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 41 seconds

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North Korean Cryptocurrency Ops | Episode 91

Published: Jan. 10, 2018, 5:37 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 19 seconds

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Combatting Misinformation | Episode 90

Published: Jan. 2, 2018, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 42 seconds

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Evaluating the North Korean Threat | Episode 89

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 2:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds

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Protecting the British Royal Family | Episode 88

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 12:47 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Investing | Episode 87

Published: Dec. 4, 2017, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 12 seconds

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Bullets of Palestine | Episode 86

Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 7:36 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 36 seconds

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Terrorists and Technology | Episode 85

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 3:05 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 1 second

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Economic Espionage: No One Is Immune | Episode 84

Published: Nov. 14, 2017, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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Iraqs Consolidation and the Kurds | Episode 83

Published: Nov. 6, 2017, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 23 seconds

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The Crypto Wars: Update from the Australian Front | Episode 82

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 48 seconds

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From CIA Case Officer to Rookie Cop | Episode 81

Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 22 seconds

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The Kurdish Problem | Episode 80

Published: Oct. 18, 2017, 2:58 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption | Episode 79

Published: Oct. 16, 2017, 11:59 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 27 seconds

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Australian Cyber Policy | Episode 78

Published: Oct. 9, 2017, noon
Duration: 41 minutes 44 seconds

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Australian Approaches to Counterterrorism | Episode 77

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds

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Australian Special Operations Forces | Episode 76

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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Understanding and Developing Resilience To Information Warfare | Episode 75

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 4:41 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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Deep State Conspiracies | Episode 74

Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Data, AI, and Ethics | Episode 73

Published: Sept. 5, 2017, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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Beyond Russia: Overlooked Counterintelligence Threats | Episode 72

Published: Aug. 28, 2017, 10:34 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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System Failure: It Only Gets More Difficult from Here | Episode 71

Published: Aug. 21, 2017, 5:10 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 14 seconds

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Iran in the Age of Trump | Episode 70

Published: June 18, 2017, 7:19 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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Securing Data, Communications, and Identity with Keybase | Episode 69

Published: June 8, 2017, 12:18 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Egyptian, Muslim, American | Episode 68

Published: June 6, 2017, midnight
Duration: 29 minutes 43 seconds

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The Manchester Attack | Episode 67

Published: May 30, 2017, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Intelligence Analysis: Feedback, Bias, and Other Challenges | Episode 66

Published: March 10, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds

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Counterintelligence in the Trump Era | Episode 65

Published: Feb. 25, 2017, 1:13 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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Exploring Divergent Options | Episode 64

Published: Feb. 17, 2017, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds

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Understanding the Pace and Scope of Technology Driven Change | Episode 63

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Russia, Trump, and Hillary | Episode 62

Published: Oct. 10, 2016, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 51 seconds

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump The First Debate | Episode 61

Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds

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Putins Struggle for Relevancy and Power | Episode 60

Published: Sept. 20, 2016, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 3 seconds

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Citizen Soldiers: Service and Sacrifice with Wendy R. Anderson | Episode 59

Published: Sept. 11, 2016, 10:11 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 5 seconds

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Inside the Presidents Daily Brief with David Priess | Episode 58

Published: Aug. 19, 2016, 12:01 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds

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Fragmented Realities AV and VR Update | Episode 57

Published: Aug. 12, 2016, 11:49 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds

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Russia, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Election | Episode 56

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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Journalism and Conflict in East Africa | Episode 55

Published: July 29, 2016, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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The Nice, France Attack: How Can Counterterrorism Evolve with the Threat | Episode 54

Published: July 17, 2016, 12:49 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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Building an Intel Shop from the Ground Up | Episode 53

Published: July 5, 2016, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Russian Hackers Run Wild on the DNC | Episode 52

Published: June 21, 2016, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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The Orlando Shooting and Our Struggle to Make Sense of the Senseless | Episode 51

Published: June 14, 2016, 4:48 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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Victor in The Rubble: Tackling Intelligence Community Bureaucracy Through Satire | Episode 50

Published: June 13, 2016, 2:49 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 1 second

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Developing and Leveraging Strategic Foresight | Episode 49

Published: June 11, 2016, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 51 seconds

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Intelligence at the State and Local Level | Episode 48

Published: June 6, 2016, 5:20 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Lockpicking 101 (And Why Your Locks Are Useless) | Episode 47

Published: June 2, 2016, 2:31 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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Cutting Through the Hybrid Warfare Hype | Episode 46

Published: May 30, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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How Will ISIS Evolve and How Will Our Response Evolve with Them? | Episode 45

Published: April 25, 2016, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds

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Navigating Massive Technological Change | Episode 44

Published: April 19, 2016, 5:38 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin: Identity, Espionage, and Counterintelligence | Episode 43

Published: April 14, 2016, 4:37 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds

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The Rise and Challenge of Transnational Crime | Episode 42

Published: April 12, 2016, 2:23 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds

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What Did Russia Gain in Syria? | Episode 41

Published: April 3, 2016, 11:05 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds

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Are Ungoverned Spaces Inherently Dangerous? | Episode 40

Published: Feb. 17, 2016, 1:56 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 30 seconds

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Russian Strengths and Weaknesses | Episode 39

Published: Feb. 9, 2016, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 9 seconds

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Irans Quest for Regional Domination | Episode 38

Published: Jan. 26, 2016, 2:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 26 seconds

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LZ Grace: A Place for Warriors to Heal | Episode 37

Published: Jan. 12, 2016, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and The Burns Oregon Militia Standoff | Episode 36

Published: Jan. 5, 2016, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 56 seconds

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Closing Out 2015 and Looking Toward 2016 with William Tucker | Episode 35

Published: Jan. 2, 2016, 4:23 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 39 seconds

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Art in Diplomacy and Conflict | Episode 34

Published: Dec. 27, 2015, 1:58 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 4 seconds

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Understanding and Influencing Enemy Behavior | Episode 33

Published: Dec. 23, 2015, 2:57 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 25 seconds

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Video Games, Virtual Reality, and Conflict with Robert Rath | Episode 32

Published: Dec. 19, 2015, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 32 seconds

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Understanding the Limits of Intelligence and Counterterrorism | Episode 31

Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 27 seconds

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The San Bernardino Attack, Small Scale Terrorism, and ISIS | Episode 30

Published: Dec. 8, 2015, 4:41 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 36 seconds

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Islamism and Democracy: Finding Models for the Middle East and Preserving Our Own | Episode 29

Published: Nov. 30, 2015, 9:14 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 2 seconds

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Thanksgiving | Episode 28

Published: Nov. 27, 2015, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes

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Turkey Shot Down a Russian Jet Where Do We Go From Here? | Episode 27

Published: Nov. 25, 2015, 4:56 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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What You Are Getting Wrong About ISIS | Episode 26

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Catching Russian Spies with Former Double Agent Naveed Jamali | Episode 25

Published: Nov. 20, 2015, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds

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The Paris Attacks and Europes Security Challenges | Episode 24

Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 2:48 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 23 seconds

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War and the New Normal: Phil Walter on Life After War | Episode 23

Published: Nov. 13, 2015, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes

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Supporting Independent Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 22

Published: Nov. 9, 2015, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 24 seconds

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The Damascus Cover and the Psychology of Spies with Howard Kaplan | Episode 21

Published: Nov. 3, 2015, 4:35 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds

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Encryption as the New Norm: Discussing A Changing Internet with ProtonMail Co-Founder Andy Yen | Episode 19

Published: March 28, 2015, 3:18 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 20 seconds

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The Battle Between Encryption and Mass Surveillance with Former FBI Agent David Gomez | Episode 18

Published: March 23, 2015, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Life, and Art, in Afghanistan with Francesca Recchia | Episode 17

Published: March 18, 2015, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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Why Terrorism Fails: A Discussion with Max Abrahms | Episode 16

Published: March 16, 2015, 1:50 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 17 seconds

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Hillary Clintons Email Server: Dissecting the Risks with William Tucker | Episode 15

Published: March 11, 2015, 4:20 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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Andy Priest on the Importance of Developing New International Crisis Policing Models | Episode 14

Published: March 9, 2015, 12:46 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds

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Scriven King on Balancing Security, Values, and Public Perception in Modern Policing | Episode 13

Published: March 5, 2015, 6:42 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds

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Counterintelligence: William J. Tucker Breaks Down the Challenges | Episode 12

Published: Jan. 31, 2015, 6:27 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 30 seconds

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Counterterrorism Challenges Pondering Seemingly Unsolvable Problems with Phillip Smyth | Episode 11

Published: Dec. 20, 2014, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds

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The Senate Torture Report | Episode 10

Published: Dec. 10, 2014, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds

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Art in Afghanistan: Francesca Recchia Updates from Kabul | Episode 9

Published: Nov. 29, 2014, 12:40 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama bin Laden and the Heroes Youll Never Know | Episode 8

Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds

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Why Daeshs Social Media Campaign is a Massive Failure | Episode 7

Published: Nov. 5, 2014, 4:09 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds

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Robots and the Future of Warfare: The Advantage Might Not Lie with the Inventors | Episode 6

Published: Oct. 30, 2014, 3 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds

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Lone Wolf Terrorism and the Importance of Perspective | Episode 5

Published: Oct. 25, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds

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What the Attack in Ottawa Teaches Us About Terrorists And Ourselves | Episode 4

Published: Oct. 23, 2014, 12:56 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds

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Crypto Wars: Winners, Losers, and the Case for Compromise | Episode 3

Published: Oct. 21, 2014, 4:26 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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The State of Twitter, the Struggle to Understand, and The Perils of Technology for Terrorists | Episode 2

Published: Oct. 15, 2014, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds

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Intelligence Failures, Agent Storm, and eDiplomacy Trolling | Episode 1

Published: Oct. 6, 2014, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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