SPYCRAFT 101

SPYCRAFT 101 episodes:

• 05.06.2024

  146. Civil War Special Operations Units with Patrick K. O'Donnell

  This week Justin talks with Patrick K. O'Donnell. Patrick is a combat historian who has covered the war in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, where he was armed and participated in the battle alongside U. S. Marines. He is an expert...

  
• 04.29.2024

  145. Capturing Lothar Witzke: German Spy, Saboteur, and Assassin with Bill Mills

  This week, Justin speaks with Bill Mills. Bill holds a B.A. in History from Framingham State University and has written four nonfiction books about espionage during the First World War. Along the way, he has amassed a significant private collection...

  
• 04.22.2024

  144. How Cuba and The Cold War Made Miami with Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs

  This week Justin interviews Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs. Vince grew up in Miami, Florida, and is a veteran of the U. S. Army, where he served in The Balkans. He went on to receive a master's degree and PhD...

  
• 04.15.2024

  143. British Military Intelligence in the Falklands with Nick van der Bijl

  Today just chats with Nick van der Bijl. Nick served for 24 years as a regular in the British Army in military intelligence, security, and later as an infantry officer in the Territorial Army. He saw active service in Northern...

  
• 04.08.2024

  142. The Cover Up of the Tragic USS Liberty Incident with Phillip F. Tourney

  This week Justin sits down with Phillip Tourney. Phil enlisted in the U. S. Navy in February 1964. He served two tours on the USS Mauna Kea in the waters off Vietnam, then transferred to the USS Liberty, where he...

  
• 04.01.2024

  141. Benedict Arnold: America's Most Famous Traitor with Aaron Stark

  This week Justin talks with returning guest Aaron Stark. Aaron served in the U S army as an Apache helicopter pilot, including on two tours in Afghanistan. He finished his term of service teaching at his alma mater West Point...

  
• 03.25.2024

  140. An Atomic Soviet Spy with Ann Hagedorn

  This week Justin talks with Ann Hagedorn. Ann is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and an award winning author of six narrative nonfiction books ranging in topics from thoroughbred horse racing to international kidnapping to unsung...

  
• 03.18.2024

  139. Freddie Scappaticci: IRA Turncoat with Richard O'Rawe

  This week Justin talks with Richard "Ricky" O'Rawe, a former member of the Irish Republican Army. Since leaving the IRA, Ricky has worked as a peace advocate and has written several nonfiction books as well as two novels about The...

  
• 03.11.2024

  138. The Defection of a Communist Spy Queen with Kathryn Olmsted

  This week Justin sits down with Dr. Kathryn Olmsted.  Kathryn is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, where she has taught since 2001. She's published five books and many journal articles focusing on the political and...

  
• 03.04.2024

  137. The Hitman, the Dissident, and the Detective with Ray Martinez

  This week, Justin sits down with Ray Martinez. Ray served three consecutive terms as mayor of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado between 1999 and 2005. He was later elected to the Fort Collins City Council, serving a term from...

  
• 02.26.2024

  136. A Vietnamese Agent Hidden for 20 Years with Dr. Larry Berman

  Today Justin talks with Dr. Larry Berman. Larry is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis. He has published four books dealing with the history of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. His work has also been featured...

  
• 02.19.2024

  135. General James Wilkinson: American Traitor with Howard Cox

  Today Justin talks with Howard W. Cox. Howard is a former federal prosecutor, criminal investigator, and senior intelligence service officer. After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, he served as a trial attorney for the U. S. Army's Judge Advocate...

  
• 02.12.2024

  134. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Intelligence with Dr. David Strachan-Morris

  This week, Justin sits down with Dr. David Strachan-Morris. David is a lecturer in intelligence and security at the University of Leicester, where he runs the M. A . in Intelligence and Security program, as well as being Director of...

  
• 02.05.2024

  133. A Double Agent in the Canadian Mounted Police with Justin Ling

  This week's guest is Justin Ling. Justin is an award winning investigative journalist whose work has appeared in Vice, Maclean's Foreign Policy, and The Globe and Mail, among other publications. He's also the author of the book Missing from the...

  
• 01.29.2024

  132. Noel Field: Stalin's Last American Spy with Kati Marton

  This week, Justin sits down with Kati Marton. Kati is an author, journalist, and correspondent who has worked with National Public Radio and later ABC News, where she was the Bureau Chief in Germany. Her work has appeared in The...

  
• 01.22.2024

  131. A Bombing in Sheridan Circle with Alan McPherson

  This week Justin chats with Dr. Alan McPherson. Alan is a historian of U.S. foreign relations at Temple University and the director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy. He received his Ph.D. in History from the...

  
• 01.15.2024

  130. Nuking the Moon with Vincent Houghton

  Today, Justin sits down with Vince Houghton. Vince is a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the Balkans. He went on to receive a Master's Degree and PhD in Diplomatic and Military history from the University of Maryland....

  
• 01.08.2024

  129. The Cambridge Five with Dr. Paul Winter

  This week Justin sits down with Dr. Paul Winter. Paul is an independent historian, an author who specializes in wartime intelligence and military history, and a Red Team consultant. He's published articles in several journals and has written two books...

  
• 01.01.2024

  128. A POW Spy Ring in Vietnam with Jim Stockdale

  This week Justin's guest is James B. Stockdale II. Jim has worked in public education for many years, including as an independent school headmaster, public school district superintendent, and as a distinguished educator for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. He's...

  
• 12.25.2023

  127. Modern Espionage Tales with The Gunfighter Project

  In this bonus episode, Justin shares his interview from The Gunfighter Project podcast. With host B, he discusses espionage stories that sound too incredible to be true.  The Gunfighter Project features members of some of the world's most elite military...

  
• 12.18.2023

  126. The Arab Section: Israel's First Spies with Matti Friedman

  Justin's guest this week is Matti Friedman. Matti has worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, and elsewhere. He's also the author of four nonfiction...

  
• 12.11.2023

  125. From the SAS to the World of Private Intelligence with Robert Lancaster

  This week Justin talks with Robert Lancaster. Robert served in the British Army from 1977 until 1989, including time spent with 22nd SAS, and then in the Australian Army as a reserve special forces soldier. In 1991, he founded Lancaster's...

  
• 12.04.2023

  124. Double Agent: How I Caught a Russian Spy with Naveed Jamali

  This week Justin sits down with Naveed Jamali. Naveed is currently an editor at large for Newsweek, where he reports on national security issues. Naveed grew up in New York City, where his parents owned a small business selling technical...

  
• 11.27.2023

  123. The Unsung Icarus of the French Resistance with Peter Dowding

  Today Justin talks with Peter Dowding. Peter worked as a solicitor and barrister for many years in Australia, beginning in 1966. He also served in various positions with the Labour Party and was elected to serve as the 24th Premier...

  
• 11.20.2023

  122. How Polish Counterintelligence Officers Penetrated Foreign Embassies with Tomasz Awlasewicz

  This week's guest is Tomasz Awasiewicz. Tom is an author, journalist, and expert on counterintelligence who has taught courses at the SWPS University of Social Sciences in Warsaw and elsewhere. Currently, he focuses on the Cold War-era intelligence and counterintelligence...

  
• 11.13.2023

  121. How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World with Alex Joske

  This week Justin is joined by Alex Joske. Alex is an analyst and researcher who focuses on the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party. He has worked for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and has also written articles which have...

  
• 11.06.2023

  120. A Life in State Department Counterintelligence with Robert Booth

  This week Justin sits down with Robert David Booth. Robert served as a special agent with the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security all over the world for nearly 30 years, in locations like Beijing, Geneva, Tokyo, Haiti, and Paris....

  
• 10.30.2023

  119. Rampant Assassination in the Roman Empire with Colonel Rose Mary Sheldon

  Repeat guest Rose Mary Sheldon taught history as a professor at Virginia Military Institute for more than 25 years and is a world renowned expert on intelligence activities in the ancient world. She earned her Ph. D. from the University...

  
• 10.23.2023

  118. World War II's Serial Killer: The Crimes of Marcel Petiot

  In this solo episode, Justin tells the story of a notorious serial killer active in France during World War II who effectively used the war itself as cover for his crimes. But Marcel Petiot was much more than just a...

  
• 10.16.2023

  117. The Lumumba Plot with Stuart Reid

  This week's guest is Stuart Reid. Stuart is a graduate of Dartmouth college and has worked at Foreign Affairs Magazine for the past 15 years, where he's now an executive editor. He's also written for The Atlantic, The New York...

  
• 10.09.2023

  116. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations in West Germany with Michael Honegger

  Today's guest is Michael Honegger. Michael is a professional photographer and author. He spent much of his youth growing up in West Germany in the 1960s. His father was an officer with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Michael...

  
• 10.02.2023

  115. Protecting International Defectors with Joe Augustyn

  This week Justin sits down with Joe Augustyn. Joe was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service for 28 years, working as a case officer in several locations and later as Chief of Station on three different occasions....

  
• 09.25.2023

  114. Death and the Dangers of Clandestine Work Part II

  This week, Justin covers four mysterious espionage deaths. In most of these cases, the exact nature of the events that came to pass is still up for debate. He dives into chilling and complex stories from Cold War Germany to...

  
• 09.18.2023

  113. Spies in Uniform: The Military Liaison Missions in Berlin

  This week, Justin shares the story of the military liaison missions in post-war Germany, or the spies in uniform. If you're a longtime listener, you might recall episode number 23 with Aden Magee, who participated in these missions himself and...

  
• 09.11.2023

  112. Mark of the Maker with Mark Stheiner, Tom Krein, and Sean Kendrick

  This week, Justin shares his interview from the Mark of the Maker Podcast, with hosts Mark Stheiner, Tom Krein, and Sean Kendrick. It's a podcast about knives by knifemakers, discussing everything forging and creation to collecting and history. They dove...

  
• 09.04.2023

  111. The Priest Who Funneled Weapons from Gaddafi to the IRA with Jennifer O'Leary

  Today, Justin sits down with Jennifer O'Leary. Jennifer is an award-winning investigative reporter for BBC Northern Ireland's current affairs program called Spotlight. She has investigated a wide variety of stories, including money laundering by organized crime, criminal conspiracy to export...

  
• 08.28.2023

  110. The Mysterious Death of an Anti-Communist Danish Diplomat

  In this solo episode, Justin shares a confusing and twisted story he's posted about  before on his Instagram page. This is the mysterious death of a Danish diplomat on Long Island in November, 1959. Connect with Spycraft 101: Check out Justin's latest...

  
• 08.21.2023

  109. Spy Hunter: How I Caught Robert Hanssen with Eric O'Neill

  This week Justin talks with author, attorney, public speaker, security expert, and former FBI agent Eric O'Neill. Eric is the founder of the Georgetown Group, a premier investigative services and security firm. In law, he specializes in national security matters....

  
• 08.14.2023

  108. The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi

  In another solo episode, Justin covers a relatively recent assassination. This is the story of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and dissident who was murdered in 2018 after being lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Connect with Spycraft 101: Check...

  
• 08.07.2023

  107. British Covert Action with Rory Cormac

  This week Justin sits down with Rory Cormac. Rory is a professor of international relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, specializing in secret intelligence and covert action. He's also given presentations at #10 Downing Street, he...

  
• 07.31.2023

  106. Fighting for the Truth: A Green Beret's Death with Michelle Black

  This week's guest is Michelle Black (no relation). Michelle is a mother to two boys and the widow of Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, who was killed in an ambush along with three other Special Forces soldiers in Niger, Africa in...

  
• 07.24.2023

  105. Thrive Unafraid with Kelly Sayre and Doug Patteson

  This week, Justin shares his interview from the Thrive Unafraid podcast, hosted by situational awareness expert Kelly Sayre and former CIA case officer Doug Patteson. You may remember Doug from episode two of the podcast in which he discussed his...

  
• 07.17.2023

  104. The Bill Buckley Story: Kidnapped by Hezbollah in Lebanon with Fred Burton

  This week Justin welcomes repeat guest Fred Burton. Fred is the former Deputy Chief of the Counter-Terrorism and Protective Intelligence Division for the US State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, and is currently the executive director of the Onyx Center for...

  
• 07.10.2023

  103. Smuggling Weapons for the IRA with John Crawley

  Today, Justin speaks with John Crawley. John grew up in the United States in an Irish immigrant family, and after returning to Ireland for several years he became committed to the cause of Irish independence, vowing to return to join...

  
• 07.03.2023

  102. The Rise of American Intelligence with Nicholas Reynolds

  This week, Justin has a conversation with Nicholas Reynolds. After graduating from Oxford University in the 1970s, he served in the US Marine Corps as an infantry officer, and later as a historian. Nick retired from the Reserves as a...

  
• 06.26.2023

  101. Episode 101 - Looking Back and Looking Forward

  In a special retrospective for episode 101 of the podcast, Justin discusses the lessons he's learned along the way. From getting into contact with incredible guests to growing an audience to some of his favorite episodes, we take a look...

  
• 06.19.2023

  100. The Disappearance of Bob Levinson with Barry Meier

  This week, Justin sits down with Barry Meier. Barry is a veteran reporter who has written for the New York Times and received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, along with other members of the New York Times staff....

  
• 06.12.2023

  99. Industrial Espionage: The Downfall of a Great American Company with Aaron Stark

  Today, Justin speaks with Aaron Stark. Aaron served in the US Army as an Apache helicopter pilot, including on two tours in Afghanistan. He finished his term of service teaching at his alma mater, West Point Military Academy, as an...

  
• 06.05.2023

  98. Special Forces Detachment A in Berlin with James Stejskal

  Today, Justin chats with author, veteran, and former CIA case officer James Stejskal. James enlisted in the US Army in 1973 and served for more than 20 years, including with the now famous Special Forces Detachment A in Berlin in...

  
• 05.29.2023

  97. Defecting from the USSR with Olga Sheymov

  This week, Justin chats with Olga Sheymov. Olga has worked in high technology, on arts projects, and as a television producer. Her TV credits include the Long-Running series Russia Today, produced from 1997 until 2015, and Your Source TV among...