When it comes to black operations during the Vietnam War, the Phoenix Program (and its parallels and predecessors) is legendary... The post ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

The public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing recently published its full and final report. In this episode, we take... The post ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

The US military’s targeting of children goes back decades. In this episode we look at a classic of the children’s... The post ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

The Shield season two ups the stakes on season one in every way – political, societal, personal.  In this month's... The post Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

If a military supported romance drama with Twitter-level gender politics sounds like a terrible movie then you aren’t wrong. In... The post ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

Short answer: yes, with an if.  Long answer: no, with a but.  In this subscribercast we look at two movies... The post Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter? first appeared on Spy Culture.

Films about torture are often exploitative and sadistic, and even more so when they are state sponsored. In this episode... The post ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program first appeared on Spy Culture.

In the first of several subscriber-only podcasts we look at season one of the unique and award-winning cop drama The... The post Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One first appeared on Spy Culture.

The CIA-sponsored streaming wars hit a new high recently, when Netflix premiered The Recruit and within days Amazon released the... The post ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit first appeared on Spy Culture.

In this quick podcast I review the biographical moral drama Worth (2020) a.k.a. What is Life Worth?. It tells the... The post Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth? first appeared on Spy Culture.