ClandesTime

ClandesTime episodes:

• 04.07.2024

  ClandesTime 265 – The Wide Shot, David Robb and Phil Strub

  Kevin Gosztola joins us to talk about his new Medium publication The Wide Shot, a film review and industry analysis... The post ClandesTime 265 – The Wide Shot, David Robb and Phil Strub first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 03.31.2024

  Subscribercast #86 – Buffalo Soldiers, etc.

  What does a military movie with no heroes look like?  It looks like Buffalo Soldiers, a tale of bored, criminally... The post Subscribercast #86 – Buffalo Soldiers, etc. first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 03.29.2024

  ClandesTime 264 – The US Marine Corps in Hollywood: 1974 to 1982

  It isn’t often that you get a long-term inside view of a government propaganda office, but that’s what I’ve got... The post ClandesTime 264 – The US Marine Corps in Hollywood: 1974 to 1982 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read...

  
• 03.18.2024

  ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone

  Apocalypse Now and Francis Ford Coppola were rejected by the Pentagon when they asked for production support. A decade later... The post ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 03.10.2024

  ClandesTime 262 – The CIA and Podcasts Decoded

  15 years after podcasts first became a popular medium, the CIA has cottoned onto the value of pre-recorded audio content.... The post ClandesTime 262 – The CIA and Podcasts Decoded first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 03.03.2024

  Subscribercast #85 – The Epstein-Maxwell Cover-Up

  Two years on from my investigation into over 3000 pages of Bureau of Prisons files on Jeffrey Epstein we return... The post Subscribercast #85 – The Epstein-Maxwell Cover-Up first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 01.29.2024

  ClandesTime 261 – A Paul Schrader Trilogy

  Dying of the Light. Dark. The Card Counter. Aside from all being written and directed by Paul Schrader, what do... The post ClandesTime 261 – A Paul Schrader Trilogy first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 01.28.2024

  Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven

  In this month’s subscriber-only podcast we tackle the final season of The Shield, and do so head on.  In this... The post Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 01.03.2024

  ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat

  Netflix’s The Diplomat marks the first time that the British Foreign Office and the US State Department have made a... The post ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 12.24.2023

  Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future

  For this Christmastime subscribercast we welcome back Henri to discuss the 1980s sci-fi comedy classic Back to the Future. We... The post Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 12.10.2023

  ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture

  Between 2018 and 2022, three major OSS spies have been canonised in film and TV – Julia Child, Moe Berg... The post ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.28.2023

  Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6

  Continuing our review series, on this month’s subscribercast we look at the sixth and penultimate season of The Shield. We... The post Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.12.2023

  ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum

  The CIA’s Museum is a monument to lies, murder and secret power. Not officially, of course, they use much prettier... The post ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.01.2023

  Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five

  How do you hold the police accountable if Internal Affairs are corrupt?  That’s the core question in The Shield season... The post Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 10.23.2023

  ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong?

  Ted Kaczynski a.k.a. the Unabomber died earlier this year. As a tribute, in this episode we look at the latest... The post ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong? first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 10.12.2023

  ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations

  In this special report we examine the documentary accusing celebrity Russell Brand of sex crimes. We look at the troubling... The post ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 10.08.2023

  ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement

  One thing the Pentagon love to do is ‘showcase’ absurdly costly technologies to the public. This military product placement helps... The post ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 09.18.2023

  Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four

  Should the government be allowed to seize people’s property because they think it was bought with the profits from crime? ... The post Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 09.10.2023

  ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry

  Life is like this sometimes: you wait ages for a movie to take corporate personhood and turn it into the... The post ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 09.03.2023

  ClandesTime 254 – Reality

  Reality Winner was an NSA contractor who leaked a single document to The Intercept, and received a five year prison... The post ClandesTime 254 – Reality first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 08.23.2023

  Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media

  The Department of Justice’s office of public affairs is the nation’s hub for information on true crime. In this episode... The post Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read...

  
• 08.13.2023

  ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness)

  Amazon have finally pulled the plug on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, going out with a smudged inkblot of a final... The post ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness) first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 08.06.2023

  ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood

  The Mafia. Hollywood starlets. Foreign leaders. Fake sex tapes. Illegal surveillance. Watergate. The CIA. And Howard Hughes. Robert Maheu’s life... The post ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 07.30.2023

  ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar

  You know how it goes: you wait years for a movie that reframes the war in Afghanistan as a Saving... The post ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 07.23.2023

  Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer

  Did Joe Colombo approve the script for The Godfather? Was Dorothy Hunt murdered by the CIA as part of the... The post Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 07.12.2023

  ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon

  1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the... The post ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 07.02.2023

  ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire

  Desert Storm. A female Army Captain. Friendly fire killings. Mutiny. White Phosphorous. Lies and cover-ups. The story of the writing,... The post ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 06.25.2023

  Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3

  In this subscribercast we examine how the season-long arc in The Shield is a metaphor for the legacy of Iran-Contra,... The post Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 06.18.2023

  ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood

  The CIA helps to make movies, but what does it think of them? In this episode we delve into how... The post ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 05.27.2023

  Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood

  What does the Deputy Director of the CIA think about spy movies? And what about the founders of the first... The post Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read...

  
• 05.08.2023

  ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now

  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...)

  
• 05.08.2023

  ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry

  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...)

  
• 04.30.2023

  ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon

  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...)

  
• 04.26.2023

  Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two

  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...)

  
• 04.16.2023

  ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts

  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...)

  
• 03.22.2023

  Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter?

  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. (Read more...)

  
• 03.21.2023

  ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program

  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. (Read more...)

  
• 02.23.2023

  Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One

  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. (Read more...)

  
• 02.15.2023

  ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit

  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. (Read more...)

  
• 02.04.2023

  Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth?

  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. (Read more...)

  
• 01.28.2023

  ClandesTime 241 – World War III

  In early 1977 a retired NATO general put together a team of elite military officers to write a report on... The post ClandesTime 241 – World War III first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 01.12.2023

  ClandesTime 240 – The Cinema of the War in Afghanistan

  The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was America’s longest war. In this episode we take an overview of the war... The post ClandesTime 240 – The Cinema of the War in Afghanistan first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 12.25.2022

  Subscribercast #71 – The Langley Files

  The CIA recently launched a new outreach effort – its own podcast.  In this subscribercast I review and analyse The... The post Subscribercast #71 – The Langley Files first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 12.11.2022

  ClandesTime Special – State Sponsored Football and the Qatar World Cup

  Football is the world’s biggest sport, and perhaps the most state-sponsored sport. In this episode we take a critical look... The post ClandesTime Special – State Sponsored Football and the Qatar World Cup first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.30.2022

  Subscribercast #70 – Deep Fakes and The Capture

  Imagine a world where secret government agencies used deep fakes to create evidence of events that never happened, and used... The post Subscribercast #70 – Deep Fakes and The Capture first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.26.2022

  ClandesTime 239 – Captain Marvel and Space Force

  Somehow, in the midst of all the identity politics and culture war noise, the fact that Captain Marvel was the... The post ClandesTime 239 – Captain Marvel and Space Force first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 11.05.2022

  ClandesTime 238 – The Cultural Impact of the Rampart Scandal

  The Rampart Scandal has been called the worst police corruption story in the history of Los Angeles, and altered a... The post ClandesTime 238 – The Cultural Impact of the Rampart Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 10.30.2022

  ClandesTime 237 – 13 Hours and the Benghazi Scandal

  The 2012 attacks on a US diplomatic outpost and a nearby CIA base in Benghazi caused enormous controversy and political... The post ClandesTime 237 – 13 Hours and the Benghazi Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)

  
• 10.20.2022

  Subscribercast #69 – Black Ops and Geopolitics in the War in Bosnia

  Mujahideen.  False Flags.  US interference in the peace process.  Ethnic cleansing.  The United Nations’ peacekeepers.  All this and more as... The post Subscribercast #69 – Black Ops and Geopolitics in the War in Bosnia first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read...

  
• 09.30.2022

  Subscribercast #68 – Compulsion vs Rope

  The Leopold and Loeb case was one of ‘crimes of the century’, and inspired many books, plays and movies.  On... The post Subscribercast #68 – Compulsion vs Rope first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)