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Imagine a world where Nicholas Cage plays himself and is recruited by the CIA to spy on a drug kingpin,...

The post Subscribercast #65 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent first appeared on Spy Culture.

Over a hundred governments across the world have a culture ministry – though they often go by other names. These...

The post ClandesTime 230 – The Ministries of Culture first appeared on Spy Culture.

Well, it’s here. The least-needed film in cinematic history, and therefore likely the box office smash of 2022. In this...

The post ClandesTime Special – Top Gun: Maverick first appeared on Spy Culture.

In the summer of 2020 a former CIA officer published a book with the overt aim of countering the tide...

The post Subscribercast #64 – The CIA and Fake News first appeared on Spy Culture.

Black operations make the world go round, and have become the subject of major movies and TV, from Jack Ryan...

The post ClandesTime 229 – Black Operations and the Entertainment Liaison Offices first appeared on Spy Culture.

Can you make an environmentalist movie with the help of the Pentagon? In this episode we answer this and other...

The post ClandesTime 228 – Don’t Look Up first appeared on Spy Culture.

Moonfall is the latest Roland Emmerich disaster movie, and while it isn’t as bad as Don’t Look Up, it isn’t...

The post Subscribercast #63 – Moonfall first appeared on Spy Culture.

Roger Ailes founded and ran Fox News for the first 20 years of its existence, making it the highest rated...

The post ClandesTime 227 – The Loudest Voice first appeared on Spy Culture.

The invasion of Iraq has been called the greatest intelligence failure of all time. This is – of course –...

The post ClandesTime 226 – In the Loop vs Shock and Awe first appeared on Spy Culture.

Perhaps unavoidably, in this month’s subscriber-only podcast we discuss the war in Ukraine – what led up to this point,...

The post Subscribercast #62 – Cultural Warfare Over Ukraine, and the Polandistan Option first appeared on Spy Culture.