Just like many federal agencies the Los Angeles Police Department have a dedicated entertainment liaison office for dealing with Hollywood....

The post Subscriber Podcast #36 – The LAPD’s Hollywood Office first appeared on Spy Culture.

For decades undercover British intelligence officers have infiltrated almost every notable political movement in the UK. In this episode I...

The post ClandesTime 197 – The Spycops Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture.

The Final Countdown is a classic of good bad cinema, featuring an aircraft carrier that goes through a wormhole and...

The post ClandesTime 196 – The Final Countdown first appeared on Spy Culture.

Over the last few weeks a storm has been brewing about the Chinese government’s censorship of American movies, as well...

The post Subscriber Podcast #35 – China, Censorship and South Park first appeared on Spy Culture.

The original Cultural Cold War has been the subject of numerous books and articles on both sides of the divide,...

The post ClandesTime 195 – The New Cultural Cold War first appeared on Spy Culture.

This week, I welcome to the show author and friend James Oddy to discuss the JFK assassination case and its...

The post ClandesTime 194 – Oliver Stone’s JFK first appeared on Spy Culture.

Why is it that capitalist economies and cultures produce anti-capitalist products? In this month’s subscriber podcast I examine three examples...

The post Subscriber Podcast #34 – Anti-Capitalist Pop Culture first appeared on Spy Culture.

In 1998 the CIA got an opportunity to infiltrate one of their spies into the Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan,...

The post ClandesTime 193 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Aukai Collins first appeared on Spy Culture.

The US Navy SEALs are known as the ‘quiet professionals’, but in recent times they have become the highest-profile of...

The post ClandesTime 192 – The Cinema of the Navy SEALs first appeared on Spy Culture.

Why isn’t the ‘political film’ a genre of cinema? Hollywood puts out a consistent stream of politically-themed films, but rarely...

The post ClandesTime 191 – The ‘Disguised’ Political Film in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.