In the 2001 classic Spy Game, a grizzled CIA lifer played by Robert Redford recruits a young-ish Brad Pitt to head to Lebanon and take pictures of Hezbollah… while rocking a San Diego Padres baseball cap. Seriously? That’s his idea of “blending in”?

In the 2024 book Supercommunicators, we meet an equally clueless CIA recruiter who teaches himself to become a better listener and conversationalist. We’ll dive deep into his transformation—and discuss the “3 Kinds of Conversation” in a way that would make even a Padres fan blend in…