Spies and Lies

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Spies and Lies episodes

February 16, 2022 CIA Spy Cats - Acoustic Kitty
Declassified CIA documents show plans in the 1960's to train cats as special operatives under the code name Acoustic Kitty... Did it succeed?
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37 min
February 09, 2022 Bay of Pigs Disaster
In 1961, the CIA orchestrated and backed a plan to overthrow Fidel Castro's rule in Cuba, which failed catastrophically... but was it doomed from the start?
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1 hr 7 min
February 02, 2022 WW1 - The Spark that Ignited the World
When an assassin's gunshot rang out in Sarajevo... a spark was lit that would ignite the world into war...
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58 min
January 26, 2022 Double Agent Gordievsky – Operation Pimlico
With a death sentence from the KGM still looming over his head till today...this is Oleg Gordievsky's story...
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58 min
January 19, 2022 Mata Hari - A Femme Fatale Tragedy
One of the most well known names in the world of spycraft, Mata Hari was immortalized by Hollywood as the archetype "Femme Fatale", but like with Mata Hari herself, her world was filled with lies...
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53 min
January 12, 2022 Assassination of Julius Caesar
In order to prevent what they felt was a tyrant taking over Rome and becoming King... a group of Senator took matters into their own hands... forever changing the course of history...
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1 hr 5 min
January 05, 2022 Spy Talk
At the mid-point of season 1, Omri and Jason chat about favorite episodes, challenges, and the journey so far... as well as what's to come.
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36 min
December 29, 2021 Cold War Canada - Igor Gouzenko
Did events in Ottawa, Canada set in motion the start of the Cold War?
When Soviet cypher clerk Igor Gouzenko defected, he revealed intel that changed everything...
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50 min
December 22, 2021 Jericho - A City to be Spied
Jericho was one of the most formidable cities in the ancient world.. and yet, with the help of 2 spies, Joshua was able to do the unthinkable...
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45 min
December 15, 2021 The 12 Spies of Moses
Moses sent 12 spies into the land of Canaan...and their report... changed everything...
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50 min