SpyTalk

By SpyTalk, Jeff Stein

SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalist Jeff Stein, the podcast features ... more

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The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.

SpyTalk episodes:

July 02, 2025 CIA at Risk
Former senior CIA ops manager Luis Rueda talks about an imperiled spy agency with host Jeff Stein.
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45min
June 27, 2025 Tulsy Gabbard, Missing in Action
Former National Intelligence Council chief Gregory Treverton tells SpyTalk’s Michael Isikoff he wonders why DNI Tulsi Gabbard still has her job - and why her agency should be “substantially” reduced in size.
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42min
June 20, 2025 On the Brink
Former Obama adviser Ned Price discusses Trump‘s options on Iran with SpyTalk hosts Jeff Stein & Michael Isikoff.

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39min
June 14, 2025 CIA AT RISK
Trump-MAGA infestation of spy agency poses national security threat, senior CIA ops veteran Luis Rueda tells SpyTalk host Jeff Stein.
Luis Rueda
How to Take Greenland
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42min
June 09, 2025 Buckley and the CIA
Sam Tanenhaus, author of new biography of William F. Buckley, Jr., joins Michael Isikoff to discuss the conservative columnist's early role as a CIA spy and his longtime relationship with his one time agency boss, Watergate burglar Howard Hunt.
Buy the book
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
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58min
June 05, 2025 The Intel Mess
Gabbard’s meddling with intel disqualifies her, Sen. Mark Warner says on SpyTalk podcast with Michael Isikoff

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30min
May 30, 2025 China Spy Worries + Russia
Former top CIA exec Sue Miller talks all things espionage with Jeff Stein & Michael Isikoff.
Susan Miller https://www.thecipherbrief.com/experts/susan-miller
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32min
May 23, 2025 Spy World Politicos
“It’s not good” that ex-spooks are going public, former CIA officer Steve Cash tells the SpyTalk podcast, but “we’re terrified” by Trump.
Steven A. Cash
https://bsky.app/profile/cashsteven.bsky.social
https://thesteadystate.org/
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55min
May 16, 2025 Trump’s Plane Won’t Fly with Rep. Jim Himes
Rep. Jim Himes, top Dem on the House Intel Committee, talks with Jeff & Mike about the Qatar grift and more bad things going on under Tulsi Gabbard.
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39min
May 09, 2025 Air Fright
Russia’s airliner sabotage ops are examined by science writer Jeff Wise and SpyTalk host Jeff Stein.
Jeff Wise
https://x.com/ManvBrain
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/inside-new-security-threats-in-the-skies?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/aviation-flights-white-house-tcas-drones.html
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38min

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