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 journalists Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff a

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The podcast currently has 221 episodes available.

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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.
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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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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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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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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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April 29, 2025 Letting Russia Off the Hook
Trump’s shutdown of Russian war crimes investigations is the focus of former US Ambassador-at-large Stephen Rapp and SpyTalk host Michael Isikoff.
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April 25, 2025 The Last Spy Story of the Vietnam War
Former CIA officer Frank Snepp shares a stunning spy story of the Vietnam War’s chaotic end with host Jeff Stein
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57min
April 18, 2025 The CIA, Iran and a Conspiracy of Silence
Doug Waller talks with Michael Isikoff about his new biography of CIA master spook Frank Wisner, quarterback of the 1953 Iran coup—and so much more.
The Determined Spy
Douglas Waller
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53min
April 11, 2025 Insanity Claws
Pulitzer-winning intelligence historian Tim Weiner discusses the latest wacky—and disturbing—news from inside the Trump administration’s national security team with SpyTalk host Jeff Stein
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FAQs about SpyTalk:

How many episodes does SpyTalk have?

The podcast currently has 221 episodes available.