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Writer and researcher Julia Ebner makes a living out of infiltrating extremist groups. In the divided political landscape of the 21st century, some of those groups are making a play for the mainstream. In this classic...

The fantastic Julia Ebner, researcher and author, returns to the True Spies Debrief to discuss with host Morgan Childs her latest findings - how proper analysis of the online language of radicalized individuals can help...

How did the coronation of a newly independent African nation, and it's democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, turn into one of the hottest flash points of the early Cold War? Author and journalist Stuart A...

As a World War rages, humanity stands on the precipice of a new era in warfare. The atomic age is dawning - and Earth's great powers are determined to secure their place in it. In this classic episode of True Spies...

Author and journalist James R. Chiles joins Morgan Childs to discuss the half-forgotten history of Project Doorstop - the US Government's Cold War strategy against nuclear arms smuggling. From SPYSCAPE, the home of...

In the days after D-Day, deep behind enemy lines in Occupied France, how does one man's personal battle, turn the tide of the entire war? Hear the story of Peter Ortiz - a legend of the French Foreign Legion, US Marines...

During the Second World War, Vera Atkins sent hundreds of British spies into Occupied France. Some of them never came back - and nobody knew why. Vanessa Kirby shares the story of one woman's mission to find answers in...

Author Antonia Senior joins Morgan Childs to discuss the Cambridge Five - a British spy ring so notorious that aspects of their legacy have passed in to legend. Antonia's book, Stalin's Apostles, seeks to strip back the...

In September of 1943, thousands of British servicemen were being held in Italian PoW camps. When Mussolini fell, many stayed put, hoping to be liberated by an Allied advance. But others took their fates in to their own...

Betrayal. It's an important theme in spy fiction. But Steve Chao, investigative journalist, has seen it up close - and the price of betrayal is all too real. In this classic episode of True Spies from 2021, Vanessa...

Beginning with the invasion by Mussolini's army in October 1940, Greece was pulled into the Second World War and with it came a band of archeologists, classicists, and intellectuals who risked their lives to protect the...

As the Iron Curtain descends across Eastern Europe, the West is determined to roll back the march of Communism - starting with Albania. Historian Stephen Long is your guide to Operation BGFiend/Valuable - the joint...

Content Warning: This episode contains sex references. In the second season of Brief Histories, True Spies producer Joe Foley is your guide to the shadowy side of the world's espionage capitals. In Berlin, we'll meet a...

In the desert of Southern Afghanistan, CIA Case Officer Douglas Laux is on the hunt. He's traced a number of deadly IED attacks to a shadowy figure with ties to the Taliban. In this classic episode of True Spies, his...

True Spies producer Joe Foley speaks to Ralf Little and David Eldridge - the star and writer of the stage version of John Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, currently touring the UK. They talk about bringing...