Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

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Since Sep 2016

Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Secrets and Spies sits at the intersection of intelligence, covert action, real-world espionage, and broader geopolitics in a way that is digestible but serious. Hosted by filmmaker Chris Carr and writer Matt Fulton, each episode unpacks global events through the lens of intelligence and geopolitics, featuring expert insights from former spies, authors, and analysts. Tune in for balanced, critical perspectives that will expand your understanding of our uncertain world, deciphering the most enigmatic professions, ideologies, and organizations that shape the global landscape. Subscribe to Secrets and Spies today on all major podcast streaming platforms. Our Hosts Host Chris Carr, driven by a teenage encounter with former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky, brings a unique authenticity to the podcast. His deep-seated fascination with espionage is evident in his highly acclaimed short spy film The Dry Cleaner, available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Currently developing feature film and television scripts inspired by the podcast's themes, Chris aims to create realistic and compelling spy dramas. Joining him is Matt Fulton, a novelist and screenwriter who draws inspiration from masters of the spy genre like John Le Carré, Tom Clancy, and Graham Greene. Author of the Active Measures series of globe-trotting geopolitical thrillers, Matt brings his decades of extensive research and narrative prowess to the podcast, offering listeners a front-row seat to the thrilling world of covert operations.

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S10E48 S10 Ep48: Think Like a Spy: What Intelligence Work Really Teaches About People | Julian Fisher

Jun 06, 2026 1h 9m

Julian Fisher spent his career as a British intelligence operative before distilling what he learned into the Think Like a Spy: Strategic Relations Workshop—and his central argument is…

S10E47 S10 Ep47: A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit : CIA, MI6, and Covert Action in Cold War Albania with Stephen Long

Jun 04, 2026 54m

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, CIA and MI6 launched an audacious series of clandestine operations to infiltrate and destabilize Communist Albania — and lost nearly every agent they sent in.…

S10E46 S10 Ep46: Espresso Martini | Gabbard Resigns, Trump Meets Xi, and China's Capitol Hill Spy Pitch

May 31, 2026 1h 17m

Chris and Matt break down a packed few weeks in intelligence and geopolitics, opening with the resignation of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence — a departure framed officially around…

S10E45 S10 Ep45: America’s War Powers Crisis with Brian Finucane

May 23, 2026 58m

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Congress hasn't formally done so since 1942. Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer and current senior adviser at the…

S10E44 S10 Ep44: A Spy at War with Charles Beaumont

May 16, 2026 1h 12m

Charles Beaumont spent years as an MI6 officer running human sources before turning to fiction—and his second novel, A Spy at War, carries the authority of someone who has actually done the work. Set…

S1E326 No show on Saturday 9th May. We will return on 16th May. Chris has some episode recommendations from our back catalogue

May 08, 2026 1m

There will be no show on Saturday 9th May as we are on a production break. We will return on Saturday 16th MayChris has some recommendations from our back catalogue.Chris's Episode…

S10E43 S10 Ep43: Espresso Martini | Iran Stalemate, the End of Orbán, and the CIA in Mexico

May 02, 2026 1h 16m

Two months into Operation Epic Fury, the US and Iran remain locked in an uncomfortable limbo: a ceasefire is technically holding, the Strait of Hormuz is still contested, and diplomacy has collapsed…

S10E42 S10 Ep42: A Spy’s Guide to Cold War Berlin with James Stejskal

Apr 29, 2026 1h 5m

In today’s episode, former Special Forces Detachment A operator James Stejskal shares his extraordinary insights into Berlin's role as the epicenter of Cold War espionage. From his personal…

S10E41 S10 Ep41: Able Archer: The Nuclear War Game That Almost Ended the World with Brian J. Morra

Apr 26, 2026 1h 1m

In the fall of 1983, NATO's annual nuclear war exercise, Able Archer 83, brought the United States and the Soviet Union closer to catastrophe than almost anyone in Washington understood at the time.…

S10E40 S10 Ep40: What Hollywood Gets Wrong About the CIA with John Sipher & Jerry O’Shea

Apr 18, 2026 1h 18m

John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea, former senior CIA officers and co-founders of Spycraft Entertainment, return to the show for a conversation with Matt and Chris about what Hollywood gets wrong about…

S10E39 S10 Ep39: Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks with Sean Wiswesser

Apr 11, 2026 1h 1m

Sean Wiswesser spent three decades in the U.S. intelligence community, much of it running operations against Russia for the CIA. His new book, Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks, dissects of how…

S10E38 S10 Ep38: Inside the New Apostolic Reformation: Faith, Power, and American Politics with Pastor Louis Florio

Apr 04, 2026 1h 40m

Pastor Louis Florio—Lutheran pastor, former military intelligence officer, and police chaplain in Virginia—joins Chris to explain the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR): what it actually is, where it…

S10E37 S10 Ep37: Espresso Martini | Boots in Iran, Putin's War Plans, and China in Orbit

Mar 28, 2026 1h 6m

Chris and Matt are back for Espresso Martini. Nearly a month into Operation Epic Fury, Washington appears to be laying the groundwork for potential ground operations inside Iran—but the two options…

S10E36 S10 Ep36: Inside the Bulgarian Spy Ring Trial with Trevor Barnes

Mar 18, 2026 1h 24m

Chris speaks with intelligence historian and journalist Trevor Barnes about the Bulgarian spy ring trial at the Old Bailey, one of the most significant espionage cases in the UK since the Cold War.…

S10E35 S10 Ep35: How China Steals America’s Secrets with David Shedd & Andrew Badger

Mar 14, 2026 1h

David Shedd served as acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; Andrew Badger is a former DIA case officer now teaching state-sponsored espionage at Oxford. Together they've written The…

S10E34 S10 Ep34: Iran After Khamenei with Phillip Smyth

Mar 07, 2026 1h 25m

Israel has killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The IRGC's senior leadership is decimated. The CIA is reportedly arming Kurdish opposition forces along the Iran-Iraq border. Phillip Smyth — one of the…

S10E33 S10 Ep33: Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed with Lizzie Dearden

Feb 28, 2026 57m

In this conversation, Lizzie Dearden, a journalist specializing in terrorism reporting, shares her journey into the field, the writing of her book Plotters, and insights into the evolving landscape…

S10E32 S10 Ep32: Ukraine’s Struggle, Four Years On with Ben Wittes

Feb 21, 2026 1h 16m

Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare, joins Matt and Chris after spending two weeks traveling across Ukraine—from Kyiv to Kharkiv and Odesa—as the war enters its fourth year. What he describes…

S10E31 S10 Ep31: Jan Marsalek’s Spy Ring and a Telegram Trail to Moscow with Manuel Bewarder

Feb 14, 2026 1h 7m

In this episode, Chris speaks with German investigative journalist Manuel Bewarder about the Jan Marsalek spy network and the landmark UK trial that exposed it. They unpack how the former Wirecard…

S10E30 S10 Ep30: Espresso Martini | Epstein’s Russian Espionage Ties and a World Out of Bounds

Feb 07, 2026 1h 26m

This week on Espresso Martini, Chris and Matt examine a set of stories pointing to a more volatile intelligence and political landscape. They unpack Poland’s investigation into whether Jeffrey…

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