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CONFLICTED

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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.
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One Decision

Situation Room Studios

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Tough decisions rattle us all to the core. But for our guests on One Decision— the choices they are up against can also shape history. No pressure! They take us through all of their doubts, emotions and—sometimes unexpected--consequences. A fresh take on foreign policy. Hear the former head of Mi6, Sir Richard Dearlove alongside international journalists as they analyse, interview, and discuss.
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True Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino, Daisy Ridley and Rhiannon Neads talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. Y ...
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ClandesTime

Tom Secker

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Podcast series with Tom Secker featuring film and book reviews and discussions and investigations into military and intelligence involvement in popular culture.
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Experience the Cold War like never before through award-winning, real-life stories told by those who lived it. Each week, we bring you firsthand accounts from soldiers, spies, civilians, and more, capturing the full spectrum of Cold War experiences. Host Ian Sanders takes you beyond the history books, delivering raw, personal stories where every breath, pause, and emotion adds depth to understanding this pivotal era. This is Cold War history, told from the inside. We cover subjects such as s ...
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If you wish to know what it’s really like to make the life and death decisions portrayed in the movies by James Bond or on TV by Homeland's, Cary Matherson, then Black Spy Podcast is the show for you. If you're interested in the clandestine world of secret intelligence, espionage, counter-terrorism and national security, then this definitely your must listen Podcast! Every week, along with a different successful or famous guest who's always been interested in the secret services, ex officer, ...
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Cover Up: The Conspiracy Tapes

Sony Music Entertainment

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The Illuminati - the infamous conspiratorial obsession - wasn't always that way. It was the work of one man that brought the illuminati from obscure to omnipresent - John Todd. In the 1970s, Todd burst into the public eye with tales of secret societies and dark rituals, claiming to be an ex-witch linked to human sacrifices among the elite. But as his tales spread and followers grew, his web of secrets unraveled, and ultimately - he vanished. 'Cover Up: The Conspiracy Tapes' exposes the twist ...
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Sport Unlocked

Sports News Insiders

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From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more
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Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets

Sony Music Entertainment

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Cover Up is a series of investigative stories that take us on a journey into a world of subterfuge and secrecy—a world where the truth is concealed under a blanket of lies. From corrupt individuals to clandestine institutions, Cover Up exposes deceit, deception, and the abuse of power. Season one uncovers the story of The Ministry of Secrets, one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Cold War. At its heart is a missing person — a wartime hero and international celebrity. But that’s just the ...
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Join Academy- Award winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) as he discusses the latest James Bond film, Skyfall.In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
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The Outlander After Show recaps, reviews and discusses episodes of Starz's Outlander. Show Summary: After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with husband Frank, an MI6 officer looking forward to a new career as an Oxford historian. Suddenly, Claire is transported to 1743 and into a mysterious world where her freedom and life are threatened. To survive, she marries Jamie Fraser, a strapping Scots warrior with a complicate ...
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How to get on a Watchlist

Encyclopedia Geopolitica

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From the team at Encyclopedia Geopolitica, “How to get on a Watchlist” is a podcast about dangerous acts, organizations, and people. In each episode, we sit down with leading experts to discuss the risks they pose, and how to stop them. From assassinations and airliner shootdowns, through to kidnappings and coups, we’ll examine each of these threats through the lenses of both the dangerous actors behind them, and the agencies around the world seeking to stop them. In the interest of operatio ...
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"Essential listening..." Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy. Gordon Corera investigates. Twenty years ago a US-led coalition invaded Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. The UK was America's main partner. For many it remains a war based on a lie. So why did it happen? Why was Washington so fixed on regime change in Iraq? And why did the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, commit the UK to taking part? The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera seeks to find new answers to ...
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Leading Professional People

Laura Empson and Tony Hall

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Professor Laura Empson and Tony Hall, Lord Hall of Birkenhead, explore the crucial leadership questions currently facing professional organisations and their leaders. They uncover the complicated, messy and surprisingly emotional challenges of leading professionals. Laura and Tony interview senior leaders from some of the most successful global professional organisations, including EY, Slaughter & May, MI6, Spencer Stuart and the BBC. And they build on their own insights from their lifetimes ...
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Best-selling author, rock star historian and world-renowned thinker Peter Frankopan introduces his podcast: I’ve Been Thinking...with Peter Frankopan. Peter talks to experts, academics and thinkers about current affairs and cutting-edge research that often do not get covered in the mainstream media.
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Macro Matters

Millennium Global

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Millennium Global's podcast, Macro Matters, discusses a range of topics relating to foreign exchange and investment currency management. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Millennium Global or any of the funds/accounts it manages or any of its Portfolio Managers. This information is intended for Professional Clients only. Millennium Global does not target retail clients. This infor ...
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The Banff Spy Podcast

Iona Reid, Beth Sivewright and Richard Broom

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The Banff Spy Podcast comes to you from Banff, Aberdeenshire in the Northeast of Scotland. I'll be talking to people in the Banff area but I will also be reaching out for interesting stories from around the world. If you would like to take part in my podcasts, please contact me: Richard Broom - Email: info@rids.co.uk - Telephone: +44 (0) 7 939 317 78. - Website: richardbroomphotographyvideosounds.co.uk
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This week, host Christina Ruffini and One Decision's resident spymaster, Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, discuss former President Donald Trump's recent complaint accusing United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party of election interference in support of Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. They a…
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As Tom Williams fought the enemy, every day, without fail, he would record the day’s events in his diary. It is these diaries (which Tom has to this day), that enable him to tell the story of Vietnam in the late sixties/early seventies, like it really was. I talk with Tom about his book “Doorsteps of Hell” where he offers an honest, unembellished a…
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Bonjour tout le monde! In this week’s Conflicted, Thomas and Aimen are going continental as they continue their survey of Africa, with the first of a two part series on French West Africa, aka La Françafrique! France’s West African colonial possessions are relatively unknown in the English speaking world, but from Chad to Senegal, their histories a…
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In this classic True Spies episode, Eric O'Neill describes the hunt for the infamous FBI mole Robert Hanssen. This entire operation hinges around Eric needing to get Hanssen into a hire car so his own car can be searched for evidence of his betrayal... but the hire car isn’t there. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Seri…
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The road to nuclear armageddon The Black Spy Podcast, Season 17, Episode 0004 This week's Black Spy podcast is a continuation of last week's but with the direct reflection on the present situation in the world as we actually travel on a road that almost inevitably leads to thermonuclear war. Hence, last week's explanation of our present situation a…
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Episode 171 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on October 18, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Why Chelsea sale cash remain locked Paris FC's Louis Vuitton takeover Nigeria national team's ordeal in Libya Another FIFA World Cup sponsor not signing up for Club World Cup. Infant…
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In the late 1960s European club football competitions were thriving However unexpected events in 1968 threatened its survival. I delve into the fascinating world of European football during the Cold War era with Craig McCracken, a self-described peddler and purveyor of quasi obscure retro football nostalgia via the 'Beyond The Last Man' blog. We ex…
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In this week's episode, One Decision's Julia Macfarlane and Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of Britain's MI6, sit down with Sir Michael Fallon, the former United Kingdom Defence Minister. They discuss how today's global conflicts mirror those from ten years ago when Sir Fallon oversaw British defense during the conflict between Israel and Ham…
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Naga Munchetty speaks to Betty Mukherjee, who took part in the BBC’s Race Across the World, about being diagnosed with MRKH at the age of 16 and her decision to talk publicly about it on the programme. MRKH, or Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, is a rare condition that means a woman is born with ovaries but no womb. Naga is also joined by Al…
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What will cost the global economy $20 trillion come 2026? In this latest Debrief, hear from author and famed security expert: Eric O'Neill. Eric discusses with Morgan Childs the growing hotbeds for cyber espionage, crime and warfare in the world right now, their consequences. Crucially, they also discuss how individuals and companies alike can safe…
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Marieha Hussain, a former teacher, has been found not guilty of racially aggravated public order offence. She was thrust into the media spotlight after holding a placard at a protest depicting former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman as coconuts. It’s a word that is sometimes used about a person of colour, to imp…
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Rob Millington, ex-british army trooper, spent 6 months in Belfast during the final decade of the conflict that gripped the lives of anyone in the 6 counties. Rob talks to us almost getting caught in an IRA b*mb which was set up to blow up security forces responding to sh*oting, the impact that first seeing dead bodies had on him and aftermath of t…
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The Coming Nuclear war The Black Spy Podcast, Season 17, Episode 0003 The First World War broke out due to competing empires lobbying for power. A waning British Empire sought to maintain its number one position in the world, The Russian Empire, seeking to maintain its position in the East vis-a-vis the Austro-Hungarian Empire, supported Serbia. An…
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Episode 170 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on October 13, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Future of Premier League financial rules & global transfers What the European Club Association discussed at Athens gathering FIFA's gaming deal but still no FIFA game - and why aren'…
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Flying at high speed and low level, RCAF pilot Allen French was at the sharp end of potential nuclear bombing missions during the Cold War. Born at the dawn of the baby boomer era, Allen delves into his early inspirations, his father's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the pivotal moments that led him to join the Air Force. From training…
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This week, One Decision’s Christina Ruffini sits down with former CIA director and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to discuss legendary Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, War, and the book’s revelations about the rocky relationship between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with f…
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This week we’re thrilled to bring our Conflicted Community an interview with a guest who we all at Conflicted are great fans of – British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore! Simon is an award winning historian of bestsellers including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Young Stalin, The Romanovs and his most recent work, The World: A Family History. …
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Episode 169 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on October 8, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Manchester City v Premier League - tribunal verdict & financial rules explained. Who won & what's next? ​Follow the pod WhatsApp channel for updates ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://whatsapp.com/channel…
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Hear the story of the extraordinary life of the spy with 29 names: Juan Pujol Garcia Born into a tumultuous Spain, Garcia, or Agent Garbo, was a natural spy, seeking out the Allies so strong was his distain for Nazi Germany. Amongst a storied espionage career, learn how his daring actions rescued the Allied invasion of Normandy, from the jaws of de…
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John Nixon, ex-Offical IRA and INLA member begins this episode at the start of his second prison term in Long Kesh during which he would volunteer for the IRA/INLA Hunger Strike of 1980, led by Brendan “The Dark” Hughes. John speaks about the horrors and trauma of years in prison, beatings and torture from the guards and his account of the hunger s…
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Karen Falasca last saw her 15 year old sister Denise on July 14, 1969, when they parted ways not far from their Bergen County home. The next day, Denise’s body was found strangled next to a cemetery. For almost 50 years, Karen searched for her sister's killer. In Denise Didn’t Come Home, host Anthony Scalia joins her in her search and discovers an …
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Is mainstream Western media news, often FAKE News? (Part 2) Black Spy Podcast, Season 17, Episode 0002 In this week’s Black Spy podcast Carlton King asks specialist New journalist and PR DAPS Agency boss, Firgas Esack, about the mainstream mass media, its hold on Western citizen’s Weltanschauung and questions whether the media properly undertakes i…
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Episode 168 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on October 5, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Transfers ruling - what it means; World Cup decisions - how transparent is FIFA?; Club World Cup changes to player contracts; News agency's doping stories pulled after WADA media chie…
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In the sleepy suburb of Ruislip in London during the late 1950s, life was anything but exciting for Gay Search, a 15-year-old girl. Little did she know, her mundane existence was about to be shattered by a shocking revelation that would turn her world upside down. This is the gripping tale of suburban espionage, the story begins with the seemingly …
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This week, One Decision's Sir Richard Dearlove returns to the host seat to interview fellow spymaster and co-host, former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta, on the growing crisis in the Middle East following Iran's missile attack against Israel. They discuss the implications of Israel's response, Iran's fragile state and influence …
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Thomas and Aimen are back with a vital Q&A as the Middle East enters its most dangerous and precarious moment in recent memory. Israel’s 12 day operation, beginning with an extraordinary operation that blew up thousands of Hezbollah pagers across Lebanon, then escalated this week with the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a huge…
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In this classic True Spies episode, Tracy Walder shares what went on during 9/11 inside The Vault, the CIA's top secret bunker. 9/11 was only the second day of Tracy's first real CIA assignment, and she was tasked with hunting the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, with President George W Bush looking on. From SPYSCAPE, the headquarter…
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In this bonus episode, One Decision's Christina Ruffini sits down with the Czech Republic's Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky, and Poland's Ambassador to the United Nations, Krzysztof Szczerski, in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly. They discuss Russia's military threat in Eastern Europe, the strain of illegal migration, interna…
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Ralph Brooker served in the British army touring Fermanagh, Derry and the infamous South Armagh, better known as "Bandit Country". Having spent the majority of his time in rural, border areas Ralph recounts the British army's constant attempts to counteract the IRA's ever evolving methods and tactics. Ralph speaks to us about being on the receiving…
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Is mainstream Western media news, often FAKE? (Part 1) Black Spy Podcast, Season 17, Episode 0010 In this week’s Black Spy podcast Carlton King asks specialist journalist and PR the DAPS Agency boss, Firgas Esack, about the mainstream mass media, its hold on Western citizen’s Weltanschauung and questions whether the media properly undertakes it rol…
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Episode 167 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on September 29, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Premier League financial rules - the confidentiality and secrecy that creates confusion over financial rules Club World Cup - venues now chosen but where are the sponsors and broad…
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In this gripping episode of Cold War Conversations, we hear the remarkable first-hand account of John Brooker, an Australian veteran who takes us on a journey from the streets of Sydney to the battlefields of Vietnam. John shares his experiences from joining the Citizens Military Force (CMF) to his deployment with the Royal New South Wales Lancers …
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During the high-level week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, world leaders are gathering to discuss a world in crisis. One Decision's Christina Ruffini spoke with the Philippines’ Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and Taiwan’s Representative to the United States, Alexander Yui. They discussed the escalating threats acro…
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Spying is stressful, often traumatic work - how do they cope? Former FBI and CIA employee Tracy Walder speaks to True Spies producer Morgan Childs about the mental health ramifications of intelligence work, and her personal experiences as a woman in the line of duty. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Jo…
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How Western society is limiting our brain function (Part 2) with Dr. Rachel Taylor Black Spy Podcast, Season 16, Episode 0010 In this week’s Black Spy podcast Carlton continues his discussion with Dr Rachel Taylor as to the effects on our brains of the way we live our lives today. Does the fear of speaking out against the prevailing views, held by …
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