S8 Ep57: Inside the blockbuster US-Russia prisoner swap with Shane Harris
On today’s episode, Washington Post national security reporter and friend of the show, Shane Harris, joins Matt to discuss last week's historic prisoner exchange between the US and Russia, securing th...
10 Aug 202443min
S8 Ep56: Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah on the brink with Phillip Smyth
In today’s special episode, Phillip Smyth, a leading expert on Iranian-backed militias, returns to dissect the latest wave of conflict in the Middle East. Recent escalations have claimed the lives of ...
6 Aug 20241h 11min
S8 Ep55: How autocracies try to undermine democracy with Anne Applebaum
On today’s podcast, we are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and journalist Anne Applebaum. In this episode, we discuss Anne’s latest book, Autocracy Inc., which examines how and why...
3 Aug 202442min
S8 Ep54: Espresso Martini | Russian agents target the Olympics, Trump assassination attempt and President Biden steps out of the Presidential race
Today, we will look at a Russian operative who was arrested in France, details on the failed assassination of Donald Trump, and a little at President Biden stepping out of the 2024 Presidential race.O...
27 Jul 20241h 19min
S8 Ep53: Unpacking the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump with Jacob Ware
On today’s special episode, Matt is joined again by Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations focusing on domestic and international terrorism. Jacob helps make sense of last w...
17 Jul 202436min
S8 Ep52: UK & French Elections, UK defence report and Russian information campaign exposed in US
On today's episode, we will examine who’s who in the new Labour-led UK government, a report on the UK’s armed services, the French elections, and a recently discovered Russian covert information campa...
13 Jul 20241h 26min
S8 Ep51: How the KGB and the FSB attempt to subvert Western democracies with Mark Hollingsworth
On today’s episode, Chris speaks with author and journalist Mark Hollingsworth about his book Agents of Influence, which looks at how the KGB attempted to subvert Western democracies during the Cold W...
5 Jul 20241h 16min
S8 Ep50: Conspiracies, Disinformation, and Mission Implausible with John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea
On today’s episode, Matt speaks to former senior CIA officers and now co-founders of Spycraft Entertainment, John Sipher and Jerry O’Shea, to discuss their podcast, Mission Implausible.In their career...
28 Jun 202446min
