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Season 1

Aug. 14, 2023

Episode 27: People know about Donald but wait until you hear about Me…

British aristocrat Donald Maclean, as a member of the Cambridge 5, worked his way to the top of the British Foriegn Office while secretly working as KGB spy. His wife was in on it the whole time. How did an …

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Feb. 8, 2022

Kim Philby Part 2: I Really Must Be Going

After secretly committing himself to the cause of Communism and to serving the Soviet Union, Kim Philby worked as a reporter in the time preceding WWII. But once the War started, he decided to look for better ways to fight …

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Jan. 17, 2022

What Happened In Kazakhstan?

After having lived and worked in Kazakhstan for some time, Brandon gives us a breakdown of what led to the recent mass protests and subsequent violence. What caused the uprising? Were the protests started by outside agitators...

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Jan. 11, 2022

James Jesus Angleton: Poetry, Fly Fishing, and Fascism

Toward the end of the Second World War, many Americans had rather strong feelings about Fascists, mostly, that Fascists were evil and tyrranical, fueled by hatred and a total disregard for human life. But there were some who ...

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Oct. 19, 2021

Secret Agent Super Spy: Harold Kim Philby

Kim Philby was born into peculiar circumstances at a pivotal moment in world history, and he played his part in the struggle between ideologies that shaped our modern world. But to ask who he was is perhaps too big a …

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June 23, 2021

Carmel Offie: Short and Sweet

Carmel Offie is one of history’s tragically overlooked characters -- someone who worked with superhuman effort and questionable ethics to protect a country that would, in turn, destroy him out of convenience. Described by man...

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May 27, 2021

Antonio Villas Boas, Part 2: "Oh yeah, I know that guy!"

For years, UFO researchers believed there were two ways to consider the fantastic story of Antonio Villas Boas: an unprecedented encounter with other-worldly beings, or a bit of weird fiction, maybe dreamed up by a bored youn...

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May 18, 2021

CIA Files: Raw Files News

We take a look at headlines from around the globe. This week, we discuss the kerfuffle that cost a Swiss intelligence leader his job. We discuss the consequences of the CIA's vaccine tracking in their hunt for Osama Bin Laden...

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May 10, 2021

Antonio Villas Boas, part 1: Can't a Man Farm in Peace?

After the Roswell crash in 1947, UFO sightings became commonplace across the country. Local authorities and government agencies became overrun with reports of strange objects in the sky, performing impossible feats before zoo...

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April 26, 2021

George Hunter White, part 2: "I was too rough for their league."

CIA mad scientist Sidney Gottlieb had job opening that might as well have been custom-made for Goerge Hunter White. White had experience in drugging people for experiments during his time in the OSS. He loved drugs himself. H...

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April 19, 2021

CIA Files: Headlines 4/18/2021

A look at headlines from around the world. Top general: 'Low to medium risk' of Russia invading Ukraine in next few weeks https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/low-to-medium-risk-russian-invasion-ukraine-next-few-weeks-us-gene...

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April 12, 2021

George Hunter White, part 1: "Actually, A Heretic"

Few people seem to be so lucky as to discover their true purpose in life, and even fewer seem tenacious enough to truly dedicate their entire lives to that purpose. In that regard, George Hunter White may have been the …

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