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What is ASIO? I'm sure you've all heard of it, but do you really know what it does? Is it as sexy as James Bond leads us to believe or is it just part of the political fabric? Who better to...
What started as a commission for 12 episodes about Australia’s least qualified spy has morphed into over 150 eps exploring the shadowy world...
With ASIO on the cusp of its 75th anniversary, DG Mike Burgess used the Annual Threat Assessment to drop a bombshell on the nation: a former...
Tay Tay stormed across Australia in a wave of friendship bracelets and sequinned bonhomie but there are some who believe we’ve all been had...
This week we conclude our interview with former DGSE clandestine operative and author, Jack Beaumont. How did our cliffhanger resolve itself...
This week David meets his match when we are joined in the studio by author, former fighter pilot and ex-DGSE clandestine ops officer Jack Be...
With the Middle East once again heating up, we take a look at one of the least talked about players: the Houthis. From Yemen they have launc...
We're back and it seems the intelligence world went crazy over our extended break! Israel and Gaza, Houthis on the high seas, the US getting...
In 2023 we saw the intelligence world drop the ball on more than one occasion. Before we get back into the swing in 2024, we thought you mig...
What do you get when you combine a Norwegian spy, a Xmas tree a slap up meal at the Savoy and a bottle of Aquavit? If your answer is a long...
Is Santa just an insidious plot to turn the biggest annual retail festival into a mass intelligence sweep? And what to Czech glass decoratio...
It's the holidays and what better way to avoid the summer heat than hunkering down in front of the TV. We've got you covered with our recomm...
2023 started with the continued war in Ukraine and ended with the growing crisis in Israel, and in between we brought you all the news fit t...
With the Opposition demanding the PM reveal any conversations he had with Xi Jinping regarding the HMAS Toowoomba incident this week we look...
This week we are joined by Harry P Russell, former intelligence and law-enforcement operative, historian and author of a series of uniquely...
With revelations that the Pine Gap facility may be instrumental in Israel's operations in Gaza, we've decided to have a look at one of then...
The recent Optus crash left 10 million Australian left struggling to stay in touch, we have a look at what happened. Was it a cyber attack o...
With a sudden surge in activity in the intelligence world, this week we are doing a sitrep on the current state of play. How did Netanyahu g...
The horrendous attack on Israel on October 7 by Hamas has seen the Levant plunge into crisis once more and the world hold its breath. Where...
Our sincere apologies but due to a family crisis we are not able to bring you a new episode this week. So, why not go back to the ep where i...
This week we conclude our interview with author, lawyer, soldier and whistleblower David McBride. What does he see as being the true crisis...
This week we're joined by whistle-blower David McBride to talk the release of his new book "The Nature of Honour", his upcoming court appear...
With Canada and India at arms over an alleged hit on a Sikh dissident and it literally raining generals in Russia, this week we take a look...
With world leaders currently gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly, we are joined this week by renowned journalist and host of t...
With ASIO in the headlines for a botched attempt to recruit a Chinese academic to spy for Australia, we take a look at the ins and outs of a...
After a well-earned rest David and Michelle are back, somewhat injured, but ready to take a look at what happened while we were away. What's...
Sweden's terrorist threat level has soared to unprecedented levels and Australia's travel advice is to exercise a high degree of caution. So...
With the Ukrainian counter-offensive grinding on, it seems the real battle is taking place in the intelligence sphere. From foiled assassina...
With the news that Australia's DIO will soon have US intelligence officers embedded within its ranks, we have a look at the relationship bet...
With authoritarian governments on the rise, it seems they are being emboldened in exporting their tyranny. Transnational Repression is growi...
We all know just how bad a spy David was but he pales in comparison with some of these guys. From German spies in WWI treating espionage mis...
A country's intelligence service is there to seek out information and protect us from our adversaries, but what about spying on allies? Do o...
This week we look at how someone becomes a spy. While recruitment into a modern intelligence organisation is fairly mundane these days, ther...
For a moment there the world thought Russia was plunging into civil war and Putin's long reign was coming to a close. And just 24 hours late...
It has long been believed that the KGB had a mole in ASIO and that suspicion was confirmed last week when the ABC’s 4Corners revealed the id...
The US is through the looking glass with former president Trump indicted and arraigned on multiple federal felony counts of espionage, consp...
With the recent destruction of the Nova Kharkovka Dam in Ukraine we take a look at the latest situation in the ongoing conflict. Who was the...
This week we take a peek at one lonely spying whale on the hunt for some friendship and a Mossad birthday party gone horribly wrong, before...
This week we conclude our interview with former Australian diplomat Jeremy Dicker with a good hard look at the state of Australia’s foreign...
Michelle is on the mend so this week we're bringing in a guest. Former Australian diplomat Jeremy Dicker joins us to give us a view of what...
Our apologies but Michelle has a nasty head cold and David’s irrational fear of nasal blockage meant he wouldn’t stay in the studio after a...
Three different stories from three different parts of the world allow a very candid look at the modern intelligence world and how it operate...
The Defence Strategic Review is the biggest examination of Australia's capability to wage war in nearly 30 years, and the findings have had...
Just as we were taking a well-earned and all-too-brief break, the intelligence community was rocked by two spy dramas: First, a US Airman du...
Is artificial intelligence having an effect on... intelligence? With the power to reshape how information is gathered and analysed, is this...
Michelle and David are taking a sneaky break over the Easter weekend so this week we invite you to enjoy once again friend of the pod Neil F...
While James Bond and his fictional spy ilk are often armed with a plethora of astounding gadgets, it seems the modern spy has to make do wit...
With the turbulent waters of the AUKUS announcement settling, we take a look at what some are saying is a glowing future. Has Australia brea...
With a $368 billion price tag, a delivery timeline that stretches across decades and an ex-PM going feral about it, everyone is talking abou...
Throughout history women have played an enormous part in the intelligence world, and yet this contribution has been repeatedly overlooked an...
Valdimir Putin’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine was only meant to last for a couple of days, two weeks tops… and yet, one year on,...