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SpyTalk, Jeff Stein

SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security and military strategy. Co-hosted by veteran national security journalist Jeff Stein and former...

Episodes

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Deep Cover Sergeants

National security reporter for the Washington Post Zachary Dorfman discusses the Pentagon’s plan for a deep-cover spy program. More from our...

59:50Oct 30, 2026

How 9/11 Changed America

Janet Reitman’s The Inheritance is a portrait of 9/11’s devastating consequences, More from our guest: Janet Reitman https://x.com/janetreit...

64:50Oct 23, 2026

Patel's Partisan Politics Imperils Lives (feat. Brian Driscoll)

Brian Driscoll joins SpyTalk to discuss the circumstances of his dismissal from the FBI and how the Bureau’s current leadership is destroyin...

46:47Oct 16, 2026

Chinese Dupe or Spy?

CNBC’s Eamon Javers weaves a cautionary tale for US officials. More from Eamon Javers | https://www.cnbc.com/eamon-javers/ https://x.com/Eam...

49:46Oct 9, 2026

An Assassination on Embassy Row

Investigative reporter John Dinges tells how Henry Kissinger failed to prevent Chile’s 1976 murder of Orlando Letelier in downtown D.C. More...

56:01Oct 2, 2026

The Tech Bro Gods of War

Sharon Weinberger on how Big Tech is fueling the future of war. Sharon Weinberger talks about her latest book Valley of Death How Big Tech I...

54:55Sep 25, 2026

Terror’s New Faces

A greater array of better-armed threats confronts the US than on 9/11. Terrorism and insurgency expert Bruce Hoffman joins the podcast to di...

60:35Sep 18, 2026

25 Years of Counterterrorism

Peter Bergen on the triumphs and tragedies wrought by 9/11. More from our guest: https://www.peterbergen.com/ His latest book: All the Presi...

71:09Sep 9, 2026

How to Recruit a Traitor

Former CIA operations officer and member of CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-3) turned author, Jim Lawler joins Micheal to discuss rea...

55:58Sep 4, 2026

U.S. Adversaries Exploit Intel Failures

Former CIA Chief Learning Officer Steve Hirsch tells how Russia, China, and Iran exploit the cracks in US intelligence. More From Stephen Hi...

43:40Aug 28, 2026

The World's First Super-terrorist

Joby Warrick joined SpyTalk to talk about “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.” Check out the book:...

53:09Aug 21, 2026

Gunfight at the CIA Corral

Political pressure on the spy agency is forcing people out, says former senior analyst Julia Curlee. More From Julia Curlee at | https://www...

51:44Aug 17, 2026

Kash Patel’s Strange Trips

Former FBI executive Lauren Anderson on the Director’s China, Russia outreaches. Lauren C. Anderson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencand...

54:44Aug 7, 2026

The Nord Stream Conspiracy

Wall Street Journal reporter Bojan Pancevski unveils the astounding story of Ukraine’s sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Plus, Jeff and Mich...

57:24Jul 31, 2026

Who’s Running US Intelligence?

Atlantic staff writer Shane Harris drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA. Follow Jeff Stein on Twitter | https://twitter.com/S...

41:24Jul 24, 2026

Trumpworld’s Dystopian World of Terror

Terrorism expert Colin Clarke fact-checks the administration’s claims on leftwing extremism and election security. Advertising Inquiries: ht...

48:54Jul 18, 2026

The Reporter and the China Trap

Tom LoBianco answered an ad for a writer and then things went south. Tom LoBianco is a veteran national politics reporter and editor of 24si...

48:19Jul 3, 2026

War-Ender Weapons

Seeing-eye bombs were supposed to limit civilian casualties. Jeffrey Stern, author of “The Warhead,” explains why they didn’t. Jeffrey Stern...

60:11Jun 26, 2026

Trump's Hatchet Man Atop US Intelligence

New York Times Intelligence Reporter Julian Barnes on the Rise of Bill Pulte. More from Julian Julian E. Barnes Writes about the American in...

50:35Jun 20, 2026

How Trump Broke the ODNI

Former senior CIA analyst David Kanin on the crises in US intelligence. David Kanin is a retired CIA senior analyst and member of the Senior...

60:40Jun 12, 2026