I Spied

I Spied

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 give us the ins and outs than former ASIO intelligence officer, now comedian David Callan and National news director at Nova and journalist Michelle Stephenson. I Spied will take a look at the dark underbelly of the intelligence world and give its love-handles a damn good shake. If you think you're being watched and want to know who is doing the watching subscribe now.A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com.au

Episodes

Bite Ep 6: Moscow Rules

January 24, 2021 • 10 mins
While we often take a long laughing look at how spies are depicted in fiction, some of the true stories are seriously wired. In this bite-size I Spied we look at the CIA’s operations in Moscow during the Cold War and some of the stranger devices they came up with to foil the KGB. How about a dog skin created by the CIA wig department? Or how rats were used to send messages. Fact is often stranger than fiction, and when it comes to ...
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Bite Ep 5: - Fergus & Olympics Security

January 17, 2021 • 11 mins
A special episode of the stuff we couldn’t fit into the interview with friend of the podcast and all-round intelligence security guru Neil Fergus. We look at his experience as the Head of Security for the Olympic Games, the terrorist threats we didn’t hear about during the Sydney Games, and the most awkward phone call Neil had when the President of the Brazil Olympic Committee called to offer him a job. See omnystudio.com/listener...
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Bite Size Ep 4: Osama Bin Laden

January 11, 2021 • 11 mins
Osama Bin Laden. The most recognisable name in terrorism and a major case study for all things ASIO and security. On this week’s snack-sized episode of I Spied, we unpack how Bin Laden came about, 9/11 and how he outsmarted the American Security System. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bite Size Ep 3: Atomic Blonde

January 3, 2021 • 13 mins
Atomic Blonde. Does the hit movie accurately represent the intelligence industry and is everyone as badass as Charlize Theron? Welcome back to the snackable I Spied episodes to listen to over your Christmas break. Today on another bite-sized ep we analyse spy movies and investigate if the cookie-cutter plots are closely aligned to any possible truth of the real world spy industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
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Bite Size Ep 2: Santa

December 27, 2020 • 7 mins
Would you believe that ASIO has a file on Santa? Welcome back to the snackable I Spied episodes to listen to over your Christmas break.  When you consider Santa’s criminal abilities, technology, obviously far-reaching surveillance capabilities, constant flouting of sovereign borders and his obviously socialist ideology of giving every child a present, why wouldn’t they? We look at the most dangerous man in the world that every int...
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Bite Size Ep 1: Conspiracy Theories

December 20, 2020 • 12 mins
Tis the season for love, giving and your Uncle Barry’s wild conspiracy theories that he thinks are worth discussing over Christmas Dinner. Welcome to the bite-sized episodes of I Spied over the Christmas/New Year period. Today we unpack why your Uncle Barry can’t just shut his mouth and how you can avoid crazy conspiracy theories this Christmas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices....
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Ep 14: The Spy who annoyed me with Merideth Burgmann

December 13, 2020 • 41 mins
We've talked a lot about what it’s like to work for ASIO, but what is it like to be targeted by ASIO? This week we are joined by former politician, life-long activist and editor of Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO Files - an expose of the files of famous Australians - to talk about being followed by ASIO and the NSW Special Branch, the people ASIO targeted during the 60s and 70s and running onto the SCG pitch to protest apartheid during the...
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Ep 13: State of Emoji-ncy

December 6, 2020 • 32 mins
I Spied - the Twitter troll of Australian Intelligence - This week we take a long, hard look at power and pitfalls of social media - how intelligence services use it to gather information, how extremist organisations use it to recruit members, how terrorists use it to plan and carry out attacks. We examine how everything you post - from selfies to Fitbit data -  reveals far more than you think, and David talks about how a single in...
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Ep 12: Big China in Little Trouble with Niel Fergus

November 29, 2020 • 40 mins
I Spied - the steamed tripe on the Yum Cha trolley of Australian intelligence. With Australian trade taking a shellacking from China recently, we are joined by Neil Fergus, CEO of Intelligent Risks and security consultant to the IOC to take a deep dive into the Middle Kingdom and figure out just what is going on. From walking Olivia Newton John the length of the Great Wall to dealing with the MSS during the Beijing Olympics, Neil ...
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Ep 11: Much Ado About Frotting

November 22, 2020 • 28 mins
I Spied - the podcast that is the embarrassing sext message on the iPhone of Australian intelligence. This week, with Australian political philandering being exposed on the ABC, we look at compromise: how it happens; how to avoid it; and what to do when you have been, and David reveals how he found himself in a rather compromising situation involving Shakespeare, the High Court, a vegemite jar and a large marijuana plant.   See o...
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Ep 10 : The Big Sleepless

November 15, 2020 • 33 mins
I Spied - the podcast that is the bamboo sliver under the fingernail of security. We hear about “enhanced interrogation techniques” but what really happens if you’re captured by the other side? This episode, we look at interrogation, torture, and a training exercise became the longest night & day & night & day of Frosty’s life. https://twitter.com/ISpiedpodcast Here is a link to ASIO's questioning and detention powers report talk...
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Ep 9: Murder Most Foolish

November 8, 2020 • 29 mins
I Spied - the podcast that is the crossed lines of telephone interception. This week we look at extremism from far left to far right and Frosty tells of the afternoon he had to listen to a murder over the phone. We all know James Bond gets a gun, but what does your average ASIO officer have to protect himself?     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 8: Pennies from Bevan - Interview with Matt Bevan

November 1, 2020 • 41 mins
Frosty regards the collapse of Soviet Communism as some of his finest work, and when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, ASIO was certain the Cold War was over and Russia was done.  There was just one little detail every western intelligence organisation missed… a young KGB Officer named Vladimir Putin. On the eve of the US election I Spied is thrilled to be joined by Matt Bevan, ABC journo and the man behind the “America, If You’r...
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Ep 7: Blown Away-sio

October 24, 2020 • 30 mins
I spied, the podcast that is the unwanted briefcase at the bus stop of Life. In today's episode, David tells us how the ASIO building was shut down by a briefcase. We also unpack the inner workings of the ASIO building itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 6: Jokes On A Plane

October 18, 2020 • 25 mins
I Spied the podcast that is the economy legroom on a flight to Bali. Today David tells us what he did to get pistol-whipped on a plane and all we dive in to all things Terrorism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 5: Hot Tub Spy Machine

October 11, 2020 • 29 mins
I Spied the podcast that is the inappropriate foot placement in a hot tub after a party. In today's episode David reveals how he ended up in the CIA Station Chief’s spa tub with two Marines and his secretary. We also discuss the 'Five Eyes' and sharing of infomation between nations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 4: My File

October 4, 2020 • 28 mins
I Spied, the Podcats that guarantees if you didn’t have a file you’ve got one now.  This week we discuss what everyone really wants to know - what does my file at ASIO say about me.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 3: Hot Tin Roof

September 27, 2020 • 26 mins
I Spied, the bug in the ointment of the spy industry. This weeks episode David explains the perils of bugging someone's house and we unpacks surveillance, encryption and all the tech of the spy industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 2: The Full Minsky

September 20, 2020 • 26 mins
I Spied,  the podcast that is the tea in a Russian poison plot. In todays episode, Michelle Stephenson Nova journalist and, David Callan ex ASIO Spook turned comedian discuss counterintelligence, the KGB and how following an agent from Russia ended in a live sex act. A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ep 1: Armenian Dynamite

September 11, 2020 • 27 mins
Welcome to I Spied,  the podcast that aims to undress the spy industry only to find a hairy overweight middle-aged man. In this episode, Michelle Stephenson Nova journalist and, David Callan ex ASIO Spook turned comedian discuss how David wound up working there, his first job and how a chance glance at a photo revealed a high school mate may have been a terrorist bomb maker. Twitter: @ISpiedpodcast A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com....
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