Today’s guest is back by popular demand – Darrell Blocker! Darrell is a UGA alumni and former CIA agent. We spoke with Darrell over a year and a half ago, and since then he has expanded his portfolio as a successful Hollywood creative consultant, ABC News Contributor, and as of recent he joined the elite group of speakers for TedxUGA 2022. He was also President Biden’s short list to be the Director of the CIA. In our catch up with Darrell, he talks about his TedxUGA talk on how being in the CIA taught him the ultimate lesson in kindness; growing his brand and role as a Hollywood creative consultant; and the moment when he got the phone call that he was being vetted and considered for the role of the Director of the CIA.
Darrell has achieved feats that most do not come close to attaining. In his 32 years in the Intelligence Community, he rose to the rank equivalency of a 3-star general, served as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service (SIS), Chief of CIA’s iconic operational training facility, Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center, Chief of Africa Division, and served multiple times as a Chief of Station. When he retired in October of 2018 he was the most senior black CIA officer in the Directorate of Operations.
He’s now an ABC News Contributor as the go-to guy for all things North Korea, Iran, Counterterrorism, and Counterintelligence; he can also be found on set serving as creative consultant to the tv shows and film, and also working as Chief Operating Officer for MOSAIC, a strategic crisis management intelligence and security advisory firm.
To hear more about Darrell's days as a CIA agent, listen to Part I from Season 1.
Listen to 33N83W on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spreaker.
Darrell has achieved feats that most do not come close to attaining. In his 32 years in the Intelligence Community, he rose to the rank equivalency of a 3-star general, served as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service (SIS), Chief of CIA’s iconic operational training facility, Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center, Chief of Africa Division, and served multiple times as a Chief of Station. When he retired in October of 2018 he was the most senior black CIA officer in the Directorate of Operations.
He’s now an ABC News Contributor as the go-to guy for all things North Korea, Iran, Counterterrorism, and Counterintelligence; he can also be found on set serving as creative consultant to the tv shows and film, and also working as Chief Operating Officer for MOSAIC, a strategic crisis management intelligence and security advisory firm.
To hear more about Darrell's days as a CIA agent, listen to Part I from Season 1.
Listen to 33N83W on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spreaker.
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