SpyTalk
SpyTalk lives at the intersection of intelligence operations, foreign policy, homeland security, and military strategy. Hosted by veteran national security journalists Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff and Karen J. Greenberg, the podcast features exclusives by SpyTalk’s roster of longtime reporters, news and profiles of US and foreign spymasters, and interviews with policymakers and expert authors. There’s nothing quite like it—a place for experts and laypersons alike, who enjoy national security scoops and insights by SpyTalk's subject matter experts. For more SpyTalk go to: https://www.spytalk.co/
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Trump, Iran at fateful crossroads, top Middle East expert Jon Alterman says on the SpyTalk podcast.
Jon Alterman — https://www.csis.org/people/jon-b-alterman
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Congressmember Mary Gay Scanlon speaks with SpyTalk's Michael Isikoff about the secretive government list of “domestic terrorist groups” Attorney General all but confirmed the existence of in her recent trip to The Hill.
Then Karen Greenberg and Michael Isikoff talk with writer and retired American FBI agent, Mike German about the implications and consequences of the NSPM7 memo and the FISA court....
Former senior CIA official Larry Pfeiffer discusses the DNI’s strange behavior with SpyTalk hosts Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff and Karen Greenberg.
Larry Pfeiffer | https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrypfeiffer/
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How A.I. is revolutionizing the spies’—and spy catchers’—toolkits. With ex-CIA officer Aaron Brown.
Aaron Brown | https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-brown-lumbra/
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ISIS and other Afghan-based terror groups are growing stronger, a new UN report says. Expert Colin Clarke explains why.
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Former senior Danish intelligence officer Jacob Kaarsbo talks about Trump’s murky designs on Greenland and NATO.
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Two prominent Iranian-American journalists, Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and Hooman Majd of NBC News, say the regime may be losing its grip.
Jason Rezaian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-rezaian/
Hooman Majd
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CIA in Venezuela, Cuba and Beyond
With Luis Rueda
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-rueda-b060a217/
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Peter Eisner
https://substack.com/@petereisner
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Christine Kuehn talks about her shocking discovery in “Family of Spies"
Family of Spies
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250344465/familyofspies/
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Tom Blanton talks about 40 years of unearthing CIA plots at the National Security Archive.
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Top former national security official Josh Geltzer separates fake from real threats.
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Ace investigative reporter Carol Leonnig talks about her latest scoop and new book on Trump’s DoJ, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.”
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Investigative reporter Ron Kessler and retired former senior CIA officer John Sipher on the GOP plan to give Tulsi Gabbard control of neutralizing spies and terrorists.
John Sipher
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/
Risking a National Security Disaster by Ronald Kessler
https://www.spytalk.co/p/risking-a-national-security-disaster
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Top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed calls Trump threats “off the wall...”
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Intelligence historians James Risen and Peter Kornbluh on Trump policies and Cold War excesses.
More from James Risen
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/7/gunboat_diplomacy
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Veteran war reporter and Latin America expert Doug Farah throws cold water on Trump’s campaign against Nicholas Maduro.
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After spending years tracking Al Qaeda, former analyst Gina Bennett talks to SpyTalk about her storied career, her new spy novel and the rising threat of "politicized misogyny."
Gina Bennett
If Two of Them Are Dead
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Ken Vogel talks about his new book, Devils’ Advocates: The Hidden Story of Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington Insiders on the Payrolls of Corrupt Foreign Interests.
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Former White House Situation Room Director Larry Pfeiffer Talks Fear and Facts with SpyTalk.
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In a new book the CNN anchor unspools the inside story of a unique terrorism case.
Jake Tapper
https://x.com/jaketapper
Race Against Terror
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Race-Against-Terror/Jake-Tapper/9781668079447
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