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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 di...
Recent Episodes
191 episodesAll Good Things
What started as a commission for 12 episodes about Australia’s least qualified spy has morphed into over 150 eps exploring the shadowy world of espion...
Assessments Are Served
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 MP had be...
Taylor-made PsyOps
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 as she’s a...
The French Connection II
This week we conclude our interview with former DGSE clandestine operative and author, Jack Beaumont. How did our cliffhanger resolve itself? What mad...
The French Connection
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 Beaumont. Wh...
Houthi Hell Are These Guys?
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 launched missil...
So, What Did We Miss? (Redux)
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 mired in...
Double (Mis)Take
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 might like to...
A Very Fleming Xmas
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 standing X...
Deck the Halls
Is Santa just an insidious plot to turn the biggest annual retail festival into a mass intelligence sweep? And what to Czech glass decorations have to...
Xmas Viewing
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 recommendations...
2023 strikes and out
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 to be place...
On His Majesty's (Overly) Secret Service
With the Opposition demanding the PM reveal any conversations he had with Xi Jinping regarding the HMAS Toowoomba incident this week we look at just w...
Harry Pottered in a Chamber of Secrets
This week we are joined by Harry P Russell, former intelligence and law-enforcement operative, historian and author of a series of uniquely accurate a...
Mind the (Pine) Gap
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 most contr...
Party(line) Crashers
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 or an erran...
Rowdy with a Chance of Meatballs
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 get his int...
A Wholly (Un)Holy Mess
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 did Israel...
Missing In Action
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 it all bega...
Runaway (Mc)Bride II - Run Harder
This week we conclude our interview with author, lawyer, soldier and whistleblower David McBride. What does he see as being the true crisis in the Aus...
Runaway (Mc)Bride
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 appearance on es...
Assassins Lame
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 at assassi...
Follow the Leader
With world leaders currently gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly, we are joined this week by renowned journalist and host of the podcast...
HUMINT Behaviour
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 agent handl...
So, What Did We Miss?
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 the story...
What's not to (L)IKEA?
Sweden's terrorist threat level has soared to unprecedented levels and Australia's travel advice is to exercise a high degree of caution. So what's go...
Fools Russian
With the Ukrainian counter-offensive grinding on, it seems the real battle is taking place in the intelligence sphere. From foiled assassination attem...
Marriage of (In)convenience?
With the news that Australia's DIO will soon have US intelligence officers embedded within its ranks, we have a look at the relationship between Austr...
In the (Trans)National Interest
With authoritarian governments on the rise, it seems they are being emboldened in exporting their tyranny. Transnational Repression is growing, with d...
An Idiot‘s Guide to Intelligence
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 missions to t...
Bad Neighbours
A country's intelligence service is there to seek out information and protect us from our adversaries, but what about spying on allies? Do our friends...
Come Spy With Me
This week we look at how someone becomes a spy. While recruitment into a modern intelligence organisation is fairly mundane these days, there used to...
Russian to Judgement
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 later Prigozhi...
Betrayal Mix
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 identity of...
I'm So Indicted
The US is through the looking glass with former president Trump indicted and arraigned on multiple federal felony counts of espionage, conspiracy and...
Dam The Consequences
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 likely cu...
Sitrep: A Whale of an Episode
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 diving dee...
Diplomatic Revue
This week we conclude our interview with former Australian diplomat Jeremy Dicker with a good hard look at the state of Australia’s foreign affairs. W...
Diplomatic Frisson
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 life is li...
Sick Day
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 particular...