Fire and Ice

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-altermanFollow Jeff Stein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpyTalkerFollow Karen Greenberg on Twitter https://x.com/KarenGreenberg3Foll ...  Show more

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 an ...  Show more

Author Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on the CIA and its often secretive directors in his new book, "The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future," published by Scribner an imprint of Simon & Schuster a division of ViacomCBS. Having spoken to almost ev ...  Show more

In this revamped episode of Intelligence Matters — re-released while the world contends with the COVID-19 pandemic and the podcast has temporarily suspended new production — host Michael Michael reflects on a July 2018 conversation with CIA's Chief of Talent Acquisition, Sheronda ...  Show more

CIA’s workforce has a mission unlike any other, where mental and physical resiliency are often put to the test. So how does an organization like CIA best take care of its people? On this episode, Dee and Walter sit down with the surprising duo who helped drive a change in how CIA ...  Show more

CIA clandestine services veteran and longtime Middle East hand Marc Polymeropoulos tells Jeff Stein that the CIA no longer prizes regional expertise, instead opting for spy corps “generalists” who can be shifted from region to region. In this Special Edition of the SpyTalk podcas ...  Show more