51. Bin Laden vs the CIA: The Origins of Al-Qaeda (Ep 1)

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164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)

Why did Gordon Banks pull out of the 1970 World Cup quarter-final against West Germany? And was the CIA to blame? Listen as David and Gordon are joined by journalist Gabriel Gatehouse who has spent the past three years investigating whether the CIA poisoned England's star goalkee ...  Show more

163. Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4)

Six American diplomats are about to walk through the Tehran airport with alias Canadian passports. But will they make it through? And how does the real Argo end? As the story reaches its dramatic conclusion, David and Gordon look at what can be learnt from the 1979 plot to smuggl ...  Show more

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