

The Spy Who
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These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.Listen to The Spy Who ad-free on Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-spy-who now.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Spy Who podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Nine Lives: My Time as MI6's Top Spy in Al-Qaeda
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Witold’s Report from Auschwitz

#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Mossad Exodus
The Daring Undercover Rescue of the Lost Jewish Tribe
#4 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Red Sea Spies

#5 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Volunteer
The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Into the Lion's Mouth
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#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Codename Tricycle
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Spy Counter Spy
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#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Nine Lives
My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda

#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
1984
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Secret Royals, Spying and the Crown, From Victoria to Diana
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
From SOE Hero to Dressing the Queen

#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
I'm still here
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Spies and the Secret War
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Skripal files
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Russians Among Us

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Women

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
James

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The man who never was

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes