
SpyCast
SpyCast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum, is a journey into the shadows of international espionage. Each week, host Sasha Ingber brings you the latest insights and intriguing tales from spies, secret agents, and covert communicators, with a focus on how this secret world reaches us all in our everyday lives. Tune in to discover the critical role intelligence has played throughout history and today. Brought to you from Airwave, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum. The Spy Museum does not endorse, approve, or support the opinions stated by guest speakers. Statements made by speakers do not represent the position or opinion of the International Spy Museum.
Latest episodes

Apr 3, 2018 • 59min
Meet the New Guy, Part 2: An Interview with Chris Costa
SPY Historian Vince Houghton continues his conversation with the new Executive Director of the International Spy Museum to discuss his career in intelligence, special operations, counterterrorism, and policymaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 27, 2018 • 53min
Meet the New Guy, Part 1: An Interview with Chris Costa
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with the new Executive Director of the International Spy Museum to discuss his career in intelligence, special operations, counterterrorism, and policymaking. Part 2 will be posted next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 2018 • 46min
In the Enemy’s House: An Interview with Howard Blum
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with NYT bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Howard Blum to discuss his newest book In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2018 • 54min
Breaking Cover: An Interview with Michele Rigby Assad
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former CIA operations officer Michele Rigby Assad to discuss her career in intelligence, and her new book Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting For. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 6, 2018 • 59min
Operation Chaos: An Interview with Matthew Sweet
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author Matthew Sweet, who has written on one of the most…extraordinary topics of the Cold War. His book, Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Themselves, is out now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 2018 • 57min
The Peter Earnest “Exit Interview”
SPY Historian sat down with recently retired International Spy Museum Executive Director Peter Earnest to discuss his career in intelligence, his time with the Museum, and his thoughts on life moving forward . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 20, 2018 • 1h 20min
The Doomsday Machine: An Interview with Daniel Ellsberg
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down (remotely) with Daniel Ellsberg, who is best known for his release of the Pentagon Papers to the public in 1971. He is also the author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, which details his early life as a specialist on the command and control of nuclear weapons, nuclear war plans, and crisis decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 2018 • 1h 6min
Technology and Human Intelligence: An Interview with Paula Doyle
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Paula Doyle, former Associate Deputy Director of Operations at CIA, where she oversaw worldwide HUMINT operations and activities that required the use of air, land, maritime, space-based and cyber technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 6, 2018 • 1h 4min
Spy Watching: An Interview with Loch Johnson
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with political scientist and professor Loch Johnson, whose decade-long career in and out of the intelligence world has culminated in a new book, Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 30, 2018 • 56min
The Saboteur: An Interview with Paul Kix
SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Paul Kix, deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine, and author of the book The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices