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NYCDiscoI love it!I’ve been listening for 3 years and it’s fantastic.
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YmkovNot what I expected from this podcastI usually enjoy this podcast a lot but this week’s episode had all the elements of the woke agenda so I stopped listening. It’s a boring topic by now so I’m disappointed you couldn’t do better, like you normally do. Hopefully next week you’ll return to your normal story style.
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JustalicesanGripe with writingReally great content and guests. The writing is good, I think the stories and explanations are done well. My gripe is with the hypothetical questions asked to the listener, which are jarring. I’m already thinking about what I would do, I don’t need to be asked directly, it completely disrupts the show. Same with the sarcastic comments sprinkled throughout. It’s unnecessary and takes away from the guest.
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WillBNiceAnything CIAI love anything on these subjects and this is a good one please keep it up
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Barracuda 30Best podcast!Look forward to it each week!
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FlyingPelicanGreat PodCast!I love this show and it’s content is well researched.
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BrocassMossad authoredOof. For every fun episode, there appears to be 5 Mossad propaganda episodes.
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Mjg732004Poorly researchedIt is so odd to make a show like this, then have, what appears to be, only one source for the info. This one source, who speaks often, is frequently provably inaccurate and seems to present his assumptions, in many cases, as common opinions or even facts. It is sad, because the horrors the CIA forced upon the world, and still does, needs to be available to the public. This show attempts to tell how awful the CIA is, yet goes about it in a childish, sloppy and somewhat arrogant way. It is all just a waste of time.
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J_Page_1517Hit and MissThe channel offers a mix of the good and the bad. Many of the autobiographical stories and explorations are fascinating. Some of the historical retellings tend to be more varied. As an example, relying on a conspiracy theorist like David Talbot to weigh in on the early history of the Cold War seems like a pretty poor choice. 0 stars for the Old Man and the CIA.
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Carrera84Fascinating stories of clandestine missions.I love this podcast and these stories, many of which I’m familiar with or had at least heard of, but getting a complete telling of them really pulls the curtain back. Not sure why so many people are leaving negative reviews claiming political bias. The CIA has done something’s that, with today’s lens, are almost unbelievable, illegal and everything else, but those in power at the time, for better or worse, we’re doing what they thought they needed to do, what they believed best for can interests. It’s history, it happened. Settle down, nobody’s coming for your guns.
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K-Mack 28Interactive historyThere seem to be a lot of negative reviews on the podcast and I think that comes from the misconception that the guests are without their own bias. These stories are really interesting and should be used as a starting point to look into a topic further especially on a political or polarizing topic. And in case it’s not in every episode they do have a disclaimer… Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are those of the subject. These stories are told from their perspective, and their authenticity should be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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Cob SaladLove this podcast and the guestsThe negative reviews seem to forget that these are the stories of the guests not the podcast, and their stories are for your individual consideration, not necessarily fact or the opinion of those who run this podcast. The stories are informative and the people who are so bothered by different opinions by experts and first hand accounts need to get out of their echo chamber.
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FX41Laughably progressive tripeUnsubstantiated left wing garbage. Dulles episode was a complete joke
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walking down memory lane👎🏻Yet another thing ruined by moronic, woke leftists. 🙄
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ABreidWoke RevisionismWhen you say that the Guatemalan president was headed toward Marxism, but later in the episode, whine about the way that president’s efforts toward bringing democracy to his country were upset….we’ll, which is it? Was he a Marxist, or did he want democracy? Those two things are not interchangeable. At least the narrator was honest enough to admit the president was all about wealth redistribution. Only took a couple more episodes to be fed up with the bias — shameful, when claiming historical accuracy.
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Could_not_watch_this_movieThe stories are good, the “style” is too over the topThe stories are good, the “style” is too over the top.
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MerrillHThese are starting to feel pointedIt has been good for years. Starting to feel more like an attack sgow over these last 5-6 months.
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Yosemite 00345Love the storiesLo
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Gaiduwbak579Check Your HistoryLeftists are racists, not so-called conservatives or rightwingers. From the Civil War to Jim Crow to the Civil Rights era to cancel culture, CRT, and the woke movement, it’s ALWAYS been the Democratic Party behind white supremacy and oppression of Blacks. The Republican Party stands for freedom and equality. Just ask Lincoln. Before he gets canceled.
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DISAPPOINTED 000Woke Spy StoriesSo terribly woke - it’s unbearable.
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stu gatsaBrilliant lessons in courage and deceptionSome episodes are riveting.
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Joseph A. P.Oh the complaintsThis is one of my go to podcasts. Well produced with excellent storytelling. For those complaining about subscriptions. You want something for nothing? Do you go to work for free? The professionals work hard to produce this product. If you don’t want to pay then don’t subscribe. As for those complaining about “left leaning” stories, seems if anyone tries hard enough they can find a leftist hiding under every tree. Put your biases away and enjoy the product. If you can’t do that then produce a podcast that reflects your opinion.
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Ty PlouchaHeard all these stories beforeEach episode (especially undercover cop) is such an overdramatized tale. If an undercover feels the need to turn their “mission” into a fantasy episode then perhaps in the wrong business. It’s embarrassing listening to some of these. People wanting to create heros out of themselves. So unoriginal
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PhotoJosephGreat stories, but some weird sound effectsLove this podcast. So interesting to hear these real stories! But I question many of the sound effects used. Why, oh why, is there a rainbird-style lawn sprinkler going off in nearly every episode??
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Westwind4466Very entertaining!I enjoy this podcast for both entertainment and historical content!
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NMNMNMN001👍🏽Great podcast if you can get past the exclusively western-centric POV of these stories . Would love to hear some episodes from the “Bad Guy’s” perspective. There are tons of big league foreign agencies with great stories that have been seemingly ignored.
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B&SWalkYour politics are showingI mostly enjoyed it until I started getting whiffs of political bias. Comparing Trump to Slobodan Milosevic ruined it for me. If it were something similar aimed at a D president I know you wouldn’t have aired it. In that statement he’s doing exactly what he’s accusing Trump of and you’re participating.
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Boyd4305Biased story tellingThere are some good topics, but if your politics are not left leaning, a bias will harm the story. Comparing Trump to Milosevic was the final straw.
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VietSchlongThe CIA is the enemy of AmericaCIA agent = traitor
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JCfromJKTI Like It But….Not willing to pay for a subscription. It was only a matter of time before commercialisation of podcasts spoiled the product. It’s sad as I really enjoyed True Spies but I feel like I’m being nicked and dimes to death with these individual podcast subscriptions.
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GrumpyGrannyMcSorry to leave itGreat podcast but now it’s a subscription only, so will have to say goodbye.
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RR'17Wow!Best podcast ever! J. Biden
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Georgia Boy US sailormanCaptivatingI can’t stop listening to this podcast. Love it.
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Mike71642Subscription Changed ItI find this podcast to be very fascinating and enticing. However, once they went to a subscription model they broke up a typical episode into 2 to 3 episodes to squeeze you to pay for their subscription. To add insult they don’t even post the episodes in order to finish the story and move to the next topic. It is cheap and wrong to string people along for a subscription based model. TL/DR: Once they went to a subscription they don’t post in order and made the episodes longer to just to split them into more episodes.
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aharonsherSprinklerGreat podcast but… what’s up with the sprinkler sound effect? Is that the only effect you have? Do you just really like lawncare? I get it where the story is mentioning someone’s normal suburban life that was really a facade. Or even meanwhile back at the CIA farm. But sprinklers when talking about WWII Vienna? Sprinklers when talking about terrorist plots? Sprinklers in Kabul and the Kremlin?
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C_CAHILL60Episode 118The storyline of episode 118 sounds like im listening to a political thriller novel. If I’m a filmmaker, I’d make this a movie in a heartbeat. It even has a working film title “Hands Across Libya”.
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Ng1104The slantThe obvious political slant to this podcast takes away from the stories. Especially when you listen to old episodes, pushing a narrative that has now been proven completely false in court. The script is written in a way that it leaves out context and widely available information while dropping these little innuendos throughout. Makes me wonder if this podcast would have been available in 2012 or 2014, would the script be so open to discuss things like the false pretenses for the Iraq war? A war fully supported by Tony Blair. Please, drop the political innuendo and condescension. There’s plenty of that on the news, we don’t need it here. Thank you.
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oldjohnhall🔥Total💥Honeypot🔥The hosts sound like sexy AI. Seductively intriguing, I’m hooked. I’d break like a twig if Vanessa Kirby and Hayley Atwell ever interrogated me. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 💦💦💦
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Sissarae27Why????Go back to just letting people tell their story!!!!! You are free to keep your woke “feminist” agendas to yourselves.
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CaliKat7Suddenly All Subscription!I loved this podcast, but to wake up one day and find it’s now completely subscription without any warning, is really bad form. And to not have the option of subscription or ads? Sends a clear message that driving revenue is THE only parameter for the producers & execs. All done.
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Venice Surfer...Well doneMy new favorite show, interesting and well presented.
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Feh botBucketsLove this podcast along with the narrator's voice.
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DMCerSO EntertainingEnthralling retellings of espionage history, with some true crime (spy edition) thrown in. Never get rid of the narrator!!
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3rdexitAddictiveWhen I found this podcast you were 40 or shows in so I started at one and been working my way through sometimes twice and I’ve been sharing the show with like minded friends keep up the great work thx. Walter
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WW2 kid :)FunSupper fun and exiting
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NGatherWOne of the bestOne of the best podcasts I’ve listened to, extremely well done.
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JsnmnhnTruly great storiesGreat
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SumsmitusGripping and intense podcastThey do a great job of storytelling along with their guest telling first person accounts of spy, undercover, top-tier military actions. Also the main host Vanessa Kirby has a great voice for podcast!
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195919591959Cool stories. Cringey host.Love the stories and guests but man is the host gal super cringey and annoying.
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BrooklynsosPropagandaThis used to be one of my favorite podcasts, but, like so many things, nothing seems sacred anymore, and they have reduced themselves to propagandizing. Terrible podcast.
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