ClandesTime

Football is the world’s biggest sport, and perhaps the most state-sponsored sport. In this episode we take a critical look... The post ClandesTime Special – State Sponsored Football and the Qatar World Cup first appeared on Spy Culture .

Imagine a world where secret government agencies used deep fakes to create evidence of events that never happened, and used... The post Subscribercast #70 – Deep Fakes and The Capture first appeared on Spy Culture .

Somehow, in the midst of all the identity politics and culture war noise, the fact that Captain Marvel was the... The post ClandesTime 239 – Captain Marvel and Space Force first appeared on Spy Culture .

The Rampart Scandal has been called the worst police corruption story in the history of Los Angeles, and altered a... The post ClandesTime 238 – The Cultural Impact of the Rampart Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture .

The 2012 attacks on a US diplomatic outpost and a nearby CIA base in Benghazi caused enormous controversy and political... The post ClandesTime 237 – 13 Hours and the Benghazi Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture .

Mujahideen.  False Flags.  US interference in the peace process.  Ethnic cleansing.  The United Nations’ peacekeepers.  All this and more as... The post Subscribercast #69 – Black Ops and Geopolitics in the War in Bosnia first appeared on Spy Culture .

The Leopold and Loeb case was one of ‘crimes of the century’, and inspired many books, plays and movies.  On... The post Subscribercast #68 – Compulsion vs Rope first appeared on Spy Culture .

Amazon Prime are making the most expensive TV show of all time. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power... The post ClandesTime 236 – Culture Ministries and The Rings of Power first appeared on Spy Culture .

Obviously, I’m a movie addict but many of my favourites are low-budget features or belong to tiny sub-genres. In this... The post ClandesTime 235 – These are a Few of My Favourite Films first appeared on Spy Culture .

As youtube has become a centre for emerging pop culture brands, it has also become the target of the US... The post ClandesTime 234 – Dude Perfect and the US Navy first appeared on Spy Culture .

Pam and Tommy tells the story of the stolen Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sextape. Minx tells the story of a 1970s... The post Subscribercast 67 – Pam and Tommy vs Minx first appeared on Spy Culture .

The 1998 asteroid disaster film Armageddon is often mocked, but rarely taken seriously despite its cultural relevance and impact. While... The post ClandesTime 233 – Armageddon first appeared on Spy Culture .

In 2018, the US Air Force ran its annual Hollywood ‘industry leader tour’, this time to Air Force Special Operations... The post ClandesTime 232 – Hollywood Goes to Special Operations Command first appeared on Spy Culture .

When it comes to British intelligence, there are three rules: (1) Trust no one, (2) Trust nothing that they say... The post Subscribercast #66 – The Undeclared War vs Slow Horses first appeared on Spy Culture .

When it comes to fondly remembered cult 80s action movies, Commando has near-legendary status. In this episode we take a... The post ClandesTime 231 – Commando first appeared on Spy Culture .

Imagine a world where Nicholas Cage plays himself and is recruited by the CIA to spy on a drug kingpin,... The post Subscribercast #65 – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent first appeared on Spy Culture .

Over a hundred governments across the world have a culture ministry – though they often go by other names. These... The post ClandesTime 230 – The Ministries of Culture first appeared on Spy Culture .

Well, it’s here. The least-needed film in cinematic history, and therefore likely the box office smash of 2022. In this... The post ClandesTime Special – Top Gun: Maverick first appeared on Spy Culture .

In the summer of 2020 a former CIA officer published a book with the overt aim of countering the tide... The post Subscribercast #64 – The CIA and Fake News first appeared on Spy Culture .

Black operations make the world go round, and have become the subject of major movies and TV, from Jack Ryan... The post ClandesTime 229 – Black Operations and the Entertainment Liaison Offices first appeared on Spy Culture .

Can you make an environmentalist movie with the help of the Pentagon? In this episode we answer this and other... The post ClandesTime 228 – Don’t Look Up first appeared on Spy Culture .

Moonfall is the latest Roland Emmerich disaster movie, and while it isn’t as bad as Don’t Look Up, it isn’t... The post Subscribercast #63 – Moonfall first appeared on Spy Culture .

Roger Ailes founded and ran Fox News for the first 20 years of its existence, making it the highest rated... The post ClandesTime 227 – The Loudest Voice first appeared on Spy Culture .

The invasion of Iraq has been called the greatest intelligence failure of all time. This is – of course –... The post ClandesTime 226 – In the Loop vs Shock and Awe first appeared on Spy Culture .

Perhaps unavoidably, in this month’s subscriber-only podcast we discuss the war in Ukraine – what led up to this point,... The post Subscribercast #62 – Cultural Warfare Over Ukraine, and the Polandistan Option first appeared on Spy Culture .