I Spied

Tis the season for love, giving and your Uncle Barry’s wild conspiracy theories that he thinks are worth discussing over Christmas Dinner. Welcome to the bite-sized episodes of I Spied over the Christmas/New Year period. Today we unpack why your Uncle Barry can’t just shut his mouth and how you can avoid crazy conspiracy theories this Christmas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

We've talked a lot about what it’s like to work for ASIO, but what is it like to be targeted by ASIO? This week we are joined by former politician, life-long activist and editor of Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO Files - an expose of the files of famous Australians - to talk about being followed by ASIO and the NSW Special Branch, the people ASIO targeted during the 60s and 70s and running onto the...

I Spied - the Twitter troll of Australian Intelligence - This week we take a long, hard look at power and pitfalls of social media - how intelligence services use it to gather information, how extremist organisations use it to recruit members, how terrorists use it to plan and carry out attacks. We examine how everything you post - from selfies to Fitbit data -  reveals far more than you thin...

I Spied - the steamed tripe on the Yum Cha trolley of Australian intelligence. With Australian trade taking a shellacking from China recently, we are joined by Neil Fergus, CEO of Intelligent Risks and security consultant to the IOC to take a deep dive into the Middle Kingdom and figure out just what is going on. From walking Olivia Newton John the length of the Great Wall to dealing with the MSS...

I Spied - the podcast that is the embarrassing sext message on the iPhone of Australian intelligence. This week, with Australian political philandering being exposed on the ABC, we look at compromise: how it happens; how to avoid it; and what to do when you have been, and David reveals how he found himself in a rather compromising situation involving Shakespeare, the High Court, a vegemite jar and...

I Spied - the podcast that is the bamboo sliver under the fingernail of security. We hear about “enhanced interrogation techniques” but what really happens if you’re captured by the other side? This episode, we look at interrogation, torture, and a training exercise became the longest night & day & night & day of Frosty’s life. https://twitter.com/ISpiedpodcast...

I Spied - the podcast that is the crossed lines of telephone interception. This week we look at extremism from far left to far right and Frosty tells of the afternoon he had to listen to a murder over the phone. We all know James Bond gets a gun, but what does your average ASIO officer have to protect himself?     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frosty regards the collapse of Soviet Communism as some of his finest work, and when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, ASIO was certain the Cold War was over and Russia was done.  There was just one little detail every western intelligence organisation missed… a young KGB Officer named Vladimir Putin. On the eve of the US election I Spied is thrilled to be joined by Matt Bevan, ABC jo...

I spied, the podcast that is the unwanted briefcase at the bus stop of Life. In today's episode, David tells us how the ASIO building was shut down by a briefcase. We also unpack the inner workings of the ASIO building itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Spied the podcast that is the economy legroom on a flight to Bali. Today David tells us what he did to get pistol-whipped on a plane and all we dive in to all things Terrorism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Spied the podcast that is the inappropriate foot placement in a hot tub after a party. In today's episode David reveals how he ended up in the CIA Station Chief’s spa tub with two Marines and his secretary. We also discuss the 'Five Eyes' and sharing of infomation between nations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Spied, the Podcats that guarantees if you didn’t have a file you’ve got one now.  This week we discuss what everyone really wants to know - what does my file at ASIO say about me.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Spied, the bug in the ointment of the spy industry. This weeks episode David explains the perils of bugging someone's house and we unpacks surveillance, encryption and all the tech of the spy industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I Spied,  the podcast that is the tea in a Russian poison plot. In todays episode, Michelle Stephenson Nova journalist and, David Callan ex ASIO Spook turned comedian discuss counterintelligence, the KGB and how following an agent from Russia ended in a live sex act. A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to I Spied,  the podcast that aims to undress the spy industry only to find a hairy overweight middle-aged man. In this episode, Michelle Stephenson Nova journalist and, David Callan ex ASIO Spook turned comedian discuss how David wound up working there, his first job and how a chance glance at a photo revealed a high school mate may have been a terrorist bomb maker. Twitter: @ISpiedp...

I Spied will take a look at the dark underbelly of the intelligence world and give its love-handles a damn good shake. A DM Podcast www.diamantina.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.