Paul Burke

SpyMasters

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Writer and critic Paul Burke interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more - delving in to fact and fiction, past and present.

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Paul Burke

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SPIES: The epic intelligence war between East and West, with Calder Walton 09.05.2024 52:03

The first of two episodes with Dr Calder Walton. This one looks at the development of the intelligence war between the West and the Soviet Union from 1917, follows the story through the fulcrum period of the Second World War and pushes on into the intense espionage games of the Cold War. Based at Harvard's Kennedy Business School, Calder Walton is one of the world's leading experts on intelligence...

The Cuban Missile Crisis, with Michael Smith 25.04.2024 49:47

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Classified! With Nigel West 11.04.2024 52:37

What was it like to meet Anthony Blunt? How did the British Security Service try to stop Nigel West uncovering its secrets? And what qualities do you need to spend your career delving into the murky, shifting waters of intelligence? Join Antonia Senior as she quizzes Nigel West about a lifetime writing about intelligence, and his brilliant memoir: Classified!: The Adventures of a Molehunter. Buy t...

Roman Spies with Peter Tonkin 27.03.2024 34:50

How did August revolutionise Roman intelligence? How connected was Caesar? What intelligence failures dogged the Roman republic? All these questions answered and more by top novelist, Peter Tonkin. Buy the the Caesar's Spies' omnibus here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alchemy: Spies, magic and the Elizabethan world. With SJ Parris 14.03.2024 49:10

Was SJ Parris's protagonist, Giordano Bruno, really a spy? What was his relationship with top Elizabethan spymaster Francis Walsingham? To buy Alchemy, click here. For more on SJ Parris, the pseudonym of writer and journalist Stephanie Merritt, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conflict and Military Intelligence with General David Petraeus 29.02.2024 51:20

Former Director of the CIA, General David Petraeus, joins to talk about his book, Conflict, and the evolution of military intelligence. We talk about Iraq, Putin, Weapons of Mass destruction and AI. General Petraeus Links: Conflict: A Military History of the Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. Spymaster links: SpyMasterPod on X: @spymasterspod Spymasters Website Learn more about your ad cho...

Edith Cavell: Nurse, Spy, Heroine. With Dr Helen Fry 15.02.2024 45:40

Dr Helen Fry, bestselling intelligence historian, joins us to talk about Edith Cavell, the famous World War One nurse and spy. Was she an intelligence agent for the British? What happened to Edith? We discuss the remarkable courage of a true heroine, and the wider story of women's role in intelligence. Dr Helen Fry's links: https://www.helen-fry.com/ Buy Women in Intelligence, here. Learn more abo...

Moscow X with David McCloskey 01.02.2024 49:00

Former CIA analyst turned bestselling writer David McCloskey joins to talk about his new novel. We talk about storytelling, the nature of modern espionage and how David made the leap from the CIA to novelist. David McCloskey Links Moscow X Damascus Station David on X Antonia Senior Links Antonia on X Email Antonia: spymasters@aspectsofhistory.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Introducing....The SpyMasters Podcast 30.01.2024 2:30

The podcast on espionage that brings you in from the cold. Episode One released Feb 1st with ex CIA office and bestselling novelist David McCloskey, author of Damascus Station and Moscow X. SpyMasters is a new podcast from the team at Aspects of History. Every fortnight we will cover a story from the shadow lands of espionage. Fact and fiction, historical and contemporary, we will be talking to th...