Cover Stories: Spies, Books & Entertainment

The Cipher Brief 72 - David McCloskey: Secrets of a Novelist

Cover Stories: Spies, Books & Entertainment is a new podcast from The Cipher Brief hosted by Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly and Cipher Brief Senior Book Editor and author, Bill Harlow exploring the entertainment side of espionage as well as non-fiction books and media on national security issues that are making a difference. Join us each week for new episodes with authors, former intelligence officers, actors, directors, television and movie producers, agents, publishers and more.

00:00

Episodios

09 oct. 2025

25 sep. 2025

18 sep. 2025

04 sep. 2025

13 ago. 2025

07 ago. 2025

10 jul. 2025

05 jun. 2025

03 mayo 2025

24 abr. 2025

10 abr. 2025

02 abr. 2025

20 mar. 2025

28 feb. 2025

20 feb. 2025

13 feb. 2025

16 ene. 2025

09 ene. 2025

19 dic. 2024

12 dic. 2024

30 abr. 2025

30 nov. 2024

30 oct. 2024

15 oct. 2024

29 ago. 2024

22 ago. 2024

08 ago. 2024

11 jul. 2024

01 jun. 2024

25 mayo 2024

14 mayo 2024

09 mayo 2024

02 mayo 2024

21 mar. 2024

14 mar. 2024

07 mar. 2024

22 feb. 2024

19 feb. 2024

08 feb. 2024

07 dic. 2023

08 nov. 2023

24 oct. 2023

12 oct. 2023

05 oct. 2023

03 oct. 2023

15 sep. 2023

08 sep. 2023

17 ago. 2023

08 ago. 2023

27 jul. 2023

Cover Stories: Spies, Books & Entertainment

Episodios

David McCloskey: Secrets of a Novelist

The Person Who Wrote the Book on Writing Books

The Spy and the Devil

Talking "Skwerl" and "Cheese" with author Elliot Ackerman

The North Korean Threat: Intelligence and Diplomacy

The Moldavian Gambit

Rekindling Memories of the Fuji Fire

Taking Midway with Martin Dugard

Adapting CIA Training to Survive in Hollywood

One Man's Journey from CIA to Hollywood Consultant

The Determined Spy

The Russian Diplomat's Wife

Raiding The Admiral's Bookshelf

The Traitor's Tale

Story of a CIA Wife

Secret Servants of the Crown

The Eurasian Century

Professional Courage - Telling It Like It Is

The Penguin Press Publisher's Perspective

Jack Carr's Transition from Navy SEAL to Author

The Paranormal Ranger

Mystery and Intrigue in 1930s Shanghai: Marty Petersen on the Creation of "City of Lost Souls"

Admiral Stavridis Navigates The Restless Wave

The Accidental Joe: A Spy Novel That Really Cooks

Might of the Chain

The Many Lives of the Prisoner of Lies – Jack Downey

Tracking Putin's Propagandists - With Julia Davis

David Ignatius' Phantom Orbit

The Art of Diplomacy - with Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

If Confirmed - How to earn the consent of the Senate - with Arnold Punaro

The (Situation) Room Where It Happens

Is the World on the Brink of World War III? A Conversation with author Dmitri Alperovitch

David Sanger's New Cold Wars

CNN's Jim Sciutto On His Book: "The Return of Great Powers"

2054: Consider Yourself Warned

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Tons of Chaos

The Real-Life Spy Coast

The Wingmen

Reel Life Stories of the CIA

How to Write A Book That People Will Read

The Sisters of the CIA

ADMIRABLE COMMUNICATIONS

Moscow X

The Lessons of Modern Military Strategy

Managing a Crisis by Putting the End Game First

Spy Ops on Netflix

What do Spies, Aliens and Authors have in Common?

Top Gun Intake

The Real Special Relationship