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Salisbury, Skripals & Syrian Airstrikes – Tom Secker on Media Roots - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/16/2018 - 15:20
I recently joined Robbie Martin of Media Roots to discussion the Salisbury poisoning, the Skripals, the Syrian airstrikes and the general state of politics and Russophobia. We covered many of the reasons to be sceptical of the official sSubscriber Podcast #18 – How Pop Culture Predictively Programmed a Poisoning - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/15/2018 - 04:45
ClandesTime Special – Conspiracy Theories: The Salisbury Poisoning - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/08/2018 - 10:05
On March 4th Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in the sleepy British city of Salisbury, by forces currently unknown.ClandesTime 138 – The Reflecting Pool - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/08/2018 - 07:00
I am joined today by Robbie Martin and Pearse Redmond to talk about the 2008 9/11 conspiracy thriller The Reflecting Pool.When RFK Invoked James Bond While Trying to Kill Castro - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/05/2018 - 05:10
Newly released documents in the JFK files have cast fresh light on the CIA’s plots to kill Fidel Castro. One interview with William Harvey &ClandesTime 137 – Rorschach Politics: Russiagate - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/01/2018 - 07:28
Russiagate has become both the gift that keeps on giving and the scandal that will not die. This week we take a look at the allegations, the perceptions and the misconceptions, examining how the ‘fake news’ crisis grew out of the claim that the Russian government hacked the 2016 US presidential election.Special Extra Bonus Subscriber Podcast – Cambridge Analytica - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 03/31/2018 - 14:01
In this special podcast just for Pearse’s patreon subscribers (also available to my subscribers) we discuss all things Cambridge Analytica, AlexanHomeland Mid-Season Review – Tom Secker on PPR - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 03/31/2018 - 12:10
In our mid-season review and analysis of Homeland season 7, Pearse and I get into various strands of the show including the Brett O’Keefe/Waco arc, the Russiagate conNational Security Cinema – Tom Secker on the Rory O’Connor Podcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 03/19/2018 - 05:06
Subscriber Podcast #17 – Naming the B-21 Bomber - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/18/2018 - 12:22
National Security Cinema – Tom Secker on The Dangerous History Podcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/06/2018 - 10:50
Professor CJ invited me onto his Dangerous History Podcast recently to discuss the research behind National Security Cinema, what we found, and what it means.ClandesTime 136 – The Politics of the Cinematic Universes - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/04/2018 - 05:50
From racism and sexism to the military-industrial complex, the politics both within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and surrounding it here in the real world are a constant source of news stories and controversy.The Military-Entertainment Complex – Tom Secker on Sirota - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 02/27/2018 - 07:46
David Sirota invited me onto his podcast to talk about National Security Cinema and how the DOD and CIA secretly shape pop culture.ClandesTime 135 – Conspiracy Theories: Cambridge Analytica - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/25/2018 - 06:21
Cambridge Analytica are a big data marketing firm who, according to numerous media commentators, were the critical factor in the election of Donald Trump.SHOCKING Proof: Government Control in Hollywood – Tom Secker on the WideShut Webcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 02/19/2018 - 05:35
Keelan Balderson invited me back onto the WideShut Webcast to chat about the research that went into National Security Cinema, as well as the response and reception the book has enjoyed. We get quite deeply into the notion tClandesTime 134 – Spy vs. Spies - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/18/2018 - 07:14
Spy is a 2004 BBC gameshow where ordinary members of the public are trained and tested by real life ex-spooks and ultimately some are eliminated until there’s a winner.Homeland Season 7 Episode 1 – Tom Secker on PPR - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 02/14/2018 - 14:37
Continuing our long-running commentary, Pearse invited me back onto Porkins Policy Radio to talk about the first episode of the new season of Homeland. For the first time in several seasons Homeland maintained the storyline from the previous season rather than rebooting the shoSubscriber Podcast #16 – Why I do What I do - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/11/2018 - 06:43
On this monthRThe King, the starlet and the CIA’s fixer in Hollywood - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 02/07/2018 - 07:38
ClandesTime 133 – Was the Unabomber Right? - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/04/2018 - 12:51
Ted Kaczynski is most famous for both being the most prolific serial bomber in US history and for writing the Unabomber Manifesto – a political-philosophical tract that was published by major newspapers and by the FBI.The Science and Entertainment Exchange – Tom Secker on PPR - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 02/01/2018 - 05:04
Pearse invited me back onto Porkins Policy Radio to chat about my research into the little-known Science and Entertainment Exchange. We discussed how SEEX got started, their stated mission and aims and how they contrast sharply with what SEEX actually does, their ability to influence scrClandesTime 132 – The Secret World of Tom Clancy Part III: US Intelligence - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/28/2018 - 05:48
Aside from Ian Fleming, there is no more influential spy author than Tom Clancy. Clancy’s books (and the films and computer games based on them) benefited from his close contact with the US government.Do GCHQ name all of their Cyberwarfare Operations after Pop Culture? - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/24/2018 - 06:00
Leaked documents from JTRIG (the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group) show that GCHQ's operations are not only bigger, more invasive and more manipulative than previously realised, but also that they name their tools and techniques after films, TV shows and even geThe CIA’s Tom Clancy File - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/17/2018 - 05:49
Just as with James Bond and Ian Fleming, the CIA’s CREST database is littered with reference to Tom Clancy. In preparation for this weekend&Subscriber Podcast 15 – White Helmet Supremacy - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/14/2018 - 06:15
On this month's subscriber-only podcast I explain my criticisms of 21st Century Wire and Patrick Henningsen in particular.That time Margaret Thatcher was briefed about the Sex Pistols - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/10/2018 - 06:09
In 1987, as part of a typical politician’s attempts to seem down with the kids, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher did an interview with the pop magazineClandesTime 131 – The Science and Entertainment Exchange - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/07/2018 - 07:42
The Science and Entertainment Exchange (or SEEX) has consulted on over 1300 films and TV shows in less than 10 years, but outside of Hollywood few people know who they are and what they do. This week we pull back the curtain to look at their activities and their agenda.The Pentagon and the Science and Entertainment Exchange - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/03/2018 - 05:15
Officially, the Science and Entertainment Exchange (or SEEX) is the outreach program of the National Academy of Sciences – a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit honorifiPorkins Policy Radio End of Year Special - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 12/28/2017 - 05:23
The time Tom Clancy was paid to speak at CIA headquarters – and he gave the money back - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/27/2017 - 05:17
Tom Clancy was a good friend of US intelligence. After the publication of his enormously successful Hunt for Red October in 1984, he was repeatedly invited to speak at the CIA, NSA and FBI. The CIA even paid him a $500 honourarium foClandesTime 130 – Fake News and the Postmodern Condition - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/24/2017 - 06:59
What is fake news? Where did it come from and why is it so profitable? In this week’s episode I consider whether fake news is a new thing, or simply a newly-popular name for methods of deceit that have existed for centuries.Disney’s Frozen vs Climate Change vs the State Department - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/20/2017 - 06:27
In 2015 Admiral Robert Papp, the State Department’s Arctic envoy, spoke multiple times about trying to broker a deal with Disney to use characters from Frozen to pClandesTime 129 – History by Hollywood - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/17/2017 - 07:45
This week I welcome Martin Darlington, co-host of the History by Hollywood podcast, which reviews and analyses films claiming to be based on real events.MI5 file on Sir Kingsley Amis - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/13/2017 - 04:55
The latest files to be released by the National Archives include one on Kinsgley Amis - the former novelist and critic who was knighted in 1990. Amis was a member of the Communist party while at Oxford university in June 1941, though he renounced Marxism in 1956-7.Could the Manchester Bombing have been Prevented? - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 12/11/2017 - 13:11
Long answer: probably, with an ‘if’. Short answer: yes, with a ‘but’. A recently-published report into the terrorism in Britain in the run-up to this year’s general election has found that the Manchester bombing might have been prevented.Subscriber Podcast #14 – How the Pentagon Rewrote Lone Survivor - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/10/2017 - 05:59
Lone Survivor is one of very few recent DOD-supported filmThe Man With One Red Shoe - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 12/06/2017 - 05:28
One of the first films to be made with the help of former CIA officers was 1985's The Man With One Red Shoe.ClandesTime 128 – The FBI in Hollywood - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 12/03/2017 - 06:05
Of all the US intelligence agencies, the FBI has the longest-running relationship with Hollywood. From spying on A-listers as to helping blacklist screenwriters, through to manipulating scripts for PR and propaganda purposes, the Bureau’s influence on Tinseltown is very broad.The FBI’s Entertainment Liaison Office - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/29/2017 - 05:47
Newly released documents shed light on the FBI's entertainment liaison office - officially titled the Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit (IPPAU), including how they work on dozens of popular films and TV shows, and reject requests for support for PR reasons, just like the Pentagon.Spy Culture in Critical Sociology - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 11/28/2017 - 11:08
I am proud to announce that Critical Sociology have today published an article I co-wrote with Matt Alford that sums up the major findings from our research for National Security Cinema. Titled &#Extra Bonus Podcast – House of Cards 3 – The Final Cut - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 11/27/2017 - 04:57
In our review of the final season of the original House of Cards, Pearse and I discuss whether Urquhart is a psychopath, or someone so brutalised by the military and ruling class life that he is indistinguishable from one.ClandesTime 127 – Arthur Ransome (and Swallows and Amazons) - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/26/2017 - 09:00
Arthur Ransome was a well-known children’s author, best known for his series of adventure books beginning with Swallows and Amazons. He was also close friends with the Bolshevik leadership and married Trotsky’s secretary.Arthur Ransome’s MI5 files - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 11/23/2017 - 09:47
Arthur Ransome was a very well-known author of children's books, best known for his series beginning with Swallows and Amazons. He was also a spy for British intelligence and a close enough friend to the Bolshevik leadership that he married Leon Trotsky's secretary.Gladio Revisited: State Sponsored Terrorism in the Mono-Polar World Order - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/22/2017 - 14:46
November 22nd is the 27th anniversary of a European Parliament resolution condemning Operation Gladio. For decades, secret armies in over a dozen NATO countries carried out terrorist attacks to influence the political landscape and manipulate elections.MuckRock interviews Tom Secker - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 11/20/2017 - 05:42
I was recently interviewed by Michael Morisy the co-founder of MuckRock, the world's premier FOIA site. It was an interesting conversation about how to use FOIA, what works and what doesn't, how my use of the FOIA developed over time and why I've had so much success with FOIA requests.ClandesTime 126 – American Vandal - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/19/2017 - 07:02
Today I am joined by old friend Pearse Redmond to review and discuss the Netflix TV series American Vandal, a mockumentary that satirises the true crime genre.Anders Breivik: The Movie – Tom Secker on Porkins Policy Radio - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 11/16/2017 - 05:30
This week I joined Pearse on his radio show to discuss the new Netflix movie about Anders Breivik and the aftermath of the massacre on Utoya in 2011.The FBI spied on the star of The F.B.I. - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 11/15/2017 - 05:44
The long-running ABC show The F.B.I. was perhaps the greatest success of the FBI's entertainment liaison office during Hoover's time as head of the Bureau. The deal struck between the FBI and the producers granted Hoover approval and veto power over scripts, casting and even sponsors.Extra Bonus Podcast – House of Cards Season 2 - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 11/13/2017 - 11:42
In this extra bonus podcast for subscribers Pearse and I discuss the second season of the British House of Cards – To Play the King. Our review covers numerous parallels betweSubscriber Podcast #13 – Sex, Lies and Hollywood - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 11/12/2017 - 09:10
In this month's subscriber podcast I look at recent spate of allegations - and in some cases more t