The Spy Who
By Wondery
These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.
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Latest episode
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The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Thatcher's favourite | 5
Why was Carlin considered Thatcher's favourite spy? What difference did he really make? And how did he cope when he became an exile? To find out more about Carlin's life and significance, Charlie Higson is joined by Aaron Edwards, the author of 'Age… -
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Threats From All Sides | 4
With IRA hardliners losing ground and Sinn Féin on the up, Willie Carlin’s feeling confident about his spying. But loose talk is about to put him on a kill list. Listen to The Spy Who ad-free on Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spot… -
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Fly Fishing | 3
When Willie Carlin makes an alarming discovery in an IRA safe house, he must choose between preserving his cover or conscience. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my… -
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | Ballots Not Bullets | 2
Stuck with a wayward handler, MI5 agent Willie Carlin hunts for a way out, only to get sucked deeper into the Irish republican movement. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no… -
The Spy Who Sold Peace to the IRA | A Divided Land | 1
When Willie Carlin quits the British Army to return to Northern Ireland during The Troubles, he gets an unusual job offer: to spy on his own catholic community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/… -
The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Unpacking the mind of a spy legend | 5
Few spies have motives as hard to decipher as those of Oleg Penkovsky. Was he a hero, an egotist or a madman? Writer and executive producer of The Spy Who, Tristan Donovan, sits down with Jack Basu-Mellish, host of the LSE Cold War Podcast, to discus… -
The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Code Nuclear | 4
It’s 1962 and Oleg Penkovsky has gone to ground after spotting a KGB surveillance team tracking his MI6 contact Janet Chisholm. But when the British Embassy in Moscow invites him to a cocktail party, he sees a chance to reconnect with Western intelli… -
The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Manoeuvres in Moscow
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The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Hero or Madman? | 2
After months of missed opportunities, the CIA and MI6 are about to meet Penkovsky. But with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev squaring up to the US President John F. Kennedy over West Berlin, his information could have thermonuclear consequences. … -
The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | The Stranger In Red Square | 1
It’s 1960. The world hangs on the brink of nuclear war. But in Moscow, a man’s about to emerge from the shadows with an offer for the CIA. His name is Oleg Penkovsky and he wants to supply the US with the Soviet Union’s greatest nuclear secrets. But …
