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ClandesTime

Podcast series with Tom Secker featuring film and book reviews and discussions and investigations into military and intelligence involvement in popular culture.

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ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials...

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2023/08/13

Amazon have finally pulled the plug on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, going out with a smudged inkblot of a final... The post ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness) first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in...

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2023/08/06

The Mafia. Hollywood starlets. Foreign leaders. Fake sex tapes. Illegal surveillance. Watergate. The CIA. And Howard Hughes. Robert Maheu’s life... The post ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar

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2023/07/30

You know how it goes: you wait years for a movie that reframes the war in Afghanistan as a Saving... The post ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer

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2023/07/23

Did Joe Colombo approve the script for The Godfather? Was Dorothy Hunt murdered by the CIA as part of the... The post Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon

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2023/07/12

1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the... The post ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire

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2023/07/02

Desert Storm. A female Army Captain. Friendly fire killings. Mutiny. White Phosphorous. Lies and cover-ups. The story of the writing,... The post ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3

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2023/06/25

In this subscribercast we examine how the season-long arc in The Shield is a metaphor for the legacy of Iran-Contra,... The post Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3 first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood

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2023/06/18

The CIA helps to make movies, but what does it think of them? In this episode we delve into how... The post ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in...

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2023/05/27

What does the Deputy Director of the CIA think about spy movies? And what about the founders of the first... The post Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now

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2023/05/08

When it comes to black operations during the Vietnam War, the Phoenix Program (and its parallels and predecessors) is legendary... The post ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry

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2023/05/08

The public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing recently published its full and final report. In this episode, we take... The post ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon

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2023/04/30

The US military’s targeting of children goes back decades. In this episode we look at a classic of the children’s... The post ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two

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2023/04/26

The Shield season two ups the stakes on season one in every way – political, societal, personal. In this month’s... The post Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts

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2023/04/16

If a military supported romance drama with Twitter-level gender politics sounds like a terrible movie then you aren’t wrong. In... The post ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter?

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2023/03/22

Short answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no, with a but. In this subscribercast we look at two movies... The post Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter? first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program

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2023/03/21

Films about torture are often exploitative and sadistic, and even more so when they are state sponsored. In this episode... The post ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One

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2023/02/23

In the first of several subscriber-only podcasts we look at season one of the unique and award-winning cop drama The... The post Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit

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2023/02/15

The CIA-sponsored streaming wars hit a new high recently, when Netflix premiered The Recruit and within days Amazon released the... The post ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth?

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2023/02/04

In this quick podcast I review the biographical moral drama Worth (2020) a.k.a. What is Life Worth?. It tells the... The post Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth? first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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ClandesTime 241 – World War III

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2023/01/28

In early 1977 a retired NATO general put together a team of elite military officers to write a report on... The post ClandesTime 241 – World War III first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

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