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Mission Implausible

Do you want to know the truth behind the world’s wildest conspiracy theories? Former CIA officers John Sipher & Jerry O’Shea try to determine where misinformation is coming from, when we’re being lied to and when a conspiracy theory is an actual real conspiracy. In the world of espionage, they were part of creating conspiracies. Now they and their circle of experts probe what’s true and when we’re being manipulated. New episodes every week. Watch Mission Implausible

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33:41

More Religion and Conspiracy Theories (with Drew McCoy)

Mission Implausible ·

2025/01/05

"Exvangelical" Drew McCoy (aka The Genetically Modified Skeptic) continue to explore how religion and conspiracies overlap. Are non-believers playing followers? What's Drew's personal journey to becoming the atheist and conspiracy buster he is now?

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33:15

Religion and Conspiracy Theories (with Drew McCoy) -...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/12/29

Drew McCoy, aka Genetically Modified Skeptic, is a fundamentalist Evangelical Christian turned agnostic/atheist. With John, Jerry and Adam, they explore the position of conspiracy theories throughout religion in general.

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40:28

ENCORE: The Simpsons: Does the CIA Tell Them How to...

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2024/12/25

ENCORE PRESENTATION -- Two Simpsons legends explore the theory that The Simpsons either predicts the future or causes the future, perhaps in cahoots with the CIA. Then they ask John & Jerry inside-CIA questions they always wanted to know. (with Bill Oakley & David Silverman)

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13:06

Syria / Havana Syndrome

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2024/12/18

Adam, John & Jerry look at what's happening right now in Syria in terms of journalism and intelligence. They also update us on the newest development with Havana Syndrome.

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23:27

Our National Intelligence

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2024/12/11

Jerry and John, with Adam, doommonger about the future of our national security if Tulsi Gabbard becomes the Director of National Intelligence and Kash Patel becomes the FBI Director. What happens when someone unqualified and inexperienced and unable to pass a background check get put in the leadership of an enormous department that they don’t trust?

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29:14

Can We Trust the Experts? (with Tom Nichols)

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2024/12/04

Journalist Tom Nichols (The Atlantic) explains how discrediting expertise is used as a weapon in order to control (mis)information.

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39:54

Can We Trust the Government? (with Adam Conover)

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2024/11/27

Comedian and all-around expert Adam Conover (Adam Ruins Everything, Factually!) made a series about the government with Barack Obama called “T G Word.” How does he feel about its reliabilty? Why are people suspicious of it?

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34:15

Shenanigans at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue (with Zach...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/11/20

Forbes journalist Zach Everson spent much of Trump's previous presidency embedded in Trump Hotel in DC. John and Jerry learn more about The Emoluments Clause and all the ways that foreign power brokers were able to channel payments to Trump through his hotels... and could again.

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25:14

How the Election Affects the CIA

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2024/11/13

Adam and John and Jerry do what everyone else in America is doing... try to game out what the election will mean. In this case, for the intelligence agencies, international cooperation and overall national security. So, like, not one of the super-light episodes. But still worth listening to!

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43:27

How Do Counterintelligence Professionals Assess...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/11/06

How are the Russians getting Trump to do what they want? There are many theories, but we've reached our own conclusion.

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43:00

The Lincoln Project (with Rick Wilson)

Mission Implausible ·

2024/10/30

The Lincoln Project is an American political action committee (PAC) founded in December 2019 by moderate conservatives and former Republican Party members who oppose U.S. President Donald Trump and Trumpism. In the midst of the 2024 election, having run over 700 different ads, co-founder Rick Wilson offers one-of-a-kind insight into the American electorate.

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36:51

Is Trump a Russian Agent? - Part One (with Philip...

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2024/10/23

25 years ago, Trump returned from a trip to Moscow obsessed that America wasn’t getting paid enough for protecting its allies, that our leaders weren’t tough enough, and that America’s economy was destined to self-destruct within the next four years. And he never stopped. Why would a self-obsessed New York real estate developer suddenly care about America’s international politics?

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25:55

Embedded with The Proud Boys on January 6th (with...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/10/16

Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested called up the leader of The Proud Boys and got an invite to tag along to The Insurrection with his cameras. Quested’s eye-witness footage was part of the Congressional January 6th Committee evidence and now part of Jack Smith’s case against Trump. Quested shares his insights and his predictions about what will go down this November.

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12:38

Everyone Controls the Weather But Nobody Does...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/10/09

Jerry and John -- and Adam! -- think about the current hurricanes and the dangerous conspiracy theories that weaponize them. As always, they view the larger context of false weather beliefs.

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33:56

America the Hellhole? Russian Disinformation Today...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/10/02

Certain American are repeating Russian propaganda and might not even realize where it came from. Russia is pushing the narrative that America is a disaster, and Trump has picked up the thread. How does Russia feed their message into U.S. conversations and how do they benefit from it? It's the end of our trilogy of Michael Weiss' illuminating interview.

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33:36

Russian Disinformation Part Two: The Last Three Weeks...

Mission Implausible ·

2024/09/25

Would you take $100,000 per week to parrot Russian propaganda on your podcast? Well, some guys did, and are now indicted.

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37:19

Russian Disinformation (with Michael Weiss)

Mission Implausible ·

2024/09/18

How did the Russians get so good at the disinformation game, how do they do it, and who's doing it for them?

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50:52

The Private Life of a Spy (with Jen Banbury)

Mission Implausible ·

2024/09/11

Adam’s wife has a lot of personal CIA questions for John & Jerry.

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43:43

Does the CIA Control the Media? (with Philip Mudd)

Mission Implausible ·

2024/09/04

If not the CIA, then maybe the FBI? How about both? Philip Mudd worked for both agencies and then resigned and he has the answers. Including whether RFK Jr.'s suspicions about Operation Mockingbird are valid.

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33:20

Honeytraps

Mission Implausible ·

2024/08/28

Jerry and John reflect on how intelligence services employ honey traps — snaring assets using sex.

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