Podcast series with Tom Secker featuring film and book reviews and discussions and investigations into military and intelligence involvement in popular culture.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 London Bombings, a terrorist mass murder that I investigated for many...The post ClandesTime 282 – The 7/7 London Bombings Revisited first appeared on Spy Culture.
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ClandesTime 281 – Conspiracy Theories: The Lockerbie...
The Lockerbie bombing, which brought down Pan Am 103 and killed 270 people, is one of the most disturbing events...The post ClandesTime 281 – Conspiracy Theories: The Lockerbie Bombing first appeared on Spy Culture.
Zero Day is the latest in CIA-supported Netflix spy dramas, only this time it’s cyberterrorism rather than Arab hijackers or...The post Subscribercast #98 – Zero Day first appeared on Spy Culture.
The topic of Israel and Hollywood tends to attract racists and conspiracy theorists but for this month’s subscribercast I put...The post Subscribercast #93 – Israel and Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture.
Why did the US military support a film about a drunken, abusive husband and father who is a textbook narcissist?...The post ClandesTime 271 – The Great Santini first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Apocalypse Now and Francis Ford Coppola were rejected by the Pentagon when they asked for production support. A decade later...The post ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
In this month’s subscriber-only podcast we tackle the final season of The Shield, and do so head on. In this...The post Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Netflix’s The Diplomat marks the first time that the British Foreign Office and the US State Department have made a... The post ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
For this Christmastime subscribercast we welcome back Henri to discuss the 1980s sci-fi comedy classic Back to the Future. We... The post Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Between 2018 and 2022, three major OSS spies have been canonised in film and TV – Julia Child, Moe Berg... The post ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Continuing our review series, on this month’s subscribercast we look at the sixth and penultimate season of The Shield. We... The post Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6 first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
The CIA’s Museum is a monument to lies, murder and secret power. Not officially, of course, they use much prettier... The post ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
How do you hold the police accountable if Internal Affairs are corrupt? That’s the core question in The Shield season... The post Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Ted Kaczynski a.k.a. the Unabomber died earlier this year. As a tribute, in this episode we look at the latest... The post ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong? first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
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ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations
In this special report we examine the documentary accusing celebrity Russell Brand of sex crimes. We look at the troubling... The post ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
One thing the Pentagon love to do is ‘showcase’ absurdly costly technologies to the public. This military product placement helps... The post ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Should the government be allowed to seize people’s property because they think it was bought with the profits from crime? ... The post Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
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ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris...
Life is like this sometimes: you wait ages for a movie to take corporate personhood and turn it into the... The post ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
Reality Winner was an NSA contractor who leaked a single document to The Intercept, and received a five year prison... The post ClandesTime 254 – Reality first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)
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Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice...
The Department of Justice’s office of public affairs is the nation’s hub for information on true crime. In this episode... The post Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)