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The Rest Is Classified

97. Selling The World's Secrets: Why The Brits Won The Falklands War (Ep 2)

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

History

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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THE REST IS CLASSIFIED LIVE 2026: Buy your tickets HERE on Friday 7th November at 12pm GMT. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the CIA and its German counterpart, the BND, were listening to the encrypted messages of at least 62 countries around the world. This intelligence was then passed to allies and used to win wars, depose leaders and influence the world order. From sharing secrets with British forces fighting in The Falklands War to monitoring Iran’s mullahs during the 1979 hostage crisis, the CIA knew almost everything going on in the corridors of power. In the second part of their series on Crypto AG, David and Gordon unpack the recently declassified role of the CIA in some of the biggest geopolitical moments of the past seventy years. ------------------- Join The Declassified Club: Start your free trial at ⁠⁠therestisclassified.com⁠⁠ - go deeper into the world of espionage with exclusive Q&As, interviews with top intelligence insiders, quarterly livestreams, ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, and weekly deep dives into original spy stories. Members also get curated reading lists, special book discounts, prize draws, and access to our private chat community. To sign up to the free newsletter, go to: ⁠⁠https://mailchi.mp/goalhanger.com/tric-free-newsletter-sign-up⁠ ⁠ ------------------- Step inside the real world of espionage as The Rest Is Classified takes to the London stage for the first time. In this live edition of the hit podcast, former CIA analyst, David McCloskey, and national security journalist, Gordon Corera, look at history’s greatest intelligence failures, unpack iconic spy scenes from film and TV, and answer your burning questions. From Cold War tactics to today’s digital surveillance, this is espionage as it really works: stranger, scarier, and sometimes funnier than fiction. Access the members pre-sale by clicking ⁠HERE⁠. The top secret password for members of the Declassified Club will be emailed on the morning of Thursday 6th November to those who have signed-up via ⁠therestisclassified.com⁠. If you have signed up via Apple Podcasts or YouTube, please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ with proof of your subscription before 10am GMT on Thursday 6th November and we'll send you the code directly. The non-members general sale will open on Friday 7th November at 12pm GMT. Tickets can be bought ⁠HERE⁠. ------------------- Order a signed edition of Gordon's latest book, The Spy in the Archive, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order a signed edition of David's latest book, The Seventh Floor, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------------------- Email: [email protected] Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@triclassified⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social Producer: Emma Jackson Producer: Becki Hills Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series, first

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look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books, join the declassified

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club at the rest is classified.com.

0:17.3

David, David, I've got some top secret information to share with you today.

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Oh, Gordon, what have you done this time?

0:26.5

Don't worry, don't worry.

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It's good news.

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So I'm excited to share, and I think actually you know this news already, but it's really to share with everyone listening, that we are going to be putting on our first ever live show on the 31st of January, 26,

0:40.1

at the South Bank Center in London.

0:42.3

Luckily, the date and location aren't secret.

0:44.1

Which is wonderful because we'll finally have an opportunity in person

0:47.2

to discuss why you are so terribly wrong and morally misguided about Edward Snowden and the JFK assassination.

0:55.0

Well, I look forward to proving you wrong live on stage, but yes, we'll be delving into the weird and wonderful world of intelligence, failures, and maybe some conspiracy theories as well.

1:05.5

And we'll be unpacking some iconic moments of spy fiction from those thrillers and dramas that people love, and

1:13.3

will be answering your most burning questions about the world of spies and secrets.

1:17.7

That's right, the wonderful world of intelligence failures. Nothing more wonderful than an

1:22.5

intelligence failure. And if listeners want, finally, to get their questions answered about Gordon's home address,

1:30.4

I'll be happy to share it with you live on stage.

1:32.8

But Gordon, when can our fantastic listeners and our secret squirrels get tickets for this exciting event?

1:38.8

Well, members of the declassified club, the famed secret squirrels, can get members-only pre-sale tickets live from

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tomorrow Thursday, 6th of November, at 10am GMT, while the general sale for everyone else will be

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from Friday the 7th of November at 12 p.m. GMT. Now, the links for the general sale tickets

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