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Active Measures: A Conversation with Thomas Rid

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SpyCast

Education, History, News

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down (remotely) with professor Thomas Rid to discuss the history of disinformation, and his new book, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare.

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This episode of Spycast is supported by Code Comments, an original podcast from Red Hat.

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I found it very interesting.

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My thanks to Code Comments for their support. Hi and welcome to SpyCast from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

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I'm Dr. Vint Houghton, the Museum's Historian and Curator.

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Every week, SpyCast brings you interesting conversations with authors, scholars, and

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