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Andrew Hammond: Understanding the plot. [Historian and Curator] [Career Notes]

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum. Dr. Andrew Hammond, shares how he came to share the history of espionage and intelligence as a career. Starting out in the Royal Air Force when 9/11 happened, Andrew found himself trying to understand what was going on in the world. Studying history and international relations gave him some perspective and led him on his career path which included an introduction to museum industry at the 9/11 Museum. After a stint in academia in the UK, Andrew found his way back to the US and eventually ended up at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. He said one of the "greatest parts of the job being able to engage with the artifacts" and share their stories. We thank Andrew for sharing his story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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See it in action now at Maltigo.com. My name is Dr Andrew Hammond and I'm the historian and curator at the International Spy Museum.

1:07.8

The most important stage for me was being in the Royal Air Force.

1:13.5

It's not like I was a, you know, like a major general or anything like that,

1:18.0

but in a humble way, I felt like I was an actor and a play,

1:22.5

but I didn't understand the plot.

1:25.1

That was really as a result of 9-11. So I joined the Air Force in 1998.

1:31.3

9-11 happened. I was in the dark room of a military intelligence section in Germany.

1:38.2

And I saw the South Tower be struck. And I guess we all knew that in one way or another,

1:43.0

all of our lives would be changed then. But me it just led to a really deep desire to try to work out what was going on

1:51.6

in the world and ever since then in one way or another I've been trying to understand what the plot was

1:56.5

that led me to leave the Royal Air Force and go back to school and start studying in history and international relations.

2:07.1

I enjoyed both subjects, but I don't know, history just spoke to me more.

2:12.3

The only way to kind of try to anticipate where we may be going or to try to get any wisdom out of the whole

2:18.8

journey is to look at what came before.

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