From CIA Spy to Fiction Author | I.S. Berry | Ep. 225

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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I.S. Berry spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in wartime Baghdad and elsewhere. She has lived and worked throughout Europe and the Middle East, including two years in Bahrain during the Arab Spring. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and Haverford College. Raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, she lives in Virginia with her husband and son. Grab Ilana's new book "The Peacock & The Sparrow" here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/Peacock-Sparrow-Novel-I-S-Berry/dp/1797155563 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sponsors: The Lite Sleeper⬇️ (VETERAN OWNED, US MANUFACTURED) the perfect addition for the light backpacker, ground sleeper, or prepper/survivalist. https://THELITESLEEPER.com/discount/teamhouse click the link to get The Lite Sleeper and get 10% off your first order! https://THELITESLEEPER.com/discount/teamhouse The AARP Veteran Report⬇️ https://aarp.org/VETREPORT Free, Twice Monthly email newsletter that salutes military service & provides a mixture of inspirational human stories and practical info for vets. https://aarp.org/VETREPORT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -AD FREE AUDIO -AD FREE VIDEO -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests Subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Team House merch: ⬇️ https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10474963 Social Media: ⬇️ The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Dave’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dave_parke?s=21 Team House Discord: ⬇️ https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 SubReddit: ⬇️ https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here:⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links):⬇️ https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/ Intro music by https://www.youtube.com/user/RemixSample Want to sponsor the show? Email: ⬇️ [email protected] #cia #spy

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0:39.0	Special Operations.
0:45.0	Covert Ops, Espionage, the Team House, with your hopes, Jack Murphy and David Park.
1:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome to episode 225 of the team house I'm Jack Murphy here with
1:07.6	David Park Dimitri behind there producing pressing pressing buttons we don't really know what he does but he's back there
1:14.0	pressing buttons and turning dials and our guest on tonight's show is
1:18.0	Alana Berry she's the author of the peacock and the sparrow she served as a CIA case officer and now writes espionage fiction.
1:26.1	I read this book just a few months back, really loved it, wanted to have her on the
1:31.3	show as soon as possible.
1:33.2	So we really appreciate you jumping on here with us today.
1:36.8	Thank you so much for having me.
1:39.0	Absolutely.
1:40.2	So we'll start at the beginning, like we usually do. We'd love to hear sort of about your how you grew up what your upbringing was like and sort of how that kind of propelled you towards governmental service.
1:51.0	Well, I think I grew up in the Cold War, so, you know, for me there was always kind of a clear bad guy.
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