GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Europe with the OSS and William J. Donovan's secret agents preparing for the invasion --  the prototypes of the CIA.

June 1944 dockside

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR


FIRST HOUR


9-915
1/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Sisterhood-Secret-History-Women-CIA/dp/0593238176/ref=asc_df_0593238176&mcid=d8b024f8944a3cfb869a04c0b84ba964?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80608071597838&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584207596928557&psc=1

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.

They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.

After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.

Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous.


915-930
2/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

930-945
3/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

945-1000
4/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)


SECOND HOUR

10-1015
5/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Sisterhood-Secret-History-Women-CIA/dp/0593238176/ref=asc_df_0593238176&mcid=d8b024f8944a3cfb869a04c0b84ba964?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80608071597838&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584207596928557&psc=1

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.

They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.

After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.

Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous.


1015-1030
6/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

1030-1045
7/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)

1045-1100
8/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023 
by  Liza Mundy  (Author)



THIRD HOUR

11-1115
1/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Birds-That-Changed-World/dp/1541604466

For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry.
 
In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world’s continents. From Odin’s faithful raven companions to Darwin’s finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history. 


1115-1130
2/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)

1130-1145
3/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)


1145-1200
4/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)


FOURTH HOUR
12-1215
5/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Birds-That-Changed-World/dp/1541604466

For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry.

In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world’s continents. From Odin’s faithful raven companions to Darwin’s finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history. 


1215-1230
6/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)
1230-1245
7/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)
1245-100
8/8: Ten Birds That Changed the World Hardcover – by  Stephen Moss  (Author)