INTRODUCING “SPY TALK”
The DSR Network
Chris Cotnoir
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2021
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast? |
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| 0:07.0 | and there's no regular commitment. |
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| 0:17.0 | SpyTalk, a podcast at the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy, |
| 0:21.0 | national security, and military operations |
| 0:24.0 | with Jeff Stein and Jean Miserve. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to SpyTalk. |
| 0:32.0 | Every week, we aim to break news, address issues, |
| 0:35.0 | and national security and intelligence, |
| 0:37.0 | and even introduce you to a few real spies, |
| 0:40.0 | like Mark Polymeropoulos, |
| 0:42.0 | who says the CIA is hurting its own capabilities |
| 0:45.0 | by not replacing regional experts |
| 0:48.0 | like the late great Charlie Sidel, |
| 0:51.0 | who he calls the agency's last great Arabist. |
| 0:55.0 | Because when, you know, push comes to shove |
| 0:57.0 | and problems need to be solved in the region |
| 0:59.0 | where you have to turn to individuals |
| 1:01.0 | such as Charlie Sidel, who could go quietly |
| 1:03.0 | to Riyadh, to Cairo, to Aman, |
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