“Secrets Revealed” – Curators Alexis and Andrew on SPY’s Pop-Up Exhibit

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🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary Dr. Alexis Albion (LinkedIn, Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss amazing artifacts with amazing stories from SPY’s newest pop-up exhibit: “Secrets Revealed: Highlights from the Grant Verstandig Collection.” What You’ll Learn Intelligence Casablanca’s spy connection Lasting effects of the Rosenberg trial Women in Intelligence WWII covert operations Reflections What makes a story timeless? The human dimension of history And much, much more … Quote of the Week “To us, that might be the Rosenbergs – These sort of incredible historic figures from the Cold War Intelligence. But to Mike Meeropol, it's his mom and dad. So, I think it's a really human story as well. This letter makes recommendations about their sentencing, about life and death, and again, for me it evokes that really human dimension about whether or not this mother might have lived.” – Dr. Alexis Albion. Resources *SpyCasts* Hitler’s Trojan Horse – Nazi Intelligence with Nigel West (2023) Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal & Love – with Henry Schlesinger (2022) Amazon to Darien, Atlantic to Pacific – Intelligence in Colombia with former Head of its Navy Admiral Hernando Wills (2022) My Life Looking at Spies &the Media with Paul Lashmar (2021) *Beginner Resources* Soviet Spy Scandal: Who Were the Rosenbergs?, L. Davidson, HistoryHit (2022) [Article] Casablanca in 2 Minutes, YouTube (2019) [Video] Who was the real Mata Hari?, N. Barber, BBC Culture (2017) [Article] How D-Day Was Fought From The Sea, Imperial War Museum (n.d.) [Article] *Artifacts Discussed* Mata Hari Pencil Sketch (ca. 1905) German Bombing Map, WWII (1941) Victor Lazlos Prop Passport (ca. 1942) The Neptune Monograph (ca. 1944) J. Edgar Hoover Letter, FBI (1951) *Primary Resources* Letter from Sophie Rosenberg to Mamie Eisenhower, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953) Letter from Clyde Miller to Dwight Eisenhower Urging Clemency for the Rosenbergs, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953) Response from Dwight Eisenhower to Clyde Miller, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953) The Clydebank Blitz, National Records of Scotland (1941) *Wildcard Resource(s)* The classic quote from Casablanca, “Here’s looking at you, kid” is ranked #4 on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Movie Quotes. In fact, four quotes from the movie made it onto the list – Can you guess what the others are?

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0:00.0	You're listening to The CyberWire Network, powered by N2K.
0:10.8	Welcome to Spycast.
0:15.2	The official podcast of the International Spy Museum.
0:18.7	I'm Erin Dietrich, your host, Dr. Andrew Hammond's content partner, coming up next
0:23.8	on Spycast.
0:24.8	There were things that we had seen before and we said, oh, yeah, we've seen that.
0:28.2	But then, you know, there were artifacts that just hopped out.
0:31.1	For us, we'll be talking about that.
0:33.3	Some of which set little shivers down my spine where we're like, wow, I haven't seen
0:37.3	that before.
0:46.0	Recently, the International Spy Museum installed a new pop-up exhibit called Secrets Revealed
0:51.5	highlights from the grant for standing collection.
0:54.0	This exhibit offers the unique opportunity to sneak a peek at one of the most fascinating
0:58.3	collections of spy-related artifacts.
1:01.0	The exhibit is here through this year, so don't miss your chance to see it for yourself.
1:05.4	This week, Andrew is joined by Alexis Albion, curator of special projects here at the International
1:10.8	Spy Museum.
1:12.0	In previous chapters, Alexis was a staff member on the 9-11 Commission Report, consultant
1:17.4	with the World Bank, and strategist with the U.S. Department of State.
1:21.6	Andrew and Alexis come together this week to debrief some of their favorite artifacts
1:25.0	from the exhibit, including Victor Lazlo's prop passport from the 1942 film Casa Blanca,
1:32.0	a letter from J. Edgar Hoover recommending a lighter sentence for Ethel Rosenberg and
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