The Spy Who Colluded with Castro | In This Building | 2
The Spy Who
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
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When intelligence analyst Ana Montes is briefed on one of the USA’s greatest military secrets, she is torn. Should she pass the intel to Cuba to alter the global balance of power, or is this one secret too far?
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderly Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. |
| 0:14.8 | November 1996, Clarendon, Virginia. |
| 0:24.6 | Anna Montes strives through the Virginia office of the Defence Intelligence Agency, |
| 0:29.6 | keeping her eyes straight ahead and walking with purpose amid the buzz of activity around her. |
| 0:35.6 | But her body is pulsing with adrenaline. |
| 0:38.3 | She's been summoned to an interview with the DIA's senior counterintelligence investigator, |
| 0:44.3 | Scott Carmichael, with no explanation why. |
| 0:48.3 | She battles to suppress her rising fear. |
| 0:51.3 | Could this be it? |
| 0:53.3 | Could her own agency have discovered she is a Cuban spy? |
| 0:57.0 | But if it had, wouldn't she already be in handcuffs? |
| 1:02.0 | Montes struggles to maintain her icy calm. This could be the end of everything. |
| 1:08.0 | She reaches Carmichael's door, pauses, exhales and knocks. |
| 1:18.4 | Montez pushes the door open and steps inside. Carmichael sits behind his desk, |
| 1:24.4 | chubby with an unruly mop of straw blonde hair. |
| 1:32.2 | Montez gives him an irritated glance, then tries to take control of the conversation. |
| 1:34.9 | Mr Carmichael, I can only spare a few minutes. |
| 1:36.2 | This is a very busy day. |
| 1:42.5 | Carmichael pitches forward in his chair, the hint of a smile twisting the corners of his mouth. |
| 1:47.4 | Ms. Montez, I'm responsible for the security of this agency. |
| 1:50.7 | This will take as long as it takes. |
| 1:53.0 | Montez feels wrong-footed. |
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