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The Spy Who

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4.6 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Britain’s Prosper spy network is falling apart in Northern France. Every day the Gestapo seems to arrest yet another agent and Noor Inayat Khan finds herself playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the Nazis in a one-woman bid to keep communication channels with London open.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:13.0	August 1943, a station on the Paris Metro.
0:21.6	On the platform, Nora Nyat Khan battles her way onto the train.
0:26.6	Excuse me? Under Nazi rule, there are fewer trains, so it's always a crush to board each one.
0:32.6	In one hand, she's carrying the leather suitcase containing her radio equipment.
0:43.3	The case weighs 10 kilos, and that's heavy, especially for a petite woman like her.
0:48.8	But the Special Operations Executive trained her to carry it as though it is much lighter.
0:49.8	Excuse me.
0:56.0	Khan spent the last four weeks playing cat and mouse with the Gestapo. She is the only SOE radio operator left in Paris.
1:00.0	Every time she broadcasts, every Gestapo radio detector van in the city starts to hone in on her.
1:07.0	So now, Kahn's always moving.
1:10.0	She can't risk broadcasting from the same place twice,
1:13.6	and that means she carries her radio wherever she goes.
1:17.6	Wait!
1:18.6	A late passenger rushes onto the train as the doors close.
1:22.6	His momentum barrels him into Khan, and he accidentally kicks against the suitcase.
1:28.3	Ow!
1:29.3	What the hell is in there?
1:31.3	I'm so sorry. Are you all right?
1:33.3	The passenger gives her a dirty look and pushes past.
1:36.3	But then, Khan spots two German soldiers further down the carriage that are now looking at her.
1:43.3	Her eyes meet theirs. She feels the cold shock are now looking at her, her eyes meet theirs.
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