True Spies - Brief Histories: Double Agents

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

SPYSCAPE

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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From ancient Babylon to the darkest depths of the Cold War, Double Agents have fascinated us for centuries. In Brief Histories, the monthly special from True Spies, series producer Joe Foley is your guide to this secret world - alongside a treasure-trove of stories and expert knowledge from our archive. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Based on the worldwide best-selling novel.
0:02.5	Why do you want this job?
0:03.5	I really enjoy being a housemaid. This Christmas. Would you like the Grand Tour? See what you're getting yourself into? Discover what lies. I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweetie. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we?
0:24.0	I want you to feel safe. back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred.
0:23.0	What kind of monsters are we?
0:25.4	I want you to feel safe here.
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1:06.5	One one. Welcome. Welcome to true spies, brief and suffice and covert influence is increasingly visible.
1:11.6	Welcome to true spies, brief histories.
1:17.6	We're living through an era in which the impact of spies, subterfuge and covert influence is increasingly visible.
1:24.6	We're bombarded with news about foreign interference, wartime propaganda and threats
1:30.2	from cyberspace. And that's just for starters. But how did we get here? In these bonus
1:36.8	minisodes, we'll explore the long history of Spycraft. And with the help of our deep bench
1:42.3	of espionage experts, we'll bring you up to speed on the past,
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