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Welcome to true spies, brief histories. We're living through an era in which the impact of spies, subterfuge and covert influence is increasingly visible.

We're bombarded with news about foreign interference, wartime propaganda and threats from cyberspace.

And that's just for starters.

But how did we get here?

In these bonus minisodes, we'll explore the long history of SpyCraft.

And with the help of our deep bench of espionage experts,

we'll bring you up to speed on the past, present and possible future of this ancient profession.

What is really interesting is that most exiles, of course, make their way back to the kingdom

or the territory where they've come from.

When they come back, they say, I can tell you about all of his troops and how he trains them

and where he keeps his ships and everything else, right?

I'm Joe Foley, series producer for true spies.

And this is a brief history of tradecraft.

So there's an autocratic ruler, paranoid in the extreme.

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