True Spies Debrief: Sean Wiswesser on Russian Intelligence Strategy

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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True Spies producer Morgan Childs joins ex-CIA officer and Russia expert Sean Wiswesser to go deep on the strategy, ideology and political goals of the Russian intelligence community. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Sean Wiswesser is the author of Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War.

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:04.2	The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.
0:10.5	Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view and a table seat ideal for playing footsie beneath.
0:17.9	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:21.6	Trains on Uber. What did you steal?
0:23.6	Secrets.
0:25.6	From legendary director Stephen Spielberg.
0:27.6	Are they human?
0:29.6	Hmm.
0:30.6	Comes a new epic blockbuster.
0:32.6	What are you gonna do?
0:33.6	Full disclosure to the whole world.
0:36.6	Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, and Coleman Domingo.
0:41.7	This terror campaign of lies has to end.
0:45.4	That truth will upend order across the entire world.
0:48.5	This is Disclosure Day.
0:50.5	Disclosure Day in cinema's Wednesday, June 10th.
1:08.1	Hello, True Spies listeners.
1:12.9	Welcome back to our new assignment, True Spies, debrief.
1:19.3	Could a greater understanding of Russia's intelligence services help to counter the nation's most dangerous tactics? That's the question at the heart of Sean Wisswess' new book,
1:24.5	Tradecraft, tactics and dirty tricks, Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret
1:29.7	War. First for the State Department, and then at the CIA, Sean spent 30 years honing his
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