• True Spies Debrief: Ayman Oghanna on Mental Health, China, And The Spy Next Door
    2026/10/06
    Content Warning: This episode contains references to violence and contains an extended discussion around mental health. Journalist Ayman Oghanna has reported from the heart of some of the worlds' deadliest conflicts. He's also fought his own battles with bipolar disorder. It's a condition that can cause debilitating delusions - and one of Ayman's was that he was being surveilled by spies. But when he learned that a real spy had been living in his Athens apartment block, he knew he had to find out more. Based on his original reporting for The Economists' Weekend Intelligence podcast, Ayman lets True Spies producer Eleanor Sly in to a world of warzones, Chinese espionage, and secret lives conducted in the most ordinary places. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Eleanor Sly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 分
  • Stealing Hitler's Rocket | WW2
    2026/09/29
    A deadly new weapon threatens to change the course of World War Two - a sub-orbital missile, years ahead of its time. It's called the V2 Rocket, and it's Adolf Hitler's best hope for revenge on his enemies. But a brave network of Polish resistance operatives have made it their mission to stop the supersonic threat in its tracks. Author and journalist Guy Walters is your guide to a story of courage, sacrifice and subterfuge. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Frank Palmer. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 分
  • True Spies Classic: Undercover With The Nipsters | Investigation
    2026/09/22
    Writer and researcher Julia Ebner makes a living out of infiltrating extremist groups. In the divided political landscape of the 21st century, some of those groups are making a play for the mainstream. In this classic True Spies episode from 2022, Vanessa Kirby follows Julia as she goes undercover with Generation Identity - a European far-right organisation putting a millennial gloss on old and dangerous ideas. Meet the Nazi Hipsters - Nipsters, for short From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 分
  • True Spies Debrief: Julia Ebner on Radicalization, the Internet and Linguistic Analysis
    2026/09/15
    The fantastic Julia Ebner, researcher and author, returns to the True Spies Debrief to discuss with host Morgan Childs her latest findings - how proper analysis of the online language of radicalized individuals can help predict violent terrorism before it happens. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 分
  • Killing Lumumba | CIA
    2026/09/08
    How did the coronation of a newly independent African nation, and it's democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, turn into one of the hottest flash points of the early Cold War? Author and journalist Stuart A. Reid takes us back to the 1960s, and Congo's nascent position on the international stage. Mixed up in the complex swathes of post-Colonialism and Cold War politics, hear the still pertinent story of 'The Congo Crisis' and the murky characters who played their hands within it. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Louise Sinnerton. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 分
  • True Spies Classic: The Klaus Fuchs Effect | WW2
    2026/09/01
    As a World War rages, humanity stands on the precipice of a new era in warfare. The atomic age is dawning - and Earth's great powers are determined to secure their place in it. In this classic episode of True Spies, Sophia Di Martino tells the story of the scientist who helped Soviet Russia build the bomb - Klaus Fuchs. Our guide is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University, Frank Close. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Hannah Dean. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 分
  • True Spies Debrief: Jim Chiles on Project Doorstop
    2026/08/25
    Author and journalist James R. Chiles joins Morgan Childs to discuss the half-forgotten history of Project Doorstop - the US Government's Cold War strategy against nuclear arms smuggling. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 分
  • Ortiz's War | OSS
    2026/08/18
    In the days after D-Day, deep behind enemy lines in Occupied France, how does one man's personal battle, turn the tide of the entire war? Hear the story of Peter Ortiz - a legend of the French Foreign Legion, US Marines and the OSS Commandos. Ex CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds and journalist Katie Sanders team up to offer a glimpse into Ortiz's heady and action-packed WW2 service. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Justin Trefgarne. Nicholas Reynolds and Katie Sanders are co-authors of Ortiz's War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 分