The Spy Who

Documentary series featuring interviews with intelligence operatives and spies AI summary

Audible Original Visit website › History · EN · 145 episodes · latest 2026-11-10

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These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma, Raza Jaffrey and Emilia Fox, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of The Spy Who ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.

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The Spy Who Killed Trotsky | The Greatest Delight | 1

2026-11-10 · 43 min · Season 34, episode 1

It was a battle for the Soviet Union’s soul. In one corner, Joseph Stalin – the party bureaucrat with his hands on the levers of power. In the other, Leon Trotsky – the intellectual firebrand who could rally the masses.…
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2026-11-09 · 9 min

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The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Undying Mystery of Mata Hari | 4

2026-11-03 · 40 min · Season 33, episode 4

Mata Hari was a famous exotic dancer and courtesan but was she really the femme fatale spy she’s known as? The debate has lasted decades. But in this episode, Charlie Higson talks with author, lecturer and Mata Hari…
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Quicksand | 3

2026-10-27 · 53 min · Season 33, episode 3

Mata Hari finds herself caught in a web of lies and double-crosses. Now she has to fight to free herself from the trap that is closing in around her but the odds are stacked against her. See Privacy Policy at…
Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe

2026-10-26 · 7 min

A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But…
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Femme Fatale | 2

2026-10-20 · 44 min · Season 33, episode 2

French and British intelligence services are convinced Mata Hari is a German spy but catching her is proving difficult. Then she agrees to spy for them. Can she be trusted or is she a skilled double agent? See Privacy…
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2026-10-13 · 9 min

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The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Creation of the Myth | 1

2026-10-13 · 46 min · Season 33, episode 1

When tragedy and violence leave Margaretha Zelle destitute, she reinvents herself as the exotic dancer Mata Hari and becomes a superstar across Europe. But when the First World War breaks out, she reinvents herself…
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | David Tyson on Being the CIA's Unlikely Fighter | 4

2026-10-06 · 39 min · Season 32, episode 4

Mere weeks after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, CIA linguist David Tyson found himself on the ground in Afghanistan. He and his colleague Mike Spann were part of Team Alpha, a CIA team sent in to help overthrow the…
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | The First Casualty | 3

2026-09-29 · 40 min · Season 32, episode 3

The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi is underway. David Tyson is trapped with no way out and al-Qaeda moving in. And if help doesn’t arrive soon, America’s first victory in Afghanistan will also become its first defeat. See…

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Oldest episode in feed: 02/2024 · over 2 years
Typical length: 38 min
Format: Serial Meant to be heard in order

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