# The Spy Who A podcast by Audible. 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. Feed: https://rss.art19.com/the-spy-who ## Latest episodes - [The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Quicksand | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/bbad3cbe80fb) (2026-10-27, 53 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/5ccea096-a803-474a-a2fd-1f2803f6de50.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/0ef4b4972168) (2026-10-26, 7 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/613c00bb-c382-400a-a44a-f723c1f0f5ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Femme Fatale | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/9a330ba70f39) (2026-10-20, 45 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/418e98c3-bf7f-458e-8cf4-dcb5c35c631a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [Listen Now: Audible True Crime – Ghost Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/085fb897d18f) (2026-10-13, 10 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/41cb650d-06a4-4360-9689-04b8e6c5e632.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Creation of the Myth | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/53974062c6e7) (2026-10-13, 46 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8c8222c1-56ee-4c8c-8614-e389174892d2.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | David Tyson on Being the CIA's Unlikely Fighter | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/8ebc5cac0bf4) (2026-10-06, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/bcf5f1f2-26bf-4d2f-99ff-3a28cb4d3201.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | The First Casualty | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/7d784171b1df) (2026-09-29, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/c401ea57-7ffa-49af-8222-cf8e442b1e4f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Afghan Math | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/57430641304b) (2026-09-22, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/767e3cf1-fcf8-428c-8392-8a184950c640.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Graveyard of Empires | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/9613a4af1fde) (2026-09-15, 46 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/725c4b7f-0b8b-4649-a93c-36ba3f240c26.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | A US Military Interrogator on Getting Terrorists to Talk | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/0e686b0e1df2) (2026-09-08, 39 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/47d80ca1-ef35-4d03-b856-2c085e727d33.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | Enhanced Interrogation | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/4110b30462ff) (2026-09-01, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/c0685b49-a2e2-4eb5-8863-a3d49602009e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | Death Is Not An Option | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/2476d353e138) (2026-08-25, 43 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/00fa6d9f-a238-4654-8187-ef4954fa1c68.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | The Looming Enemy | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/967fb6158a47) (2026-08-18, 42 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/ada799c0-9e13-4a54-af8e-b22c29c7be3e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | My Life as a Mum and Spy | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/bf997fa60995) (2026-08-11, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/284a9597-a2a5-45f9-ace0-b24f5bb20a22.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | Eastbound From The Cotswolds | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/19694ab192f9) (2026-08-04, 42 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f64ad53c-4d60-437b-9bb9-6f89a22ffcb6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | Traitor In The Home | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/41188b737101) (2026-07-28, 46 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f373cb38-6953-4625-9a24-8c5623a7d8a0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Became Stalin's Greatest | A Bomb In The Pram | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/e387d661a107) (2026-07-21, 43 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/a412d79a-c34d-40eb-971e-fea6fc051457.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Mystery of Agent 355 | 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/0c45b0f95de5) (2026-07-14, 35 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2c13282d-0d68-42d7-8b7f-1337e5a6ec41.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Hangman’s Noose | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/68b208d7ba07) (2026-07-07, 47 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/953706a2-0357-4bf9-ac01-fc4aac6b3537.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Traitor and The Gentleman | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/97ed6c24876d) (2026-07-02, 39 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d81137c4-1ae2-451b-bdbd-83a0b5f12ca7.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Road to Betrayal | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/713aca63b4f1) (2026-06-30, 39 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/bec68bb2-7f22-4787-b0f7-8098b4b93b29.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | Liberty and the Pursuit of Intelligence | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/76b263c89d98) (2026-06-23, 41 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/603beefa-177f-4946-8b95-5623ad441560.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | What really goes on in the mind of a secret agent? | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/4631a630e03c) (2026-06-16, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b3492c1f-1e62-420f-8e08-dc71a40929dc.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | Blue Eyes | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/f7876c845283) (2026-06-09, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/794d5041-a94b-4890-839e-ea2be259e734.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | The Prodigal Son | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/6f4d6aa33edb) (2026-06-02, 41 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/101e4e5d-2d26-4f42-9103-d7328fbca2df.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | The Kidnap | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/82ae823fad91) (2026-05-26, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/05feb63d-6133-4ae7-a224-b24ef1f52800.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | How a CIA Spy Recruiter Helped Stop Dr Strangelove | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/030215eb2da1) (2026-05-19, 41 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d0dfd460-5d9c-44f6-a27a-a482e79fbf12.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | Cargo of Doom | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/5b3523e98391) (2026-05-12, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8dcc8c21-542d-4288-ac89-8e50dc696e3e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | Bombs for Sale | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/02dc8bc9a85e) (2026-05-05, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/bbdcb298-bfe9-470c-aaac-69e9812fbf9e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Nuclear Secrets to Iran | The Seeds of Revenge | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/b7bd7fd6f83d) (2026-04-28, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3a13c035-aefd-410c-b8df-df461c9c4761.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Inspired the First Bond Girl | Murdered, Then Forgotten | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/05a16847fb4d) (2026-04-21, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3a3d8ecc-9f21-406a-b6c3-81c6cac382c1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Inspired the First Bond Girl | Rescue from execution | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/6fb99f2846ed) (2026-04-14, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/f9b77994-5dfe-4f1e-91e6-c80c5e31e11d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Inspired the First Bond Girl | Don’t stop running | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/533adb2fb544) (2026-04-07, 36 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7026b950-18cf-4f12-acfb-8ac00f838e9f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Inspired the First Bond Girl | Evening Star | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/d2957e71ce21) (2026-03-31, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7027a933-ad43-41fc-8986-40b7a7032390.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outplayed Nixon | The Rise of China’s Intelligence Machine | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/7ad8ea95c572) (2026-03-24, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/33120054-8294-45cc-99e2-ba40e8bf81b6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outplayed Nixon | The Gamble | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/713d2b9db126) (2026-03-17, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/4e3dbcc8-ecb8-455c-8128-104df7a66356.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outplayed Nixon | A gift for Mr. Lee | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/003e7df5441e) (2026-03-10, 38 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e6d7cd60-b14e-4def-a6d6-ab518ab95008.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outplayed Nixon | Forked Tongue | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/78592c63eb97) (2026-03-03, 41 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/27be918c-e5b5-4393-b7d0-51cbc25f8310.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Codes and Cocaine | How to Free the FBI's Most Wanted | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/58b8a906c2ff) (2026-02-24, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8a25387c-89be-472f-af3c-a2e3a9713f4f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Codes and Cocaine | Prison Break | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/2605669281c7) (2026-02-17, 39 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/afd62941-fcef-46c2-8196-71b7faa1f983.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Codes and Cocaine | The Party Line | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/9aef12563330) (2026-02-10, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/540505af-e6e2-4c56-bdeb-0a50e4ab842e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Sold Codes and Cocaine | The Black Vault | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/c2b9897c0f12) (2026-02-03, 46 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/654058f1-6fdd-41b9-827d-cbcc0b3b5d3e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Jailed the Omagh Bomb Plotter | Inside Britain's Vast Espionage Network | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/15833c5ec818) (2026-01-27, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/2cc72f37-6637-44ea-8c2e-b4e81152ffc6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Jailed the Omagh Bomb Plotter | The Reaping | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/cae3d1d22eb2) (2026-01-20, 44 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/4498968a-d334-43fb-aa15-55da6f5371c1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Jailed the Omagh Bomb Plotter | Blowing up the peace | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/7c4915be6641) (2026-01-13, 47 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/b50d1610-5336-42c1-a2d8-f81861d3a754.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Jailed the Omagh Bomb Plotter | Friend, Foe or Fortune Hunter? | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/7606cd673cf1) (2026-01-06, 40 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/d00f0c6a-2ab1-441d-b738-0b1c766c5632.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [ENCORE - The Spy Who (UK) | The Spy Who Gave London its Christmas Tree | 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/9d46ab1e590d) (2025-12-23, 35 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/98a31c36-bec2-40eb-b1e2-bdb1881003ef.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outran the KGB | Before Gordievsky, and the Secret War Inside Britain - with Author Tim Tate | 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/31bdd619fb19) (2025-12-16, 37 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/57eae6ca-382d-49c4-81f3-37064b582eec.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outran the KGB | The Chase | 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/9fa3099662c9) (2025-12-09, 42 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/813fa242-7cb4-4a3a-bd60-57ed3291eb61.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b - [The Spy Who Outran the KGB | War Games | 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1728948939/13a134532a83) (2025-12-02, 49 min): audio https://rss.art19.com/episodes/9e75dae6-cf61-4f0d-b6ac-a9c93206d0b6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhVJbnZpc2libGVOZXR3b3JrBjoGRVQ%3D--0761ee75eb25694efc17849092f8583c07f6c68b Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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