Seasons & episodes

S1 · E1High-Tech Surveillance and an Eye in the Sky 2021-01-20 · 29 min＋

In the spy game, if you can listen, you can learn, and gaining that crucial ability to eavesdrop has required some deeply creative ingenuity.

S1 · E2Deadly Poisons 2021-01-20 · 31 min＋

For some covert missions, the goal is not information, but assassination, and lethal toxins have been deployed by spy agencies to kill perceived foes.

S1 · E3Sexspionage 2021-01-20 · 33 min＋

As long as there has been espionage, sex and the promise of it have been powerful tools of persuasion and blackmail — practices that continue today.

S1 · E4Clandestine Collection 2021-01-20 · 36 min＋

Methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.

S1 · E5Covert Communication 2021-01-20 · 33 min＋

From old-school "dead drops" to high-tech digital transfers: Learn how intelligence officers actually acquire the information collected by sources.

S1 · E6Special Ops and the Saboteur 2021-01-20 · 30 min＋

Special ops require the very best people to execute them. But some of the most famous missions in modern history relied on elite technology as well.

S1 · E7The Code Breakers 2021-01-20 · 36 min＋

Encryption is a key tool for keeping valuable information secret — but some ingenious minds have managed to crack seemingly impenetrable codes.

S1 · E8Recruiting the Perfect Spy 2021-01-20 · 38 min＋

What leads someone to spy against their own nation? Motivations vary but tend to fall into one of four categories, as notorious cases demonstrate.