{"podcast":{"title":"The Team House","slug":"the-team-house-817706","podcast_index_feed_id":817706,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5960890/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-team-house_2","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/693990662d90e6b6f786f563f8b2f5ce.jpg","author":"dee takos","episode_count":625,"summary":"The Team House is a long-form, fiercely apolitical national security podcast hosted by Jack Murphy, featuring special operations veterans, intelligence professionals, frontline reporters, and guests who have never spoken publicly before. It delivers deep-dive conversations on conflict, tradecraft, and the forces shaping the world, alongside the sister show Eyes On Geopolitics hosted by Mick Mulroy, Andy Milburn, and Jason Lyons, focused on breaking down current geopolitical events and what they mean for national security. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T14:18:50.951962+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-team-house-817706"},"episode":{"title":"Former CIA Officer Breaks Down Source Operations in Afghanistan | Delbert Roll","slug":"former-cia-officer-breaks-down-source-operations-in-afghanistan-delbert-roll","published_at":"2026-06-06T07:08:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-team-house-817706/former-cia-officer-breaks-down-source-operations-in-afghanistan-delbert-roll","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-team-house-817706","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/former-cia-officer-breaks-down-source-operations-in-afghanistan-delbert-roll--72376416","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72376416/del.mp3","summary":"Former Army officer and CIA operations officer Delbert Roll joins us to discuss his path from Third Special Forces Group to the Agency, including joining CIA just before 9/11 and working counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan. He breaks down CIA training, running sources, building targeting packages against al-Qaeda, working with JSOC and indigenous forces, and the realities of protecting assets in the field. The episode also covers covert action, counterintelligence, counter-WMD work, teaching at the Farm, CIA bureaucracy, writing after retirement, and the bizarre CIA gold bar scandal. Today's Sponsors: GhostBed ⬇️ https://www.ghostbed.com/house FOR 10% off! Blue Chew ⬇️ https://bluechew.com/ Get 1 month free when you buy 2 of BlueChew Gold with code \"HOUSECALL\" For ad free video and audio and access to live streams and Eyes On Geopolitics...JOIN OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouse To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -live shows and asking guest questions -ad free audio and video -early access to shows -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests Subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse Support the show here:⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse ___________________________________________________ PRE ORDER JACK'S NEW BOOK \"THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN\" ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/paperback/ Subscribe to the new EYES ON podcast here:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnGeopoliticsPod/featured __________________________________ Jack Murphy's new book \"We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History\" ⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N/ —————————————————————— Or make a one time donation at: ⬇…","meta_description":"Former Army officer and CIA operations officer Delbert Roll joins us to discuss his path from Third Special Forces Group to the Agency, including joining…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7100,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-team-house-817706/episodes/former-cia-officer-breaks-down-source-operations-in-afghanistan-delbert-roll/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-team-house-817706/former-cia-officer-breaks-down-source-operations-in-afghanistan-delbert-roll.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}