{"podcast":{"title":"The Whistleblowers","slug":"the-whistleblowers-7101397","podcast_index_feed_id":7101397,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6042504/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers--6042504","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/93302f09c72a87f042746e5d39893715.jpg","author":"Jay Roc","episode_count":106,"summary":"In The Whistleblowers, former CIA agent John Kiriakou brings you some of the bravest men and women fighting for justice. John himself knows what it’s like, having blown the whistle on CIA torture, paying the price with years in prison, and lawsuit upon lawsuit. On The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou sings the praises and brings to light the people we rely on to keep our government and institutions in check. © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2026. All rights reserved.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397"},"episode":{"title":"A broken whistle: Conversation with a CIA whistleblower","slug":"a-broken-whistle-conversation-with-a-cia-whistleblower","published_at":"2026-05-17T20:50:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397/a-broken-whistle-conversation-with-a-cia-whistleblower","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-broken-whistle-conversation-with-a-cia-whistleblower--72043993","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72043993/may_1_2024.mp3","summary":"May 1, 2024 05:49 A broken whistle: Conversation with a CIA whistleblower Pedro Orta is a highly-decorated former CIA officer. In 18 years in the agency, he won eight Exceptional Performance awards for his work in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, and in the US Office of the Inspector General, working, ironically, on whistleblower issues. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with Pedro Orta about how he took on a political issue from inside the CIA, and what he did when he saw evidence the CIA was seeking to undermine a sitting president.","meta_description":"May 1, 2024 05:49 A broken whistle: Conversation with a CIA whistleblower Pedro Orta is a highly-decorated former CIA officer. In 18 years in the agency,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1668,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-whistleblowers-7101397/episodes/a-broken-whistle-conversation-with-a-cia-whistleblower/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397/a-broken-whistle-conversation-with-a-cia-whistleblower.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}