{"podcast":{"title":"True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics","slug":"true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993","podcast_index_feed_id":364993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/truespies","website_url":"https://spyscape.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/261d06e2-808a-11ea-a89f-1ff66058fb03/image/True_Spies_Image__BIG_.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"SPYSCAPE","episode_count":337,"summary":"True Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino, Daisy Ridley and Rhiannon Neads talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. You’ll meet experts from the top intelligence agencies including FBI, CIA, MI5, MI6 (SIS), KGB, GRU, Mossad and many others. You’ll discover characters who spied because of money, ideology, coercion or just plain old ego. And, if you’d like to dig deeper into the world of secrets, and test your own secret intelligence skills, head over to spyscape.com for articles, games, experiences, puzzles and videos. For episodes first and ad-free, subscribe to Spyscape+ at: plus.Spyscape.com A Cup & Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Music: Nick Ryan.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:01.220930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993"},"episode":{"title":"The Melville Collective | FBI","slug":"the-melville-collective-fbi","published_at":"2026-01-20T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/the-melville-collective-fbi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9796900373.mp3?updated=1768323708","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9796900373.mp3?updated=1768323708","summary":"During the turbulent 1960s, New York City faced the most destructive wave of domestic terror since the Anarchist bombings of the early 20th century. In True Spies' 300th week, author, military intelligence professional and academic Dr. David Viola tells the story of the Melville Collective - a far-Left cell who became the focus of a joint operation by the FBI and NYPD after a spree of high-profile attacks on the Big Apple and beyond. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"During the turbulent 1960s, New York City faced the most destructive wave of domestic terror since the Anarchist bombings of the early 20th century. In Tr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3083,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/episodes/the-melville-collective-fbi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/the-melville-collective-fbi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}