{"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":"True Spies Classic: The Boiling Frog | CIA","slug":"true-spies-classic-the-boiling-frog-cia","published_at":"2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/true-spies-classic-the-boiling-frog-cia","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/ARML9505261343.mp3?updated=1770129965","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9505261343.mp3?updated=1770129965","summary":"At the peak of his career, Jack Devine was one of the world's top spymasters. But everybody starts somewhere. In this classic, follow Vanessa Kirby as she recounts the tale of Jack Devine's first overseas assignment, in Chile. It's 1971, and the CIA is determined to undermine the country's socialist government. But as a military coup plot begins to gather steam, he's about to learn an important lesson - be careful what you wish for. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"At the peak of his career, Jack Devine was one of the world's top spymasters. But everybody starts somewhere. In this classic, follow Vanessa Kirby as she…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2347,"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/true-spies-classic-the-boiling-frog-cia/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/true-spies-classic-the-boiling-frog-cia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}