{"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":"Writer and Traitor | MI6","slug":"writer-and-traitor-mi6","published_at":"2026-04-14T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993/writer-and-traitor-mi6","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/ARML5252711307.mp3?updated=1775585240","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/rss.pdrl.fm/1e0936/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5252711307.mp3?updated=1775585240","summary":"Content Warning: This episode contains sex references. Author Robert Verkaik unpicks the complex and fascinating relationship between two giants of the 20th Century - author and screenwriter Graham Greene, and Soviet super-spy, Kim Philby. When World War Two threw the two men together as MI6 spies, a strange yet enduring friendship blossomed. But how far did their loyalty to each-other go? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Robert Verkaik is the author of The Writer and the Traitor: Graham Greene, Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Content Warning: This episode contains sex references. Author Robert Verkaik unpicks the complex and fascinating relationship between two giants of the 20…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3247,"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/writer-and-traitor-mi6/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/writer-and-traitor-mi6.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}