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Spy Story

Jim Stovall

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This podcast presents true stories from the history of espionage. Interesting characters, tradecraft techniques, fascinating stories -- all are dealt with in this semi-weekly podcast. Espionage fiction and their authors are also topics of this podcast. The website for this podcast and related material is https://www.Spy-Story.com, and the author's website is https://www.JPROF.com.
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JPROF

Jim Stovall

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Jim Stovall was a journalism professor for nearly four decades. In this podcast he shares some of the stories that he has learned about writers, journalists, the writing process, and just about anything else that he finds interesting. You can sign up for his weekly newsletter at his website jprof.com. Jim's latest book is Heads and Tales: Caricatures and Stories about the Famous, the Infamous, and the Just Plain Interesting. That book is available on Amazon.com.
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Hosted by Marsha Wright, The 'Promo Nation Experience' is a captivating new podcast that champions marketing success for entrepreneurs, small businesses, authors, influencers, coaches, speakers, and more. With an emphasis on getting more exposure and helping listeners become savvier entrepreneurs, the show's mission is to educate and inspire listeners. Offering actionable strategies, hacks, and mindful ways to get the word out, gain more customers, and make a difference in the world with you ...
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Tune into the markets with MagnetInvesting Insights. Jordan Kimmel provides timely market updates. Using the mindset of both an investor and trader, Jordan offers clear market updates on what is really going on - not the simple value vs. growth nonsense. Using the Magnet® Stock Selection Process, his unique blend of value, growth, and momentum - Jordan shares his actual holdings - and whether he is buying or selling. MagnetInvesting Insights - for the informed investor.
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Hosted by influencer Marsha Wright, this exciting new podcast merges 'Lifestyle+Success+Purpose' into an entertaining show of Reddit Stories, insights on how to transform your life, and inspiration to help you be better, happier, and more successful! Each episode covers one of the themes of Lifestyle, Success, or Purpose; giving you food for thought, challenging you to embrace a life that's true to you, uncovering tangible ways you can earn more, and helping you get clarity on how to achieve ...
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These episodes explore the remarkable transformation of Josephine Baker (1906-1975) from world-famous entertainer to French Resistance operative during World War II. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker became an international sensation in 1920s Paris before dedicating herself to intelligence work and humanitarian efforts dur…
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These episodes explore the remarkable transformation of Josephine Baker (1906-1975) from world-famous entertainer to French Resistance operative during World War II. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker became an international sensation in 1920s Paris before dedicating herself to intelligence work and humanitarian efforts dur…
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This episode explores the establishment and operations of England's first systematic intelligence service under Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth government (1649-1660). The "Black Chamber" represents a crucial turning point in the history of espionage – the transition from ad hoc intelligence gathering to a permanent, bureaucratic intelligence appara…
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This episode focuses on Stieber's most sophisticated intelligence operation: his preparation for and conduct of espionage during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. The episode demonstrates how Stieber's methods revolutionized warfare by proving that information could be as decisive as military force in determining conflict outcomes. Years before…
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This episode explores the early life and career of Wilhelm Johann Carl Eduard Stieber (1818-1882), who became Otto von Bismarck's chief intelligence officer and architect of Prussia's first organized intelligence service. Born to modest circumstances in Merseburg, Prussian Saxony, Stieber's path to espionage began when financial necessity forced hi…
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Erskine Childers: From Author to Revolutionary This episode chronicles Childers' dramatic transformation from British establishment figure to Irish revolutionary martyr. By 1913, his political evolution from imperialist to Irish nationalist was complete, leading him to conceive the audacious Howth gun-running operation of July 1914. Using his yacht…
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Erskine Childers: The Man Who Created the Modern Spy Novel This episode explores the early life and literary career of Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), whose novel "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903) essentially created the modern spy thriller genre. Born to an English father and Irish mother, Childers was orphaned at six and raised by relatives i…
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Francis Walsingham: Defeating the Spanish Armada This episode examines Walsingham's intelligence campaign against the Spanish Armada of 1588, demonstrating how information warfare could be as important as naval battles in determining national survival. Facing the largest invasion force in European history, Walsingham deployed a comprehensive intell…
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Francis Walsingham: The Babington Plot and the Fall of Mary Queen of Scots This episode focuses on Walsingham's most famous intelligence operation: uncovering and manipulating the Babington Plot of 1586, which led to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The operation demonstrated Walsingham's sophisticated understanding of counterintelligence and …
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Francis Walsingham: The Birth of English Intelligence This episode explores the early life and career of Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532-1590), who established England's first professional intelligence service under Queen Elizabeth I. Born into a Protestant family during the religious upheavals of the Tudor period, Walsingham witnessed the persecuti…
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They operated in the shadows. They changed the course of wars, toppled governments, and shifted the balance of global power – often without firing a shot. From Francis Walsingham, who created England's first intelligence network in Elizabethan times, to Josephine Baker, who traded the spotlight of Paris stages for the dangerous world of wartime esp…
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