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Mission Implausible podcast

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As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why. - Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern - Associate Producer: Rachel Harner - A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures

As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why. - Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern - Associate Producer: Rachel Harner - A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures

 

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#49

How the Election Affects the CIA

Adam and John and Jerry do what everyone else in America is doing... try to game out what the election will mean. In this case, for the intelligence agencies, international cooperation and overall national security. So, like, not one of the super-light episodes. But still worth listening to! ... Read more

13 Nov 2024

25 MINS

25:14

13 Nov 2024

#48

How Do Counterintelligence Professionals Assess Trump’s Relationship with Russia? - Part Two (with P...

How are the Russians getting Trump to do what they want? There are many theories, but we've reached our own conclusion. ... Read more

06 Nov 2024

43 MINS

43:27

06 Nov 2024

#47

The Lincoln Project (with Rick Wilson)

The Lincoln Project is an American political action committee (PAC) founded in December 2019 by moderate conservatives and former Republican Party members who oppose U.S. President Donald Trump and Trumpism. In the midst of the 2024 election, having run over 700 different ads, co-founder Rick Wilson offers one-of-a-kind insight into the American electorate. ... Read more

30 Oct 2024

43 MINS

43:00

30 Oct 2024

#46

How Do Counterintelligence Professionals Assess Trump’s Relationship with Russia? - Part One (with P...

37 years ago, Trump returned from a trip to Moscow obsessed that America wasn’t getting paid enough for protecting its allies, that our leaders weren’t tough enough, and that America’s economy was destined to self-destruct within the next four years. And he never stopped. Why would a self-obsessed New York real estate developer suddenly care about America’s international politics? ... Read more

23 Oct 2024

36 MINS

36:51

23 Oct 2024

#45

Embedded with The Proud Boys on January 6th (with Nick Quested)

Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested called up the leader of The Proud Boys and got an invite to tag along to The Insurrection with his cameras. Quested’s eye-witness footage was part of the Congressional January 6th Committee evidence and now part of Jack Smith’s case against Trump. Quested shares his insights and his predictions about what will go down this November. ... Read more

16 Oct 2024

25 MINS

25:55

16 Oct 2024

#44

Everyone Controls the Weather But Nobody Does Anything About It

Jerry and John -- and Adam! -- think about the current hurricanes and the dangerous conspiracy theories that weaponize them. As always, they view the larger context of false weather beliefs. ... Read more

09 Oct 2024

12 MINS

12:38

09 Oct 2024

#43

America the Hellhole? Russian Disinformation Today (with Michael Weiss)

Certain American are repeating Russian propaganda and might not even realize where it came from. Russia is pushing the narrative that America is a disaster, and Trump has picked up the thread. How does Russia feed their message into U.S. conversations and how do they benefit from it? It's the end of our trilogy of Michael Weiss' illuminating interview. ... Read more

02 Oct 2024

33 MINS

33:56

02 Oct 2024

#42

Russian Disinformation Part Two: They're Still At It! (with Michael Weiss)

Would you take $100,000 per week to parrot Russian propaganda on your podcast? Well, some guys did, and are now indicted. ... Read more

25 Sep 2024

33 MINS

33:36

25 Sep 2024

#41

Russian Disinformation (with Michael Weiss)

How did the Russians get so good at the disinformation game, how do they do it, and who's doing it for them? ... Read more

18 Sep 2024

37 MINS

37:19

18 Sep 2024

#40

The Private Life of a Spy (with Jen Banbury)

Adam’s wife has a lot of personal CIA questions for John & Jerry. ... Read more

11 Sep 2024

50 MINS

50:52

11 Sep 2024

#39

Does the CIA Control the Media? (with Philip Mudd)

If not the CIA, then maybe the FBI? How about both? Philip Mudd worked for both agencies and then resigned and he has the answers. Including whether RFK Jr.'s suspicions about Operation Mockingbird are valid. ... Read more

04 Sep 2024

43 MINS

43:43

04 Sep 2024

#38

Honeytraps

Jerry and John reflect on how intelligence services employ honey traps — snaring assets using sex. ... Read more

28 Aug 2024

33 MINS

33:20

28 Aug 2024

#37

How the Brain Is Built for Conspiracies (with David Eagleman)

Are our brains wired to believe in conspiracy theories? Brain expert David Eagleman (“Inner Cosmos”) tells John & Jerry how, and how to break through. ... Read more

21 Aug 2024

36 MINS

36:27

21 Aug 2024

#36

The Trump Loyalty Test (with Tim Miller)

Former Republican National Committee spokesman Tim Miller tells John & Jerry what it's like trying to meet the requirements of membership of today's Republican party. ... Read more

14 Aug 2024

37 MINS

37:01

14 Aug 2024

#35

Patrick Ewing and the Frozen Envelope (with Chris Ballard)

The 1985 NBA Draft was one of the most controversial in NBA history. How did The New York Knicks land first pick and get Patrick Ewing? Was it rigged? Sports Illustrated writer Chris Ballard might know the answer.  ... Read more

07 Aug 2024

32 MINS

32:46

07 Aug 2024

#34

The Simpsons (with Bill Oakley & David Silverman)

Two Simpsons legends explore the theory that The Simpsons either predicts the future or causes the future, perhaps in cahoots with the CIA. Then they ask John & Jerry inside-CIA questions they always wanted to know. ... Read more

31 Jul 2024

40 MINS

40:28

31 Jul 2024

#33

The Elites (with Evan Osnos)

Who are these “elites” that are running everything? And don’t we all aspire to be elite anyway? ... Read more

24 Jul 2024

42 MINS

42:15

24 Jul 2024

#32

CIA Q&A

Adam Davidson usurps the podcast with questions he always wanted to ask about the CIA, starting with Surveillance Detection Runs. ... Read more

17 Jul 2024

26 MINS

26:35

17 Jul 2024

#31

Getting Out (with Brent Lee and Sander van der Linden)

Brent Lee went deep down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories then climbed himself out. Too much of it didn’t add up, especially the idea of crisis actors faking mass shootings and the election of Trump.  ... Read more

10 Jul 2024

42 MINS

42:16

10 Jul 2024

#30

Sandy Hook Crisis Actors (with Representative Eric Swalwell)

The school shootings in America have been real. We discuss how the concept of them being faked with crisis actors is completely impossible, but why some people spread the conspiracy theory and why others choose to believe it. And what's behind that politically. ... Read more

03 Jul 2024

31 MINS

31:23

03 Jul 2024

#29

Minisode - Satanists and Stalinists

Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks the Catholic Church is too nice, and also run by Satanists. A Florida deputy sheriff writes disinformation for Russia. Stalin - Never Stop Applauding. And Keep Zimbabwe Great Again. And a dig at Ted Cruz, because that always plays. ... Read more

30 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:41

30 Jun 2024

#28

Hunter Biden’s Laptop Part 3: Return of the Laptop (with Doug Wise)

The laptop is back, thanks to the recent Hunter Biden court case. John and Jerry, two of The Dirty 51 (signers of a letter written by former intelligence officials warning of Russian elections interference via the laptop Giuliani was hawking) are joined by another signer, former CIA officer Doug Wise, and podcast legend Adam Davidson to catch up to all the misinformation and misdirection around this laptop. ... Read more

26 Jun 2024

33 MINS

33:41

26 Jun 2024

#27

Minisode - This Week in Crazy - 6/24/24

Crazy claims of the week: Hunter Biden's prosecution was a red herring; Cheap Fakes; and Emmanuel Macron's wife is a man. Plus The Epoch Times and new congressional Republicans put on Intelligence Committee. ... Read more

24 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:02

24 Jun 2024

#26

The Jade Helm Invasion (with Dan Lamothe)

Routine military training exercises, in the eyes of paranoid extremists, were a pretense for Obama to have the U.S. take over Texas. Which... uh... does't it already have? ... Read more

19 Jun 2024

31 MINS

31:20

19 Jun 2024

#25

Minisode - The Orkney Conspiracy

Some people believe Alaska and Hawaii belong to Russia. Mainly Russians believe that. ... Read more

12 Jun 2024

15 MINS

15:44

12 Jun 2024

#24

The Biden Crime Family Hoax (with Lev Parnas) - Part Two

Part Two of our interview with the Russian-Israeli-American “businessman” who, when partnered with Rudy Giuiliani, tried and failed to come up with dirt on the Bidens for Trump. And he's got a long list of names of the others who were in on it. ... Read more

05 Jun 2024

30 MINS

30:54

05 Jun 2024

#23

The Biden Crime Family Hoax (with Lev Parnas) - Part One

A Russian-Israeli-American “businessman,” partnered with Rudy Giuiliani, tried and failed to come up with dirt on the Bidens for Trump. It was all Russian disinformation. ... Read more

29 May 2024

28 MINS

28:45

29 May 2024

#22

Minisode - Surveillance

Are gold-painted street performers in Pakistan actually spying on its citizens? John & Jerry look at this trend in the context of Pakistan's history, and recall some of their own surveillance stories. ... Read more

27 May 2024

12 MINS

12:33

27 May 2024

#21

Minisode - The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade

One time when the CIA got it very wrong (with John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea and Adam Davidson) ... Read more

22 May 2024

11 MINS

11:24

22 May 2024