S9 Ep1: Teen Terrorism, Telegram Trouble, and Exposing the Kremlin’s American Useful Idiots | Espresso Martini
Update: 2024-09-13
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In the Season 9 premiere of the Secrets & Spies podcast, hosts Chris Carr and Matt Fulton reveal exciting new plans for the show, including a transition to video. They dive into breaking stories, starting with the shocking failed ISIS attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna—exposing the growing threat of teenage online radicalization. The episode also covers the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France for failing to regulate harmful content, and the DOJ’s exposure of ties between American influencers and Russian state media. Finally, they discuss a rare joint interview with CIA Director William Burns and SIS Chief Sir Richard Moore, offering insights into the historic US-UK intelligence collaboration amid rising global tensions.
Tune in for expert analysis on terrorism, online extremism, and intelligence from the leaders shaping the global security landscape.
Video version available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/espresso-martini-112014979
Tune in for expert analysis on terrorism, online extremism, and intelligence from the leaders shaping the global security landscape.
Video version available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/espresso-martini-112014979
Articles discussed in today’s episode
"The Tortured Teens Department: What the Terror Plot Against a Taylor Swift Concert Tells Us About Youth Extremism" by Farah Pandith & Jacob Ware | US News & World Report
"Who is Pavel Durov, the Russian-born Telegram founder arrested in France?" by Niha Masih | The Washington Post
"U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television" by Steven Lee Myers & Julian E. Barnes | The New York Times
CIA director Bill Burns and MI6 chief Richard Moore talk to FT editor Roula Khalaf | The Financial Times
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