ClandesTime
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★ - 60 ratingsPodcast series with Tom Secker featuring film and book reviews and discussions and investigations into military and intelligence involvement in popular culture.
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ClandesTime 265 – The Wide Shot, David Robb and Phil Strub
April 07, 2024 12:13 - 81.5 MBKevin Gosztola joins us to talk about his new Medium publication The Wide Shot, a film review and industry analysis... The post ClandesTime 265 – The Wide Shot, David Robb and Phil Strub first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #86 – Buffalo Soldiers, etc.
March 31, 2024 14:29 - 17.1 MBWhat does a military movie with no heroes look like? It looks like Buffalo Soldiers, a tale of bored, criminally... The post Subscribercast #86 – Buffalo Soldiers, etc. first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 264 – The US Marine Corps in Hollywood: 1974 to 1982
March 29, 2024 11:55 - 105 MBIt isn’t often that you get a long-term inside view of a government propaganda office, but that’s what I’ve got... The post ClandesTime 264 – The US Marine Corps in Hollywood: 1974 to 1982 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone
March 18, 2024 12:13 - 49.8 MBApocalypse Now and Francis Ford Coppola were rejected by the Pentagon when they asked for production support. A decade later... The post ClandesTime 263 – Gardens of Stone first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 262 – The CIA and Podcasts Decoded
March 10, 2024 18:54 - 78.7 MB15 years after podcasts first became a popular medium, the CIA has cottoned onto the value of pre-recorded audio content.... The post ClandesTime 262 – The CIA and Podcasts Decoded first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #85 – The Epstein-Maxwell Cover-Up
March 03, 2024 18:09 - 29.9 MBTwo years on from my investigation into over 3000 pages of Bureau of Prisons files on Jeffrey Epstein we return... The post Subscribercast #85 – The Epstein-Maxwell Cover-Up first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 261 – A Paul Schrader Trilogy
January 29, 2024 13:33 - 55.6 MBDying of the Light. Dark. The Card Counter. Aside from all being written and directed by Paul Schrader, what do... The post ClandesTime 261 – A Paul Schrader Trilogy first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven
January 28, 2024 20:39 - 42.1 MBIn this month’s subscriber-only podcast we tackle the final season of The Shield, and do so head on. In this... The post Subscribercast #84 – The Shield Season Seven first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat
January 03, 2024 16:07 - 55.1 MBNetflix’s The Diplomat marks the first time that the British Foreign Office and the US State Department have made a... The post ClandesTime 260 – The Diplomat first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future
December 24, 2023 11:23 - 76.3 MBFor this Christmastime subscribercast we welcome back Henri to discuss the 1980s sci-fi comedy classic Back to the Future. We... The post Subscribercast #83 – Back to the Future first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture
December 10, 2023 15:48 - 70.2 MBBetween 2018 and 2022, three major OSS spies have been canonised in film and TV – Julia Child, Moe Berg... The post ClandesTime 259 – The OSS in Popular Culture first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6
November 28, 2023 17:03 - 31.3 MBContinuing our review series, on this month’s subscribercast we look at the sixth and penultimate season of The Shield. We... The post Subscribercast #82 – The Shield Season 6 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum
November 12, 2023 18:28 - 102 MBThe CIA’s Museum is a monument to lies, murder and secret power. Not officially, of course, they use much prettier... The post ClandesTime 258 – The CIA Museum first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five
November 01, 2023 10:36 - 30.6 MBHow do you hold the police accountable if Internal Affairs are corrupt? That’s the core question in The Shield season... The post Subscribercast #81 – The Shield Season Five first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong?
October 23, 2023 17:06 - 52.9 MBTed Kaczynski a.k.a. the Unabomber died earlier this year. As a tribute, in this episode we look at the latest... The post ClandesTime 257 – Was the Unabomber Wrong? first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations
October 12, 2023 15:30 - 51.4 MBIn this special report we examine the documentary accusing celebrity Russell Brand of sex crimes. We look at the troubling... The post ClandesTime Special – The Russell Brand Allegations first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement
October 08, 2023 17:39 - 71.6 MBOne thing the Pentagon love to do is ‘showcase’ absurdly costly technologies to the public. This military product placement helps... The post ClandesTime 256 – Military-Industrial Product Placement first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four
September 18, 2023 16:53 - 29.5 MBShould the government be allowed to seize people’s property because they think it was bought with the profits from crime? ... The post Subscribercast #80 – The Shield Season Four first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry
September 10, 2023 15:13 - 66.4 MBLife is like this sometimes: you wait ages for a movie to take corporate personhood and turn it into the... The post ClandesTime 255 – Cultural Capitalism: Air vs Tetris vs Blackberry first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 254 – Reality
September 03, 2023 09:58 - 91.7 MBReality Winner was an NSA contractor who leaked a single document to The Intercept, and received a five year prison... The post ClandesTime 254 – Reality first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast 79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media
August 23, 2023 20:13 - 25.2 MBThe Department of Justice’s office of public affairs is the nation’s hub for information on true crime. In this episode... The post Subscribercast 79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media
August 23, 2023 20:13 - 25.2 MBThe Department of Justice’s office of public affairs is the nation’s hub for information on true crime. In this episode... The post Subscribercast #79 – How the Department of Justice Manipulates the News Media first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness)
August 13, 2023 17:38 - 66 MBAmazon have finally pulled the plug on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, going out with a smudged inkblot of a final... The post ClandesTime 253 – Jack Ryan Season Four (and Specials Ops: Lioness) first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood
August 06, 2023 19:37 - 75.9 MBThe Mafia. Hollywood starlets. Foreign leaders. Fake sex tapes. Illegal surveillance. Watergate. The CIA. And Howard Hughes. Robert Maheu’s life... The post ClandesTime 252 – Robert Maheu: The CIA’s Fixer in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar
July 30, 2023 16:21 - 65.3 MBYou know how it goes: you wait years for a movie that reframes the war in Afghanistan as a Saving... The post ClandesTime 251 – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant vs Kandahar first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer
July 23, 2023 16:41 - 50.5 MBDid Joe Colombo approve the script for The Godfather? Was Dorothy Hunt murdered by the CIA as part of the... The post Subscribercast #78 – White House Plumbers vs The Offer first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon
July 12, 2023 16:56 - 51.1 MB1996’s Independence Day is corny, schlocky, nationalistic and pro-nuclear weapons. So how did it end up being rejected by the... The post ClandesTime 250 – Independence Day vs The Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire
July 02, 2023 19:54 - 52.7 MBDesert Storm. A female Army Captain. Friendly fire killings. Mutiny. White Phosphorous. Lies and cover-ups. The story of the writing,... The post ClandesTime 249 – Courage Under Fire first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3
June 25, 2023 18:22 - 29.3 MBIn this subscribercast we examine how the season-long arc in The Shield is a metaphor for the legacy of Iran-Contra,... The post Subscribercast #77 – The Shield Season 3 first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood
June 18, 2023 17:09 - 70.6 MBThe CIA helps to make movies, but what does it think of them? In this episode we delve into how... The post ClandesTime 248 – The CIA on The CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood
May 27, 2023 17:53 - 27.2 MBWhat does the Deputy Director of the CIA think about spy movies? And what about the founders of the first... The post Subscribercast #76 – More of the CIA on the CIA in Hollywood first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now
May 08, 2023 11:45 - 72.2 MBWhen it comes to black operations during the Vietnam War, the Phoenix Program (and its parallels and predecessors) is legendary... The post ClandesTime 247 – Good Guys Wear Black vs Apocalypse Now first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry
May 08, 2023 11:30 - 74.2 MBThe public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing recently published its full and final report. In this episode, we take... The post ClandesTime 246 – The Manchester Bombing Inquiry first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon
April 30, 2023 17:33 - 43.1 MBThe US military’s targeting of children goes back decades. In this episode we look at a classic of the children’s... The post ClandesTime 245 – Lassie vs the Pentagon first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two
April 26, 2023 18:17 - 29.5 MBThe Shield season two ups the stakes on season one in every way – political, societal, personal. In this month’s... The post Subscribercast #75 – The Shield Season Two first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts
April 16, 2023 19:59 - 40.4 MBIf a military supported romance drama with Twitter-level gender politics sounds like a terrible movie then you aren’t wrong. In... The post ClandesTime 244 – Purple Hearts first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter?
March 22, 2023 10:26 - 27.7 MBShort answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no, with a but. In this subscribercast we look at two movies... The post Subscribercast #74 – Does Representation Matter? first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program
March 21, 2023 19:28 - 93.7 MBFilms about torture are often exploitative and sadistic, and even more so when they are state sponsored. In this episode... The post ClandesTime 243 – The Cinema of the Torture Program first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One
February 23, 2023 15:13 - 25.7 MBIn the first of several subscriber-only podcasts we look at season one of the unique and award-winning cop drama The... The post Subscribercast #73 – The Shield Season One first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit
February 15, 2023 17:24 - 59.6 MBThe CIA-sponsored streaming wars hit a new high recently, when Netflix premiered The Recruit and within days Amazon released the... The post ClandesTime 242 – Jack Ryan vs The Recruit first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth?
February 04, 2023 20:37 - 11 MBIn this quick podcast I review the biographical moral drama Worth (2020) a.k.a. What is Life Worth?. It tells the... The post Subscribercast #72 – What is Life Worth? first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 241 – World War III
January 28, 2023 15:42 - 52.8 MBIn early 1977 a retired NATO general put together a team of elite military officers to write a report on... The post ClandesTime 241 – World War III first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 240 – The Cinema of the War in Afghanistan
January 12, 2023 16:04 - 85.7 MBThe invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was America’s longest war. In this episode we take an overview of the war... The post ClandesTime 240 – The Cinema of the War in Afghanistan first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #71 – The Langley Files
December 25, 2022 09:33 - 69.5 MBThe CIA recently launched a new outreach effort – its own podcast. In this subscribercast I review and analyse The... The post Subscribercast #71 – The Langley Files first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime Special – State Sponsored Football and the Qatar World Cup
December 11, 2022 18:03 - 61.3 MBFootball is the world’s biggest sport, and perhaps the most state-sponsored sport. In this episode we take a critical look... The post ClandesTime Special – State Sponsored Football and the Qatar World Cup first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #70 – Deep Fakes and The Capture
November 30, 2022 20:44 - 22.5 MBImagine a world where secret government agencies used deep fakes to create evidence of events that never happened, and used... The post Subscribercast #70 – Deep Fakes and The Capture first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 239 – Captain Marvel and Space Force
November 26, 2022 15:19 - 58.5 MBSomehow, in the midst of all the identity politics and culture war noise, the fact that Captain Marvel was the... The post ClandesTime 239 – Captain Marvel and Space Force first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 238 – The Cultural Impact of the Rampart Scandal
November 05, 2022 10:15 - 124 MBThe Rampart Scandal has been called the worst police corruption story in the history of Los Angeles, and altered a... The post ClandesTime 238 – The Cultural Impact of the Rampart Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
ClandesTime 237 – 13 Hours and the Benghazi Scandal
October 30, 2022 10:17 - 54.8 MBThe 2012 attacks on a US diplomatic outpost and a nearby CIA base in Benghazi caused enormous controversy and political... The post ClandesTime 237 – 13 Hours and the Benghazi Scandal first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)
Subscribercast #69 – Black Ops and Geopolitics in the War in Bosnia
October 20, 2022 12:25 - 16.9 MBMujahideen. False Flags. US interference in the peace process. Ethnic cleansing. The United Nations’ peacekeepers. All this and more as... The post Subscribercast #69 – Black Ops and Geopolitics in the War in Bosnia first appeared on Spy Culture. (Read more...)