Spybrary Spy Podcast

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Episodes: 239

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Spybrary is a podcast for fans of spy books, spy tv and spy movies since 2017. We bring you author interviews and reader discussions on our favorite spy books and novels.

Episode Date
Ian Fleming's Thunderball- The James Bond Book Club
Apr 24, 2024
Jonna Mendez - A Woman's Life in the CIA Unmasked
Apr 09, 2024
Spies, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland with Henry Hemming
Mar 25, 2024
The Spy Game Books with Writer Michael Frost Beckner
Mar 21, 2024
Tom Fletcher 'The Ultimate Downing Street Operator' and Spy Author in Conversation with Spybrary
Mar 18, 2024
Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only- The James Bond Book Club
Mar 14, 2024
Unpacking Beirut Station with Author Paul Vidich
Mar 07, 2024
Ian Fleming The Complete Man with Biographer Nicholas Shakespeare
Feb 29, 2024
James Bond After Fleming: The Continuation 007 Novels with Mark Edlitz
Feb 22, 2024
The Third Man - Movie Reviewed by Spybrary's Section F (Films) Panel
Feb 08, 2024
Dead Drop 5 with Jeff Circle of The Writers Dossier
Jan 30, 2024
My Five Best Spy Books With Dr Mark Pack, President of the UK's Liberal Democrats
Dec 19, 2023
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination with Stuart A Reid
Dec 07, 2023
My Five Best Spy Books with Martin Paul
Nov 29, 2023
A Spy Alone - Interview with Charles Beaumont, Former MI6 Officer Turned Author
Nov 20, 2023
Tim Shipman in Conversation with David McCloskey, Author of Moscow X
Nov 16, 2023
Moscow X by David McCloskey - Spy Book Review!
Oct 28, 2023
Liza Mundy - The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Oct 17, 2023
Espionage, WW2, and historical accuracy: A conversation with thriller author Alex Gerlis.
Oct 03, 2023
The Spy Novels You Can't Miss: Oliver Webb Carter's Top 5 Best Picks
Sep 19, 2023
Intel: The Sandbaggers 45th Anniversary Virtual Event
Sep 10, 2023
The John le Carré Movie Club - The Deadly Affair
Aug 23, 2023
Ex-CIA Officer's Spy Thriller Marks a Stunning Literary Debut - The Peacock and The Sparrow
Aug 10, 2023
David Callan Books: The Antihero of Espionage - Brush Pass Review
Aug 01, 2023
Secrets and Alliances: Exploring the UK and US Intelligence Partnership with Michael Smith
Jul 21, 2023
Revealing the 5 Best Spy Books as Recommended by David Clark
Jul 02, 2023
The Bucharest Legacy with author William Maz
Jun 09, 2023
Five of the Best James Bond Books According to Bondologist Matthew Dewhurst-Grice
Jun 06, 2023
5 Must-Read Spy Books According to Author Stephen England
May 29, 2023
Ian Fleming's Goldfinger- The James Bond Book Club
May 15, 2023
'Trainspotting meets Cold War Espionage' with Spy Author Andy Onyx
May 02, 2023
The Innocent By Ian McEwan- Brush Pass Review
Mar 02, 2023
Conversation with Authors David Brierley and Mike Ripley
Jan 16, 2023
A Conversation with Spy Author Adam Brookes
Jan 06, 2023
The Best Spy Books of 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Spy Rewind - 'James Bond On a Horse' aka The Wild Wild West
Dec 22, 2022
Ian Fleming's Dr No- The James Bond Book Club
Dec 16, 2022
From Russia With Love Video Game - Brush Pass Review
Dec 11, 2022
The John le Carre Movie Club - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Dec 05, 2022
Former Cabinet Minister and author Alan Johnson talks books and writing on Spybrary
Nov 27, 2022
The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man
Nov 21, 2022
Spies Who Changed History with Nigel West
Oct 24, 2022
Prisoners of the Castle - Ben MacIntyre talks Colditz with Tim Shipman
Sep 16, 2022
Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias - Reviewed!
Sep 11, 2022
How to recruit agents in the field with former Spy Warren Reed
Sep 04, 2022
The American Quiller? Bill Granger / November Man Series Brush Pass review
Aug 27, 2022
A Spy in Plain Sight - The Inside Story of America's most damaging Russian spy with Lis Wiehl
Aug 18, 2022
Dan Fesperman Reveals More About His Cold War Spy Novel - Winter Work
Aug 12, 2022
Who Are The Best Spy Authors of All Time?
Aug 10, 2022
The Spy Who Changed History - Brush Pass Review
Jul 09, 2022
Summer Update from Spybrary
Jul 07, 2022
With A Mind To A Kill - A James Bond Novel - Review
Jun 20, 2022
Agent in Berlin by Alex Gerlis - Spy Book Review
Jun 09, 2022
Otto Penzler on meeting Spy Fiction Authors and Collecting Books
May 12, 2022
Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love - James Bond Book Club
Apr 29, 2022
All the Old Knives with Olen Steinhauer and Janus Metz
Apr 03, 2022
Apple TV's Slow Horses with Gary Oldman Review
Apr 01, 2022
To Betray You Must First Belong, Charlotte Philby talks Edith and KIm!
Mar 30, 2022
Diamonds Are Forever - The James Bond Book Club is Back!
Mar 26, 2022
Spy Game Metal Gear Solid - Brush Pass Review
Mar 19, 2022
Red Widow, Interview with Alma Katsu
Feb 27, 2022
The Matchmaker A Spy In Berlin with Paul Vidich
Feb 24, 2022
The Baron and Enemy of the State - Spy TV review
Feb 22, 2022
Damascus Station with David McCloskey
Feb 12, 2022
Spooks/MI5 Spy TV Show Review - Spy Rewind (172)
Jan 31, 2022
Audible's Most Prolific Narrator Scott Brick Chats with Spybrary Spy Podcast
Jan 16, 2022
Best Spy Books of 2021 according to Jason King!
Jan 08, 2022
Spy TV Show Review - The Man from U.N.C.L.E with Robert Short
Dec 31, 2021
Spybrary Panel dives into some of the most serious and silly questions faced by spy fans.
Dec 26, 2021
Spy Author Interview - How to Betray Your Country with James Wolff
Dec 17, 2021
Spy Author Interview - Matthew Richardson talks spy books with Tim Shipman
Dec 11, 2021
Spy TV Show Review - Intelligence starring David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed
Nov 28, 2021
Spycraft with ex CIA 'gadget guy' and author Robert Wallace
Nov 13, 2021
Spy Rewind - Get Smart and the golden age of Spy TV! (163)
Oct 23, 2021
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
Oct 20, 2021
The return of Dead Drop 5 with author Andy Onyx (161)
Oct 12, 2021
The Man Who Was Thursday - Spy Book review (160)
Oct 03, 2021
Spy Rewind - Spy TV Show Covert Affairs (159)
Aug 01, 2021
The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present with former FBI Agent Ralph Hope
Jul 29, 2021
The True History of the Women of SOE - Mission France with Dr. Kate Vigurs
Jul 26, 2021
Spy Rewind - Danger Man (156)
Jul 18, 2021
Spy Rewind - Danger Man (156)
Jul 18, 2021
Spy Book Collectors - Collecting John le Carré novels (155)
Jul 04, 2021
Spy Rewind - Scarecrow and Mrs. King Review (154)
Jun 11, 2021
The Alpha List by Ted Allbeury (Brush Pass)
Jun 06, 2021
Spy Rewind - Review of Mr Palfrey of Westminster (152)
May 31, 2021
Adventures in Spy Research with Jeremy Duns and Jeff Quest (151)
May 20, 2021
Spybrary at 150! Special Transmission for all Spybrarians (150)
May 12, 2021
Spybrary at 150! Special Transmission for all Spybrarians (150)
May 12, 2021
Interview with James Stejskal author of Question of Time - A Cold War Spy Thriller (149)
Apr 23, 2021
Black Heart by Eric Van Lustbader Spy Book Review with Andy Onyx
Apr 11, 2021
Spy Rewind - Spy TV Show Alias Remembered (147)
Apr 02, 2021
'Cold war spy fiction in the grand tradition' an interview with Paul Vidich, author of The Mercenary (146)
Mar 26, 2021
Moonraker - The James Bond Book Club with Simon Conway(145)
Mar 23, 2021
Collecting Spy Books, with Jeff Quest, Matthew Bradford and Tim Shipman (143)
Mar 16, 2021
Spy TV -The Sandbaggers - Season Three - Round Table (141)
Mar 13, 2021
The Lost Adventures of James Bond with Mark Edlitz and Jack Lugo (140)
Feb 27, 2021
Mark Greaney reveals more about his latest Gray Man novel - Relentless
Feb 17, 2021
Spy Rewind - Mission Impossible with Jeff Quest and Matthew Bradford (139)
Feb 12, 2021
'A darker, scarier Herron'. Author Mick Herron discusses his latest Jackson Lamb novel - Slough House
Feb 05, 2021
The Agent Runner by Simon Conway. Spy Book Review. (137)
Jan 30, 2021
What is SPYSCAPE's new spy tv and movie festival SPYFLIX all about? With Francis Jago.(136)
Jan 23, 2021
Spy Book Review = Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd (135)
Jan 15, 2021
Two Don Winslow Book Recommendations for Spy Book Fans - Brush Pass Spy Book Review
Jan 01, 2021
Favorite Spy Books of 2020 - Jason King Unleashed and Unscripted (133)
Dec 21, 2020
Paranoid Visions -Spies, conspiracies and the secret state in British television drama, interview with Joseph Oldham (132)
Dec 16, 2020
RIP John le Carré -His Secret Sharer: The Hidden Truths of John le Carré (131)
Dec 14, 2020
Spy Movie Review - The Internecine Project with Andy Onyx (130)
Dec 02, 2020
Spy Author Interview - Parallel Shadows with C P Bennison (Spybrary Tea Break.)
Nov 21, 2020
The Rage by Simon Conway - Spy Book review with Andy Onyx (128)
Nov 18, 2020
Spy Book Tea Break - The Glimmer Girl with author Andy Onyx (127)
Oct 31, 2020
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming on The James Bond Book Club (126)
Oct 28, 2020
Spy Author Tea Break - Standpoint with Derek Thompson
Oct 16, 2020
Agent Sonya: Meet Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy with Ben Macintyre and Tim Shipman (124)
Oct 08, 2020
Spy Book Tea Break - with Edge of Reality author CG Faulkner 9123)
Sep 24, 2020
Casino Royale - The James Bond Book Club (122)
Sep 08, 2020
Dead Doubles: The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold War's Most Notorious Spy Rings with Trevor Barnes
Sep 06, 2020
The Human Factor by Graham Greene. Brush Pass Review (120)
Aug 31, 2020
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carre - Review (119)
Aug 20, 2020
Introducing The James Bond Book Club with David Craggs (118)
Aug 14, 2020
Interview with Spy Thriller Author Simon Conway (117)
Aug 07, 2020
Espionage Magazine Remembered - with writer Josh Pachter. (116)
Jul 17, 2020
Why Charles McCarry is now one of my favourite spy writers. (115)
Jul 09, 2020
Spy TV - The Sandbaggers Season 2 Round Table (111)
Jun 13, 2020
Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise with Jason King (and special guest) 114
Jun 06, 2020
The Rhythm Section with Blake Lively- What did Spybrary Listeners Think of the movie? (113)
May 25, 2020
Spy Graphic Novelist Antony Johnston chats with Jeff Quest (112)
May 20, 2020
To Tell The Truth Game Show - Espionage edition 110
May 08, 2020
The Spy Books of Anthony Price -Brush Pass (109)
May 04, 2020
Spy TV -The Sandbaggers - Season One - Round Table (108)
Apr 26, 2020
Jeff Gelb pays tribute to Andy East -Spybrarian and Cold War File author who has passed away.
Apr 16, 2020
Mort Drucker and Spy Parodies Remembered (107)
Apr 15, 2020
A Man of Some Repute -Brush Pass Review 106
Mar 22, 2020
Interview with author of The Contact - Rossa McPhillips (105)
Mar 06, 2020
Parting Shot by James Kunetka -Brush Pass (104)
Mar 04, 2020
Robert Conrad - Where Spies meet Cowboys with Bill Koenig (103)
Feb 27, 2020
Title Fight! The Good, the Bad and Ugly of Spy Book Titles with Jeremy Duns and Jeff Quest. (102)
Feb 25, 2020
Agent Molière: The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle. (101)
Feb 11, 2020
Spybrary at 100. Listeners Call In to Share Why They Love The Spybrary Podcast
Feb 09, 2020
The Podcaster Who Came In From The Cold. Episode 100
Feb 08, 2020
99: Licence Not Renewed. The End of Spybrary
Feb 03, 2020
Buck Henry, Get Smart and the 1960s spy craze. Brush Pass (98)
Jan 31, 2020
The Best Spy Books I read in 2019 with Spybrary's Jason King (97)
Jan 12, 2020
Spies in Disguise Review. Brush Pass with Jeff and Leo Quest (96)
Dec 29, 2019
A Small Town In Germany -by John le Carre -Brush Pass (95)
Dec 21, 2019
The story of Leslie Charteris ‐creator of The Saint with Ian Dickerson
Dec 07, 2019
Agent Running In The Field - John le Carre - Round Table (93)
Nov 29, 2019
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Round Table hosted by Bill Koenig (92)
Nov 23, 2019
Henry Hemming tells us more about the astonishing story of the British spies who set out to draw America into World War II (92)
Nov 16, 2019
Betrayal in Berlin. The True Story of the Cold War's most audacious espionage operation with Steve Vogel (90)
Nov 01, 2019
The Dry Cleaner Short Spy Movie with Chris Carr (89)
Oct 22, 2019
Firefly - Henry Porter - Brush Pass (88)
Oct 19, 2019
Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler. Brush Pass Spy Book review (87)
Oct 12, 2019
The books, movie and TV series of Quiller by Adam Hall. Round Table - Part 2 (86)
Sep 27, 2019
The books of Quiller by Adam Hall. Round Table - Part 1 (85)
Sep 14, 2019
What is Spyscape? Field Report and Interview with Ian Oldaker (84)
Sep 09, 2019
Matt Helm Novel The Removers (Brush Pass) (83)
Aug 05, 2019
Bill Koenig - The Spy Command on Dead Drop 5 (82)
Jul 31, 2019
The Spy Who Sat and Waited - Brush Pass (81)
Jul 19, 2019
Mick Herron talks Joe Country, Novellas and reveals more about his writing process (80)
Jun 25, 2019
John Gardner, James Bond Author Round Table. (79)
Jun 19, 2019
Slow Horses by Mick Herron (Fiction and Espionage) 78
Jun 09, 2019
Liar's Candle by August Thomas (Fiction and Espionage) 77
May 27, 2019
The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming (Fiction and Espionage) 76
May 07, 2019
Black Bear by Aly Monroe (Fiction and Espionage) 75
Apr 21, 2019
Free Agent by Jeremy Duns (Fiction and Espionage) 74
Apr 13, 2019
Fiction and Espionage - University of Edinburgh Trailer (73)
Apr 12, 2019
72: Diamonds are Forever Bond Fan Event in Vegas
Mar 31, 2019
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Mike Ripley tells us what's new in the paperback edition. (71)
Mar 25, 2019
The Sigint Tableau -Payne Harrison Brush Pass
Mar 24, 2019
Button Zone and Chess Player Brush Pass Review (69)
Feb 23, 2019
68: BRUSH PASS - The Righteous Spy
Feb 12, 2019
David Holman and the Alex Swan Mysteries
Feb 09, 2019
Helen MacInnes 'Queen of Spy Writers. (Ep 66)
Jan 20, 2019
Best Spy Books of 2018 (65)
Dec 22, 2018
The Best Spy Movies of all time! (64)
Dec 16, 2018
James Bond - The Books and Movies of 007 with The Hildebrandians (Ep 63)
Nov 25, 2018
Merle Nygate - The Righteous Spy (Ep 62)
Nov 10, 2018
Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' Spybrary Briefing (Ep 61)
Oct 30, 2018
Len Deighton and Bernard Samson's Berlin. Spybrary Meetup (ep 60)
Oct 21, 2018
59: Spy Movie Hall of Fame Poll
Oct 16, 2018
58: Battle for Bond - Brush Pass Review
Oct 10, 2018
57: Jack Ryan Review (Season 1 Round Table)
Sep 22, 2018
56: Len Deighton's Berlin Game - Book Club
Sep 12, 2018
55: Red Moon Audio Drama with Rob Valentine
Sep 09, 2018
54: Live Drop - Red Sparrow Trilogy
Aug 27, 2018
52: Dead Drop 5 with SpyGuysandGals.com
Aug 19, 2018
53: Our Man From Sadisto - Brush Pass Review
Jul 28, 2018
51: Interview with Spy Novelist Charles Cumming
Jul 24, 2018
50: Len Deighton/Bernard Samson Meetup - Berlin
Jul 17, 2018
48: Spy Fans Guide to works of Frederick Forsyth
Jul 14, 2018
49: Matt Helm - The Interlopers Review
Jul 10, 2018
46: Jeremy Duns Re-investigates Oleg Penkovsky
Jun 28, 2018
47 - Forever and a Day -Round Table
Jun 16, 2018
45: Spybrary Shelf of Fame Winners Revealed
Jun 10, 2018
44: Tom Colgan Picks out his 5 favourite spy books
Jun 04, 2018
43: August Thomas: Liar's Candle Interview
May 27, 2018
42: Tim Shipman of the Sunday Times on Spy Novels
May 10, 2018
41: Spybrary Panel at Spycon 2018
Apr 28, 2018
40: Vote in the Spybrary Shelf of Fame!
Apr 17, 2018
39: Spybrary at Spy Con 2018
Apr 07, 2018
38: Soviet Spies in...Canada with Joyce Wayne
Mar 25, 2018
37: Restless by William Boyd Review
Mar 19, 2018
36 Michael Smith - No Man Dies Twice
Mar 11, 2018
35: The Wende Museum Review
Mar 03, 2018
34: Mick Herron interview - London Rules and Slough House
Feb 23, 2018
33: Yesterday's Spy by Len Deighton
Feb 16, 2018
32: John Le Carre and the Cold War with Toby Manning
Feb 05, 2018
31: Edinburgh Spy Week 2018 with Penny Fielding
Jan 28, 2018
30: All About Spy Con with Matt from BondFanEvents
Jan 17, 2018
29:Interview with Thriller Author Tim Stevens
Jan 15, 2018
28: From Markus Wolf to Joseph Kanon - Dead Drop 5
Jan 05, 2018
27: The Exphoria Code
Dec 26, 2017
26: The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton Review
Dec 07, 2017
25: The Lebensborn Spy with Christopher McIntosh
Dec 03, 2017
London Spy Tours with Brian Gray of the Intelligence Trail
Nov 25, 2017
From Modesty Blaise to Mick Herron on Dead Drop 5
Nov 12, 2017
22: So what exactly is The Prisoner all about?
Oct 29, 2017
21: The Bureau Review with Jeremy Duns
Oct 21, 2017
20: Go Into the Shadows with Michael Brady
Oct 06, 2017
Running Blind – Desmond Bagley Review
Sep 30, 2017
Legacy of Spies -John Le Carre
Sep 19, 2017
An Evening with John Le Carre -Field Report
Sep 13, 2017
Barry Lancet and The Spy Across The Table
Aug 28, 2017
Mike Ripley author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Aug 22, 2017
Collecting Spy Books – Jeff’s secrets declassified!
Aug 16, 2017
Goodbye To An Old Friend - Brian Freemantle
Aug 13, 2017
Becoming Bond – The George Lazenby Story
Jul 27, 2017
Jeremy Duns -Spy Reader Meet Spy Author
Jul 21, 2017
Charlie Muffin by Brian Freemantle – Spybrary Round Table
Jul 18, 2017
Summer of Spies with the Telegraph’s Jake Kerridge
Jul 06, 2017
Spywrite’s Jeff Quest talks about his favorite Spy books
Jun 30, 2017
Ian Fleming and the Books of Bond
Jun 24, 2017
George Smiley and Call for the Dead
May 31, 2017
Roger Moore Remembered 'For Your Ears Only' -Special Episode
May 25, 2017
The Spy Who was Left in the Cold - Jack Barsky part 2
May 20, 2017
Jack Barsky, ex KGB undercover agent talks about his life as a spy! (Part 1)
May 13, 2017
Talking spy fiction with Author Jeffrey Westhoff
May 06, 2017
All about Len Deighton with Deighton Dossier’s Rob Mallows
Apr 22, 2017