Listen Now: The Spy Who

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.

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0:00.0	Hello Alice here just taking a quick break out of our busy schedule to introduce you to a new
0:04.4	podcast that I think you will like, particularly if you loved our seasons on the Profumo
0:09.5	affair and the Cambridge Five. It's called The Spy Who from Wondry and it explores true spy stories you were never meant to hear.
0:18.1	The Spy Who reveals the invisible work of the world's intelligence services, unerthing daring missions packed with danger, deceit and
0:25.2	double crosses. You might think that the life of a spy is all Martinez and Tuxedos, but in reality it's a dank, murky world full of dark corners, sinister motives and
0:36.1	corroded morals.
0:37.7	Each season hosts Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey introduced shadowy figures who risked everything to achieve their mission.
0:45.4	Like Oleg Lylein, the spy who sabotaged the KGB, or Nore Inayat Khan, the spy Who is a Princess.
0:52.6	I'm about to play you a clip from the first season,
0:54.7	exploring the life of Dushko Popov,
0:56.8	The Spy Who inspired 007.
0:59.3	If you'd like to hear more, follow the Spy Who
1:01.8	wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can binge full seasons early
1:05.2	and ad free with Wundry Plus on Apple Podcasts or The Wundry App. Wachow
1:17.0	Dushko Popov wakes from his alcohol-drenched slumber.
1:21.0	Gestapo! Open up.
1:24.0	It's 1937 and Popov studying law in Freiburg, Nazi Germany.
1:29.2	Open up!
1:32.2	Popov drags himself out of bed.
1:34.0	He's in his mid-20s with short black hair.
1:37.0	Yawning, he unlocks the door.
1:40.0	Four Gestapo officers barge passed.
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