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True Spies: Debriefs - Douglas London on empathy

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Brand new from SPYSCAPE Studios - True Spies: Debriefs. In each of these new episodes, we'll dive back behind the scenes with some of our favourite True Spies, from episodes past. This week, ex-CIA operations officer Douglas London discusses how empathy, an undervalued tool in the spy's arsenal, played a crucial role in bringing in active Al Qaeda members. And, how he believes leaders embroiled in the current conflicts in the middle east, could seek to use empathy to bring an end to hostilities. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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theirs with dental life pick up dental life in the pet food aisle Hello, true spies listeners. You might notice that things are a little different this

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week. In over 200 episodes of true spies, we've heard from some amazing people.

0:54.0

And we wanted to hear more.

0:56.0

So did our subscribers.

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So with that in mind, you're about to embark on our first ever

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True Spies spies debrief.

1:05.0

Here on the debrief, we catch up with some of our favorite guests from the true spies archive

1:11.0

for a deeper look at the themes, events and insights that fascinate them.

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If you like what you hear, subscribe to Spyscape Plus for more exclusive debriefs at plus dot spyscape.com that's plus dot spyscape

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dot com in this debrief

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Morgan child's one of the producers of True Spies, speaks with Douglas London.

1:36.0

You might remember Douglas from the True Spies episode, Allied with Al-Qaeda,

1:41.0

which premiered back in November of 2021.

1:44.8

As a CIA Operations Officer working in an undisclosed location in the Middle East, in the

1:50.4

year 2000, Doug turned a key facilitator for Al-Qaeda

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into a trusted asset for the American Intelligence Agency.

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And over the course of their time together,

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the two men formed an unlikely bond.

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