State Secrets

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State Secrets is a weekly interview podcast featuring Cipher Brief experts and national security leaders.

Episode Date
What the Future of Conflict Looks Like: Petraeus on Iran Endgame & Ukraine's Drone War
Apr 27, 2026
Tradecraft and Deception: Understanding Russia's Intelligence Machine
Apr 06, 2026
ISIS Reawakens: What the Bondi Attack Signals for Global Terror
Mar 30, 2026
David Ignatius on War with Iran, the Future of Espionage, and 50 Years of Reporting
Mar 11, 2026
China's Fancy Dragons in the Sky Hold Hidden Clues for National Security
Mar 05, 2026
The Former Chief of MI6 on Alliances, Adversaries, AI & Aliens
Feb 24, 2026
From a Bunker in Ukraine: Two Former CIA Officers Share Intel
Feb 20, 2026
What We Must Get Right In Cyber
Feb 09, 2026
Mark Greaney gets gritty about what it takes to pen the perfect spy thriller
Feb 06, 2026
AI, Infrastructure, and the New Front Lines of National Security
Jan 20, 2026
What the Writer Found in the Spy Archive
Jan 13, 2026
Does 'Marines' Fulfill the Mission for Netflix?
Jan 05, 2026
Taking Clancy's Franchise and Executive Power to New Heights
Dec 18, 2025
Inside Russia's Secret War: A Conversation with Sean Wiswesser
Dec 09, 2025
Peace Through Strength in an AI Era: Inside the Reagan National Defense Forum
Dec 01, 2025
Getting Candid with Gen. Stan McChrystal (Ret.) on Character and Controversy
Nov 26, 2025
Information Warfare The New Frontline
Nov 24, 2025
Lithuania's Foreign Minister: 'Western Restraint Invites Russian Aggression
Nov 18, 2025
Two Generals and a Cyber Warning for America
Nov 12, 2025
White House Director: We Need a 'Kill Web' for Modern Warfare
Oct 20, 2025
Steve Blank has Mapped the Pentagon
Oct 13, 2025
China's Gray War on America
Sep 29, 2025
Drones, Deterrence, and Overplaying Putin's Hand: with Gen. David Petraeus
Sep 16, 2025
The Secret U.S. Counter-Narcotics Mission
Sep 10, 2025
Inside Emerging Threats: Former CIA Leader Sheetal Patel on Drones, Tech, and America's Adversaries
Sep 02, 2025
Does the CIA Have a Trust Problem?
Jul 17, 2025
Mission CIA: Mapping Beijing's Path to War
Jul 10, 2025
A Practitioner's Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft
Jun 23, 2025
Hitting the Panic Button on Rare Earth Minerals
Jun 18, 2025
Ground Truth on Ukraine's Tech War
Jun 11, 2025
Why China's Data Centers Should Concern You
Jun 02, 2025
Inside CIA's Mission to Maximize Technology
Apr 30, 2025
How AI & Images are Impacting U.S. Intelligence
Apr 15, 2025
Why We're Still at War with Russia
Mar 26, 2025
National Security Hollywood Style
Mar 24, 2025
China Keeps Breaking Barriers on Artificial Intelligence
Mar 13, 2025
Former DEA Official Explains the New Terrorist Designation for Cartels
Jan 30, 2025
The Seismic Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Jan 21, 2025
Target: Start Up: How Entrepreneurs in Tech are Targeted for Espionage
Jan 06, 2025
Giving Back to the Intelligence and Military Communities
Dec 17, 2024
Former Trump Ambassador on Why Ukraine 'Must' Win
Dec 11, 2024
The Case for Overhauling the Department of Defense
Dec 05, 2024
On a Collision Course with China
Nov 21, 2024
Yes, We're in a National Security Crisis
Nov 08, 2024
The Government Agency that actually is trying to get inside your head: Understanding DCSA's Mission
Sep 30, 2024
Israel and the Law of International Armed Conflict
Aug 20, 2024
America's Wake Up Call on National Security
Aug 13, 2024
The Arrest of Sinaloa Kingpin Ismael Zambada and Its Impact on the Drug Trade
Aug 01, 2024
Outgoing Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Reflects on today's Very Real Terrorist Threat
Jul 19, 2024
TRM Labs and National Security: A View from Inside an Early Stage, Venture-Backed Startup
Jul 17, 2024
At NATO Summit, Putin's Greatest Weapon is still a Scare Tactic
Jul 10, 2024
How Technology Impacts U.S. Intelligence
Jun 28, 2024
The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe
Jun 24, 2024
High Command with Retired General Frank McKenzie
Jun 19, 2024
Around The World With Former CIA Officer Edward Bogan
May 31, 2024
Is Russia Attacking U.S. Government Employees Using High-Energy Weapons?
May 20, 2024
Ukraine's Bright Hope To Build Back Stronger
Apr 09, 2024
From Special Operations to the CIA: Assessing the Complexity of the Global Environment
Mar 25, 2024
Live from Taiwan :A Debrief with RADM Mike Studeman (Ret)
Mar 17, 2024
Villains, Victims and Vendors in Cyberspace
Feb 19, 2024
Iran's Proxy War Against The U.S.
Feb 11, 2024
Gen Z and CIA is a Relationship in Need of Counseling
Feb 04, 2024
The Innovation Gap
Jan 30, 2024
Secrets of Espionage
Jan 21, 2024
A Seasoned former CIA Officer Shares Stories of War & Espionage
Jan 14, 2024
Israel, Hamas and the Path to War
Nov 03, 2023
The Future of Open Source - A View from the CIA
Sep 30, 2023
Putting the National Cybersecurity Strategy into Practice
Aug 04, 2023
The Hunt for Spies in the U.S.
Jul 10, 2023
An Overture of the Next Phase of US-China Relations
Jun 26, 2023
A Life of Secrets
Jun 19, 2023
The Ukraine Debrief
Jun 12, 2023
Ukraine's New Cyber Force
May 18, 2023
A Strategic View of Global Security
May 12, 2023
The Basics of AI and how it's Impacting U.S. National Security
Apr 24, 2023
The DIA's Global Intelligence Picture
Mar 29, 2023
Which Cards Could Beijing Play on Ukraine, North Korea and Taiwan?
Mar 16, 2023
What I Know About Havana Syndrome
Mar 10, 2023
The War in Ukraine is Changing the World
Mar 01, 2023
Ukraine's Next Move with General Phil Breedlove (Ret.)
Feb 21, 2023
China and the Ballooning National Security Threat
Feb 10, 2023
The Classified Mess and How to Clean it Up
Feb 02, 2023
NATO's Priorities for Intelligence and Security
Jan 26, 2023
Meet The 'Apocaloptimist' of National Security Dr. Jason Matheny, President & CEO of The RAND Corporation
Dec 20, 2022
The Mission to Give Back
Nov 22, 2022
Curator of Secrets
Nov 15, 2022
Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth- Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Nov 08, 2022
Author and journalist Renee Dudley
Oct 31, 2022
How close are we to war with China?
Oct 25, 2022
China's Grand Ambitions
Oct 18, 2022
Investing in Future National Security
Sep 29, 2022
The Complicated Case of Taiwan
Sep 19, 2022
Terrorism and Special Operations
Sep 14, 2022
The Impact of JCPOA with Cipher Brief Expert Norm Roule
Sep 06, 2022
Lt. Gen Michael Groen USMC (Ret)
Aug 25, 2022
The Potential for Integrating Intelligence & Intuition
Aug 01, 2022
Former CIA Officer and Author Alex Finley
Jul 22, 2022
Author and Entrepreneur Steve Blank
Jun 06, 2022
Admiral James Stavridis
May 23, 2022
The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
Apr 27, 2022