S9 Ep1: Espresso Martini | Teen Terrorism, Telegram Trouble, and Exposing the Kremlin’s American Useful Idiots

In the Season 9 premiere of the Secrets & Spies podcast,
hosts Chris Carr and Matt Fulton reveal exciting new plans for
the show, including a transition to video. They dive into
breaking stories, starting with the shocking failed ISIS attack
at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna—exposing the growing threat
of teenage online radicalization. The episode also covers the
arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France for failing to
regulate harmful content, and the DOJ’s exposure of ties between
American influencers and Russian state media. Finally, they
discuss a rare joint interview with CIA Director William Burns
and SIS Chief Sir Richard Moore, offering insights into the
historic US-UK intelligence collaboration amid rising global
tensions.

Tune in for expert analysis on terrorism, online extremism, and
intelligence from the leaders shaping the global security
landscape.

Video version available on Patreon:
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Articles discussed in today’s episode

"The Tortured Teens Department: What the Terror Plot Against a
Taylor Swift Concert Tells Us About Youth Extremism" by Farah
Pandith & Jacob Ware | US News & World Report

"Who is Pavel Durov, the Russian-born Telegram founder arrested
in France?" by Niha Masih | The Washington Post

"U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State
Television" by Steven Lee Myers & Julian E. Barnes | The New
York Times

CIA director Bill Burns and MI6 chief Richard Moore talk to FT
editor Roula Khalaf | The Financial Times

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