Numbers Stations

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Since antiquity, espionage and deceit have always been crucial
weapons of warfare. As technology and strategy have
advanced over the centuries, methods for governments to deliver
information and orders to their secret agents in the field have
become more sophisticated. Yet, one form of cryptic
communication implemented in the early 20th century has proven
ever effective and relatively simple. With the advent of
wireless telegraphy combined with a cipher technique called a
"One-time Pad," militaries have been sending coded messages to
their undercover operatives abroad since World War I. It
wasn't until shortwave and HAM radio enthusiasts started noticing
eerie and enigmatic broadcasts of spoken series of numbers or
strange electronic sounds that these coded communiqués aroused
widespread curiosity during the height of the Cold War.
Although the use of public airwaves for clandestine messaging
seems to have declined in recent years, listeners can still hear
these top-secret instructions delivered to unknown spies, perhaps
even your neighbor. One can only wonder how these spooky
transmissions saved or cost lives or what world-changing actions
they triggered. Join us as we delve into the mysterious
world of spycraft and Numbers Stations.

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