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The Price of Freedom

April 13, 2026 · 54 min

Decades after his time with CIA, Kit Bennetts says there's always been a less visible side to our relationship with the US - but now we have to understand what that looks like. The Five Eyes will have to start making good choices - for…
Treachery

April 13, 2026 · 58 min

Traitors inside American intelligence agencies have sold the lives of agents to the enemy. "Vladimir" might have suffered the same fate. Susan Miller says when it comes to trusting President Trump, New Zealand needs to think carefully. In…
Arranging the Truth

April 9, 2026 · 50 min

A CIA colleague, running a similar operation, is killed. Kit Bennetts has to decide whether he should carry on with his dead end technology play. Former Soviet diplomat Rouben Azizian says we may be at the beginning of World War Three. You…
Guerrilla in Manila

April 9, 2026 · 50 min

An operation against the GRU, Soviet Military Intelligence, means getting right up close to a Russian. Former CIA Counterintelligence Chief Susan Miller talks us through recruitment processes and shows how CIA, the US Military, State…
Quiet Americans

April 6, 2026 · 52 min

From CIA training in Washington to the diplomatic round in Wellington, Kit Bennetts' target comes into focus. CIA historian Tim Weiner says the Agency is no rogue elephant - it is acting under orders from the President. To see some of the…

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NOC, NOC

April 6, 2026 · 47 min

Kit Bennetts, a young officer with New Zealand's SIS, is recruited into the CIA. Former NZSIS Minister Andrew Little says New Zealand's involvement with American intelligence agencies is still tight today. This episode touches on Kit…
Introducing: The Agency

March 30, 2026 · 2 min

A Kiwi working for CIA describes the operation he ran against Russian military intelligence at the height of the Cold War. Hosted, written and produced by Guyon Espiner from RNZ and John Daniell from Bird of Paradise Productions. You can…