Everyday Espionage Podcast

No spy starts out as someone special. We are all just normal people until the day comes that we receive a phone call that changes our life. As we close this season about the ‘Ground Truth’ of espionage, Andrew wanted to share a new and different voice with all of you. A normal voice, from a normal person, who received an extraordinary phone call that led to an extraordinary life.

In this final episode with EDSAVAGE, we explore the spy skills that make an operator successful in everyday life. Regardless of age, gender, or education, the tools of espionage are timeless and immensely powerful. Some of those tools are easy to guess - others are not. Let Andrew and EDSAVAGE share the tools that they value most when they work to win each new day.

It's not easy to be friends with a spy. We are constantly pushing, striving, and working to take action. We thrive on action and control. In this episode, Andrew and EDSAVAGE explore how action and control define a person's legacy. And along the way, they compete to take control of the current conversation. Friends and competitors, Andrew and EDSAVAGE believe in legacy building. And they know you do too...

In this episode, Andrew and EDSAVAGE share an important secret about espionage. A secret that defines the difference between a successful mission and a successful operation. Hollywood likes to focus on short-term objectives - individual missions. But the real benefit spies bring to national security is not short-term. It's in winning long-term objectives... winning the operation. 

Andrew continues to explore the 'Ground Truth' of espionage with intelligence operators from around the world. In this episode, Andrew introduces a foreign intel officer with an impressive history of successful capture/kill missions. You might be surprised to hear what a confirmed killer sounds like...and even more surprised to hear why they love espionage.

Business is about people, whether your business is espionage or sales. Spies steal secrets and sell treason - its a niche service, but people are predictable. In this second half of Andrew's conversation with EDVIPER, hear how a few simple practices from espionage can boost and improve your career, business, and professional reputation.  

As we continue exploring the ground truth, let's turn our conversation toward how espionage skills benefit us in business. Let me introduce you to my good friend EDVIPER, a husband and business owner with a fantastic operational background. EDVIPER is an intel brother coming from the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency), but don't let that fool you. He's one of the best in the business...

In this final installment of our conversation with EDJACKAL we learn about captivity. What makes captivity so difficult, and what tools allow you to resist. Andrew and EDJACKAL talk about how espionage skills apply to the everyday world, and how those who understand and apply those skills have a powerful advantage over those who don't. This is the ground truth of espionage.

Fear is real. And we all experience it. But training is the reason a spy in the field can stand face-to-face with fear and win. In this episode, Andrew and EDJACKAL talk about fear, discouragement, and heartache. About the sacrifices spy's have to make to their health and their home. And how sacrificing for passion just makes the passion burn hotter. This is the ground truth of espionage.

Reality looks different, depending on your point of view. For my friend CODENAME: EDJACKAL, reality looked like tracer bullets, land mines, and guerrilla fighters. And as he serves and trains with new generations of field operators, his experience and opinions can be surprising to hear. But hearing his reality gives you a new point of view. And each new perspective brings you closer to understanding the ground truth of espionage.

Sometimes the truth is hard to share. It can be frustrating, embarrassing, and downright discouraging. But it's still the truth. In this episode, Andrew and CODENAME: EDJACKAL discuss the truth that drove EDJACKAL to specialize in the impossible - to participate in operations that nearly left his family fatherless. This is the ground truth of spying.

Welcome to Season 3 of the Everyday Espionage Podcast! This season is dedicated to exploring the 'Ground Truth' of espionage. Andrew is traveling the world to meet his peers and fellow operatives still living and working in the field. In this episode, we meet CODENAME: EDJACKAL - a former CIA deep cover operator willing to share his story only with you, #EverydaySpy.

Living in Thailand means living among Buddhists. And while life in a country obsessed with 'karma' is convenient, it also comes with a requirement to learn a bit about Buddhism. In this episode, Andrew shares a Buddhist story that teaches a powerful truth about espionage - a lesson from the Lotus Sutra. Spies and Buddhists understand that knowledge takes sacrifice...

The most dangerous part of intelligence work doesn't come from outside threats. It comes from natural, internal mental processes that flaw our thinking process. In this Season 2 finale, Andrew describes the danger of assumptions and the value of assessment. HUMINT operators know the risks of assumption and use assessment to keep themselves safe. You can too...

Surveillance detection is a core skill for any covert field officer. But even after you leave the world of espionage, the principles of surveillance detection still pay dividends. In this episode, Andrew explains how surveillance skills apply to growing your business and protecting yourself from digital marketing scams. Its the difference between filters and funnels...