{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e695c6d798804c9e4bbd13/68e86481658c65a3e9ac13f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S1E1 What Makes THIS Spy Tick","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e695c6d798804c9e4bbd13/1760059384848-1fa0d495-aec0-49eb-90e3-c303f6620eb7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>THE BLURB: John Kiriakou knew when he was <em>9 years old</em> that he wanted to be a spy. Plenty of people <em>want</em> to be spies but only a few ever actually <em>become </em>spies. In E1, John tells his origin story. Where he and his family came from had a lot to do with his success as an intelligence officer working in dangerous places. From wanting to be James Bond to actually becoming something a lot <em>like</em> Bond. It's \"How To Be A Spy, Part 1\".</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><u>SHOW NOTES</u></p><p>For more great podcasts like Dead Drop, please visit <a href=\"https://costardandtouchstone.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://costardandtouchstone.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>To listen to Just The Photographer, please visit <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/just-the-photographer-with-david-swanson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Just The Photographer with David Swanson - Hosted by David Swanson</a> </p>","author_name":"John Kiriakou & Alan Katz"}