John Kiriakou's Dead Drop — Podcast Ad Analysis
20 episodes analyzed
4 min ads · 11% of episode is ads
6.3 ads/episode
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Join ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou on a very personal deep dive into what makes a spy tick. One of the most famous spies in the whole world, John - a spy with a conscience - blew the whistle on the CIA's torture program after the war on terror and spent 23 months in federal prison for it. As John explains, no spy is ever an "ex-spy". Why is that so? Listen to the podcast and you'll understand why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
PodSkip has analyzed 20 episodes of John Kiriakou's Dead Drop, averaging 6.3 ads per episode (11% of runtime).
S3E4 The Body Language of Lying
Oct 12, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE SHOW NOTESIf you're enjoying Dead Drop, podcast, please check out the rest of Costard & Touchstone's family of podcasts. They cover everything from journalism to Chinese medicine to…
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S3E3 Liars (And Lying) 101
Oct 05, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE Welcome to John Kiriakou's Spy Academy! Whether chatting with someone informally or conducting a full-on interrogation, every spy needs to know whether or not the person they're…
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S3E2 The Whistleblower's Tiger Mom
Sep 28, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE Every whistleblower should know one thing before they step forward with their secrets that demand exposing - at some point, the legal system will engage with you. When that happens…
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S3E1 Whistleblowers & Spies
Sep 21, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE Welcome to Season 3! As the title of this episode suggests, season 3 will refocus the podcast on spying and, this season, on whistleblowing, too. We may be in a Golden Age of…
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S2E18 Whistleblower's Roundtable with Tom Drake
Sep 14, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE We draw the curtain on season 2 with a preview of season 3 wherein we'll ask "What Makes A Whistleblower Tick?" To get us kicked off, John roundtables with whistleblower Tom Drake. A…
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S2E17 How NOT To Make A SPY Movie
Sep 07, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE We join with another podcast in the Costard & Touchstone Family - The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast - to explore how NOT to make a SPY movie. John and Alan Katz (he's both the host…
S2E16 Free At Last
Aug 31, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE John's time at Loretto finally comes to an end - but not without a near hiccup. Though he's free of Loretto, he's not free from the federal Bureau of Prisons; John must report every…
S2E15 The Home Stretch
Aug 24, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE When John first entered the gates of Loretto Federal Prison, his goal was to use all his training as a spy to survive prison. But, just as with spying, prison can be very…
S2E14 The Torture Report
Aug 17, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE At Loretto Federal Prison, John can almost see the light of his release date in the not-too-distant future. Returning to the Outside World will mean having to shed the prison persona…
S2E13 The Crusader
Aug 10, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE John was hardly the first person to point out corruption in America's penal system. Paul Wright was serving a 17 year sentence for murdering a drug dealer when, in May 1990, he…
S2E12 Dangerous
Aug 03, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE When he first arrived at Loretto Federal Prison to start serving his 30 month term, John expected to serve that term where the judge and prosecutor both advocated that John be in the…
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S2E11 Unfinished Business
Jul 27, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE With his out date - the end of his prison sentence - now starting to come into view (albeit still in the distance), John would have been best served by keeping his head down. But…
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S2E10 Food, Glorious Food!
Jul 20, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE, meet Joey Casolo. These days, Joey owns a great pizzaria in South Carolina. But, back in the day, Joey was one of the greatest prison chefs ever at Loretto. If you remember from the…
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S2E9 Killing Fascism
Jul 13, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE: How do you fight corruption when most of the corrupt deck is stacked against you? In John's case, he used his words - and the fact that becoming a federal prisoner does not mean you…
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S2E8 Snowden
Jul 06, 2026
THE BLURB: While John was serving his sentence, the American government faced the consequences of other whistleblowers speaking their truths about the corruption they'd encountered inside the…
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S2 Bonus Episode: Expert Witness
Jul 04, 2026
THE BLURB: In this bonus episode, John tells the story of a legal case in which he testified as an expert witness - against the FBI in a case against an accused terrorist. As John learned from…
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S2E7 Letters From Loretto
Jun 29, 2026
IN THIS EPISODE John arrived at Loretto Federal Prison having promised to write about his experiences for various independent news media outlets. He had no idea just how powerful that connection -…
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S2E6 Use Your Words
Jun 22, 2026
THE BLURB: Already a succesful, best-selling author when the CIA put John in prison, he quickly realized that his writing - his words - were going to be his super power. John wasn't worried about his…
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S2E5 The Abyss
Jun 15, 2026
THE BLURB: Frederich Nietsche warned us about staring into the abyss and becoming the monster we most feared. He could have been talking about being in prison. Or being a spy. In this episode, John…
S2E4 With Friends Like These
Jun 08, 2026
THE BLURB: While, on the one hand prison is NOT the place you go to make friends, once you're there, you need to have (and be able to rely on) a tight circle of friends just to survive. In the last…
S2E3 Circle Of Friends
Jun 01, 2026
THE BLURB: In prison, nobody helps anybody. Except their friends. In this episode, John will introduce you to his circle of friends, some of whom remained his friend long after they all got out of…
S2E2 Rules Of The Game
May 25, 2026
THE BLURB: One thing about prison, there are rules upon rules. Upon rules. In this episode, John realizes that he's going to have to live by his own rules in order to survive. Those rules will be…
S2E1 Welcome To Loretto
May 18, 2026
THE BLURB: In season one, we told the story of how CIA counter terrorism officer John Kiriakou chose to tell ABC journalist Jonathan Ross the truth - that the CIA had tortured and waterboarded…
S1E27 Prisoner Ex
May 11, 2026
THE BLURB: Having been a prisoner despite not deserving that fate, John is extremely interested in others similarly incarcerated. To that end, back before the 2024 election, we put together an…
S1E26 Did John Le Carre Invent The Modern Spy?
May 04, 2026
THE BLURB: In this episode, we ask a question: did author and ex-spy John Le Carre invent the modern spy by channeling his experiences as a Cold War spy into novels like "The Spy Who Came In From The…
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S1E25 The Whistleblower
Apr 27, 2026
THE BLURB: As John's date with prison looms, he begins prepping - financially and mentally. In the end, John's plea deal would put him inside for 30 months reduceable to 23. At least it would be in a…
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S1E24 Moment Of Truth
Apr 20, 2026
THE BLURB: John demanding to see his lawyer saved him getting arrested on the spot. Almost all of the government's case against John was nonsense - which John and his lawyers wanted to prove in…
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S1E23 Good Company, Bad Company
Apr 13, 2026
THE BLURB: John wasn't the only CIA officer who refused training in the CIA's new "enhanced interrogation" techniques - despite assurances from the CIA's legal team. This episode's guest, author and…
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S1E22 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Apr 06, 2026
THE BLURB: John finds that working in the private sector (doing corporate intel at Deloitte and Touche) for big money, perks and benefits has its advantages over working a lot more for a lot less at…
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S1E21 End Of Times
Mar 30, 2026
THE BLURB: Everything must end - including a CIA career. While John had planned to make a lifetime career of the agency, circumstances dictated otherwise. So, to a large degree, did his new immediate…
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